Wednesday Alternative Artist Discovery #Happens
Happy Wednesday! Your Happens.vip Alternative Artist Discovery Of The Week is Jonah Kagen. “God Needs The Devil” is a song about the human condition,” says Kagen. “It’s the persisting struggle to be good while having a dependence, or at least a false sense of dependence, on something evil. It means so much to me, and I hope you can find some piece of yourself in it.” The single is about to debut on the Alternative chart. Thanks to Jonathan Jacobs from Arista Records for VIP Access. 311 “Full Bloom” is #1 Most Added this week on the Mediabase Alternative Add
Jonah Kagen
Jonah Kagen VIP Access. Let's meet Jonah Kagen. ARTIST Jonah Kagen SONG "God Needs The Devil" LABEL Arista ORIGIN Savannah, GA My name is Jonah Kagen! My first introduction to music was via my grandfather, who was the drummer and singer of a band called The Offbeats. The guitarist in the band was Danny Gatton, who became a massive inspiration for me, as my grandfather always idolized his playing. That got me into guitar, and I later fell in love with songwriting and production. I usually say it’s somewhere
Fall Out Boy And The Killers To Headline Innings Festival 2025
Fall Out Boy and The Killers will headline the seventh annual Innings Festival, returning to Arizona’s Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park on February 21st & 22nd, 2025. Bringing together 18 artists across two stages the lineup includes Incubus, The Black Keys, Slightly Stoopid, The All-American Rejects, and more on Friday 2/21, while Beck, Gary Clark Jr., Boyz II Men, and Jack’s Mannequin among others will take the stage Saturday 2/22. Innings Festival includes interactive baseball activities and appearances by former Major League Baseball players Vince Coleman, Evan Longoria, Jim Abbott, Jake Peavy, Brett Butler. Plus, ESPN analyst Jessica Mendoza
The Lumineers And Kacey Musgraves To Headline Extra Innings Festival 2025
The Lumineers and Kacey Musgraves will headline the second annual Extra Innings Festival from Arizona’s Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park on February 28th and March 1st, 2025. The lineup brings 20 artists to two stages, including Kings Of Leon, Megan Moroney, The Red Clay Strays, Maren Morris, Grace Potter, O.A.R., Wyatt Flores, Sam Barber, Trampled By Turtles and more. The celebration of America’s pastime will include interactive baseball activities and numerous appearances by Major League Baseball players Andre Dawson, Javy Lopez, Brady Anderson, Jake Peavy, Derrek Lee, Mike Hargrove, and more, plus the return of Off the Mound with
Panic! At The Disco And blink-182 To Headline When We Were Young Festival 2025
The fourth edition of When We Were Young Festival will be headlined by Panic! At The Disco and blink-182 on October 18, 2025 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The massive lineup includes performances from Weezer, Avril Lavigne, The Offspring, The Used, All Time Low, and more. Panic! At The Disco return home to Las Vegas to celebrate the 20th anniversary of A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out by performing the album in its entirety along with more fan-favorite songs. As the saying goes, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, so their When We Were Young appearance will be
‘Soulshine’ Benefit Concert Set For November 24 To Help With Recovery From Hurricanes
A benefit concert has been announced to aid relief and recovery efforts in Western North Carolina and Florida in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. "Soulshine" will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday, November 24th featuring Dave Matthews Band, Warren Haynes Band (whose hometown is Asheville), Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, and Goose. The evening also includes special guests Trey Anastasio, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph, Joe Russo, Trombone Shorty, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, and more to be announced. General on sale for tickets begins on Friday, November 1st at 10am. Produced by Dayglo
Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! We kickoff the first day of the week with Randy Slack from WRMR/Greenville-Wilmington, NC sharing his Famous Firsts. Fun stuff! The Head And The Heart “Arrow” is buzzing at Alternative! It’s this week’s #1 Most Picked song on Alternative Picks. Official impact is this week! Exciting news! There’s a new Alternative station in Knoxville: WATO “Atomic 106 - Everything Alternative.” Find the scoop in Alternative News. Ready for Halloween on Thursday? Badflower has released “Haunting You” for Halloween. Of course, the focus remains on “Detroit,” now trending inside the Top 20 on the Alternative chart. Get the spooky
Week of 10/28
ALT Happy Birthday wishes this week to Audacy Alternative National Night On-Air Personality Kevan Kenney (10/28), Pasadena Records/The Artist Cooperative's Bob Divney (10/28), Premiere Networks' Bill May (10/28), KBZT (ALT 94/9)/San Diego On-Air Personality Bryan Schock (10/28), The Woody Show Host Woody Fife (10/30), C3/Rosewolf’s Joe Greenwald (10/31), Mid-West Family/South Bend GM/Dir. Rock Content Bill Gamble (10/31), Demers Programming Media Consultants President Alex Demers (10/31), CIRCA’s Gary McDonald (11/1), former RCA SVP/Promotion Dennis Blair (11/1), Dualtone SVP/Promotion & Strategy Julie Muncy (11/2), GPM Artist Management's Gary Poole (11/2).
