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The World Premiere of Fisherman's Friends: The Musical

Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical  is a feel-good voyage about friendship, community and music that will give any land-lover a mighty pair of sea legs.

Following a highly successful, sold-out season at Hall for Cornwall, where box office records were smashed (the biggest selling production in Hall for Cornwall’s 25-year history),  the world premiere production of Fisherman's Friends: The Musical  will begin a UK & Ireland Tour on 1st September 2022 at the Theatre Royal Plymouth.

It is based on the true story of the chart-topping Cornish singing sensations ‘Fisherman’s Friends', and the hit 2019 film about their life.

The band said, “Well not only did they make a film that we are not in, now there is a musical which we are not in as they dint think we were handsome enough to play ourselves! BUT we are thrilled that our musical is going on tour next year. We’ve seen it and it’s bloody fantastic and the music will blow you away. You’re all going to have a brilliant time.”

WHAT IS FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS THE MUSICAL ABOUT?

Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical tells the story of the world’s most unlikely ‘buoy’ band!

When a group of Cornish fisherman came together to sing the traditional working songs they’d sung for generations, they hoped to raise a few quid for charity. Nobody, least of all the fisherman, expected the story to end on the Pyramid stage of Glastonbury..

So climb aboard, set sail and feel the salty sea air rush through your hair with this brand new musical. Or better still, forget that emmet nonsense and pour yourself a pint and just start singing along.

Featuring hit shanties made famous by the band including Keep Haulin’ , Nelson’s Blood , No Hopers Jokers & Rogues , Sweet Maid Of Madeira and many more.

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FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS THE MUSICAL 2023 CAST & CREATIVE - UK TOUR

Casting for the UK tour is as follows:

• Jim – James Gaddas
• Jago– Robert Duncan
• Maggie – Susan Penhaligon
• Alwyn – Parisa Shahmir
• Leadville– Anton Stephans
• Rowan – Dan Buckley
• Dinger – Rakesh Boury
• Wiggy – Pete Gallagher
• Archie – Hadrian Delacey
• Danny–  Jason Langley
• Yestin –  Dominic Brewer
• Leah – Fia Houston-Hamilton
• Sally – Hazel Monaghan
• Arthur – Martin Carroll
• Nessa –  Janet Mooney
• Elys –  Hazel Simmons
• Ben –  Dakota Starr
• Anna –  Hazel Askew
• Morwenna –  Louisa Beadel
• Ann –  Mel Biggs
• Henry – James Findlay
• Bran –  Alfie Gidley
• Grace –  Beccy Hurst
• Eddy –  John O'Mahony
• Owen –  James William-Pattison

• Director – James Grieve
• Writer – Amanda Whittington
• Choreographer – Matt Cole
• Musical Supervisor – David White

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Fisherman’s Friends announce extensive tour dates for 2022/2023

Mar 3, 2022

They have nine albums to their name, two feature films, a stage musical, a book, a TV documentary, they’ve played for royalty and to tens of thousands of fans in sell-out tours year in year out…

No, it’s not The Beatles, it’s not Slade, Take That or One Direction … it’s The Fisherman’s Friends ! Britain’s oldest boy band, combined age 401 (and three-quarters) have announced a string of dates for 2022/2023. General sale Friday 4th March 10am via www.gigsandtours.com “ We can’t wait to get out and about and sing live for our supper again – we love it,” says extravagantly moustachioed founding member and bass man Jon Cleave . A decade ago, The Fisherman’s Friends were persuaded to sign a million-pound record deal that saw their album Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends go Gold as they became the first ever traditional folk act to land a UK top ten album.  And thanks to the small film with a big heart that shares their name, the story of the original Cornish ‘buoy band’ is known around the world – bound by shared experience, for more than 30 years they have gathered on the Platt on the harbour in their native Port Isaac to sing the songs of the sea, songs that in some cases have been down for hundreds of years, songs that connect them to generations of Cornish fishermen that have come before them.

The film’s sequel Fisherman’s Friends 2 is released this June (2022). The story follows the group from the highs of starring on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, through the lows of struggling to make a follow-up album.  James Purefoy ,  David Hayman,   Maggie Steed and Dave Johns are among those returning from the first film, with Imelda May making her acting debut as singer Aubrey Flynn and a guest appearance from broadcaster Chris Evans. Based on the first film, Fisherman’s Friends:The Musical Fisherman,  broke all box office records when it premiered at Hall For Cornwall last year. It is set to tour the nation’s theatres from 1st September 2022, opening in Plymouth , before visiting Birmingham , Cheltenham, Salford , Milton Keynes , Newcastle , Dublin , Cardiff , Bath and Leeds. The Fisherman’s Friends are lobster fisherman Jeremy Brown , writer/shopkeeper Jon Cleave , smallholder and engineer John ‘Lefty’ Lethbridge, builder John McDonnell (a Yorkshireman who visited Port Isaac more than 30 years ago and never left), Padstow fisherman Jason Nicholas, filmmaker Toby Lobb and the new boy, former ambulance driver Pete Hicks.

