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Their next tour date is at The Grand Social in Dublin, after that they'll be at The Limelight 2 in Belfast.

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The Specials are heading out on a UK tour in August/September 2021, including two nights at the iconic Roundhouse in London.

The Specials 2021 UK Tour Dates:

Bristol O2 Academy, 31 Aug ***EXTRA DATE*** Plymouth Pavilions, 02 Sept Bournemouth Windsor Hall, 03 Brighton Centre, 04 Glasgow Barrowland, 06 Edinburgh Usher Hall, 07 Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse, 09 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, 10 Coventry Ricoh Arena, 11 Hull Bonus Arena, 13 Blackpool Empress Ballroom, 14 Birmingham O2 Academy, 16 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, 17 Doncaster The Dome, 18 Reading Rivermead, 21 ***EXTRA DATE*** London Roundhouse, 23-24 London Troxy, 25 ***EXTRA DATE***

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*Swindon Oasis Centre show cancelled

Following the release of their critically acclaimed eighth studio album ‘Encore’ last year, the influential ska legends music remains embedded in the British music scene. After forming in Coventry back in 1977 and dropping their self-titled debut album in 1979, they made a statement with their unique punk infused ska sound that also tackled homegrown political issues.

The band have released seven successful studio albums and six live albums to date. Their debut single Gangsters shot to No.6 in the UK with every subsequent single a top 10 hit, including two No.1 tracks in the form of ‘Too Much Too Young’ and the much-loved ‘Ghost Town’, which was awarded the title of ‘Single of the Year 1981’ by NME, Melody Maker and Sounds.

Encore was the first new studio album to come from The Specials in over 38 years and received high praise from critics and fans alike. The release once again cemented their legendary status as they continue to inspire the next generation of politically motivated acts.

The Specials are Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter.

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The Specials are back with ten songs on a brand new album. Influential, important and exhilarating live, they are a band embedded in this country's DNA. It is impossible to envisage the musical landscape without them, from the startling, angular Gangsters in 1979 to their swan song, the epoch-making Ghost Town in 1981. They infused ska with punk, homegrown political anxiety with wider issues. The Specials' ascendancy was swift. Two years, seven hit singles including two number ones, two hit albums, sell-out tours – the mass stage-invasions and audience energy only adding to the myth. They were everywhere; on Top of the Pops, Radio One, nightclubs and school discos. At the time, the nation could not have seemed more polarised: far right youth cults, violence on the streets, conservative government. Their demise, however, was rapid.

April 1981. The Specials spend ten days recording Ghost Town in an 8-track home studio in Leamington Spa. The song spends three weeks at number one in July 1981 culminating in a Top of The Pops appearance 9th July 1981. In the dressing room afterwards the band split. In retrospect, maybe a signifier of how weird those times were is the fact that they are introduced on screen by both Jimmy Savile, and a nervy Adam Ant.

This line up of the Specials would never go in the studio again. "We did More Specials, the second album," says Lynval. "And oh God, someone left the band every day, the band would fall apart, then the next day they would rejoin again."

In 2009, with Britain in another recession, the Specials reform to play live - without founding member Jerry Dammers who clashes with the others during initial rehearsals. Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Horace Panter, John Bradbury, Neville Staple and Roddy "Radiation" Byers play a sell-out tour and the offers keep coming.

"There was never a long term plan," says Horace, the Special's extremely grounded, polite bassist. "But before we knew it, it was 2012. Then Neville quit, out of ill health, Roddy quit thank goodness, so four of us were left, all facing in the right direction, all in agreement.

"Towards the end of 2015 Lynval, Brad and I got together in a little rehearsal room and we recorded some demos on a handheld mic," continues Horace. "Then of course Brad dies [in December 2015, of a heart attack]. It took a year or so to pick ourselves back up again."

But eventually they do, and they record.

Ten songs – originals and some covers. Encore.

And it's fucking great – acknowledging the last forty years, taking what the Specials did and moving it forward. And you can dance to it. Produced by original members Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter – alongside long-time Specials keyboardist Nikolaj Torp Larsen.

