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Marianas Trench Announce 2024 North American Tour
Today, multi-platinum-selling Canadian pop-rock band Marianas Trench, is excited to announce their 2024 North American tour. The Force of Nature tour – produced by Live Nation – will kick off on September 12th and make stops across the US and Canada, including shows in Anaheim, Dallas, Orlando, Nashville, New York, Chicago, Denver, and more, culminating with the tour’s final stop in the band’s hometown, Vancouver, BC.
The Marianas Trench Fan Club presale for the tour will begin on Tuesday, May 28th at 12:00 pm local time and end on Thursday, May 30th at 10pm local time. VIP packages will also be available starting on Tuesday, May 28th at 12pm local time. Fans can register for the Fanclub here and find out more information on the VIP packages here. General onsale will start on Friday, May 31st at 10am local time.
“There is no greater feeling than the thunderous roar of thousands of Trenchers permeating our eardrums when we set foot on stage to perform,” said Matt Webb of Marianas Trench. “We have longed for this feeling, dearly, over the last few years, and are f&*king thrilled to be back with the Force of Nature tour, coming to a city near you soon!”
In addition to the tour, the band recently released their undeniably catchy new radio single “Lightning and Thunder,” available now via 604 Records / Warner Music Canada and all streaming platforms. The uplifting anthem showcases vocalist Josh Ramsay’s outstanding vocal range and the band’s signature theatrical pop-rock style that is guaranteed to leave a lasting mark on listeners.
Written and produced by Marianas Trench frontman Josh Ramsay, he shares the inspiration behind the single, “Every story begins with a call to adventure. “Lightning and Thunder” is about finding out my partner and I were going to have our first child, which is probably the biggest call to adventure I’m ever going to experience.”
This track follows the band’s surprise DSP release of “A Normal Life,” a track about feeling like you don’t belong in your place in life and knowing you were meant for something more. The song was the band’s first new studio release since their acclaimed 2019 album, Phantoms. Both new tracks will appear on the band’s highly-anticipated forthcoming album, which is slated to be released later this summer.
Since their 2006 debut album, Fix Me, Marianas Trench have consistently raised the musical bar both in the studio and with their explosive live shows around the globe. Amongst their many accomplishments, the Vancouver-based four-piece band composed of Josh Ramsay, Matt Webb, Mike Ayley and Ian Casselman, has earned two certified double-platinum records, one platinum record, a certified gold-selling record and triple-platinum digital singles. They have also been awarded the 2013 JUNO Award for Group of the Year and achieved several chart-topping radio hits including “Stutter,” “Fallout,” and “Who Do You Love.”
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.marianastrench.net.
Marianas Trench US Tour Dates:
September 12 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall ^
September 14 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues ^
September 15 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren ^
September 17 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues *
September 18 – Houston, TX – House of Blues *
September 20 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues *
September 21 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre *
September 22 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works *
September 24 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore *
September 25 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground *
September 27 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza *
September 30 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore *
October 1 – Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues *
October 3 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Roxian Theatre *
October 4 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom *
October 5 – Columbus, OH – The Bluestone *
October 7- Buffalo, NY – Electric City *
October 8 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe *
October 9 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues *
October 11 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave *
October 12 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore *
October 13 – Omaha, NE – The Admiral *
October 15 – Denver, CO – Summit *
October 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot *
October 18 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre #
October 19 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom #
Marianas Trench Canadian Tour Dates:
November 16 – Halifax, NS – Light House Arts Centre **
November 18 – Moncton, NB – Casino New Brunswick **
November 20 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS **
November 22 – Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre, Southam Hall **
November 23 – Kitchener, ON – Centre In The Square **
November 25 – Hamilton, ON – FirstOntario Concert Hall **
November 26 – London, ON – Centennial Hall **
November 29 – Windsor, ON – Caesars Windsor Colosseum **
November 30 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY **
December 3 – Thunder Bay, ON – Thunder Bay Community Auditorium **
December 4 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre **
December 6 – Regina, SK – Conexus Arts Centre **
December 7 – Edmonton, AB – Midway Music Hall **
December 9 – Medicine Hat, AB – Co-op Place **
December 10 – Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle Event Centre **
December 12 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum **
^ – Grayscale and Piao
* – Cassadee Pope and Piao
# – Girlfriends and Piao
** – LØLØ
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Sara Bareilles Returns With New Album and Headline Tour Across North America This Fall
GRAMMY-winning, Tony and Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter and Epic Records recording artist Sara Bareilles sets her new album, Good Grief, for August 28—presave/preorder HERE. Alongside the announcement, Bareilles is debuting the album’s first single, “Home”—listen/share HERE. Bareilles will also make her long-awaited return to the stage this fall for her deeply personal Good Grief Tour, promoted by Live Nation.