Tour Dates as follows: Fri 21 Oct 2022  Motherwell Concert Hall Sat 22 Oct 2022 Aberdeen Music Hall Sun 23 Oct 2022 Caird Hall Dundee Thu 03 Nov 2022 Torquay Princess Theatre Fri 04 Nov 2022 Swansea Brangwyn Hall Sat 05 Nov 2022 Truro venue TBA Thu 01 Dec 2022 Peterborough Cresset Fri 02 Dec 2022 Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion Sat 03 Dec 2022 Harpenden Eric Morecambe Centre Sun 04 Dec 2022 Bury St. Edmunds The Apex Thu 02 Feb 2023 Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre Fri 03 Feb 2023 Cambridge Corn Exchange Sat 04 Feb 2023 Gateshead Sage Sun 05 Feb 2023 Halifax Victoria Theatre Thu 02 Mar 2023 Weston-Super-Mare Playhouse Fri 03 Mar 2023 Leicester De Montfort Hall Sat 04 Mar 2023 Reading Hexagon Sun 05 Mar 2023 Portsmouth Guildhall Thu 13 Apr 2023 Chesterfield Winding Wheel Fri 14 Apr 2023 Birmingham Symphony Hall Sat 15 Apr 2023 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall Sun 16 Apr 2023 Barnstaple Queens Theatre Thu 04 May 2023 Milton Keynes Stables Fri 05 May 2023 Warrington Parr Hall Sat 06 May 2023 York Barbican Sun 07 May 2023 Buxton Opera House

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Full cast for Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical tour

(L-R) Hadrian Delacey, James Gaddas, Robert Duncan, Pete Gallagher, Dakota Starr, Dan Buckley and Anton Stephans have been cast in Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical. Picture: Danny Kaan

The full cast has been announced for the 2022/2023 UK and Ireland touring production of Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical which will launch at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 1 September 2022. The production will also make its North American premiere, opening at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada on 27 November 2022 for a limited Christmas season, before returning to the UK in 2023.

Jason Langley ( Tina: The Tina Turner Musical , West End; Oslo, West End/National Theatre) will play record promoter Danny, Dan Buckley ( Eugenius!, The Other Palace and London Palladium;  The Book of Mormon , Prince of Wales Theatre) will play Rowan, Dakota Starr ( The Girls, West End/Leeds Grand Theatre/The Lowry;  Troilus and Cressida, RSC) will play Ben, Pete Gallagher (original West End cast of  Only Fools And Horses, Theatre Royal Haymarket; Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Tour ) will play Wiggie, Hadrian Delacey ( Miss Saigon , Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Les Misérables , Palace Theatre; Jerry Springer The Opera, National Theatre and Cambridge Theatre) will play Archie, Fia Houston-Hamilton ( The Wolf of Wall Street , immersive London production; Mamma Mia!, UK tour) will play Leah, Hazel Monaghan ( Romeo & Juliet/The Merry Wives of Windsor/A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Macbeth/Much Ado About Nothing , The Three Inch Fools) will play Sally, John O’Mahony ( As You Like It , Shakespeare’s Globe; The Tempest , Regent’s Park) will play Eddy, Louisa Beadel ( Fame, West End and UK tour; King Lear , Shakespeare’s Globe) will play Morwenna, Becky Hurst (making her theatre debut) will play Grace and James William-Pattison ( Once, UK tour; The Last Ship , UK tour) will play Owen.

Musicians Hazel Askew, Mel Biggs and Alfie Gidley will be led by musical director James Findlay. Ensemble cast members are Hazel Simmons, Janet Mooney, Dominic Brewer and Martin Carroll.

They will be joining the previously announced James Gaddas ( The Girls,   Billy Elliot,  Monty Python’s  Spamalot, Mamma Mia! ) as Jim, Parisa Shahmir ( The Snow Queen ,  The Last Ship  and  Mamma Mia! ) as Alwyn, Robert Duncan ( Drop the Dead Donkey ,  Casualty ,  Where the Heart Is,   Twelve Angry Men ) as Jago, Susan Penhaligon ( Bouquet of Barbed Wire ,  Emmerdale ,  A Fine Romance ,  Three Sisters, Of Mice and Men ) as Maggie and Anton Stephans ( Blues Brothers Meet Soul Sisters ,  Porgy and Bess ,  Starlight Express  and  Smokey Joe’s Cafe ) as Leadville.

The UK, Ireland and Canada tour follows a highly successful, sold-out season at Hall for Cornwall, where box office records were smashed, making it the biggest selling production in Hall for Cornwall’s 25-year history.

Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical is based on the true story of the Cornish singing sensations, Fisherman’s Friends, and the hit 2019 film about their life. When a group of Cornish fishermen came together to sing the traditional working songs they’d sung for generations, they hoped to raise a few quid for charity. Nobody, least of all the fishermen, expected their story to end on the Pyramid stage of Glastonbury.

The musical is directed by James Grieve and written by Amanda Whittington with choreography by Matt Cole, musical direction by James Findlay, set and costume design by Lucy Osborne, musical supervision and arrangements by David White, sound design by Dan Samson, lighting design by Johanna Town and casting by Jim Arnold.

The hit 2019 Fisherman’s Friends movie, with a screenplay by Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard and Piers Ashworth, delighted fans across the world. The sequel film,  Fisherman’s Friends: One and A ll, is set to be released in the UK on 19 August 2022.

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Fisherman’s Friends the musical announce further tour casting

The full cast for the UK, Ireland and Canadian tour of Fisherman’s Friends the musical has been announced.

The UK and Ireland tour cast of Fisherman’s Friends the musical has been announced with the show opening at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 1 September 2022. The musical is to play a Christmas season in Canada before returning to the UK in 2023. Full Fisherman’s Friends the musical tour schedule click here.

Jason Langley ( Tina: The Tina Turner Musical  (West End),  Oslo  (West End/National Theatre),  Hedda Gabler  (National Theatre),   War Horse  (West End),   Enron  (West End),  Da Vinci’s Demons  (BBC),  World Without End  (Netflix)) will play record promoter Danny, Dan Buckley ( Eugenius!  (The Other Palace and London Palladium),  Ushers: The Front of House Musical  (Charing Cross Theatre),  The Book of Mormon  (Prince of Wales Theatre),  Loserville  (Garrick Theatre & West Yorkshire Playhouse),  Lord of the Flies  (UK Tour),  Spring Awakening –  The Musical  (UK Tour)) will play Rowan, Dakota Starr ( The Girls  (West End/Leeds Grand Theatre/The Lowry),  A Christmas Carol  (National Tour),  Troilus and Cressida  (RSC)) will play Ben, Pete Gallagher (original West End cast of  Only Fools And Horses (Theatre Royal Haymarket) ,   Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Tour, Oklahoma! (UK Tour), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium),   A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Regent’s Park), The Rocky Horror Show (Duke of York’s), Buddy (Victoria Palace )) will play Wiggie, Hadrian Delacey ( Miss Saigon  (Theatre Royal Drury Lane),  Les Misérables  (Palace Theatre),  Jesus Christ Superstar  (West End, UK Tour & International Tour),  Jerry Springer The Opera  (National Theatre & Cambridge Theatre, for which he won the 2004 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical),  The Producers  (Theatre Royal Drury Lane & UK Tour),  The Phantom of The Opera  (Her Majesty’s Theatre)) will play Archie, Fia Houston-Hamilton ( The Wolf Of Wall Street  (Immersive London Production),  Mamma Mia!  (UK Tour)) will play Leah, Hazel Monaghan ( Romeo & Juliet/The Merry Wives of Windsor/A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Macbeth/Much Ado About Nothing  (The Three Inch Fools),  The Elves and the Shoemaker  (Nottingham Playhouse)) will play Sally, John O’Mahony ( As You Like It  (Shakespeare’s Globe),  The Tempest  (Regent’s Park),  Death Of A Salesman  (European Tour),  The Good Karma Hospital, Mrs Brown’s Boys ) will play Eddy, Louisa Beadel ( Fame  (West End & UK Tour),  King Lear  (Shakespeare’s Globe),  Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead  and  Future Conditional  (Old Vic)) will play Morwenna, Becky Hurst (making her theatre debut) will play Grace and James William-Pattison ( Once  (UK Tour),  The Last Ship  (UK Tour),  My Fair Lady  (The Mill at Sonning),  Agatha Christie’s Crooked House ,  ABBA Voyage ) will play Owen, with musicians Hazel Askew, Mel Biggs, and Alfie Gidley with the band being lead by Musical Director  James Findlay, and ensemble cast Hazel Simmons, Janet Mooney, Dominic Brewer and Martin Carroll.

They will be joining the previously announced James Gaddas ( Casualty ,  Bad Girls ,  Coronation Street ,  The Girls,   Billy Elliot,  Monty Python’s  Spamalot, Mamma Mia! ) as Jim, Parisa Shahmir ( The Snow Queen ,  The Last Ship  and  Mamma Mia! ) as Alwyn, Robert Duncan ( Drop the Dead Donkey ,  Casualty ,  Where the Heart Is,   Twelve Angry Men ) as Jago, Susan Penhaligon ( Bouquet of Barbed Wire ,  Emmerdale ,  A Fine Romance ,  Three Sisters, The Real Thing, Mr Love, The Maintenance Man, Dangerous Corner  and  Of Mice and Men ) as Maggie and Anton Stephans (finalist in  The X Factor ,  Blues Brothers Meet Soul Sisters ,  Porgy and Bess ,  Starlight Express  and  Smokey Joe’s Cafe ) as Leadville.