"With the Specials first time round, it was very much Jerry's thing," adds Horace. "Y ou play this, you play that . Whereas this time around, the whole process was really joyous. Nobody was out of their heads, nobody had another agenda – we all wanted to make this great record."

"Nikolaj is like the fourth member of the band," says Lynval, by nature an extremely enthusiastic person. "He is an amazing keyboard player, arranger, producer… he's a godsend. Working with him was a blessing, we couldn't have done it without him."

The irony of course is that forty years ago the Specials embodied the state of the nation – seven voices as one from a typically dispossessed UK town. Now, in 2018, we have had a conservative government in office, recession and "austerity" measures which have dealt a direct hit at the vulnerable. Much has become full circle. "Scary isn't it?" says Horace. "We don't have to preach at all – although I don't think we ever did anyway. The songs are  relevant  – but then I always say injustice is timeless."

The genius of the Specials is that they are still observers, not commentators. The genius of the Specials is that they know what pop music is. The first track Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys – a cover of the Equals 1973 song - sounds like the Specials, but with '70s disco and funk thrown in. We start on an up .

"The Equals were the first British multiracial band," says singer Terry Hall, over a cup of coffee. "A lot of people think it's the Specials, and it's not so this is a tribute to them. People say to us, ' When we saw the Specials we saw that black and white is all right,' but me and Lynval thought that about the Equals."

Track two is Lynval's song. BLM (Black Lives Matter) is a sock to the jaw. From his father's arrival in the UK from Jamaica on the Windrush, to Lynval's own - arriving in Gloucester via Southampton in 1964. Systemic racism surrounds this song, taut like wire, as Lynval simply narrates his story.

"The signs keep saying the same thing/'No dogs, no Irish, no blacks'… Welcome to England."

"My father was from the generation who came to England on the Windrush to rebuild England after the Second World War," says Lynval. "That's the story we heard, usually late on a Friday night after my father came home from the pub. 'You don't know what I had to go through…' When he came to England at first he couldn't find anywhere to sleep – he had to sleep in a garage in Gloucester."

The song continues with Lynval's own experiences of being called a "black bastard" and a "goddam nigger". It's extremely powerful, and heartbreaking.

"Lynval is not saying it's right or wrong, there's no polemic, it's just his story," says Horace.

The genius of the Specials is that they don't do finger-wagging. "One thing we talked about before we started recording – how do we address these subjects that bug us?" says Terry. "We can't scream and shout about it anymore because we're a lot older – there'd be very little dignity left and it would be hypocritical too."

Vote for Me uses Jamaican rhythm and straight lyrics to nail essentially global, nameless corruption – with echoes of Ghost Town. "If you vote for me do you promise/To be upright, decent and honest/To have our best interests at heart?"

"It's about the idea of voting – can you be bothered? And if you are bothered, what are you voting for?" says Terry. "I can't get my head round Trump as an American president – or Theresa May dancing to Abba as everything crumbles around her. It's just nuts." The song is followed by a cover of the Fun Boy Three hit, The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum .

"This was originally going to be the follow up to Ghost Town," says Lynval. "But because of the pressures and the eternal problems we had within the Specials we had to do it as Fun Boy Three. It was really great to revisit it. The intro is that wonderful keyboard by Nikolaj, which goes absolutely berserk at the end. It's classic Specials."

The clipped, percussive original of 1981 has been given more of a Latin treatment. It's wonderful. The lyrics still pull no punches decades later. "Go nuclear the cowboy told us/And who am I to disagree."

"That's how it feels and very little has changed," says Terry. "That was written in the Reagan era, where you think that world politics can't get any worse. But now it is worse… surreal worse."

Breaking Point deals with the Internet, technology and social media – while the music is pure Weimar Germany, with a touch of Jacques Brel.

"That sort of music is what I listen to," says Terry. "Breaking point is how I feel every day. When I open my door I want to shut it again. I find it really hard to go out; you're playing zig zag with people on their phones. It's got to that stage now where our brains can't deal with technology anymore."

