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The Band Perry Tour Dates Mean Close Quarters, Closer Siblings

With a tour schedule that keeps them moving from town to town the majority of the year, the Band Perry , sister Kimberly and brothers Neil and Reid, have remained close, not only in proximity, as necessitated by tour bus travel, but as a trio of siblings with a shared dream. One result of their dream come true can be found on the country charts, as the threesome has the reigning No. 1 album, the recently-released Pioneer . But instead of covered wagon, they're traveling by motorcoach.

"Our own bunks is always a good plan," Kimberly jokes with The Boot of the basic requirements when it comes to their bus. "It's amazing, it seems like a small space but you can actually find your different areas to get away. We have a front lounge and a back lounge, so sometimes the boys'll be watching TV up front and I'll just kind of tiptoe to the back and watch a little 'Say Yes to the Dress' or some girly show."

"You've got your stuff in there, you've got your pillow in there, so that's where I usually go and just close the curtain and read," adds Neil.

Although they're family (or perhaps because they are), Reid notes their closeness can sometimes cause one or more of them to act out.

"For the most part," he says, "we will act our current ages, but sometimes we revert back to the 12-year-old selves. But depending on how long you're out on the road, you may start pushing buttons just for entertainment, just to have a little fun.

"That's Reid's favorite game," says his sister, with no argument from Reid.

On the subject of games, The Boot asked the siblings to answer questions about each other, which reveals more about just how close they are. Here's how they answered:

Who takes the longest to get ready?

Reid: Neil.

Kimberly: Not because he has more to do, but because of his pace.

Reid: Yeah he's so slow.

Neil: I'll accept it.

Who makes the rules for the three of you?

Kimberly: Ooh. I think we each make our own rules.

Neil: Each of us do, yeah.

Reid: Yeah. And then try and enforce them on the others.

Kimberly: It is a true democracy, except for when each of us has our own opinions and that's when the firecrackers start. That's always fun.

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A couple of nights ago, I caught a glimpse of Kimberly Perry, The Band Perry's lead singer and one third of the sibling country-music group, on her tour bus, getting her hair and makeup done before a show.

The bus was parked outside New York City's iconic Roseland Ballroom, where the band performed while on tour to promote their sophomore album, Pioneer . Perry's only request for hairstylist Giovanni Delgado was that her hair be "rock and roll safe." "I'm a head-banger," she said. As for her makeup, Perry and her makeup artist, Megan Thompson, had to negotiate on the color: "She likes a nude lip, and I like it bright, so we decided on something in between—a soft coral," said Perry. "This is lip diplomacy in action."

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There may not be a greater cautionary tale in the history of country music for what can happen when you chase trends and try to forage in the greener pastures of pop than what happened to The Band Perry. The sibling trio of Kimberly, Reid, and Neil Perry was one of country music’s most promising up-and-coming bands in the 2010s. Young and fresh, but rootsy in nature, with sensible yet smart songs, they could create consensus behind their music by crossing the country music cultural divide with excellent harmonies and traditional instrumentation weaved into contemporary compositions.  But after veering heavily into the pop realm, the popularity of The Band Perry plummeted, resulting in numerous years and numerous projects attempting to retool the band that ultimately failed catastrophically. Totally forgotten by the country mainstream years ago, and struggling to fill rooms on the club circuit, The Band Perry have finally decided to call it quits, at least for now. In a statement published to social media on March 27th, The Band Perry said, “To our TBP friends and family: We wanted to let you know that the three of us have decided to take a creative break as a group and each focus on our invividual creative pursuits. During this season we will continue to support each other as artists and family in all we do. Thank you for making our childhood dreams come true! Love you all. Kimberly, Reid, and Neil.” This is a huge fail for a band that was supposed to be the future of country music. The Band Perry’s second single “If I Die Young” went 7-times platinum in 2010, leading to the trio earning Best New Artist recognition from both the CMA and ACMs, and “If I Die Young” being named the CMA’s 2011 Single and Song of the Year. A couple of years later the dark murder ballad “Better Dig Two” co-written by Brandy Clark awakened the early influences of country music’s Gothic past, and the #1 helped launch Brandy Clark’s career. The Band Perry went on to win back to back Vocal Group of the Year awards in 2013 and 2014 from the ACMs. In 2015, the brother/sister trio earned their first Grammy Award for their cover of Glen Campbell’s “Gentle On My Mind” written by John Hartford, once again underscoring how this was a band that was capable of bridging the cultural divide in the country music genre. But it was a few months after the “Gentle On My Mind” Grammy win that The Band Perry decided they needed to take a significant leap forward in their careers, and a strong move towards pop would be the way to do it. The opening salvo was the single “ Live Forever ” released in August 2015. Up to that point, all of The Band Perry’s original singles aside from their first had achieved Top 10 success, including four #1s, and two #2s. “Live Forever” was a complete reinvention of The Band Perry’s sound, style, and image, and it stalled at #27. This is when the trouble began in earnest. After their “Live Forever” reinvention clearly failed to find reception with fans, The Band Perry was dropped by Big Machine Records. Then they tried to reinvent the reinvention after a rumored collaboration with Nicki Minaj fell through, at one point claiming incredulously that they were never planning to go pop at all, even though they were  clearly on record saying so . They signed a new dual label country/pop deal with Interscope, and released another single called “Comeback Kid” that did even worse than “Live Forever.” This led to yet another reinvention that brought The Band Perry into their “Coordinates” era, ushered in by a 2018 pop/EDM EP that failed to chart at all (despite the supposed participation of Rick Rubin as an “executive producer”), and took The Band Perry from a mid-sized arena act to playing clubs. The last nine years feel like one huge unforced error by The Band Perry. If the band would have stayed the course, they probably still would be securely in the 2nd tier of mainstream country. They would still have a place at the table, the pride of doing things their way, a loyal fan base that would stick with them through thick and thin, and the sense of accomplishment that comes with doing something you love, and making a living doing it. Even though they were already doing better than 95% of the other acts out there playing “country” music, really good was not good enough for The Band Perry, and they coveted superstardom. There are many lessons to be learned from doing an autopsy on The Band Perry’s career. But the biggest might be that being yourself is always the safest bet, and the problem with money is that you can always have more of it. – – – – – – – – – –

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Not to be a Debbie Downer, but as an experienced musician, these folks were comfortably adequate in skill

Nothing profound, any decent bar band could play as well,

But they had a certain sense for composition and structure in their music that was quite satisfying compared to the dreck of bro country

But still, I don’t miss them.

