Is the President coming to town? According to Rolling Stone, one of the most powerful men in the hip-hop industry is planning to invite the most powerful politician in the world to Philly’s Made in America music festival (scheduled for September 1st and 2nd). Regarding the President’s invitation, Jay-Z stated, Continue reading »
A weird thing happened during Jay-Z and Mayor Nutter’s huge announcement yesterday. Somehow, Philly rapper Freeway (whose flow, sources tell me, is still in effect) managed to get to the side of the stage while Jay-Z was presenting. Apparently, Freeway eschews both rhyming and stage etiquette, because he instantly decided Continue reading »
Later this morning, Mayor Nutter will make a special unannounced-announcement alongside “it’s-cha-boy” Jay-Z on the steps of the Art Museum. Initially, their announcement was a mystery, but now we’ve gotten word that the two are are teaming up to officially unveil the Budweiser “Made In America” Festival, which will take Continue reading »
Sure, the headliners were already announced (Wilco, Dr. Dog, the Avett Brothers,) but we’ve grown tired of not-so-patiently waiting to learn rest of the Xponential Festival bill. Today, our wait ends with XPN announcing that The Counting freakin’ Crows will be playing Susquehannah Bank on Sunday, July 22nd, But there’s Continue reading »
The Key just announced that Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket will be playing The Mann Center on August 17th, so consider this our obligatory show alert and don’t say we didn’t warn you when the show sells out and you get swindled by organ thieves on Craigslist whilst Continue reading »
Dancin’ on Air will pop and lock its way back onto the airwaves on March 31st. The Saturday morning show originally aired in Philadelphia in the early 80s, but it eventually went national from 1987 to 1991, introducing the likes of Kelly Rippa, Duran Duran and the Beastie Boys. Obviously, Continue reading »
Wilco, Dr. Dog and The Avett Brothers have all signed on to perform at this year’s Xponential Festival at the Susquehannah Bank! Last year’s headliner was Ben Folds, so by our count, this is a noticeable improvement (no offense to Ben Folds fans, we just really dig Wilco). The full Continue reading »