Blam Blam Fever by the Valentines, released in 1967 on Trojan, muses on gun culture.

"Horace brought this song in," says Terry. "We all thought we knew Trojan but we didn't know this." It suits the Specials perfectly.

"This fits in, especially in America," says Lynval, who now lives in Seattle. "People's attitudes are – if you don't have a gun how are you going to defend yourself? Something's wrong, you're not normal. Well, wait a minute – I think I'm normal because I don't want to shoot anyone."

The Ten Commandments is an answer song, a response to Prince Buster's Ten Commandments of Man (1965) which is essentially a list instructing a woman to be a supplicant to Prince Buster's ego. Now it's an all-out fuck-you, kick-ass glorious Ten Commandments addressing rape culture, misogyny , self-worth and alt-right "pseudo-intellectuals on the internet" with 20-year-old Saffiyah Khan. Saffiyah was photographed in 2017 squaring up to a member of the EDL, with the most incredible beatific smile on her face, at an anti-racist march in Birmingham. She was wearing a Specials t-shirt. The band saw the photo and got in touch.

Musically it up-ends Dawn Penn's No No No and transforms it into a paean for much that needs to change. Although it was the first time Saffiyah had been in a recording studio, it sounds like her second home.

"I found it difficult to write at first," says Saffiyah. "Then it all came together just before we went into the studio. I've never done music before and I didn't know what to expect, but they said 'Trust us, leave it with us ,' and they mixed it really well."

"She was so shocked to be asked," says Lynval of Saffiyah. "But the way she puts it across – she's young, she has that energy. She's wonderful."

"They cover topics on that album with spoken word pieces," adds Saffiyah. "For this track we wanted to get something between Prince Buster, Sleaford Mods and The Fall - so I immersed myself in it… And of course mine is from a woman's point of view."

Embarrassed By You is co-written by Mark Adams, whom Lynval originally met while visiting E rnesford G range school in C oventry .

"When we were known, on Top of the Pops and that sort of thing, I used to go round schools to talk to the kids about music," says Lynval. "I met Mark Adams when he was 12. I also met his parents and they said, 'He loves music!' s o I said, 'Let him stick with me' . And he became a friend, we've worked together musically over the years [Mark Adams played keyboards with the band in the 90s]. He started it off and then Terry wrote rest of the lyrics. It's about being embarrassed by your peer group, robbing, stabbing… saying just sort yourself out ."

Life and Times of a Man called Depression is almost a prequel to Breaking Point. A Terry song, spoken word, rather autobiographical.

"One thing I wanted to address was the ups and downs of my head, really," says Hall. "It's me looking back to when I first got properly diagnosed [with bipolar] 11 years ago, looking at that person and seeing how I've changed and how it's now mostly under control, whereas all those years ago it wasn't. It's important, if you've got a voice and people may listen to this, maybe they will understand it a bit more, how you feel – how it all feels, really."

The album ends with the glorious We Sell Hope . In recent years the live show encore was All the Time in the World, dedicated to drummer John Bradbury. This is similar and is bittersweet both musically and lyrically. " Looked all around the world, it'd be a beautiful place to live in."

"If you look at what the lyrics are saying," says Terry. "It's to be good to each other, because on a basic level, that's all you can do. Treat other people with respect and kindness."

The music is exquisite .

"We are very fortunate to have surrounded ourselves with excellent musicians," says Horace. "We're so lucky to have Steve Cradock on guitar, and also Kenrick Rowe on drums. They both make those songs sound fantastic – and Tim Smart, who plays trombone and has been with us since 2009. They're not just great songs, they're played by these amazing musicians."

The genius of the Specials is their innate understanding. The skill of re-contextualising what has gone before – from Monkey Man to Blam Blam Fever – and writing new songs that fuse this heritage with all that is current. Throughout the decades the Specials' influence has never gone away. And we need it.

"I'm aware our work has been out there for forty years and I'm so grateful for what we've done, I pinch myself sometimes," says Lynval. "I can pat myself on the back now, and say ' Well done,' because that what my father says to me. As a band, making this record, it was the closest we'd ever been."