It’s a good lesson that trying to be a star beyond your skill and betraying the fans who liked what you were doing just ends badly

I hear that she was delving into the drug scene also and caused a lot of strife within the band it was kept quiet, she had a few abusive boyfriends, and 1 beat her, and eventually she lost interest in country music

Well Debbie Downer, everybody can second guess a success when they lack anything of their own credit. Give these band members time and space, they are plenty young enough.

I think if the band could have stayed the course they’d be bigger than second tier. They were better than Little Big Town which I always kinda put in the same vein as them.

You may be right. Right now there are no true star bands in the mainstream country “group” space. That’s how Old Dominion has won the last five CMA Vocal Group of the Year awards, which is beyond preposterous, and Little Big Town won it six years in a row before them. This is the same thing that happened with Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves: the industry puts all their clout behind an act, gives them all the awards, and then when they go pop, you have nothing to show for your investment. It’s even worse for The Band Perry because they weren’t even successful at it.

If you go back and listen to their self titled album, it would have fit better on the radio 3 years ago than it did when it was released.

Especially Kacey Musgraves !, WOW ! I Have Seen Careers Crash and BURN, But, Hers Was the MOST Promising. Even I could Deal with Her LGTBQ Songs, She Made and Sang them From Her Heart. TBP, And Kacey Should Be Cautionary Tales to ALL Newbies in Country Music Today.

100% Her first album was the first country album I purchased on CD. (I previously bought music from other genres)

If you knew Kacey at all you would know she never wanted to be a big star. She was happy playing for a room of 80 and could care less about the money and fame.

So what happened?

That doesn’t make her last album listenable no matter why she did it

Why All Words Capitalized, Are You Having A Stroke?

Taylor Swift won big on this gambit though. And her pop stuff is miles better than her country songs.

Because her “country” songs have always been pop songs essentially. I remember my old boss showing me her music in 2007 and I didn’t hear anything country about it.

I always thought “If I Die Young” kind of contributed to the end of their career. It was played to death and they tried to replicate it. Too much gloom and doom.

What if they really wanted to do pop and rock? Maybe it wasn’t a mistake in trying to advance a career but a choice of how they wanted to make art?

Well one thing you can’t question is their commitment to the bit. But when Kimberly Perry went on record saying they had always been pop, then later turned around and said they’d never been pop … only to turn around and say they always wanted to be pop again, I’m not sure they really knew what they really wanted to do. You look at some one like Hanson, they caught hell for being a silly boy band, but they have stuck with their guns over the years, and are a serious band, even if they don’t play big venues. With The Band Perry, clearly they had aspirations beyond country. Also, there was a quote from Scott Borchetta around the time of the transition, something about wanting to “develop into an arena act” or something.

They fit the bill of a “country” act exploiting the genre to ultimately transition to pop. These people are easy to spot; they don’t listen to country music in their free time. The Band Perry strikes me as the kind of people who only listen to music that is current. I always changed the station when their songs came on anyway.

Carpetbaggers who think their condescending idea of trailer trash will be too dumb to know the difference

If Scott Borchetta said that he wanted to develop The Band Perry into an arena act, he must have had delusions of grandeur for them that they couldn’t possibly fulfill. And besides, didn’t Borchetta already have Florida Georgia Line, the “Barons Of Bro”? (he asked rhetorically)

As to The Band Perry’s demise, I don’t think their failure to develop into a big act was caused by the mere fact that they “went pop/country” (I think that’s an argument that country music has had on and off for almost seventy years now, and is still having) so much as it was caused by the way they did it. High points like “If I Die Young” and their cover of “Gentle On My Mind” seemed to say that it wasn’t necessary for them to become a loud arena act, just one that was able to fill actual concert venues (which–and I make no bones about it–arenas and stadiums ARE NOT).

For them to have been anything even close to that, though, Kimberly Perry would have had to have been a vocalist who projects well; and I think she fell short there more than she succeeded. With material like the aforementioned “If I Die Young”, “Gentle On My Mind”, and others of the folk/bluegrass variety, she was in a good enough “zone” as it were. But when she tried to “rock”, especially on the loud stuff like “Done”, her vocal limitations got dreadfully exposed. To do that stuff in a real cohesive way, you kind of have to be Linda Ronstadt or Pat Benatar, and she never was.

I won’t go into the business of bashing them like others here will, and have already done. I’m trying to offer my own careful analysis of where they went wrong. Their demise is a loss for country music in one way, but in another way, because they (or their handlers) got too greedy, they bought that demise onto themselves (IMHO).

Used to really love this band when they were good. I think they could’ve been huge had they kept on the country path especially considering mainstream is starting to sound more country.

What’s wrong with Live Forever? I love that song, especially when the Highwaymen covered it, and Billy Joe Shaver was one of the greatest songwriters ever.

It’s a different “Live Forever”. They are similar in that they both technically are songs. That’s about it.

Haha, thanks for the response. I was starting to worry that my dad joke was getting an even worse response than the ones with my kids at home…

I love “Live Forever”. Even the BJS/Big and Roch collaboration is amazing. Honest mistake because I’m not familiar with The Band Perry either!

Best thing since Hendrix covered “Hey, Joe.” Boudeloux Bryant and Carl Smith were so proud.

Just speculation on my end here, but I’d say that her brothers were the ones pushing the pop/EDM experiment which clearly failed and was likely a huge factor in the collapse of this band. After all, Kimberly Perry has suddenly re-emerged as a solo artist with a new record deal in pursuit of country music again. Whether or not she will be accepted again by country music fans remains a mystery. Only time will tell, I suppose.