The UK, Ireland and Canada tour follows a highly successful, sold-out season at Hall for Cornwall, where box office records were smashed, making it the biggest selling production in Hall for Cornwall’s 25-year history.

Fisherman’s Friends Musical UK Tour

Fisherman’s Friends the musical is based on the true story of the Cornish singing sensations, Fisherman’s Friends, and the hit 2019 film about their life.  When a group of Cornish fishermen came together to sing the traditional working songs they’d sung for generations, they hoped to raise a few quid for charity.  Nobody, least of all the fishermen, expected their story to end on the Pyramid stage of Glastonbury.  Packed with sea shanties, Fisherman’s Friends is a feelgood voyage about friendship, community and music.

Featuring hit shanties made famous by the band including  Keep Haulin’ ,  Nelson’s Blood ,  No Hopers Jokers & Rogues  and many more.

Fisherman’s Friends the musical is directed by James Grieve and written by Amanda Whittington with choreography by Matt Cole, musical direction by James Findlay, set and costume design by Lucy Osborne, musical supervision and arrangements by David White, sound design by Dan Samson, lighting design by Johanna Town and casting by Jim Arnold.

Fisherman’s Friends the musical announce tour cast

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Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical to tour UK & Ireland in 2022 & 2023

Following a highly successful, sold-out season at Hall for Cornwall , where box office records were smashed, making it the biggest selling production in Hall for Cornwall’s 25-year history, the world premiere production of Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical will begin a UK & Ireland Tour on 1 September 2022 at the Theatre Royal Plymouth. 

Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical is based on the true story of the Cornish singing sensations, Fisherman’s Friends, and the hit 2019 film about their life.  When a group of Cornish fishermen came together to sing the traditional working songs they’d sung for generations, they hoped to raise a few quid for charity.  Nobody, least of all the fishermen, expected their story to end on the Pyramid stage of Glastonbury.  Packed with sea shanties, Fisherman’s Friend is a feelgood voyage about friendship, community and music.

Featuring hit shanties made famous by the band including Keep Haulin’ , Nelson’s Blood , No Hopers Jokers & Rogues and many more.

The band said, “ Well not only did they make a film that we are not in, now there is a musical which we are not in as they dint think we were handsome enough to play ourselves! BUT we are thrilled that our musical is going on tour next year. We’ve seen it and it’s bloody fantastic and the music will blow you away. You’re all going to have a brilliant time. ”

Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical is directed by James Grieve (former Joint Artistic Director of Paines Plough and former Associate Director of the Bush Theatre) and written by Amanda Whittington (one of the UK’s most performed playwrights, having written  Be My Baby  for Soho Theatre,  Ladies Day  for Hull Truck and  Satin n Steel  for Nottingham Playhouse –  Fisherman’s Friends  is Amanda’s first book musical adaptation), with choreography by Matt Cole (Olivier-nominated for Fiddler On The Roof at the Menier Chocolate Factory and the West End; Oklahoma! for Chichester Festival Theatre), set and costume design by Lucy Osborne, musical supervision and arrangements by David White, sound design by Dan Samson, lighting design by Johanna Town and casting by Jim Arnold.

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Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical is produced by ROYO, Flying Fish Productions, Mighty Village, with Island Records, David Mirvish and Cornwall Playhouse Productions.

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The Fisherman’s Friends have announced their 2023 UK tour which will visit York Barbican on 6 May 2023.

The band have had a hugely successful few years, with nine albums to their name, two feature films, a stage musical, a book, a TV documentary and have played for royalty and to tens of thousands of fans in multiple sell-out tours.

“We can’t wait to get out and about and sing live for our supper again – we love it,” says extravagantly moustachioed founding member and bass man Jon Cleave.

A decade ago, The Fisherman’s Friends were persuaded to sign a million-pound record deal that saw their album Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends go Gold as they became the first ever traditional folk act to land a UK top ten album. 

And thanks to the small film with a big heart that shares their name, the story of the original Cornish ‘buoy band’ is known around the world.

Bound by shared experience, for more than 30 years they have gathered on the Platt on the harbour in their native Port Isaac to sing the songs of the sea, songs that in some cases have been handed down for hundreds of years, songs that connect them to generations of Cornish fishermen that have come before them.

The Fisherman’s Friends are lobster fisherman Jeremy Brown, writer/ shopkeeper Jon Cleave, smallholder and engineer John ‘Lefty’ Lethbridge, builder John McDonnell (a Yorkshireman who visited Port Isaac more than 30 years ago and never left), Padstow fisherman Jason Nicholas, filmmaker Toby Lobb and the new boy, former ambulance driver Pete Hicks.