"That's the thing with the Specials," says Horace. "We are three very different people, but you put us together and we become the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world, as far as I'm concerned. Something remarkable happens."

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The legendary 2 Tone and ska revival band, famous for hits such as Too Much Too Young and Ghost Town , still going strong with a career spanning over 40 years.

The Specials, one of the most electrifying, influential and important bands of all time have announced a 31-date European and UK tour in support of their just announced brand new album, “Encore” “Encore”, The Specials first new music for 37 years, will be released on February 1st via UMC /Island Records. 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the formation of The Specials and the legendary Two-Tone label in Coventry in 1979, and also marks 10 years since the band reformed to play some of the most vital and joyous live shows in recent memory.

The 10-song “Encore” was produced by Specials founding members Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter alongside Danish musician/producer Torp Larsen and indeed is the first time Hall, Golding & Panter have recorded new material together since the band’s 1981 No.1 single Ghost Town.

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The Specials have announced plans to tour the UK in 2021. The Specials tickets go on general sale at 10am today.

The legendary ska band will kick off the run in Swindon on August 31 before heading to Plymouth, Bournemouth, Brighton, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Cardiff, Hull, Blackpool, Birmingham, Nottingham and Doncaster.

The trek also features a hometown performance at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena and will wrap up with two London shows at the Camden Roundhouse.

In June, the band moved their performances at Halifax’s Piece Hall and Dublin’s Trinity College to summer 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Their last album was 2019’s ’Encore’, which landed 21 years on from their previous full-length, 1998’s ’Guilty ’til Proved Innocent!’.

The Specials Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows

Fri July 02 2021 - HALIFAX Piece Hall Mon July 05 2021 - DUBLIN Trinity College Tue August 31 2021 - SWINDON Oasis Thu September 02 2021 - PLYMOUTH Plymouth Pavilions Fri September 03 2021 - BOURNEMOUTH BIC, Windsor Hall Sat September 04 2021 - BRIGHTON Centre Mon September 06 2021 - GLASGOW Barrowland Tue September 07 2021 - EDINBURGH Usher Hall Thu September 09 2021 - MANCHESTER Victoria Warehouse Fri September 10 2021 - CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Sat September 11 2021 - COVENTRY Ericsson Indoor Arena Mon September 13 2021 - HULL Bonus Arena Tue September 14 2021 - BLACKPOOL Empress Ballroom Thu September 16 2021 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham Fri September 17 2021 - NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena Sat September 18 2021 - DONCASTER Doncaster Dome Thu September 23 2021 - LONDON Roundhouse Fri September 24 2021 - LONDON Roundhouse

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Hammersmith palais in london, uk on mon, 06 oct 1980.

First ever concert aged 16..great gig..went on to see hundreds of bands after this whet my appetite. Lasting memory was one of the band climbing up the speaker stack to the tune of "Monkey Man"

Plymouth Pavilions in Plymouth, UK on Thu, 02 Sep 2021

Terrible sound quality at the gig. After the first half it became slightly better. The crowd sang and danced anyway but personally I won't be coming here again.

Portsmouth Guildhall in Portsmouth, UK on Thu, 19 Jun 1980

My first concert, changed my life forever, never forget it.

Lewisham Odeon in Lewisham, UK on Sat, 01 Dec 1979

It was wonderful, Here's a recording of it, be quick, it is only up till Jan 7 https://we.tl/eFIIBMyCu7 enjoy

TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, Netherlands on Thu, 27 Nov 2014

This was a brilliant concert. Great songs, lots of memories and a great crowd! Enjoyment for both aufience and band!!!

Wolverhampton Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, UK on Thu, 20 Nov 2014

What a night drenched in sweat legs killing and ears still ringing what a night!!

Non stop.. just the way we like it!! and Loud!!