I saw them play in my home town back when they were still making hits. Sounded great. Always loved Kimberly Perry’s voice. I still feel like she’d be a great solo artist. Maybe do an acoustic album.

I never understood the leap to weird EDM pop the band perry, little big town, and zack brown band all made around the same time. All 3 failed at it, too.

I get the feeling there was somebody in the industry advising them to do so. EDM/electronic pop was the “new horizon” of genres for pop artists to experiment with in the early 2010s; I’d assume they were trying (or were told) to get ahead of a trend by cutting EDM pop tracks, but radio-EDM-pop was already on its way out by the time any of these artists released their singles. This is completely a suspicion, but it sounds like a lot of 2nd/3rd tier radio country acts received similar advice and then failed.

EDM was the “next” big thing for a reason. It never really caught on in the mainstream so it was going to “next” time. It may be fun to party to but it is just a melody sung over electronic noise. There’s nothing creative about it. The Beatles did it better when they sang walrus over an ambulance siren

I liked a few of their songs. They never came off as lifers in the country world, the brothers, especially. Random thought, LeAnn Rimes pulled some of the same junk. I saw her the other day, I preferred her voice with a lil twang.

Not that I care for her music, but I’d give Leann Rimes a pass, considering she reached stardom in country music at the ripe ole’ age of 13. Who has any idea of who they are at that age?

There is a video on YouTube of the The Band Perry interviewing Brandy Clark and Chris Stapleton backstage at the ACMs several years ago. The whole thing is completely vapid and tone deaf on the part of the band. They keep asking Stapleton if he and Justin Timberlake are going to do a record together “like Kanye and Jay-Z.” Understandably, Stapleton seems pretty irritated / uncomfortable with it all. Then he tells the story of how Garden & Gun was supposed to put Merle Haggard on the cover of an issue, but at the last minute substituted Stapleton without telling anyone. He criticizes the magazine pretty vehemently, and is really sticking up for Merle. (It is almost like a mini country “protest” moment, as you are so good about chronicling, Trigger.) The Band Perry was completely incapable of engaging in even the slightest bit of substance, and they just laugh awkwardly and quickly try to change the subject. It wasn’t entirely clear whether they even knew who Merle Haggard was, or the point that Stapleton was trying to make. I have no reason to doubt that early in their career they were a good country act, but at least based on that one little moment of country music history, you would never know it.

Sturgill Simpson was also incensed over that “Garden & Gun” cover and let them hear it.

Here’s the video:

https://youtu.be/S2q59f02qNc

Wow that’s pretty awful.

I don’t think there’s anything ideologically wrong with their career. They wanted to do something different and it flopped. Since they wanted to be superstars, it’s better that they tried and failed than never trying at all. The marketing is a separate issue, I think.

Barely a single person said this would be a good idea. If you remember they were deleting comments on their social media as fast as they came in.

I’m surprised they bothered making an announcement. I still don’t understand how they went under right after winning the Grammy.

Milli Vanilli won a Grammy. Not that it matters, the Grammies aren’t credible to me.

They also had their Grammy revoked.

Should the band perry have done a pop song? Sure anybody who is anybody has. If someone as uncompromising as emmylou Harris could cover on the radio there’s room for the band perry and others. The problem is that so much of what came out of Scott bordchetta and big machine was such a cash grab. By the time these artists realize they’ve been screwed most of the fans move on

I just listened to “Live Forever”. Not bad but forgettable. I don’t know much about top 40 pop music.

That “If I Die Young” was haunting.

They never were purely Country, but when their first album popped on the scene I thought it was a brilliant mix of Country, Rock, and Folk. And, unless they were embellishing, they did most of their own writing, so it’s hard for me to write them off as a manufactured act. Anyways, I thought they were a pretty surefire bet to have some staying power. They must’ve wanted that Pop thing a bunch, or listened to a fool.

I agree with the assessment of the ZBB. On that tangent, I think that their “Jekyll+Hyde” album was the beginning of the end, or at least the decline. I liked some of its artistic venture, but personally, I am a major, nostalgia-driven, country fan, and I know many of the country music listeners are the same way. Therefore, if you just jam on the breaks and swerve to a completely different sound, it can surprise them at best, and alienate them at the worst.

I then think that the ZBB tried to reverse the process by making “Welcome Home,” with songs like “My Old Man” (my personal favorite) and “Roots,” but country fans tend to remember, and so I think that their reputation has never been the same. With T-swift, she always leaned more in the pop direction, but always (and still) has a clear love and passion for country music and its fanbase, and so keeps her appeal.

With TBP, this is hard for me to do, because I’ve loved them as country artists, but they are the classic example of “killing the golden goose.” They had a niche genre that got them followers, and in my opinion, the style that they brought with their first album would be a breath of relief with all the country-pop that’s on the radio nowadays. Their one fault was that they failed to understand who their audience was. And, like @Trigger said, they continued to double-down on their transition rather than take a step back and realize that this was a bad move. Let’s not forget also, that key differences between TBP and T-Swift were that Swift already was double-dipping with pop success as well as country for nearly 10 years before she transitioned with “1989.” This gave her a set of two successful, established camps that she kept a strong fanbase with, and continues to be respected in both. TBP’s transition came off as an “f— you” to their fanbase, myself included.

My conclusion to this longwinded comment is that the whole thing is kind of sad, as I was a big fan of theirs, and much of my young introduction to the country radio came from their songs. I remember hearing songs like “Done,” “Better Dig Two,” “If I Die Young,” and “All Your Life” (my favorite of theirs) on the radio of my dad’s old truck. There is certain nostalgia to their music for me, particularly the two previously mentioned songs, as they were a breath of fresh air from all of the “Bro Country” that dominated the airplay at the time. Personally, I continue to listen to their old music, and keep the memories that I had in the same special place. “All Your Life” takes me back to a much simpler time and I would honestly rejoin TBP’s fanbase if they made music like that again. Thanks 🙂

A similar story could be told for Zac Brown Band. Although at least ZBB had a sustained period of success before trying to conquer the music world. The success from those first 7 years let them come back to mainstream country even after their pop gamble failed.

if Band Perry had waited 1-2 more albums to try the direction change, they would’ve had a bigger safety net for when it failed. And by waiting, they may have seen that the EDM/pop fad wasn’t here to stay. TBP could’ve had success in the 2023 mainstream country universe where things are slowly becoming more organic.