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Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical to tour UK & Ireland in 2022 & 2023

Following a highly successful, sold-out season at Hall for Cornwall, where box office records were smashed, making it the biggest-selling production in Hall for Cornwall’s 25-year history, the world premiere production of FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS: THE MUSICAL will begin a UK & Ireland Tour on 30 August 2022 at the Theatre Royal Plymouth.

FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS: THE MUSICAL is based on the true story of the Cornish singing sensations, Fisherman’s Friends, and the hit 2019 film about their life. When a group of Cornish fishermen came together to sing the traditional working songs they’d sung for generations, they hoped to raise a few quid for charity. Nobody, least of all the fishermen, expected their story to end on the Pyramid stage of Glastonbury. Packed with sea shanties, FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS is a feelgood voyage about friendship, community and music.

Featuring hit shanties made famous by the band including Keep Haulin’, Nelson’s Blood, No Hopers Jokers & Rogues and many more.

The band said, “ Well not only did they make a film that we are not in, now there is a musical which we are not in as they dint think we were handsome enough to play ourselves! BUT we are thrilled that our musical is going on tour next year. We’ve seen it and it’s bloody fantastic and the music will blow you away. You’re all going to have a brilliant time. ”

FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS: THE MUSICAL is directed by James Grieve (former Joint Artistic Director of Paines Plough and former Associate Director of the Bush Theatre) and written by Amanda Whittington (one of the UK’s most performed playwrights, having written Be My Baby for Soho Theatre, Ladies Day for Hull Truck and Satin n Steel for Nottingham Playhouse – Fisherman’s Friends is Amanda’s first book musical adaptation), with choreography by Matt Cole (Olivier-nominated for Fiddler On The Roof at the Menier Chocolate Factory and the West End; Oklahoma! for Chichester Festival Theatre), set and costume design by Lucy Osborne, musical supervision and arrangements by David White, sound design by Dan Samson, lighting design by Johanna Town and casting by Jim Arnold.

The hit 2019 FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS movie delighted fans across the world with the sequel film to be released next year.

FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS: THE MUSICAL is produced by ROYO, Flying Fish Productions, Mighty Village, with Island Records, David Mirvish and Cornwall Playhouse Productions.

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Ice Spice Announces First-Ever ‘Y2K! WORLD TOUR’

ICE SPICE DEBUT ALBUM Y2K! SET FOR RELEASE JULY 26 VIA 10K PROJECTS/CAPITOL RECORDS — PRE-ORDER HERE

Festival dates across europe and the uk, and headline shows in north america, tickets available starting today with citi presale  , general onsale begins on friday, june 7 at 10am local at icespicemusic.com.

Today, multi-platinum selling and GRAMMY-nominated rapper Ice Spice announced her highly anticipated debut album is confirmed to release on July 26th via 10K Projects/Capitol Records. Pre-order HERE .

With its title nodding to her birthday (January 1, 2000), Ice Spice ’s full-length debut will also include her latest single “Gimmie A Light ” – Listen HERE . Produced by Ice Spice ’s longtime collaborator RIOTUSA — who also handled production on career-defining hits like her gold-certified breakout single “Munch (Feelin U)” — “Gimmie A Light” centers on a sample from dancehall legend Sean Paul’s 2002 single “Gimme the Light.” Watch the official music video self-directed by Ice Spice and produced by fellow New York City natives George and Frederick Buford , aka The Evil Twins HERE .

Today, Ice Spice also announced the Y2K! WORLD TOUR . Her first-ever global outing includes festival dates across Europe and the UK, with headline shows across North America this summer. The 24-date tour kicks off in Europe with several festival performances including Roskilde Festival in Denmark, Rolling Loud Europe in Austria, Wireless Festival in London and more.

The Y2K! WORLD TOUR, produced by Live Nation, will then head to North America, starting in Washington, DC on Tuesday, July 30 at The Anthem, with additional stops in Philadelphia, New York, Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Oakland, Atlanta and more before wrapping up on Saturday, August 31 in Miami, FL at The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater. Special guests RIOTUSA and Cash Cobain will join as support on all North America dates.

Fans can expect to hear songs from her forthcoming debut album Y2K! , including hit single “Think U The Shit (Fart) . ” The album arrives on the heels of her widely acclaimed debut EP Like..? — a 2023 release that landed on best-of-the-year lists from Pitchfork , Rolling Stone , The New York Times , and more and featured hits like “Munch (Feelin U)” and the platinum-selling “ In Ha Mood” and “Princess Diana . ”

TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with a Citi presale (details below) beginning today at 1pm local time. An artist presale will begin Thursday, June 6 at 8am local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, June 7 at 10am local time at IceSpiceMusic.com.

