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April 10, 2013 | 12:58 PM | By

Made In America announces lineup: Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Haim, Kendrick Lamar, Fitz and the Tantrums, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Public Enemy, Beyonce and more

Here’s the lineup for this year’s Made In America festival.
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MIA Facebook special pre-sale happens Monday, April 15th, 10AM through Tuesday, April 16th, 10PM EST. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 17th at 10AM. Go here for ticket information.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, Emeli Sande, Fitz and the Tantrums, Haim, Imagine Dragons, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Lewis, Made in America, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Public Enemy, The Gaslight Anthem, Wiz Khalifa
March 30, 2013 | 1:56 PM | By

Watch Kendrick Lamar perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live (playing Firefly Festival in June)

Photo by Heather Kaplan

Photo by Heather Kaplan

Five months since the release of his incredible Good Kid: M.A.A.D City, rapper Kendrick Lamar continues to hold sway in its popularity. Lamar recently performed “Poetic Justice,” and “Girl Don’t Kill My Vibe” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Watch the videos below. Lamar is playing the Firefly Music Festival on a lineup that includes Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vampire Weekend, Foster The People, Grizzly Bear, MGMT and many others.

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, News, Firefly Festival, Kendrick Lamar
February 19, 2013 | 8:05 AM | By

Just Announced: XPN Welcomes Firefly Festival to Dover International Speedway, featuring Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Lumineers, MGMT, Kendrick Lamar and more

Photo by Clara Balzary

XPN welcomes the return of Firefly Festival to The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway on June 21st-23rd.  The line-up is huge this year, with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty and Foster the People headlining the multi-day festival and over sixty of the biggest established and rising acts in the country filling out the bill.  Firefly’s diverse bill includes Vampire Weekend, rapper Kendrick Lamar, Public Enemy, Philly’s Dr. Dog, The Walkmen and the Spinto Band, Ellie Goulding, The Avett Brothers, Passion Pit, Calvin Harris, Grizzly Bear, Toro Y Moi, ZZ Ward, Matt and Kim, Dispatch, and new favorites HAIM, Wild Belle and Foxygen. Check out videos of some of the bands we’re most excited to see this summer and go here to view the full line-up.  Tickets go on sale this Thursday, February 21st at noon; more information will be available here.

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, News, Firefly Festival, Foster The People, Haim, Kendrick Lamar, Public Enemy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Lumineers, Tom Petty, Wild Belle
September 13, 2012 | 10:01 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Kendrick Lamar at the TLA, Ian Hunter at World Cafe Live, Panic Years at MilkBoy, Attic Dancers at The Fire, Camp Jam in the Pines

Kendrick Lamar is an emerging rapper from Los Angeles who’s been praised for balancing hard-hitting contemporary hiphop sounds with a message behind the music. His album good kid, m.A.A.d city is being released on Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records in October, and he plays The TLA on South Street tonight. The all-ages show begins at 7 p.m. and admission is $36; tickets and information are available here. Below, check out a video for Kendrick Lamar’s song “Swimming Pools.”

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Downloads, Events, Recordings, Attic Dancers, Camp Jam In The Pines, Ian Hunter, Kendrick Lamar, Milkboy, Panic Years, The Fire, The TLA, World Cafe Live
August 2, 2012 | 10:45 AM | By

Looking to hear some live hip hop this weekend? Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, Chiddy Bang and more playing the Susquehanna Bank Center this Friday

The Under the Influence of Music Tour is coming to the Susquehanna Bank Center this Friday. The tour features performances by hip-hop artists Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, Philadelphia’s own Chiddy Bang, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, and Chevy Woods. The show starts at 5:30PM and tickets range from $20 to $65. Click here for tickets and more info.

Get pumped for the show and listen to Wiz Khalifa’s latest album, Work Hard Play Hard, in the player below.

FILED UNDER: Concert Previews, Events, Chevy Woods, Chiddy Bang, Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Schoolboy Q, Susquehanna Bank Center, Wiz Khalifa