Zac Brown Band also reversed course. He saw the writing on the wall. The Band Perry doubled down.

What’s funny is that the more traditional-country-sounding “If I Die Young” did better on pop radio than any of their purely pop releases (it crossed over to #12 on the Top 40 radio charts, went #1 at AC and Top 5 at Hot AC in the era of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga). That may have been part of the impetus to start releasing more purely pop singles.

Early in their career, CMT ran a special showing them performing in their hometown, as well as in a warehouse setting. When I saw it, I really understood their appeal. They played and sang and performed well, and Kimberly had a voice and plenty of charisma.

Whoever writes a thorough account of the rise and fall of Clint Black needs to write one on The Band Perry, too. I think both would be fascinating.

Do tell? I thought it was because he wanted to spend more time with his family and his independent label went bankrupt?

He did some great podcast appearances to promote his latest album and I catch one of his interviews on Circle occasionally.

Clint Black’s career went to the toilet because he stopped putting out traditional country songs. Both the song and video for Summer’s Comin’ were insufferable, and nearly all of his songs after that had a similar sound. It blows my mind why artists do that. It’s taken me about 25 years to want to start listening to his early country stuff again because of his change in direction.

The Band Perry is a family group that was formed in the early 200s featuring a teen girl and her kid brothers. When they got their major label deal, the girl was in her 20s and the brothers were still teens.

By its nature, such a group is of a time and place. Trig, you want them to stay what they were? They grew up. If they have musical talent, they probably want to go their own way. It would be phony and absurd for the men who are in their 30s to continue an act as the little brothers.

Hey, the Judds were great, but Wynonna, when she was in her 40s, asking Momma to tell her about life or for her permission to date got artificial and was not what she wanted to do anymore. She went off on her own and made some great stuff in the ’90s (not enough), but she reportedly has a major new project coming out shortly.

Damn, I shouldn’t post without proofing. Misspelled “is” and “its” above.

I got you. If you ever want edits, just leave a comment below requesting them, and I will take care of it.

I loved The Band Perry when they were in country. I saw them in concert then several times, met them often, met their parents and grandmother, went to their fan club parties, etc. If they were still in country, I’d still be going to see them as often as possible. They had certain candy favorites and I enjoyed bringing them a bag of goodies at each show. I do miss them. A lot.

They weren’t bad back in the day. I think they should have stayed with that early sound. They probably wouldnt have blossomed into huge stars but could have did well enough to make it further. But maybe going pop was what they really wanted to do and sometimes you have to bet on yourself. They just came up short.

Zac Brown has entered the chat.

They had a short peak but made some great music. I will always wonder if the label is partially to blame for not knowing how to push the trio with the rise of bro-country

That could very well be the case with the “Live Forever” single that flopped. But after that, they were dropped by Big Machine, and were calling their own shots. Maybe Interscope wanted them to continue on the same path as well, but nobody was forcing them to sign anything at that point.

Good point. None of it adds up to me. It would be nice to know the whole story. I hope in time they find themselves and are able to have a second act.

The problem, is anyone who believes anything this group ever did was country.

If your position is, “Darn, they were country when they started; too bad they went pop.”, then you have no idea what C(c)ountry Music is and have no business talking about it.

Honk: you and I probably agree as a general rule but disagree on the finer details

I’d love to pick your brain

For starters, we probably disagreed about exactly when and where country music as an institution, began, and about where it ended.

I usually call country music as an institution beginning with the great speckled Bird recording by Roy Acuff.

And as a rule, I see country music stopped being country music, right about 1980

There are some examples of country artist to record in the 90s ( like randy Travis) that I consider honorary country artists but do not hold them to the same distinction as the country artists of the 50s 60s and 70s

If I recall correctly, you aren’t particularly invested in other styles of music. But I don’t remember, is whether or not, you’ve offered an opinion on western music as a genre, or Bluegrass music. Or if you consider those parts of country music or separate

When country music is done correctly, it isn’t too far removed from Bluegrass. But from my perspective, I am taking Bluegrass and making it the bellwether for how country something is. Because Bluegrass has more or less stand true to its traditions.

Now, let me be clear, there are artists from other styles of music that I enjoy. I like some of the hits of Broadway, there are some jazz records I have enjoyed, there are some rock groups that I like. But I do not feel particularly invested in the styles of music as art forms. I just like the individual albums, sometimes even the catalog of artists as a whole. But I do not consider myself as being an enthusiast of that style of music. Nor do I Try to hold strong opinions on matters relating to jazz. That is for people who like jazz to decide. I am more of a window shopper with jazz. I look I listen and move on

But I want all of the styles of music to remain distinct. Just because I like country and some jazz doesn’t mean I want to mix the two of them. I like spinach puffs, and I like coconut cream pie, but only an idiot put them together.

My specific area of expertise in music, is what I call traditional music. Uncle Dave Macon, the skillet lickers, bascom Lunsford.

And while all of that music is the corner stone, on which both country and bluegrass are erected, I don’t consider uncle Dave Macon, a country artist Any more than I equate Chuck Berry to dragon force, or Guns N’ Roses

Fuzz, My opinion on this isn’t strong enough for me to say you’re wrong. I’m okay with with your beginning and end markers. If you pinned me down though, I’d probably say the beginning was what Ralph Peer did, and I’d put the end in 1997, specifically the meteoric rise of Tim and Faith’s “It’s Your Love”. That song, at the time, was rock bottom as far as I was concerned. There had been a lot of bad songs prior to that, but for some reason that one sealed the deal for me.

How did you land on 1980 as your end year?