PRESALE : Citi is the official card of the Y2K! World Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning today at 1pm local time until Thursday, June 6 at 11:59pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

ICE SPICE: Y2K! WORLD TOUR 2024 DATES:

Thu Jul 04 – Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival^*

Fri Jul 05 – Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival^*

Sun Jul 07 – Vienna, Austria – Rolling Loud Europe^

Thu Jul 11 – Costinesti, Romania – Beach, Please! Festival^*

Fri Jul 12 – London, UK – Wireless Festival^

Sat Jul 13 – Frauenfeld, Switzerland – Openair Frauenfeld^*

Thu Jul 18 – Dour, Belgium – Dour Festival^*

Tue Jul 30 – Washington, DC – The Anthem

Thu Aug 01 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater

Fri Aug 02 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark

Sun Aug 04 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Tue Aug 06 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17

Fri Aug 09 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit

Sun Aug 11 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY

Tue Aug 13 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom

Wed Aug 14 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory

Sat Aug 17 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium

Mon Aug 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium

Wed Aug 21 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater *

Fri Aug 23 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre

Sun Aug 25 – Dallas, TX –The Factory Deep Ellum *

Mon Aug 26 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall

Wed Aug 28 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy

Sat Aug 31 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater

*Non Live Nation Date

^Festival Date

ABOUT ICE SPICE ​​With a sugar rush of playful sensuality and unbothered cool, Ice Spice has established herself as the music world’s latest shapeshifting superstar. Since emerging with “Munch (Feelin’ U),” in the fall of 2022, she has reconfigured the raucous energy of the Bronx to make anthems for baddies and their baddie friends—sexy theme songs that ring off in the club or an NY deli, places Ice Spice has no problem turning into her own personal dancefloor. Powered by singles like “In Ha Mood” and “Princess Diana,” as well as the deluxe edition of her Like..? EP, she’s collected more than 2.5 billion streams, multiple top 5 Hot 100 singles, and four Grammy nominations, including nods for Best New Artist, Best Rap Song, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and Best Song Written for Visual Media. More symbolically, she’s become an emblem of the new Big Apple, a fact that isn’t lost on the media.

Writing for The New York Times, Maya Salam listed Ice Spice as the breakout pop artist of 2023, citing her “cool, confident, raw” signature sound. Meanwhile, Variety’ listed Like..? as her fourth favorite project of last year, praising her “sharpshooter flow” and her all-around versatility on the project. For their part, Billboard named Ice Spice 2023’s Rookie of the Year. It’s all part of a calculated level up at the intersection of planning, distinctive style and unfailing belief. As Rolling Stone put it, “it’s already tough to imagine we ever lived in a world without her.”

Ice Spice’s breakout really began with “Munch (Feelin’ U),” a track that quickly became a playgirl’s dancefloor bat signal. The song earned Ice Spice her first RIAA-certified Gold plaque before amassing nearly 120 million Spotify streams. After initially releasing the song and its follow-up, “Bikini Bottom,” she signed a deal with Capitol Records and 10k Projects. From there, she fortified her buzz with “In Ha Mood” and the Lil Tjay-assisted “Gangsta Boo.” Both tracks landed on her debut EP, Like..?, a critically acclaimed project that crystallized her star status.

The hits have only continued to pile up. In February 2023, Ice Spice appeared on “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2,” a PinkPantheress single that’s equal parts infectious and emotionally vulnerable. That March, it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Then came the “Princess Diana” remix with her idol Nicki Minaj. All of that was before she guested on Taylor Swift’s 2023 single, “Karma,” which hit No. 2 on the Hot 100. Ice Spice parlayed that popularity surge into 12 performances as Doja Cat’s opening act for The Scarlet Tour. It was her first time performing in arenas, which has set her up for even bigger stages, like Coachella, which she’ll hit in April 2024.

Her musical impact has only made her a ubiquitous cultural force. Last year, she appeared as the star of Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS campaign, with her fly everygirl persona making her a perfect fit for an emerging fashion powerhouse. That summer, she teamed up with Nicki Minaj again for “Barbie World,” a single that belonged to the Barbie soundtrack. A flurry of effervescent pop, the track peaked at No. 7 on the Hot 100 chart. She also appeared alongside Ben Affleck for a Dunkin’ commercial introducing her MUNCHKIN Drink, a frozen treat named after her dedicated fan base. Malleable enough to oscillate among brands, genres, and fans, it’s no surprise that Google announced Ice Spice as the second-most searched musician of 2023. Her level-up isn’t stopping anytime soon. With her debut album on the way, Ice Spice plans to continue to make varied soundscapes her playground.