Good Grief marks Bareilles’ seventh studio album and her first since 2019’s Grammy-winning Amidst the Chaos, opening a new chapter to her 20-year career. True to its title, the 14-track collection is a reckoning with loss, yet even its darkest moments are threaded with an insistent, luminous pull toward hope.
“This whole collection of songs felt like transmissions rather than a deliberate attempt to make sense of the world,” says Bareilles. “My deepest hope is that Good Grief provides some kind of comfort or catharsis.”
“Home,” the album’s first single, was inspired by a conversation between Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper about grief and loss on Cooper’s podcast. Bareilles shares, “It feels like an invitation and a tone setter for the specificity and depth of this record. It just feels really essential right now. In order for us as humans to really know and understand each other, we have to listen to each other’s stories.”
Bareilles will also make her long-awaited return to the stage this fall for her deeply personal Good Grief Tour. Kicking off September 9 in Boston, this trek marks a triumphant new chapter for an artist at the height of her storytelling powers. The shows promise a blend of raw, vulnerable new tracks from Good Grief, alongside songs that have defined her career and connection to fans. Bringing her signature wit and authenticity to iconic theaters in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and more, Bareilles hopes to invite fans into an intimate space of connection, truth-telling, joy and some good grief. Tickets will be available starting with artist, Verizon and CITI pre-sales on Monday, June 8 (details below for exact times), with general onsale beginning on Wednesday, June 10 at 10 A.M. local time. See below for full tour routing and visit sarabmusic.com for more information.
Good Grief spans remarkable thematic ground, all of it rooted in Bareilles’ own experience—from intimate tributes to lost friends, to defiant anthems for women’s rights, to unexpected moments of lightness found in the darkest of times. Produced by Bareilles herself, the album was mostly recorded over six days at Dreamland Recording Studios in Woodstock, NY, alongside a band of longtime collaborators: drummer Charley Drayton, guitarist Butterfly Boucher, keyboardist Misty Boyce, bassist Solomon Dorsey, multi-instrumentalist Rob Moose and co-producer, recording engineer and mixer Jonathan Low. Later sessions took place alongside co-producer Aaron Dessner at his Long Pond Studios in the Hudson Valley, NY, with assists from engineer and mixer Bella Blasko. The collection also features contributions from Brandi Carlile, Andrea Gibson, Ingrid Michaelson, Joe Tippett and Megan Falley.
The making of the album was captured in the documentary, Sara Bareilles: Good Grief, which will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival this week. The film offers an intimate, unfiltered portrait of Bareilles’ return to the recording studio with close friends for the first time in seven years—a cinematic document of her creative process that becomes a profoundly personal, ultimately hopeful meditation on loss, grief and the power of music to heal. A masterclass in creativity, community and vulnerability, the documentary serves as a reminder of music’s extraordinary power to connect us to ourselves and to each other.
The album, tour and documentary add to a landmark year for Bareilles. Her song “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet,” co-written with Brandi Carlile and the late poet and activist Andrea Gibson, appears in the Peabody Award-winning documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, on which Bareilles also serves as executive producer. The song was shortlisted for Best Original Song and the film for Best Documentary at the 98th Academy Awards. The track also appears on Good Grief.
Bareilles is an award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, producer, activist, and New York Times best-selling author. A two-time GRAMMY winner, she has also earned three Tony and three Primetime Emmy nominations. Bareilles has sold more than three million albums and 15 million singles in the U.S., with over 3.5 billion streams worldwide. On Broadway, Bareilles composed the music and lyrics for Waitress, later stepping into the lead role both on Broadway and the West End. Her additional theater credits include her Tony-nominated performance as the Baker’s Wife in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods and a song on the Tony Award-nominated score for SpongeBob SquarePants. Her on-screen work includes an Emmy Award-nominated performance as Mary Magdalene in NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live! and her role as Dawn Solano in the Emmy-nominated musical comedy series Girls5eva. She is also currently developing a musical theater adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s bestselling novel The Interestings.