Honk: I was 1980 as a good bellwether, because it was the first election year that people voting for the first time would have grown up in a world without Patsy Cline, ira louvin, and little Joe Carson

Hee haw was eleven years old and had basically lost its earlier brilliance and was becoming formulaic

The Bakersfield sound was comfortably on its way out. Buck Owens having lost his commercial relevance alongside the success of hee haw

The outlaw movement had come along, and, depending on your perspective on the country music timeline was still happening

The new crop of country stars were more urban, with more drums, more electric bass instead of string bass

The CBS rural purge might as well have been ancient history. The country music audience probably wasn’t watching Green acres Gomer Pyle, or Andy Griffith in the evenings

They most likely would have been watching all in the family instead. I show that takes place in New York.

The most country parts of country, specifically, the acoustics, some of the harmony aspects, the Banjo, dobro and the mandolin, had been edged more into blue grass than main stream country music

Porter Wagner had moved to Opryland, as opposed to his own studio, and was more of a theme park attraction on TV than a legitimate program.

It’s well established that there was a stretch starting sometime at the end of the 70s and running until the arrival of people like Ricky Skaggs, where country music was pop, influenced, similar to what we are seeing today.

From my perspective, it never really went away. Not that I dislike Ricky Skaggs. I think Ricky Skaggs is a remarkable musician, but he’s made it clear that he was always a bluegrass musician doing country, as opposed to being a straight down the road country musician.

Folk and traditional songs had lost their place in mainstream country music. Even 10 years earlier, it was not uncommon to hear, foggy Mountain top, foggy river, or mole in the ground, to say nothing of soldiers joy, Arkansas traveler, Frankie and Johnny, the Knoxville girl, poor Ellen Smith

By 1980, all of the roots of country music we’re no longer relevant in mainstream country. It was slick, polished, even, and made for TV

So I look basically at the end of World War II up to the election of Ronald Reagan, as being the prime of country music. As well as being the prime of American television culture. And maybe that’s my bias because I love a lot of the shows that the CBS rural purge did away with.

Genuinely have no idea how you could listen to a song like “If I Die Young” or their cover of “Gentle On My Mind” and think they weren’t making country music

Gentle on my mind wasn’t exactly a country song by the standards of the time anymore than take me home country roads was

Sure, John Hartford may be the only person in the country music Hall of Fame to not actually have been inducted. Sure he played the fiddle and the banjo, on hee haw alongside Roy Clark, grandpa Jones, and Ramona Jones.

Country music loves to lay claim to John Hartford. But John Hartford was really an old time musician.

John Hartford musically had more in common with uncle Dave Macon or string bean, then with the country music of his contemporaries

In fact, if you take the song, gentle on my mind, and compare it to the other iconic country songs of a similar time. It’s quite distinct. Specifically, because John Hartford, as a composer, wasn’t really composing songs that fit the bill as country in the current climate.

And I’m going to go a step farther and claim that Glen Campbell wasn’t exactly the most traditional country singer around either. So it makes sense for him to pick a song that wasn’t a straight down the middle honest to God country song. Glen Campbell was a wrecking crew guitarist for years before becoming noticed as a singer. And an awful lot of those sessions were outside the country fold. They were early rock ‘n’ roll, they were rockabilly, And Glenn Campbell was a pop country singer. Country music loves to embrace Glenn and exalt him alongside and the other more traditional country singers Because of his sheer talent and the quality of his record output. And the same thing happens for John Hartford. Country music has retroactively embraced him as being right there, equal to all of their own, when he was just as much an outsider of the business at the time as John Denver was.

Country adjacent, country, influenced, country stylized, but if Vern Gosdin and George Jones were making country music, John Hartford, sure as hell wasn’t

So it makes more sense. If you look at it in that light, as gentle on my mind, being a pop country crossover hit by an independent artist, who was frequently incorporated into country music spaces that got recorded by a pop country superstar, it makes sense that the band perry, who were in acoustic pop group, that had success in the country genre because of their acoustic work, Which didn’t succeed for them in top 40 Pop, it makes sense that a group like that would cover a song like that. In fact, it’s the logical procession of things.

And please do not take this as any kind of criticism level did Glenn Campbell. Glenn Campbell, is in my opinion, the greatest recording guitarist, who ever walked the Earth. The amount of jaw-dropping solos Glenn recorded for hundreds of other artists before launching his own solo career with a peerless singing voice, that is instantly distinctive, and bringing Guitar chops that have never been surpassed to a solo career that recorded songs that sounded country, covers of songs that were pop, covers of songs that came from rock, as well as playing, Jazz and blues on the guitar.

There’s a reason Eddie Van Halen wanted to get lessons from Glen Campbell.

But I consider Glen Campbell as being bigger than just the country music genre

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Hi Tom, By knowing what C(c)ountry Music is.

If those songs are not country music, then I would love to know what you think they are

It’s definitely not pop music with the organic country instrumentation they have

Just because you have some kind of bias against mainstream country music, that doesn’t mean that most of the music The Band Perry made before their heel turn wasn’t country

Especially more so than their peers at the very least

I grew up in the 60’s on country music and felt how u do for a long time but as I age I have come to understand that artist like George Strait, Chris Stapleton, Garth Brooks, Hank Williams Jr etc after every bit as good and every bit country as what came before them. As time passes all things change and artist reflect their sound, their voice and like TBP they can’t hold a sound, they have a sound and it resonates or they fade. TBP were a teen band so they were handled probably from the beginning. They must be pretty young still so writing them off may be premature as individual artist.

I always really loved their first album, and still do to this day. Their second album had some great songs as well (Pioneer, Better Dig Two, Mother Like Mine, and I Saw a Light come to mind as standout songs). The Big Bird/Live Forever era was an incredibly costly mistake that killed off one of the better mainstream acts at the time, sadly. Supposedly, Kimberly is coming back to country as a solo artist. She is slated to perform at CMA Fest this year. I’m intrigued.

Holy shit, the lead singer is unrecognizable these days. She was a 10 back in the day, but damn, she had to of blown whatever she made on some plastic surgery.

What a waste.

the “yellow” era was… i dunno….DEVO?

Big Bird. It was Big Bird.