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Hamlet Society presale 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 4 Elsinore email presale 10 a.m. Thursday, June 6 Leslie Odom, Jr. is a multifaceted Tony and Grammy Award-winning, three-time Emmy and two-time Academy Award-nominated vocalist, songwriter, actor, and  New York Times  bestselling author. With a career that spans all performance genres, Odom has received recognition for his excellence and achievements in Broadway, television, film, and music. Most recently, Odom made his long-awaited return to Broadway starring in, and co-producing, the new Broadway production of the classic American comedy  Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch  by the legendary Ossie Davis, which opened in September 2023 to widespread critical acclaim. Additionally, he stars in the highly anticipated sequel to the original iconic film  The Exorcist  for Blumhouse and Universal Pictures out October 6, 2023. Odom recently starred in Rian Johnson’s 2022  Knives Out  sequel,  Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,  which broke records for Netflix and is currently streaming worldwide. In 2020, he starred as legendary singer Sam Cooke in the award-winning Amazon film adaptation of  One Night in Miami… , directed by Regina King. His critically acclaimed and highly lauded portrayal of the soul icon and musical performance of original song “Speak Now” earned him multiple awards and nominations. He also starred in  The Many Saints of Newark , a prequel to David Chase’s award-winning HBO series  The Sopranos , released in October 2021. Well known for his breakout role as ‘Aaron Burr’ in the smash hit Broadway musical  Hamilton , Odom hosted “The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back!” on CBS in September 2021 (2022 Emmy nomination). Additional film and television credits include Apple TV+’s  Central Park  (2020 Emmy nomination),  Hamilton  on Disney+ (2021 Emmy nomination),  Abbott Elementary ,  The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder ,  Love in the Time of Corona ,  Harriet , and many more. Co-written with Nicolette Robinson, Odom’s first children’s book,  I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know,  was published by Feiwel & Friends on March 28, 2023. The book debuted on the  New York Times  bestseller list at #7 in its first week. Odom is a BMG recording artist and has released five full-length albums. Released in November 2023, Odom’s fifth full-length album and his first of all-new original music since 2019, When A Crooner Dies , features a collection of 10 newly penned, original tracks that mark his most personal body of music to date.

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The Great Concert Ticket Bust

Big musical acts are canceling tours. Are Taylor Swift and Beyoncé the only artists who can sell out shows?

It's probably really great to be Jennifer Lopez . Of my running mental list of people whose lives seem absolutely awesome, she easily falls within the top 10. But just because she lives a charmed life doesn't mean things go great all of the time, and, lately, things have been a little less than ideal for the actor/singer/dancer from the Bronx. Her relationship with Ben Affleck is said to be on the rocks, and beyond any personal woes, she's got professional pains, too. Namely, JLo is apparently having a hard time selling tickets.

Lopez announced a tour to support her new album ( and truly wild accompanying movie ), "This Is Me … Now," earlier this year, but she wound up canceling a bunch of dates amid weak sales. She then rebranded the tour as a greatest-hits show, but fans still weren't tripping over themselves to see her. At the end of May, JLo decided to cancel her tour , saying she was "heartsick" but needed to spend time with her family and friends.

In JLo's defense, she's not the only one having trouble packing venues. The rock duo The Black Keys scrapped a planned arena tour and are expected to announce a "revised" set of dates at smaller venues. On social media, fans have noted that some shows from the pop artists Troye Sivan and Charli XCX as well as the band Wallows appear to be undersold. The Latin trap artist Bad Bunny recently pulled out of a show in Minneapolis, reportedly amid weak sales. Coachella lagged this year, and there's been chatter about a variety of acts not hitting home runs sales-wise in some instances and locations, including Cardi B, Justin Timberlake, and Pink.

This doesn't mean the entire concert industry is in disarray. Taylor Swift is unstoppable . As is Beyoncé whenever she is on the road. Acts such as Luke Combs, Zach Bryan, and Olivia Rodrigo are selling a ton. Dead & Company, the successor band to the Grateful Dead, is adding dates at the Las Vegas Sphere. Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster and rules the roost in the live-events space, had a huge 2023, estimating that 145 million fans attended more than 50,000 events, a 20% increase in fans over the year before. However, not everything is going smoothly for everyone. For some artists, conditions aren't so favorable, and they're struggling to pull in the crowds they anticipated, at least right out of the gate.

"Concert promotion is a betting business. You don't always win. And sometimes, you can be humbled," said Jarred Arfa, the head of global music at Independent Artist Group, whose client roster includes Billy Joel, 50 Cent, and Metallica.

Ticket prices are just astronomical right now.

There are a combination of factors that are dragging down some artists' ticket sales. For one thing, a lot of acts are on tour at the moment. In the wake of the pandemic, artists have been eager to get back out there and recoup lost time and money. Even if the return hasn't been smooth , basically anyone who can be touring is, meaning the space is crowded and oversaturated.

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"You'd never before had a moment in time where all the horses lined up at the starting gate and they all went out on the road at the same time," said Gary Witt, the CEO and co-owner of The Pabst Theater Group in Milwaukee.

