Neptune News

Queensrÿche are ecstatic to announce that they will be playing some of the most renown European Festivals along with a few club shows in support of their upcoming album The Verdict, which will be released onMarch 1st, 2019. Special guests on that run will be Firewind and Mirrorplain, joining them on selected shows.

One of the UK's hottest new acts Bad Sounds are excited to announce they will be making their first trip to NORTH AMERICA as they have confirmed SXSW and a tour as direct support for Broods. The shows kick off March 26 in Santa Ana, CA and conclude in Washington, DC on April 20. Along the way they stop in Los Angeles on March 27for a show at The Fonda and hit NYC's Irving Plaza on April 18. Further, Bad Sounds will be making a stop at this year's SXSW Festival. All dates are listed below.

Following the announcement of LEON's'You and I World Tour – Part 1,' which starts in Europe on March 30, the Swedish artist has confirmed she will be releasing her highly anticipated self-titled debut album worldwide on March 1 via her own LEON Recordings imprint on BMG. 

Drew and Ellie Holcomb released their Electricity EP on January 11, 2019 ahead of The You & Me Tour: An Evening with Drew and Ellie Holcomb, which continues this week starting in Tampa tonight! The EP features two new original songs, “Electricity,” “Love Anyway,” and a cover of WillieNelson's classic “On The Road Again.” Listen to the EP or purchase via your preferred music providernow. For full tour dates, see below and for tickets, please visit www.drewholcomb.com/tour orwww.ellieholcomb.com/tour.

As the world awaits news of her highly anticipated forthcoming debut album, Swedish artist LEON has announced she will be returning to the stage from March onwards for the first leg of her 2019 'You and I' World Tour, presented by Ones to Watch. Starting in her native Stockholm, Sweden on March 30, the European tour will be making stops in Norway, Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris before wrapping in London on April 8. On April 19, LEON will be crossing the Atlantic with her band to embark on their North American headlining tour, starting in Washington, D.C, then making 20 more stops across the country. Tickets go on-sale February 1. For a full list of tour dates see below or go HERE.

ABET presents THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM January 25 and 26, and February 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, and 10. Book and lyrics are by Alfred Uhry, music by Robert Waldman, and adapted from the novella by Eudora Welty. The show is directed by Bradley Akers, with musical direction by Anthony Felton and choreography by Amanda Baillie.

Hippo Campus will be back on the road this month playing songs from their latest album Bambi to sold out crowds and the dates keep coming well into the summer. The band will be playing Governers Ball, Bonnaroo and Firefly festivals and more dates have just been announced, these alongside Grand Jury label-mate Samia.

Hop Along have announced plans for a headline US tour, which will bring their dynamic, powerhouse live show to stages across the West Coast. The dates begin April 2nd in Denver, including stops at Coachella, two nights at The Independent in San Francisco, along with many others. Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 25th. The full list of tour dates can be found below and here. The band have also announced international appearances at this summer's Primavera Sound, Best Kept Secret, and Firefly Festival in the US.

Nilüfer Yanya, London's 23 year-old “effortlessly smooth new soul star” (The FADER) has today announced her hotly-anticipated debut full length album Miss Universe. The record will be released onMarch 22 via ATO Records and launches today with the unveiling of Nilüfer's new single and video 'In Your Head'.

Now, Now are thrilled to announce their upcoming co-headline tour with Foxing this April and May. The new dates follow an earlier west coast run this January and February with Hippo Campus, and extend upon the band's already significant touring in support of their critically acclaimed album SAVED, which won inclusion on multiple Best of 2018 album and single lists at publications including FADER, GQ, NPR Music, Billboard, Idolator, and many others. Tickets for the headline run are available now via a special artist pre-sale (http://bit.ly/FoxingNowNow) that will include a limited number of pre-sale tickets and bundles that included a limited edition signed silkscreen poster featuring both bands. All tour dates and additional on-sale information is below, with more dates to be announced in the coming weeks.

The one-and-only Isaac Mizrahi - celebrated fashion icon, singer, raconteur - will bring his singular talent, humor and charm to the McCarter Theater Center stage (91 University Place, Princeton, NJ) for one-night-only on Friday, March 1st as he kicks off a national tour with a brand new show, I&ME, in conjunction with the release of his memoir I.M., to be published by Flatiron Books on February 26, it has been announced by the tour's producer Arnold Engelman.

Valley Maker, the folk project of songwriter Austin Crane, released his new album Rhododendron last fall on Frenchkiss Records and followed with a North American and UK/European tour that included dates with Ryley Walker and Chad VanGaalen and a sold-out headlining show in New York City. Today, Valley Maker is thrilled to announce more live dates in 2019, beginning with two sold-out dates at Seattle's Neptune Theatre opening Toro y Moi, who produced half of Rhododendron. Valley Maker will play SXSW in March and then embark on a run of North American dates in April and May. Tickets to the April and May dates will go on sale this Friday.

Emerging singer/songwriter Billy Raffoul confirms North American tour dates this spring supporting Parachute. The extensive run of dates brings Raffoul to New York's Gramercy Theatre, Nashville's Cannery Ballroom, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, Boston's Royale as well as two dates at Los Angeles' Troubadour. Raffoul has spent the past few years on the road sharing the stage with Kings of Leon, ZZ Ward, NEEDTOBREATHE, Mondo Cozmo, Judah & The Lion and more. Ticket's on-sale begins on Friday, January 18 and can be purchased at billyraffoul.com. See below for complete tour dates.

Broadway Advocacy Coalition? and Columbia Law School? announce the participants in their collaborative course entitled: The Theater of Change: Building the Capacity for Impact through Artistry, Law, and Activism.

Queensrÿche have just dropped their newest track 'Dark Reverie' today via Century Media Records. Fans can check out the pseudo video HERE, which is off of their forthcoming full-length album The Verdict out March 1st.

Milford Arts Council, The MAC presents a two-day indoor blues and bluegrass festival called The Souped Up Blues Grass Bash on January 12 and 13. It's an indoor weekend music festival that'll warm your heart, and a fantastic way to forget about a cold January weekend in the dead of winter!

Drew and Ellie Holcomb are thrilled to release three new songs today, January 11, 2019, as the Electricity EP ahead of The You & Me Tour: An Evening with Drew and Ellie Holcomb, which kicks off in Abingdon, VA on January 25TH. The EP features two new original songs, “Electricity,” “Love Anyway,” and a cover of Willie Nelson's classic “On The RoadAgain.” Listen to the EP or purchase via your preferred music provider now. For full tour dates, see below and for tickets, please visit www.drewholcomb.com/tour or www.ellieholcomb.com/tour.

It's 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has just delivered a speech that is now known as "I've Been to the Mountaintop."  When he returns to his room at the Lorraine Motel, King is visited by Camae, a mysterious maid whose charm disarms the civil rights leader. He doesn't know it, but this will be the last night of his life. This is the setup of The Mountaintop. Throughout the play, writer Katori Hall's witty and intelligent dialogue exposes the man behind the movement.

ABET presents THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM January 25 and 26, and February 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, and 10. Book and lyrics are by Alfred Uhry, music by Robert Waldman, and adapted from the novella by Eudora Welty. The show is directed by Bradley Akers, with musical direction by Anthony Felton and choreography by Amanda Baillie.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces its highest-attended season to date with more than 1 million patrons attending more than 700 events during its 2017/2018 season - an increase in attendance of over 35% from STG's previous record (771,00 in 2015). Through this overwhelming support of its performances, programs, and special events, STG has also garnered a record single-season net surplus, which in turn will allow the organization to continue its mission to create enriching experiences in the arts, engage diverse communities, and steward historic theatres.