The Roundhouse in London, UK on Sat, 15 Nov 2014

amazing music,amazing venue

The Roundhouse in London, UK on Fri, 14 Nov 2014

Thank you to the bestest ska band of all time ,living the dream ,great night out , me bones are hurting , lets hope your be back at the roundhouse

O2 Academy Leeds in Leeds, UK on Mon, 10 Nov 2014

The Specials still sound the business 10/10

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• Hammersmith Palais in London, UK Mon, 06 Oct 1980 100% from 1 rating
• Portsmouth Guildhall in Portsmouth, UK Thu, 19 Jun 1980 100% from 1 rating
• Barrowland in Glasgow, UK Fri, 07 Nov 2014 100% from 1 rating
• Lewisham Odeon in Lewisham, UK Sat, 01 Dec 1979 100% from 1 rating
• O2 Academy Leeds in Leeds, UK Mon, 10 Nov 2014 100% from 1 rating
• The Roundhouse in London, UK Fri, 14 Nov 2014 100% from 1 rating
• The Roundhouse in London, UK Sat, 15 Nov 2014 100% from 1 rating
• Wolverhampton Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, UK Thu, 20 Nov 2014 95% from 2 ratings
• TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, Netherlands Thu, 27 Nov 2014 90% from 1 rating
• O2 Apollo in Manchester, UK Tue, 11 Nov 2014 90% from 1 rating

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• fantastic: 4 29%
• great: 1 7%
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• should've stayed at home: 0 0%

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Nas has announced a new UK and European tour to mark the 30th anniversary of his groundbreaking debut album Illmatic .

The 50-year-old rapper will perform Illmatic , which he released at the age of 20, in full.

Register below to buy advance tickets in the presale.

The 15-date tour will begin in Finland in October before arriving in Britain on 10 November for shows in Manchester, Edinburgh, Wolverhampton and London.

The platinum-certified album includes classic Nas tracks such as “N.Y State of Mind”, “Halftime”, “The World Is Yours” and “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” and is regularly cited as one of the most important and influential records in rap history.

In 2021, The Independent ’s Sam Moore wrote : “As listeners of Illmatic and the rest of his discography know, Nas was always an old head with a baby face, more philosopher than hustler – but he is also a linguistic genius, capable of bending words, rhymes and syllables at will.”

The new tour will begin at the House of Culture in Helsinki, Finland on 22 October. It will then call at B-K in Stockholm, Sweden (24 October), Kb Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark (25 October), the Palladium in Cologne, Germany(27 October), Fabrique in Milan, Italy (30 October) and Halle 622 in Zurich, Switzerland on 31 October.

In November, Nas will play the Gasometer in Vienna, Austria (2 November), the Uber Eats Music Hall in Berlin, Germany (3 November), AFAS Live in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (5 November), Le Zenith in Paris, France (7 November) and Stadthalle Offenbach in Offenbach, Germany on 8 November.

In the UK, Nas will appear at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester (10 November), Usher Hall, Edinburgh (11 November), University Wolverhampton at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (14 November) and finally the Royal Albert Hall in London on 15 November.

Fans can register here to buy tickets in the presale, which begins at 10am BST on Tuesday 23 April.

General tickets go on sale at 10am BST on Thursday 25 April.

In a five-star review of Nas’ 2021 album King’s Disease 2 , The Independent ’s Annabel Nugent wrote: “While most of today’s prominent rappers were not yet born when a 20-year-old Nasir Jones was coming up in New York City, you’d be hard-pressed to find one that doesn’t cite his 1994 benchmark debut Illmatic as an inspiration. A wordsmith, revered elder statesman, teacher, storyteller: the legend around Nas is all-encompassing.”

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Jimmy Carr’s two-word response to being ‘cancelled’ over controversial Netflix special

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Jimmy Carr has offered a two-word response to people bombarding him with backlash over his Netflix special.

The comedian is no stranger to controversy and causing offence with his humour, having claimed he was ‘cancelled’ in 2022 after joking about Roma people murdered in the Holocaust.

Three years after the special His Dark Material launched, he’s bringing out a new stand-up show on Netflix, Natural Born Killer.