The world really is your oyster right now when it comes to catching a show. But it also means that people have a ton of options, and there is only so much time to go around. Maybe you already saw your favorite artist when they first went on the road after the worst of COVID passed, and you don't feel especially inspired to go see them again. Or you like the band or singer in question plenty, but not enough to go through all the rigamarole of seeing them live. Either way, the once feverish demand for that ticket has probably cooled.

Pricing is also a factor. Anyone who's looked for concert tickets recently has probably been gobsmacked at the cost. Many consumers have been spending through inflation , even if begrudgingly so, but no one's budget is limitless, especially as prices for basically everything — including tickets to live events — remain elevated. Pollstar calculated that the average ticket price for the top 100 tours in the first quarter of this year was $123.25, an all-time. Its data indicates that the average ticket price for a Bad Bunny ticket is $290, for Justin Timberlake $216, and for Nicki Minaj $149.

"Ticket prices are just astronomical right now," said David "5-1" Norman, an industry veteran who has toured with Prince, Green Day, and Alicia Keys. "And if you're bringing a child with you, and then you have to stay overnight and gas and hotel and then food, that stuff adds up."

Just having the big song doesn't necessarily always translate into ticket sales.

Going on tour is always a gamble based on numerous factors including ticket history, streaming performance, email list sizes, and online attention. But there are no guarantees that any of that will translate to hard ticket sales . There are artists who might have massive numbers online but whose fans are only surface-level and don't really care enough to appear at a show. The way artists break out on social media nowadays makes it even harder to figure out whether that might be the case. Having a couple of hits on Spotify or TikTok doesn't mean someone can sell out a stadium.

That's why, in some cases, there seems to be a degree of overshooting. Artists (and their agents and managers and promoters) are trying to sell out bigger venues than they can. A more conservative approach would be to book a handful of big venues and see how it goes before committing to more, but that's not the approach everyone is taking.

"We have some hard-rock artists who you've never even heard of and they sell out everywhere, but they have that loyal fan base," Arfa said. "Just having the big song doesn't necessarily always translate into ticket sales." For every five or six acts that are doing great touring, one is a little clunky, he added. "We're having a couple conversations where we're thinking it may be best to push into Q1 of next year because of a high level of traffic on the road right now."

A spokesperson for Live Nation said in a statement that over 100 million tickets have been sold this year, even with fewer stadium shows touring, and that sales for shows in arenas, amphitheaters, theaters, and clubs are up "double digits" from last year. "Every year some events naturally fall off for various reasons, and in 2024 across all venue types we've seen a 4% cancellation rate – which is flat to last year," the spokesperson said.

Every artist and situation is unique. Bad Bunny may not have been able to sell such high-priced tickets in Minneapolis, but he's sold a ton of other places. JLo seems to have a lot more on her plate than trying to tour right now, and the Black Keys will probably do fine in smaller venues. A representative for Live Nation, which is producing the Troye Sivan/Charli XCX show, said the tour had sold out some dates and was 70% sold across the board, implying there had been misconceptions about sales online. (They said Wallows is selling "well" without providing on-the-record specifics and pointed to public statements from the Black Keys and Lopez, the tours of which Live Nation all produced.) Hiccups are not all about ticket sales, either. Kid Cudi canceled his tour this year because he broke his foot jumping off the stage during Coachella, and many acts aren't specifically saying the problem is sales when they do cancel.

There are strategies acts undertake to try to freshen things up for fans and boost sales, such as combining forces or bringing in special guests. Def Leppard is touring with Journey this year, and last year it toured with Mötley Crüe. There's always good old marketing. Live Nation recently wrapped its "concert week," which offers a variety of tickets at $25 — a good way to push tickets that aren't moving.

There is, of course, a huge issue that undergirds the entire conversation: Buying tickets is supremely annoying. You have to really want to see a show to try to navigate the labyrinthine purchase process. Live Nation-Ticketmaster dominates the market, which critics — including the Department of Justice, which is suing the company over claims of anti-competitive practices — say stifles innovation, allows for unfair markups, and contributes to an overall negative experience for fans . Fees on tickets are confoundingly high and seemingly endless . Bot armies snatch up tickets when they go on sale and flip them on the secondary markets for exorbitantly high prices. (One piece of silver lining here is that this year's lowered demand has resulted in lower resale ticket prices. SeatGeek says the average resale ticket price to attend a summer concert this year is $214; last year, it was $257, though a lot of that was due to Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.)

"The time when customer experiences aren't good is usually when there's a monopoly involved," Witt, from The Pabst Theater Group, said.

JLo, of course, will be fine — she is very rich, famous, and beautiful after all. Her fans will survive and will probably have a chance to see her perform again. But next time she hits the road, they'd be wise to scoop up her tickets fast so "This Is Me … Whenever In the Future" doesn't get axed, too.

Emily Stewart is a senior correspondent at Business Insider, writing about business and the economy.

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