Jack’s Mannequin Returns: Celebrating 20th Anniversary With The MFEO Tour
It’s been two decades since Everything In Transit painted the soundscape of a generation—a sun-drenched, bittersweet anthem to youth, heartbreak, and survival. Now, Jack’s Mannequin, the beloved alt-pop rock project led by Andrew McMahon, is back to honor the band’s 20th anniversary with The MFEO Tour, a North American celebration of their legacy and transformative music. Launching June 4th in Portland, ME, and spanning 24 dates across the U.S. and Canada, the tour promises a deep dive into Jack’s Mannequin’s cherished catalog. A second leg of the the tour resumes in October, culminating in a grand finale on November 23rd
Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Scott Rizzuto from KPNT (105.7 The Point)/St. Louis sharing his fun stories on #HAPPENS Famous Firsts. almost monday “can’t slow down” lands #1 this week on the Mediabase Alternative Chart. Congrats to Hollywood’s Buddy Deal & team! The single was serviced to Alternative Radio last May and has been on the Alternative chart for 28 weeks. There are two new chart debuts this week. Wilderado “Higher Than Most” is the highest chart debut at 34* and Breaking Benjamin “Awaken” debuts at 38*. Mumford
Week of 1/27
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to In2une Music SVP/Promotion-Rock Formats Dave Lombardi (1/27), Dangerbird President Jenni Sperandeo (1/28), Land Shark's John Perrone (1/28), Primary Wave’s Eric Baker (1/30), Jacobs Media President Fred Jacobs (1/31), Luminate Data Head Of Independents Haley Jones (1/31), KPNT (105.7 The Point)/St. Louis MD Donny Fandango (2/1).
Simple Minds Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ With North American Headline Tour
Simple Minds has announced plans for a major North American headline tour – the UK band’s biggest live run across the US and Canada in four decades. Soft Cell and Modern English will open the entire tour that gets underway May 16th at Ridgefield, WA’s Cascades Amphitheater and continues through the June 22nd at Noblesville, IN’s Ruoff Music Center. "Been a while but absence makes the heart grow fonder," says Jim Kerr. "Simple Minds are ecstatic at the prospect of touring so extensively in the US and Canada this coming Spring." Artist presales begin Wednesday, January 29th and local presales
91X/San Diego Morning Host Marty Whitney Exits January 31
Local Media San Diego Alternative XTRA-FM (91X)/San Diego morning host Marty Whitney will exit the station this Friday, January 31st. Marty says, "LMSD sold 100.9 BIG FM which landed me outside of their new staff mix. I’m READY to serve a music loving community and entertain an audience for a great media force who want great ratings on-air, a previous ALT station of the year PD, multi-format Music Director, major market imaging talent with sigma dadventure IG stories NOW. The last 91X show for now in my second tour of the station, first on 2003-2006, will be Jan 31st. 5:30-10A.
Artemas Unveils 2025 Tour Dates
UK-based Artemas has announced 24 new tour dates including his festival debuts at Coachella, Governors Ball and Lollapalooza Argentina, Chile and Brazil. The announcement arrives after the buzzing artist received his first BRIT Award Nomination for "‘Song of the Year" for "i like the way you kiss me." Accompanying the news, Artemas also releases a visual for “i always kinda knew you'd be the death of me (live in london)” – watch it HERE. Tickets will be available starting with an Artist Presale beginning Wednesday, January 29th at 10am local with the general onsale beginning Friday, January 31st at 10am
Alternative New Music Friday #Happens
Happy Friday! Alternative New Music Friday #Happens with new singles out today from Djo, Good Neighbours, and Shinedown. I have your new music queued up for you to listen, download and get song info below on Happens.vip Alternative Downloads. There’s also a new radio edit for honestav “Hurts To Fall In Love.” Get it HERE. Impact is next week. The Alarm released a new single yesterday as lead singer Mike Peters undergoes lifesaving transplant. Sending Love Hope & Strength. Find out more and watch the video in Alternative Music Info. Judah & The Lion stopped by WAQX (95X)/Syracuse yesterday before
The Alarm Releases ‘Chimera’ Single As Mike Peters Undergoes Lifesaving Transplant
Remarkably, a new single from The Alarm called “Chimera” (pronounced kahy-meer-uh) arrives on January 23rd as a symbolic rebirth for lead singer Mike Peters. Sending positive vibes his way as it's the exact day that he receives a revolutionary new and hopefully lifesaving transplant known as CAR-T Therapy. Symbolically embracing the Greek mythos of a chimera that embodies multiple creatures’ characteristics, the CAR-T process involves harvesting and re-engineering his own harvested blood lymphocytes and re-introducing them into his system with hopes that it will destroy the Richter’s syndrome cancer cells. "I’m a very lucky man to be alive," says Peters
