* Sabrina Carpenter will be serving up a fresh round of “Espresso” on the new fall leg of her Short n’ Sweet Tour, which will begin Oct. 23 in Pittsburgh. The outing will also include two-night runs in Nashville and Toronto and three-night stands at New York’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. Click here for tickets. The European leg of the tour, titled after Carpenter’s Grammy-winning album of the same name, starts March 3 in Dublin.
* After being forced to miss its headlining performance at the 2024 edition of the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Ky., due to a Hurricane Helene-powered storm, the reunited Slayer will try again at this year’s event, which will take place Sept. 18-21. Also high up on the stacked, 160-act bill are Rob Zombie (playing the album Astro-Creep: 2000 in its entirety), Deftones, A Perfect Circle, Marilyn Manson, Avenged Sevenfold, Breaking Benjamin and Sleep Token.
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* Jack White, Lord Huron, André 3000, Lucy Dacus, Turnpike Troubadours, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Thee Sacred Souls, Madi Diaz and Margo Price will all be on hand for the first Back Cove Music & Arts Festival, which will be held Aug. 2-3 at Payson Park in Portland, Me. Tickets go on sale March 6.
“Producing a music and arts festival with the city of Portland is a great privilege for us,” said organizers Jordan Wolowitz and Tyler Grill. “Portland is made up of an incredible community of creatives, home to a world class food and beverage scene, and it doesn’t hurt that it’s in one of the most beautiful areas in the country. We are thrilled to introduce the Back Cove Music & Arts Festival to the city, and through it, put a focus on the musicians, restaurants, food trucks, breweries and artists that make Portland and the great state of Maine such a special place.”
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