However, a first look at his newest offering has already sparked some negative reactions, with people calling his attempt at humour ’embarrassing’.

And now, Jimmy has addressed the responses, saying to viewers trying to ‘get [him] cancelled’: ‘Good luck.’

During an appearance on The One Show on Tuesday, the 8 Out of 10 Cats star explained: ‘Jokes are like magnets. They attract some people, people come to see me and they really enjoy their night out and we have fun, and they’re just jokes, but like magnets, jokes attract and they repel.

‘Some people are repelled by my jokes, and they’re sat at home now, writing to Points of View, trying to get me cancelled. Good luck.’

He added: ‘Criticism is fine, cancellation is the new burning books, whereas criticism is absolutely valid, I’m not for everyone, I’m a strong flavour.’

Jimmy added ‘I quite like that thing of imposter syndrome, feeling a bit like, “Huh, there’s a lot of people turning up to see me, sure hope I’m funny!”’ the comedian began.

‘It’s kind of nice, because you get so used to… playing in front of a thousand people is a privilege, never mind 15,000, but you want to feel a bit out of your comfort zone always.’

Making a quip about his ‘problem with the taxman’, Jimmy joked that he does two shows every evening, one at 7pm and another following at 9.30pm, because ‘it’s one for me and one for them [the taxman].

‘So come to the second show, because that one’s for me, I care more about it. They’ve never said anything funny. Still got to pay them.’

In Natural Born Killer, Jimmy again discusses being ‘cancelled’, declaring: ‘You can’t go around apologising for jokes, they’re jokes. So I’ve got a plan.’

‘The next time I get cancelled over a joke, I’m going to come out on the day of the cancellation. I’m going to say, I’ve rehearsed this, I’m going to say,’ he then continued in a mocking voice: ‘”I’m sorry.”‘

He goes on: ‘The people that I’ve offended will say, “You don’t really mean that apology.” And I’ll say, “So you say I can say something and not mean it? Now you’re getting it”.’

But when viewers saw the clip advertised on X, many pointed out the same issue.

As user Simon Hewitt put it: ‘I quite like Jimmy Carr – but for someone that has multiple Netflix shows, he does talk about being cancelled a lot.’

Dave Yeboah agreed: ‘Another lucrative, widely advertised deal with the world’s largest streaming service. I wish I’d been cancelled.’

And Ashles complained: ‘Do all Netflix comedians share the same one joke? Because talking at length about all the things you ‘can’t say’ and being ‘cancelled’ for it is getting real … old now.’

The One Show airs weekdays at 7pm on BBC One.

Jimmy Carr Natural Born Killer is available to watch on Netflix.

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Kygo announces 2024 UK, European and North American arena tour

The Norwegian DJ will play 26 dates from September to December

Kygo has announced details of a huge world tour, taking in North America, Europe and the UK later this year – see the full list below, as well as ticket information.

The Norwegian house DJ and producer will play a total of 26 dates, his first such extensive tour since 2018.

The tour kicks off at Denver’s Dicks Sporting Goods Park on September 7, and takes in Columbia, New York, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver, before wrapping the North American leg in Los Angeles on October 17.

Time to bring the music to you!!! Part One of my World Tour starts this fall with my friends and special guests @zaralarsson , @sofitukker , @gryffinofficial , @SamFeldtMusic , @haylasings , @Vandeluxmusic , Victoria Nadine and @Klangkarussell 💥 Check out https://t.co/iehRQLIBKb and… pic.twitter.com/VCIxi3nXZV — Kygo (@KygoMusic) April 22, 2024

Kygo then heads across the Atlantic the following month, starting in Copenhagen on November 6, and running around Europe for 12 dates. He will then round out the year with a headline show at London’s The O2 on December 11 and Dublin’s 3Arena on December 13.

Support at the shows will come from Sofi Tukker , Gryffin, Sam Feldt, Zara Larsson , Klangkarussell, Hayla, Victoria Nadine and Vandelux.

