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• Okeechobee Fest taking 2024 off

  03-08-2023 23:25 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Florida’s Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival is taking 2024 off, Okeechobee News reports. A statement from the founder of Soundslinger, which owns the property the fest has been held on, Sunshine Grove, reads, “As owners and safekeepers of our beautiful land, Sunshine Grove, Soundslinger cares deeply about the community that it witnessed come together in those first few years of OMF from 2016 onwards. We are working hard to keep OMF close to its original roots in a big way and reig
  
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• The Story So Far release first new song in 5 years, “Big Blind”

  03-08-2023 21:50 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Pop punk lifers The Story So Far have just released their first new single since 2018’s Proper Dose. It’s called “Big Blind,” and it pretty much sounds like classic TSSF. Check it out below.
  The Story So Far are about to hit the road opening blink-182‘s EU/UK tour, and they added some of their own headlining shows too. All dates are listed below.The Story So Far — 2023 Tour Datessupporting blink-182 unless otherwise noted:
  31st August 2023- Stylus, Leeds (head
  
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• John Mulaney, Jon Stewart & Pete Davidson announce shows together

  03-08-2023 20:23 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  John Mulaney, Jon Stewart, and Pete Davidson have announced a short run of shows together. They’ll make stops in the Northeastern US in September, hitting Springfield, MA (MassMutual Center on Friday, September 8); Bethlehem, PA (Wind Creek Event Center on Saturday, September 9 at 6 PM and 9 PM); and Atlantic City, NJ (Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena on Sunday, September 10 at 3 PM and 7 PM).
  Tickets to all dates go on sale Friday, August 4 at 10 AM ET, with a presale happening now (use the
  
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• New ska book ‘Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond’ out now

  03-08-2023 19:33 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Ska books have been all the rage lately, and here’s a new one that focuses on women in ska, Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond, by Heather Augustyn and out now on Sally Brown Publishing. The synopsis reads:
  The first book on women in ska released on March 8, 2023, International Women’s Day. Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond, by ska music historian Heather Augustyn contains well over 50 interviews with women involved in ska bands that began during the 2 Tone
  
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• American Nightmare’s ‘Background Music’ gets new vinyl pressing (exclusive black/clear LP)

  03-08-2023 19:08 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  We just launched a new pressing of Boston hardcore band American Nightmare‘s classic 2001 debut album Background Music on half clear/half black vinyl, limited to just 250 copies. Pre-order yours while they last!
  We’ve also got a limited silver vinyl variant of the band’s new EP Dedicated to the Next World and you can pick that up now as well.
  Read about AN’s sophomore LP We’re Down Til We’re Underground in our list of 10 hardcore albums turning 20 this year.Th
  
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• Lollapalooza 2023 livestream schedule

  03-08-2023 19:03 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  The 2023 edition of Lollapalooza runs through Sunday (8/6) at Chicago’s Grant Park, and if you won’t be there in person, many sets are streaming on Hulu, including Billie Eilish, The 1975, Carly Rae Jepsen, Karol G, Portugal. The Man, Sofi Tukker, Fred again.., Sudan Archives, Pusha T, ODESZA, Maggie Rogers, Sylvan Esso, J.I.D., Magdalena Bay, Rina Sawayama, Sincere Engineer, Joy Oladokun, DEHD, and many more. Find the full schedule below, and watch on Hulu.
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• Mdou Moctar stuck in US indefinitely due to Niger coup; GoFundMe launched to cover expenses

  03-08-2023 18:37 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Mdou Moctar just wrapped up their North American tour, which included appearances at Pitchfork, the Newport Folk Festival, and NYC’s SummerStage. Their stay has been extended, not by their own hand but due to the violent military coup in Mdou’s home country of Niger. A GoFundMe for the band has been launched to help cover expenses while they are stuck here “indefinitely.”
  Via the GoFundMe: “On July 26, the band Mdou Moctar’s home country of Niger was thrown in
  
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• The Comet Is Coming, Ibeyi & Aja Monet played SummerStage in Central Park (pics)

  03-08-2023 18:30 via brooklynvegan.com
  
  Shabaka Hutchings‘ electronic-leaning trio The Comet Is Coming have been out on tour this summer before they “return to near earth orbit to allow Betamax, Danalogue and Shabaka to concentrate on other pathways of artistic exploration,” and they stopped in NYC on Wednesday night (8/2) to headline a free SummerStage show in Central Park. For Hutchings, it was a return to the venue after he’d played there last summer with Sons of Kemet as part of their last tour.
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