SARA BAREILLES—GOOD GRIEF
- Home
- Just a Kid
- Still Crying
- A Love Story
- Hands Off My Body
- Ladies In A Line
- Heartland
- Capsize Me
- Nervous Breakdown
- Idiot Heart
- Say Leave
- Salt Then Sour Then Sweet (feat. Brandi Carlile)
- Forever
- Wind Is the Weather
SARA BAREILLES LIVE
September 9—Boston, MA—MGM Music Hall at Fenway
September 12—Washington, D.C.—The Anthem
September 15—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall
September 18—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall
September 21—Philadelphia, PA—The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
September 24—Atlanta, GA—Fox Theatre
September 25—Cincinnati, OH—Taft Theatre
September 27—Chicago, IL—Chicago Theatre
September 30—Minneapolis, MN—Orpheum Theatre
October 2—St. Louis, MO—Stifel Theatre
October 4—Denver, CO—Bellco Theatre
October 6—Austin, TX—Bass Concert Hall
October 7—Houston, TX—The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
October 12—Los Angeles, CA—Dolby Theatre
October 13—Los Angeles, CA—Dolby Theatre
October 16—San Francisco, CA—Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
October 19—Seattle, WA—The Paramount Theatre
PRESALE INFORMATION
ARTIST PRESALE: To participate in the Sara Bareilles artist presale on Monday, June 8 at 12 P.M. local time you must sign up at sarabmusic.com.
CITI: Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Monday, June 8 at 10 A.M local time until Tuesday, June 9 at 10 P.M. local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.
VERIZON: Verizon will offer customers an exclusive presale for the Sara Bareilles Good Grief Tour in the U.S – no strings attached, simply for being a Verizon customer. The presale for select shows runs from Monday, June 8 at 10 A.M local time to Tuesday, June 9 at 10 P.M local time. Visit myAccess in the My Verizon app for more details. Learn more about Verizon Access here.
CHARITY INFORMATION
The Jed Foundation
Sara Bareilles has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket sold will be contributed by Live Nation to help protect emotional health and prevent suicide among teens and young adults through The Jed Foundation. No portion of the purchase price is tax-deductible. plus1.org | jedfoundation.org
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
100% of net proceeds from the Good Grief Tour VIP Upgrade Packages will benefit NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization. These funds will help NAMI continue to provide free education, support programs, advocacy, and resources to individuals and families affected by mental health conditions. For more information, visit https://www.nami.org/.
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Bryson Tiller Presents: The Neo Trapsoul Tour
GRAMMY-nominated multi-platinum selling artist Bryson Tiller has announced that he will be returning to the stage for his upcoming headline tour Bryson Tiller Presents: The Neo Trapsoul Tour, with support from Majid Jordan, Ty Dolla $ign and Austin Millz on select dates.
Produced by Live Nation, the expansive 61-date run kicks off with the US leg on August 27, 2026 in West Valley City, Utah making stops at iconic venues including Madison Square Garden in NYC, Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, Intuit Dome in LA and more before embarking on the UK/EU leg on November 17. The tour will continue on to stops in Paris, London, and Dublin among others before the final leg in Australia which begins January 19, 2027. Full routing below.
The announcement builds on recent momentum for Bryson, who is gearing up to release a brand-new album. Last month, he dropped his new single “IT’S OK” from the upcoming project.
TICKETS: Tickets to Bryson Tiller Presents: The Neo Trapsoul Tour will be available first through the Artist Presale on Wednesday, June 3rd at 12pm local in North America, the UK and Europe. Artist presale will be available for Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday, June 3rd at 11am local. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale starting Friday, June 5th at 12pm local. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
VIP: The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, exclusive access to the pre-show VIP lounge, specially designed VIP gift item, early entry into the venue & more. VIP package contents vary based on the offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com!
The tour announcement follows a landmark year for Tiller. Last October, he both celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his groundbreaking debut T R A P S O U L and released the double-album Solace & The Vices, showcasing the duality of his artistry, with The Vices leaning into high-energy, rap-driven production and Solace embracing a more soulful, R&B-forward sound. Additionally, Bryson teamed up with Chris Brown on their smash hit “It Depends,” which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s R&B Digital Song Sales Chart and peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also garnered an NAACP Image Award, along with two Grammy nominations, two BET Award nominations and an American Music Award.