Tickets for all shows go on general sale at 10am local time on Friday (April 26). US tickets can be found here , with UK tickets available here .

Kygo Autumn 2024 tour dates are:

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SEPTEMBER 7 – Denver, CO, Dicks Sporting Goods Park 12 – Columbia, MD, Merriweather Post Pavilion 13 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center 17 – Boston, MA, TD Garden 20 – Montreal, Que, Bell Centre 21 – Toronto, Ont, Woodbine Park 26 – Chicago, IL, Huntington Bank Pavilion 28 – Austin, TX, Germania Insurance

OCTOBER 4 – San Francisco, CA, Chase Center 9 – Seattle, WA, Climate Pledge Arena 10 – Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena 17 – Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Bowl

NOVEMBER 6 – Copenhagen, Royal Arena 8 – Oslo, Telenor Arena 13 – Stockholm, Tele2 Arena 15 – Berlin, Uber Arena 17 – Budapest, MVM Dome 21 – Cologne, Lanxess Arena 23 – Vienna, Stadthalle 26 – Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome 29 – Milan, Forum

DECEMBER 3 – Madrid, Wizink Center 6 – Brussels, ING Arena 7 – Paris, Accor Arena 11 – London, The O2 13 – Dublin, 3Arena

Last year, Kygo shared a reimagined remix of Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson’s 1983 single ‘Say Say Say’ .

“I’m absolutely honoured to work on a song that was made by two of the greatest musical legends of all time,” said Kygo. “Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson have meant so much to me as an artist and I’ve been listening to their music since I was a kid.”

His latest album is 2022’s ‘Thrill Of The Chase’, his fourth in total, which featured collaborations with  X Ambassadors ,  DNCE ,  Lukas Graham ,  Sam Feldt ,  Dean Lewis , and more.

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Kygo announces 2024 world tour, check out dates, venues, special guests

“time to bring the music to you part one of my world tour starts this fall with my friends and special guests,” kygo shared with his fans.

Kygo is ready to hit the road again! The Norwegian DJ took to social media on Monday, April 22, to announce the first part of his World Tour. The 32-year-old record producer also revealed that he will joined by his “friends and special guests” Zara Larsson, Sofi Tukker, Gryffin, Sam Feldt, Haylasings, Vandelux, Victoria Nadine, and Klangkarussell.

“Time to bring the music to you!!! Part One of my World Tour starts this fall with my friends and special guests,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Starting this fall, Kygo will embark on the European and North American leg of his 2024 World Tour. You can check out the full list of dates and corresponding venues below:

Full list of dates for Kygo's 2024 World Tour

Saturday, September 7 – Commerce City, CO – DICK'S Sporting Goods Park *+

Thursday, September 12 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion *+

Friday, September 13 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center *+

Tuesday, September 17 – Boston, MA – TD Garden *+

Friday, September 20 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre *+

Saturday, September 21 – Toronto, ON – Woodbine Park *+

Wednesday, September 25 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island ^~

Saturday, September 28 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater ^~

Friday, October 4 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center ^~

Wednesday, October 9 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena ^~

Thursday, October 10 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena ^~

Thursday, October 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl ^~

Wednesday, November 6 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena > =

Friday, November 8 – Oslo, Norway – Telenor Arena > %

Wednesday, November 13 – Stockholm, Sweden – Tele2 Arena >=

Friday, November 15 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena >=

Sunday, November 17 – Budapest, Hungary – MVM Dome *=

Thursday, November 21 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena #=

Saturday, November 23 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle #=

Tuesday, November 26 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome #=

Friday, November 29 – Milan, Italy – Forum #=

Tuesday, December 3 – Madrid, Spain – Wizink Center #=

Friday, December 6 – Brussels, Belgium – ING Arena #=

Saturday, December 7 – Paris, France – Accor Arena #=

Wednesday, December 11 – London, UK – The O2 #+

Friday, December 13 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena #+

Special guests:

• # With SOFI TUKKER
• > With GRYFFIN
• * With Sam Feldt
• ^ With Zara Larsson
• = With Klangkarussell
• + With Hayla
• % With Victoria Nadine
• ~ With Vandelux

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Pitbull announces Party After Dark concert tour, T-Pain to join as special guest

Dale! Mr. Worldwide is hitting the road once again.

