Christina Aguilera Returns to the Road

Modern Rock

By Kristi Kates | June 16, 2018

Hot off of the heels of her duet with Demi Lovato at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, Christina Aguilera is returning to the road for her first big tour in over a decade. Aguilera will support her upcoming album, Liberation (Lovato and Aguilera performed “Fall in Line” from that album at the awards show), with a tour kicking off on Sept. 25. Tickets are on sale now; each one purchased will include a copy of the album, which was partially produced by Kanye West. Aguilera will hit 22 cities this fall for starters, with more expected; already confirmed are stops in Washington, D.C. (Sept. 30), NYC (Oct. 3–4), Boston (Oct. 8), Detroit (Oct. 13), Chicago (Oct. 16–17), and Denver (Oct.19) …

Bumbershoot is bumber-back this year in Seattle with its 2018 lineup mostly announced. This year’s fest will take place over Labor Day weekend (Aug. 31–Sept. 2) with headliners including The Chainsmokers, Portugal. The Man, J. Cole, and SZA, plus additional sets from Cold War Kids, Phoenix, Ludacris, and Blondie. Also returning is Dana Point, California’s Ohana Festival, which will run Sept. 28–30 this year with performances from Norah Jones, Amos Lee, Mumford and Sons, Beck, and Eric Church …

Pharrell Williams and Camila Cabello have teamed up for a new duet called “Sangria Wine,” a summery, salsa-inspired number that features vocal banter and Cabello singing in both English and Spanish. Cabello initially debuted the track live during her headlining tour earlier this spring, and the pair then performed the tune together, live, at the recent Billboard Music Awards. Cabello is back on the road as one of the opening acts on Taylor Swift’s current Reputation tour …

Interview Magazine, the publication founded by Andy Warhol and known for its in-depth interviews with actors, celebrities, and musicians like Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Fleet Foxes, Solange Knowles, and Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), has gone through its troubles over the years, relaunching itself in 1990 and 2008, but now it appears to have shut down for good after its former editorial director resigned and filed a lawsuit against the magazine and its company …

LINK OF THE WEEK
P!nk has added more dates to her big Beautiful Trauma world tour; she’s now tacked on nearly 40 more dates across the U.S. and Canada for the first quarter of 2019, including a two-night stand in Detroit as a makeup date for her postponed 2018 shows. Check out all the dates and the latest on P!nk at her official website, pinkspage.com …

THE BUZZ
Detroit rapper/producer Tony Khnanisho, aka Tony K, has just released a new single called “Run,” which Tony said was inspired by the likes of J Dilla and Eminem …
Detroit indie-rock band JR JR (formerly known as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.) has returned; they hosted a free concert in Detroit’s Beacon Park June 16 …
Detroit native Michael Jackson has had a street named after him in the Motor City. Tthe stretch of Randolph Street between Madison Street and Gratiot Avenue will now be known as ‘Michael Jackson Avenue’ …
Grand Rapids’ St. Cecilia Music Center’s Royce Auditorium Jazz Series starts in November, with performances from Arturo Sandoval, Kenny barron, Joey DeFrancesco, and the Benny Green Trio … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

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