BRYSON TILLER PRESENTS: THE NEO TRAPSOUL TOUR DATES
| Thu, Aug 27 | West Valley City, UT | Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre #$* |
| Sat, Aug 29 | Morrison, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheatre #$* |
| Mon, Aug 31 | Dallas, TX | Dos Equis Pavilion #$* |
| Wed, Sep 2 | Atlanta, GA | Lakewood Amphitheatre #$* |
| Thu, Sep 3 | Charlotte, NC | Truliant Amphitheater #$* |
| Fri, Sep 4 | Raleigh, NC | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek #$* |
| Sun, Sep 6 | Baltimore, MD | CFG Bank Arena #$* |
| Wed, Sep 9 | Virginia Beach, VA | Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach #$* |
| Thu, Sep 10 | Bristow, VA | Jiffy Lube Live #$* |
| Sat, Sep 12 | Belmont Park, NY | UBS Arena #$* |
| Sun, Sep 13 | New York, NY | Madison Square Garden #$* |
| Tue, Sep 15 | Darien Center, NY | Darien Lake Amphitheater #$* |
| Wed, Sep 16 | Toronto, ON | RBC Amphitheatre #$* |
| Fri, Sep 18 | Camden, NJ | Freedom Mortgage Pavilion #$* |
| Sat, Sep 19 | Newark, NJ | Prudential Center #$* |
| Sun, Sep 20 | Burgettstown, PA | The Pavilion at Star Lake #$* |
| Tue, Sep 22 | Mansfield, MA | Xfinity Center #$* |
| Wed, Sep 23 | Hartford, CT | The Meadows Music Theatre #$* |
| Fri, Sep 25 | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Blossom Music Center #$* |
| Sat, Sep 26 | Clarkston, MI | Pine Knob Music Theatre #$ |
| Sun, Sep 27 | Tinley Park, IL | Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre #* |
| Tue, Sep 29 | Milwaukee, WI | American Family Insurance Amphitheater #$* |
| Wed, Sep 30 | Shakopee, MN | Mystic Lake Amphitheater #$* |
| Fri, Oct 2 | Noblesville, IN | Ruoff Music Center #$* |
| Sat, Oct 3 | St. Louis, MO | Hollywood Casino Amphitheater #$* |
| Sun, Oct 4 | Kansas City, MO | Morton Amphitheater #$* |
| Tue, Oct 6 | Memphis, TN | FedExForum #$* |
| Wed, Oct 7 | Louisville, KY | KFC Yum! Center #$* |
| Fri, Oct 9 | Tampa, FL | MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre #$ |
| Sat, Oct 10 | West Palm Beach, FL | iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre #$* |
| Tue, Oct 13 | Austin, TX | Moody Center #$* |
| Thu, Oct 15 | Houston, TX | The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Sponsored by Huntsman #$* |
| Fri, Oct 16 | Rogers, AR | Walmart AMP #$* |
| Sun, Oct 18 | Albuquerque, NM | First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater #$* |
| Tue, Oct 20 | Phoenix, AZ | Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre #$* |
| Thu, Oct 22 | Anaheim, CA | Honda Center #$* |
| Sat, Oct 24 | Chula Vista, CA | North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre #$* |
| Sun, Oct 25 | Inglewood, CA | Intuit Dome #$* |
| Tue, Oct 27 | Concord, CA | Toyota Pavilion at Concord #$* |
| Thu, Oct 29 | Portland, OR | Veterans Memorial Coliseum #$* |
| Fri, Oct 30 | Vancouver, BC | Rogers Arena #$* |
| Sun, Nov 1 | Seattle, WA | Climate Pledge Arena #$* |
| Tue, Nov 17 | Zurich, CH | Hallenstadion # |
| Wed, Nov 18 | Paris, FR | Adidas Arena # |
| Fri, Nov 20 | Copenhagen, DK | Royal Arena # |
| Sun, Nov 22 | Stockholm, SE | Avicii Arena # |
| Tue, Nov 24 | Amsterdam, NL | Ziggo Dome # |
| Wed, Nov 25 | Berlin, DE | Velodrom # |
| Thu, Nov 26 | Dusseldorf, DE | Mitsubishi Electric Halle # |
| Sat, Nov 28 | Brussels, BE | Forest National # |
| Tue, Dec 01 | Dublin, IE | 3Arena # |
| Thu, Dec 03 | Manchester, UK | Co-op Live # |
| Fri, Dec 04 | Leeds, UK | First Direct Bank Arena # |
| Sat, Dec 05 | Cardiff, UK | Cardiff Utilita Arena # |
| Mon, Dec 07 | London, UK | The O2 Arena # |
| Wed, Dec 09 | Birmingham, UK | bp pulse # |
| Tue, Jan 19 | Perth, AU | RAC Arena # |
| Thu, Jan 21 | Melbourne, AU | Sidney Myer Music Bowl # |
| Sat, Jan 23 | Sydney, AU | Qudos Bank Arena # |
| Mon, Jan 25 | Brisbane, AU | Brisbane Entertainment Centre # |
| Wed, Jan 27 | Auckland, NZ | Spark Arena # |
# with Majid Jordan
$ with Ty Dolla $ign
* with Austin Millz