I could be off base, but I always viewed The Band Perry as a family band that probably grew up playing Bluegrass and Traditional Country with their family, but likely preferred pop and radio music as part of a younger generation. They scored some success with the combination of the genres, Bluegrass, Country, and pop, but likely had dreams of transitioning to a more pop country direction all along.

Also see Kimberly as the leader and real focus of record labels with the brothers pretty much just following in her wake. Not surprised she has decided to go out on her own and try to reinvent herself again. Surprised it took this long.

They were always frauds.

During their pop transition, there was a poster here called Marie who documented how they were originally a Christian band that suddenly became country because country was more popular. They were always trying to become a larger brand.

It was pretty clear that they listened to the top 40 on the tour bus and not country music.

Oh my gosh I miss Marie

We have lost many great posters over the years.

Her documentation on the TBP was first-rate.

I miss Adrian. His Taylor Swift analysis was magnificent.

If you’re able to find any of Marie’s best comments, please post some links to them; SCM’s comments section has insights unlike any other music site.

Check out all the articles on TBP during their transition period.

Let’s face it, they played us for chumps.

Yeah but that Kimberly is so darned cute! So there’s that!

What I dont get is if they were fully committed to this change of direction, why was the vast majority of their set even at the end made up of the 2 albums and not pushing their new sound.

I appreciate the Zoolander faces they’re making in the photo.

I’m intrigued that I read Kimberly Perry’s name as one of the songwriters/performers in the Live in the Vineyard Goes Country Festival in a set with LANCO, Jackson Dean, and Wade Bowen. I have no reason to know otherwise, but it is possible that it was the brothers that wanted the new pop direction? And Kimberly is revisiting her roots now as a solo artist?

I don’t read this site, story popped in my Google Feed. Maybe everyone here is a big happy country clique, here is an outsider take:

I live in upper midwest, grew up in farm town in 80s, parents listened to Kenny Rogers, I was into Def Leppard. I remember in 90’s when Garth Brooks ‘broke’ country single handedly with his KISS childhood infused into Oklahoma rural.

When ‘pop’ moved away to autotune and boy bands, real bands faded until country moved towards ‘bro country’ which I loved because it filled that void.

To me, pop crossover began in earnest when Taylor Swift did the show with Def Leppard. Follow that to Florida Georgia Line collaberating w Nelly and stuff was getting blurry.

Then like the Dixie Chick episode, politics chilled the Country/Pop love fest with the 2016 election, be honest.

Everyone went back to their corners, and bands like The Band Perry got hung out to dry. Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton dropped heavy churchy country albums and kept their buses going.

Based on the current political climate, pop country crossover is DOA, RIP.

Their former manager is now managing the generically generic artist Russell Dickerson.

And now Kimberly’s going for the solo career she always wanted. Her first single is “If I Die Young (Pt. 2),” which is such a generic dance-pop sounding record (described as a “sequel” to the original song) it just has to be a mainstream pop country hit. In fact, it reminds me of the pop radio mix of Shania Twain’s “That Don’t Impress Me Much.” Off to a fast start on the Mediabase airplay charts thanks in no small amount to payo- I mean, “an airplay deal” from the iHeart stations.

I’m going to assume that the argument for why this worked Taylor Swift and didn’t work for them is because Taylor Swift is hot and that she was already kind of Pop-leaning when she started, so going fully into mainstream stuff wasn’t jarring for fans.

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The Band Perry is an American Country-pop trio made up of siblings, Kimberly Perry Reid Perry and Neil Perry, who formed in 2005.

The band formed after Kimberley initially attempted to launch her solo singing career as a teenager, with Perry and Neil acting as her roadies and opening act as a duo. She eventually combined with her brothers after years of practicing and playing together during their childhood in hometown Alabama, and The Band Perry were born. The threesome embarked on the New Faces of Country Tour in in 2005.

The group were picked up during the summer of 2009 by newly formed Republic Nashville records, an American country label operating under Universal, after being taken under the wing of Country act manager Bob Doyle.

They quickly released their debut single in late 2009, “Hip to My Heart”, which was a success, landing at number 20 on the Billboard Country Chart, and establishing the siblings trademark pop and country blending style.

An EP titled “The Band Perry EP” was produced shortly after, but they achieved major breakthrough success with their eponymous debut studio album “The Band Perry”, which was released in 2010. The album featured the chart topping single “All Your Life”, as well as a host of other catchy country songs that helped the band gather momentum. Their debut album has sold over 1 million copies.

The southern siblings began work with legendary hip-hop producer Rick Rubin on their follow up album “Pioneer” a few years later, before its release in 2013. The second album was as equally successful as the first, serving up a second number one single in the form of “DONE.” for the band.

The trio recently performed before the 2014 Superbowl game, one of the most watched sports spectacles in the world. They’ve also rocked out on multiple sold out tours in the US and been nominated for and won a host of awards such as the Teen Choice awards and the Grammys.

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In the past we’ve seen family bands be one of two things -- really cheesy like the ones on TV like The Brady Bunch or Partridge Family or they could be disastrous like the Davies brothers of the Kinks or Oasis’ Gallagher brothers. However it looks like The Band Perry is something completely different.

Composed of Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry, this brothers and sister trio has been taking the world by storm with their gritty country tunes and impeccable showmanship. Signed to Republic Nashville, The Band Perry may have been playing together for a long time but didn’t break into the big time until ‘If I Die Young,’ off their self-titled 2010 debut album, released. Since then, they have been dominating in the country music scene and playing to packed crowds of all ages. And perhaps the reason they’re able to charm everyone from your little brother to your great-grandmother is because of their overall interaction with the crowd. Kimberly always makes sure she’s got everyone on the feet and clapping or even invites people to get onstage them with them.

Now well into their ‘We Are Pioneers’ World Tour, the band’s first headlining series of gigs, their clear familial chemistry onstage is tighter than ever. Not only do they support each other onstage, but they sure as hell know how to rock out on the country stage -- so much so, that even the biggest country skeptic will get into it.

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The Band Perry is an American country music group composed of siblings Kimberly Perry, Reid Perry and Neil Perry. This family affair has proven a winning combination Stateside with their two first albums hitting the top 5 of the US Billboard chart.

