Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! We kickoff the first day of the week with Kevin Mays from WBTZ (99.9 The Buzz)/Burlington, VT sharing his Famous Firsts. Fun stuff on the heels of WBTZ’s strong Spring ‘24 Ratings news last week. bby “kinky” is buzzing at Alternative. It’s the #1 Most Picked Song for the second straight week on New Music Discovery Picks. blur released Live At Wembley Stadium via Parlophone/Warner Records last Friday (7/26). Get the 411 in Alternative Music Info. Congrats to Justin Cousart at WOKV-HD2 (X995)/Jacksonville, FL on his new role as Promotions and Activations Manager. Justin has been with CMG
blur Live At Wembley Stadium
blur released Live At Wembley Stadium via Parlophone/Warner Records last Friday (7/26). Check out the trailer HERE. The new collection of songs was captured from two nights last summer at Wembley Stadium on July 8th and 9th where Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree performed to over 150,000 fans. It was blur’s first time ever to play the iconic London venue. The UK band has released nine albums over the last 30 years -- Leisure (1991), Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994), The Great Escape (1995), Blur (1997), 13 (1999), Think Tank (2003), The Magic Whip
Alternative New Music Friday #Happens
Happy Friday! Alternative New Music Friday #Happens with new singles from Badflower today and the return of Jane’s Addiction two days ago. Both songs are now available for airplay on Happens.vip Alternative Downloads. Bill Gamble has flipped WQLQ/Benton Harbor-South Bend, IN from Top 40 to Alternative. Get the 411 in Alternative News. Jack White has a benefit concert on Saturday night in Nashville and leads the lineup at the just announced Desert Daze festival. Pixies announce a new album for October. Find out more below in Alternative Music Info. Valley was at WRIS (106.7 The Resistance)/Madison for a mini session
Jack White To Play Benefit Concert For Nashville’s American Legion Post 82
Jack White has announced a special benefit concert this Saturday, July 27th at The American Legion Post 82 in Nashville. The venue needs a new sound system and Third Man Records and Jack White are giving fans a chance to sign up at https://laylo.com/jackwhite/americanlegion to get a code to purchase a ticket. Tickets will go on sale Friday, July 26th at 10am (CT) to raise funds for a new sound system for the Nashville venue.
Jack White, Cigarettes After Sex, Alex G On Desert Daze 2024 Lineup
The lineup for Desert Daze 2024 has been unveiled for October 10-13 on Moreno Beach in Lake Perris, CA. The 4-day festival includes Jack White, Cigarettes After Sex, Alex G, The Mars Volta, Thundercat, Fleet Foxes, 100 GECS, Liz Phair, De La Soul, The Kills, and more. Tickets go on sale on Friday, July 26th at 10am (PT). Find the full lineup and more HERE.
Pixies Will Release New Album In October
Pixies announce their 10th album, The Night The Zombies Came, will drop on October 25th via BMG. It's their first new music since Doggerel in 2022. The new album is the first for Pixies with new bassist Emma Richardson, who previously played with Band of Skulls. Lead singer/guitarist Black Francis explains, "Fragments that are related and juxtaposed with other fragments in other songs. And in a collection of songs in a so-called LP, you end up making a kind of movie."
WQLQ/Benton Harbor-South Bend, IN Flips To Alternative
Mid-West Family Top 40 WQLQ/Benton Harbor-South Bend, IN flips to Alternative as “Live 99.9 The Alternative” under Bill Gamble. The station is using the position statement “From What Was To What’s Next.” Gamble said, "We looked at the state of contemporary music (CHR) Live’s format before the switch and found it hard to be optimistic about continuing in that format long term. So we decided to play better songs—songs that people like. There was a massive void in the marketplace for a station that plays Everything Alternative, making it a pretty easy decision." Live 99.9’s on-air lineup is: Mornings -
