Cruel World Festival: Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie, Devo and more coming in May
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The one-day-only Cruel World Festival on May 2 will feature Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie and Devo headlining an abundant plate of alternative acts.
The one-day-only Cruel World Festival on May 2 will feature Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie and Devo headlining an abundant plate of alternative acts.
The fifth annual One Love Cali Reggae Fest comes to Queen Mary Park for three days, Feb. 7-9, featuring a lineup of Dirty Heads, Sublime With Rome, Atmosphere, Rebelution, Stick Figure, SOJA, Slightly Stoopid, Damian “Jr Gong” Marley, Iration and many more.
The Cure’s hit-laden set capped Saturday’s steamy Pasadena Daydream Festival, which in some ways recalled a dearly departed L.A. institution, FYF Fest. Robert Smith himself proclaimed it “the best day of summer.”
Yeah Yeahs Yeahs, Phoenix cap a day dominated by Coachella veterans at the first Just Like Heaven Festival, an unfussy affair that mercifully put the music first.
A new festival, the Goldenvoice-propmoted Just Like Heaven, debut May 4 at the Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach.
FYF Fest 2018, which was to return in July, has been canceled.
The lineup for the 15th FYF Fest includes Florence + the Machine, Janet Jackson, Future, The xx, My Bloody Valentine, St. Vincent, Kali Uchis, Daniel Caesar, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Nina Kraviz, Rhye, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cuco and Youth Code.
The Goldenvoice Present April series features more than 50 concerts at SoCal locales featuring artists also playing the sold-out weekends at Coachella. Included: Haim, St. Vincent, Tyler the Creator, Portugal. The Man, Chromeo, Fleet Foxes, A Perfect Circle.
Buzz Bands LA looks back on 2017 with galleries (and galleries) of our favorite concert photographs.
FYF Fest founder Sean Carlson was investigated for sexual assault but no charges were filed after an incident in 2013. The Times’ report follows this morning’s story by SPIN detailed four incidents of alleged sexual misconduct by Carlson.