They have also scored a huge amount of hits on the US country chart, and these singles make up the bulk of their live setlist. It is unusual for siblings not to bicker, yet the three musicians seem in complete unity onstage as they perform pitch perfect renditions of 'Done' and 'Night Gone Wasted'. The smooth melodies sound completely delightful and Kimberley's country vocal really commands the stage and the venue.

The audience clap, dance and cheer along to highlights including a stomping rendition of 'If I Die Young'. The band performs two brilliantly original covers, the already country inspired 'Timber' by Ke$ha and Pitbull and a singalong of Queen's 'Fat Bottomed Girls'. The band brings proceedings to a close with a storming version of 'Better Dig Two' where the trio really showcase their abilities with their respective instrument.

Absolutely amazing... I've seen dozens of shows in many different venues and this trio blew my mind. I've been a fan for few years now and was very excited to finally see them and they are even better live. Can't wait till they come back so i can see them again. In my top 5 favorite shows up there with greats like Garth Brooks To The Band Perry keep doing what you're doing.

Excellent show!! I especially enjoyed the venue and how small it was... it was like a personal concert just for us. My daughter and granddaughter were absolutely thrilled to be within arms reach of the band. It was a very enjoyable evening with fun had by all!

They were okay, but not great. A lot of the crowd left, heard people saying they wished they'd heard more of their old sound. I like the new pop stuff, but felt they overused the synthesizer.

Amazing amazing show. Such a great night of music

Wish I could go see them in Denver

I’ve been with the trio since the beginning and I love the transition of sound

AMA Ingram night!!!

It was awesome and and wonderful and cool one of the best concerts I've been to wish they would come back to Utah and Ogden Utah and me and my friend was happy to go and I love her music

Enjoyed these guys very much!! My kids love you guys, but you are great for all ages, love the high energy!! Keep up the great work, reach for your dreams!

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During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

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• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
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Raspberries tribute act the razzz returning to music box supper club, members talk legacy of the late eric carmen, doing justice to power-pop band’s songs and more.

Bill March says he was stunned by the news last month that his old friend Eric Carmen had died .

The guy was a brilliant, brilliant songwriter,” says March, a longtime Northeast Ohio musician who resides in Lyndhurst. “He meant a lot to me in terms of the music he made. He meant a lot, probably, to the world at large.”

March knew Carmen — known both for fronting Cleveland-based power-pop band Raspberries, which found success nationally in the 1970s, and the solo artist responsible for hits including “All By Myself” and “Hungry Eyes” — when March was a member of another notable Northeast Ohio rock act, Beau Coup, during the following decade. He says Carmen encouraged them to bring sibling co-lead vocalists Frank and Tommy Amato into the band.

“He helped us out a lot with advice and things like that,” March says, “and played on stage a few times.”

For the last few years, March and other veterans of the Northeast Ohio music community have spent time here and there and playing in a Raspberries tribute band, The Razzz , which is next set to perform on April 19 at the Music Box Supper Club on the West Bank of Cleveland’s Flats.

“Let’s face it: The intro to ‘Go All the Way’ — if that doesn’t grab you by the lapels or your shirt collar and drag you in, I don’t know what does,” March says of the Raspberries’ 1972 hit song’s guitar-driven, hard-charging first few seconds.

Both bass player/vocalist March and drummer Ed Brown — another of those longtime Northeast Ohio musicians in The Razzz, who lives in Mentor — have spent time over the years sharing the stage with the man on that guitar, Wally Bryson, in acts such as The Wally Bryson Group.

“Bill is a longtime Raspberries fan and Eric Carmen fan, and I was not to the degree Bill was,” Brown says in a recent joint phone interview with March. “But … I had the pleasure of playing with Wally for, probably, 20 or 25 years since the late ’80s.

“I knew the Raspberries, and I knew ‘Go All the Way’ and a couple of other songs, but I was more into the heavy-metal thing,” admits Brown, whose time playing with Bryson includes the band Sittin’ Ducks.

March and Brown played together in The Wally Bryson Group, with the latter suggesting to Bryson they bring the former into the fold when they were looking for a bassist.

That band wound down a few years ago when Bryson decided to step away from the stage after developing a condition called Dupuytren’s contracture, which has affected his ability to play guitar, and The Razzz more or less picked up the mantle, fulfilling a Wally Bryson Group date at the Music Box upon the venue’s request, Brown says.

“We thought, ‘Well, I don’t know. I guess we could try it,’” he recalls. “And it went over really well, so that then became The Razzz.”

The band now also consists of Steve Jochum, of Parma, on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards; Chirs DeHaas, of Madison, on guitar, keyboards and vocals; and and guest George Sipl, of Middleburg Heights, on keyboards and vocals.

Siplhad been Eric Carmen’s keyboard player and played on and mixed “Hungry Eyes,” according to Brown.

The Razzz’s repertoire goes beyond well-known Raspberries tunes such as “Go All the Way” — featured prominently in 2014 Marvel Studios hit “Guardians of the Galaxy” — “I Wanna Be With You,” “Don’t Want to Say Goodbye” and “Let’s Pretend” to include songs from the British Invasion and more.

“We do the stuff they were influenced by,” March says. “We try to do the stuff like Small Faces and The Left Banke and, of course, The Beatles, The Beach Boys. We’re doing some of Eric’s solo stuff.”

He adds that he’s always a little perplexed that Carmen seemingly is most often associated with “Hungry Eyes,” the hit from the 1987 hit movie “Dirty Dancing.”

“He didn’t write that song, but he made it his own, obviously,” March says. “So many great songs he did write — I think “All by Myself,” that’s the franchise.

“He (co-wrote Mike Reno and Ann Wilson’s) ‘Almost Paradise.’ He wrote (solo hit) ‘Make Me Lose Control.’”

Brown says the band really enjoys the material they get to play when they perform out a couple of times a year, with another gig tentatively slated for early August.

“We try to do it as close to the original way it was recorded the best way we can,” he says. “It’s never going to be 100 percent, but we do spend a lot of time learning the parts as best we can because we really want to do it justice.”

