Festival Season

02.19.2013 at 5:27 pm by chicagojacobs

With ticketing announcements for the 2013 music festival season in full swing, many music fans have been anxiously awaiting news about their favorite music festivals. Fortunately for fans, this week marked the reveal of the 2013 Firefly Festival concert lineup. This is the second annual Firefly Festival and the show hopes to follow in the footsteps of its wildly successful first year. The festival, which takes place at the Woodlands of the Dover International Speedway is scheduled to take place from June 21-23rd. The festival is slated to have acts such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Foster the People and More. Tickets and all day passes for the event will go on sale this month, but those who want to attend the festival live will want to act fast as it is expected to sell out.

While many are excited for the Firefly Music Festival lineup announcement, in terms of big live music announcements for the year, there is no bigger reveal than the 2013 Bonnaroo Music Festival. As one of the biggest music festivals in the industry today, the announcement had many excited for the upcoming concert event. As one of the country’s largest music festivals, fans can expect this to be a big concert event. The lineup of the 2013 festival was revealed over an hour long YouTube broadcast that was hosted by Weird Al Yankovic. The 2013 festival is scheduled to take place from June 13th-June 16th and will take place once again in Manchester, Tennessee. The 2013 Bonnaroo Festival acts include Mumford and Sons, R. Kelly, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakaers, Bjork, Wu Tang Clan, Daniel Tosh, The Lumineers, Kendrick Lamar, ZZ Top and more.

Those who are looking to get tickets to the event will find a number of different ticket and day pass options for the three day celebration of music and art. Tickets go on sale soon; will you be trying to get highly coveted passes for Bonnaroo?

Fun, Fall Out Boy and Daniel Tosh

02.09.2013 at 8:46 am by chicagojacobs

While this week has been all about the beginning of music festival ticket sales for many music fans; there have also been a number of other live entertainment announcements this week. A big announcement came this week from the pop sensation; Fun, the popular group behind the hit 2012 smashes “Some Nights” and “Tonight (We Are Young).” The group revealed that they will be heading out on a new headlining tour across North America this summer beginning in May. Tickets go on sale this week.

Another rock band is announcing their own tour ticket sales as well. This announcement came from veteran rock band Fall Out Boy who revealed that they would be working together once again and heading out on a reunion tour. The group revealed that they would be playing some of their biggest hits on this larger than life tour as well as some new recordings. The tour began this week and the group will make stops in New York and Los Angeles this month as well. Tickets for their one off show in London, which are already projected to sell out quickly, go on sale this Friday to the public. The London show will be held February 25th.

However, the biggest announcement of the week undoubtedly came from the comedy world when it was revealed that popular comedian Daniel Tosh will be hitting the road on a major nation-wide tour. This tour called “The June Gloom Tour” is being presented by Comedy Central and Live Nation and will feature the stand up and host of the Comedy Central show Tosh.0 in a live spectacular event. The entertainer, who already has a reputation for selling out some of the biggest venues in the country during his sporadic live appearances will be hitting the road beginning on May 30th in Salt Lake City for this massive tour. Tosh will be joined by opening act and special guest comedian Jarrod Carmichael. During “The June Gloom Tour” Daniel will be visiting 25 different cities across the country. Tickets for the event will go on sale this Friday February 8th to the public. Will you be getting tickets to see Daniel Tosh take the stage live?