Latin rap star Pitbull is set to deliver a mix of his career-spanning hits on the upcoming Party After Dark Tour. The U.S. trek follows numerous successful solo tours for the "Give Me Everything" rapper, including the triple-headlining Trilogy Tour with Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin .

Produced by Live Nation, the 26-city tour kicks off on Aug. 21 in Bristow, Virginia, making stops across the U.S. before wrapping in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Oct. 5.  Fellow rapper T-Pain will serve as a special guest on the tour.

The Grammy-winning Pitbull is known for a slew of hit singles , including "Fireball," "Timber" with Kesha , "Hotel Room Service," "Give Me Everything" with Afrojack and Ne-Yo and "Time of Our Lives" with Ne-Yo.

T-Pain, known for singles like "Bartender," "Buy U a Drank" and "Booty Wurk" is popular for his use of auto-tune pitch with electronic-style vocal performances. His most recent album, "On Top of The Covers," was released in 2023.

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How to get tickets to Pitbull's Party After Dark Tour

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at LiveNation.com .

There are also a number of presales in the days leading up to the general on-sale. Live Nation , Ticketmaster and Talking Stick Resort are hosting presales from 10 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. Thursday.

A Citi cardmember presale will be held from 10 a.m. Wednesday through 11:59 p.m. Thursday at citientertainment.com . During the same time period, there'll be an artist presale and a VIP packages presale at livenation.com .

There's also a Spotify presale from noon until 11:59 p.m. Thursday.

The Party After Dark Tour will also offer a variety of VIP packages including premium tickets, backstage tour and photo op on-stage, pre-show VIP lounge, specially designed VIP gift item and more. Visit v ipnation.com

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Pitbull's latest music inspired by NASCAR racing team

Pitbull’s recent musical releases include "Trackhouse" and "Trackhouse: Daytona 500 Edition."

The album titles are inspired by the NASCAR Cup Series team Trackhouse Racing, which he has been a co-owner of since 2021. The tracks feature special guests Dolly Parton , Tim McGraw , Nile Rodgers, T-Pain, Omar Courtz and more.

Pitbull Party After Dark Tour dates

• Aug 21, 2024 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
• Aug 23, 2024 - Virginia Beach, VA - Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
• Aug 24, 2024 - Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium
• Aug 25, 2024 - Queens, NY - Forest Hills Stadium
• Aug 29, 2024 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
• Aug 30, 2024 - Tinley Park, IL - Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
• Aug 31, 2024 - Milwaukee, WI - American Family Insurance Amphitheater
• Sep 1, 2024 - Noblesville, IN - Ruoff Music Center
• Sep 4, 2024 - Clarkston, MI - Pine Knob Music Theatre
• Sep 6, 2024 - Darien Center, NY - Dairen Lake Amphitheater
• Sep 7, 2024 - Syracuse, NY - Empower FCU Amphitheater at Lakeview
• Sep 8, 2024 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Broadview Stage at SPAC
• Sep 12, 2024 - Wantagh, NY - Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
• Sep 13, 2024 - Hartford, CT - Xfinity Theatre
• Sep 14, 2024 - Bangor, ME - Maine Savings Amphitheater
• Sep 15, 2024 - Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
• Sep 18, 2024 - Burgettstown, PA - The Pavilion at Star Lake
• Sep 19, 2024 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
• Sep 21, 2024 - Ridgedale, MO - Thunder Ridge Nature Arena
• Sep 22, 2024 - St. Louis, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
• Sep 25, 2024 - Salt Lake City, UT - Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Sep 27, 2024 - Ridgefield, WA - RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
• Sep 28, 2024 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
• Oct 3, 2024 - Chula Vista, CA - North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Oct 4, 2024 - Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
• Oct 5, 2024 - Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater

Contributing: Greta Cross, Springfield News-Leader