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Shawn Alexander

Shawn Alexander has been connecting the Alternative Community from Radio & Records (1989-1995) to All Access (1996-2023) to #Happens.

Vacations Will Play No Place Like Home USA Tour This Summer 

Australian band Vacations announce their No Place Like Home USA Tour, kicking off July 24th in Chicago, with stops in Denver, Philadelphia, DC, New York, San Antonio, Los Angeles, and performances at Pickathon and THING Festivals. Before coming stateside, the band will be playing dates across the EU/UK in May, including London Calling Festival. The No Place Like Home USA Tour is in support of their latest album, No Place Like Home, which debuted at #6 on the Spotify US Album Chart. No Place Like Home follows an intense period of transformation for the lead singer Campbell Burns, who was

March 21st, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Wednesday New Artist Discovery #Happens

Happy Wednesday! Welcome to Spring! Your Happens.vip Alternative New Artist Discovery Of The Week is Cincinnati’s Michael Marcagi. His new single “Scared To Start” is really starting to take off. It’s now inside the Top 30 on the Alternative chart and today you get VIP Access to find out more about the Ohio artist. Ratings have sprung at several Alternative stations in the latest Nielsen February ‘24 PPM 6+ Ratings. KROQ/Los Angeles had its best ratings in almost 6 years, posting up 2.2-2.8. KROQ SVP/Programming Kevin Weathery said, “These are the highest ratings for KROQ since September 2018.  It's been

March 20th, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

Michael Marcagi

Michael Marcagi VIP Access with Michael Marcagi ARTIST Michael Marcagi SONG "Scared To Start" LABEL Warner ORIGIN Cincinnati, Ohio I am Michael Marcagi. I was born and raised in Cincinnati Ohio. My parents got me a guitar for Christmas in 7th grade and I remember falling in love with songwriting and the storytelling elements of folk music. It wasn't until college that I finally had the courage to start to show people my songs, and play them live. I joined a band with some friends who I lived with in college,

March 20th, 2024|Alternative, New Artist Discovery of the Week|

blink-182 And The Killers To Headline Lollapalooza 2024

The lineup for Lollapalooza 2024 has been announced with SZA, Tyler, The Creator, blink-182, The Killers, Future X Metro Boomin, Hozier, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez and Skrillex set to headline August 1-4 with over 170 bands, eight stages and four full days of music at Grant Park in Chicago. This year’s packed all-star class includes Benson Boone, Raye, The Last Dinner Party, d4vd, Tyla, Qveen Herby, Flo, Olivia Dean and more.  Presale starts happening on Thursday, March 21 from 10am–12pm (CT). Ticket prices will increase at 12pm CT when the Public On-Sale begins. Tickets and more info at www.lollapalooza.com. 

March 19th, 2024|Alternative, Music Info|

Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday

Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! We kickoff the first day of the week with Christen Limon from KYSR (ALT 98.7)/Los Angeles sharing Famous Firsts.  The Marias “Run Your Mouth” is the latest single added to Happens.vip Alternative Downloads. Greg Dorfman is leading the 300 Elektra team with the official impact next week (3/26). Alternative programmers have already begun to “Run Your Mouth.” The Marias “Run Your Mouth” was last week’s #1 Most Picked Song on New Music Discovery Picks.  Jaxon takes full midday shift at WRFF (ALT 104.5)/Philadelphia following Amber Miller’s exit late last week. Big congrats

March 18th, 2024|Alternative, Introduction|

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