Rufus Wainwright is preparing to release his seventh studio album “Out of The Game” on May 1st, and in support of the Mark Ronson produced album there will be a very short tour kicking off in May. Rufus Wainwright has included a Los Angeles date which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 12th at the Orpheum Theater in Downtown. All four tour dates can be seen after the jump below.
Tickets for his Orpheum Theater date are available to purchase online now through Ticketmaster. Ticket prices range between $35.00-$55.00 plus any additional services fees. The link below will take you to the purchase screen you need. Take a listen to the first single “Out of The Game” off of the new album by heading over to Mark Ronson’s Tumblr page or by clicking HERE.
Purchase: Tickets for Rufus Wainwright at Orpheum Theater on 5/12
It was exciting to see that local indie rockers Grouplove were included on this years Coachella festival line up after having a great year since the release of “Never Trust a Happy Song”. But if you didn’t score tickets to either of the sold out weekends, Grouplove have scheduled a show to take place in between their Coachella appearances. They will be playing at the Observatory OC in Santa Ana on Tuesday, April 17th.
Tickets for this show are set to go on sale starting on Friday, February 24th at 10am through Ticketweb for $15.00 plus any additional service fees. If you still need to get yourself a little more familiar take a listen to “Itchin’ on A Photograph” below and get ready to see Grouplove live in April!
SBTRKT has scheduled a show date surrounding his appearance at this years Coachella festival. But the best part about this show is that it is a lot more local and wont require driving to San Diego or San Francisco. SBTRKT will be taking the stage of the Observatory OC in Santa Ana on Friday, April 20th. This is great news for those who couldn’t score passes to the sold out festival.
Tickets to see SBTRKT at Observatory OC is go on sale starting on Friday, March 2nd at 10am through Ticketweb for $22.00 plus any additional service fees. This show comes highly recommended if you’re not heading out to indio in April, get those tickets soon.
It seems like 2012 is the year of reunions. The latest regrouping announcment comes from New York slowcore band Codeine who haven’t played together for over 18 years now. The band will be re-releasing their three studio albums in May and will also head out for a very limited tour in support of the albums. Codeine will be making a stop in Los Angeles for a show on Friday, July 13th at the Echoplex. The full tour schedule can be seen after the jump below.
Ticket on-sale information for their Los Angeles show has not been released yet, but that should be taking place in the coming weeks. But when they do go on sale, Codeine fans will be coming out of the woodwork to see them together again so bet on these tickets to move fast.
JD Samson + MEN are working on some major plans for 2012. The band released their new EP “Next” today and have announced that they plan on releasing three more EP’s by the end of the year. JD Samson + MEN have also announced that they will be heading out on an international tour starting this week and will be coming back to Los Angeles for a local show. You can see JD Samson + MEN when they play at the Echoplex on Thursday, May 10th. You can see the full tour schedule after the jump below.
As of now, there is no ticket on-sale information for their show at the Echoplex, but that should change sometime in the near future. Check out the title track off of the new EP below and get ready for the return of JD Samson + MEN this May!
Purchase: Tickets for JD Samson + MEN at Echoplex on 5/10
Kimbra has been getting a lot more attention lately since she was featured on Gotye’s track “Somebody That I Used To Know”, and that song went off to take over the radio airwaves. But we think it’s time you get to know Kimbra on her own. She has scheduled a local Los Angeles show in support of her debut album “Vows” which is set to take place on Tuesday, April 17th at the Troubadour.
Tickets to see Kimbra at Troubadour will be available to purchase starting on Thursday, February 23rd at 1pm through Ticketfly for $15.00 plus any additional service fees. While many of you know the song that she was featured on, we also suggest taking a listen to her track “Good Intent” below and giving her album a spin.
South African duo Die Antwoord will be coming back to Los Angeles this week for another show is support of their latest release “Ten$Ion”. They will be taking the stage of Club Nokia on Friday, February 24th. Joining Die Antwoord will be Izzi Willow to open up the show. This show is completely sold out but we were able to get our hands on a couple of pairs to giveaway to our readers.
All you have to do is send us an email at DowntownLobby@gmail.com and include your full name and contact information. We will choose all winners at random and send them to see Die Antwoord’s sold out show at Club Nokia as our guest. Get those entries in soon!
Burger Records are planning a pretty awesome show down in Orange County. They are gathering up some of their best acts for one show. Expect to see performances by OFF!, Ty Segall, The Strange Boys, White Fence, King Tuff, FIDLAR, Audacity, Lovely Bad Things, Dirt Dress, Pangea, Cosmonauts, The Tyde, Feeding People, Tomorrows Tulips, The Abigails and some other special guests. This dual stage mini-fest is going to be one intense day of music. This is all set to take place at Observatory OC in Santa Ana on Saturday, March 24th starting at 5pm.
Tickets for Burgerama at the Observatory OC are available to purchase online now through Ticketweb for $20.00 plus any additional service fees. This is one show that I just might have to travel down to Santa Ana to see. Get your tickets through the link below and check out a couple of our favorite tracks from bands on the line up.
Purchase: Tickets For Burgerama at Observatory OC on 3/24