It sounds as if it’s appreciated.

“There’s definitely a core Raspberries fanatic that will come to see us,” March says. “We definitely give them more than just the hits.

“We do a pretty good slice of their stuff.”

Brown says he was surprised to discover the music isn’t just for those looking for nostalgia, at least if his grandkids are any indication.

“They’re in high school, and they’d never heard me play because I don’t play out that often. I always wanted them to come out, but I had no idea whether they would appreciate the music because, you know, they’re teenagers.

“And they really do love the music,” he continues. “I think any age group would enjoy it. We certainly have a core of people that come out that love the Raspberries and grew up with them, but I haven’t found anybody — and I don’t think they’re telling me this to make us feel good — that have come out that didn’t enjoy the music.”

We’ve now come to the obligatory question, at least from a Northeast Ohio perspective: Do the Raspberries get the credit they deserve?

“I think they do now,” March says, noting acclaim that has grown for the 1974 album “Starting Over.” “Back when they were together, they got little to none — to the point where (it) made them break up.

“They are not looked upon as, if not the originators, one of the originators of the power-pop genre.”

Where: Music Box Supper Club, 1148 Main Ave., Cleveland.

When: 8 p.m. April 19.

Tickets: $18 in advance, $25 day of show.

Info: MusicBoxCle.com or 216-242-1250.

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Lana Del Rey ’s highly-anticipated headline performance is underway on the Friday evening of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2024.

The double weekender will also see headline performances from Tyler the Creator and Doja Cat . The second weekend takes place from Friday 19 April to Sunday 21 April, with the same artists performing at both shows.

Friday has already seen perfomances from rising Mexican singer Peso Pluma, rapper Lil Uzi Vert , French dance act Justice and a history-making set from K-pop boyband Ateez.

Organisers and fans will be hoping for a steady ship this year after Frank Ocean pulled out of performing at the festival’s second weekend last year following a “chaotic” performance.

Asides from its reputation for drawing influencers, many celebrities have been known to attend the event over the years, with Vanessa Hudgens being unofficially dubbed the Queen of Coachella .

The festival will also include some must-see art installations, food and drink, and immersive experiences for ticket holders, which you can read about here.

• The Coachella 2024 lineup in full
• How to survive Coachella
• 5 things to do besides listen to music at Coachella

Suki Waterhouse covers Oasis

One for the Britpop fans: Suki Waterhouse delivered this impressive cover of the 1996 Oasis classic “Don’t Look Back In Anger” earlier tonight:

Lana Del Rey gets on her bike

Lana Del Rey arrived in style for her Coachella headline set tonight - astride the back of a motorcycle, followed by a team of dancers travelling in similar style. She opened by playing “Without You” for the first time since 2014.

All eyes on Ateez

Dedicated fans have been camped out all day patiently waiting for the appearance of Ateez, who make history as the first K-pop boy band to ever take the stage at Coachella. Their reception of the Sahara stage is suitably raucous given the history-making occasion:

Suki Waterhouse brings her ‘Moves’ to the Gobi stage

Suki Waterhouse, who just weeks ago gave birth to her first child with Robert Pattinson , tells the Gobi stage audience that it feels surreal to be on stage. “I just don’t even believe that this is reality right now,” she tells the crowd. Considering she played a fictional rock star in Daisy Jones And The Six , she can probably be forgiven for questioning what’s fact and what’s fiction right now. After opening with the infectious “Moves”, she goes straight into recent single “My Fun”.

Honey Dijon x Green Velvet bring “phenomenal visuals” to Quasar stage

Chicago-born DJs Honey Dijon and Green Velvet are going back-to-back on the Quasar stage, and The Independent ’s man-on-the-ground Matthew Cooper reports that the pair have brought “phenomenal visuals”. Here’s a taste:

Peso Pluma joined by Becky G after memorable Coachella stage introduction

Last year, California-born Becky G brought rising Mexican star Peso Pluma out to join her during her set on Coachella’s main stage, so there’s a nice full-circle element to her coming out tonight to make a guest appearance during his packed show:

That came after Peso himself had emerged in suitably epic fashion:

Shakira makes surprise appearance with Bizarrap

Colombian superstar Shakira has made a surprise appearance at Coachella, rising up on an elevated platform behind Argentine DJ Bizarrap in a firey dress and oversized aviator shades.

The pair performed their hits “La Fuerte” and “BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53.”

Shakira also took the opportunity to announce her first world tour since 2017.

British DJs Anti Up have a license to print money

In advance of their headline set on the Mojave stage tonight, British DJ duo Anti Up have been distributing their very own $100 bills. The Independent ’s team on the ground captured the below image - but no news yet as to whether they’re legal tender at the festival’s famously overpriced food tents...

Lil Uzi Vert leaves fans breathless with hit-packed set

Philadelphia-born rapper Lil Uzi Vert brought a huge crowd to the main Coachella stage on Friday evening, delivering hits including “Do What I Want” and “The Way Life Goes” and coquettishly telling the massed audience he’s got a secret to tell them. “I think you might already know... I love you, and I hope you love me too.” The screams of “Uzi” he gets in response leave him in no doubt about that one.

Barry Keoghan was on camera duty at Sabrina Carpenter

Saltburn star Barry Keoghan has enjoyed a breakout year, and he’s now widely rumoured to be dating Sabrina Carpenter.

Eagle-eyed fans spotted the Irish actor down the front for her Coachella set, and captured him filming Carpenter while looking altogether smitten.

Yee haw! Is Beyoncé to blame for Coachella going cowboy-core?

Just weeks after the release of Beyoncé’s acclaimed country album Cowboy Carter, Coachella is filling up with dedicated followers of fashion kitted out as if they’re off to the rodeo. Coincidence? We think not.

Coachella makes highly requested change to alcohol consumption rules

Regular readers will know how much I detest the 21+ drinking pens at Coachella (Frequently I’ve found myself penned inside a drinking cage like a battery hen, screaming internally: “My kingdom for a cider bus!”), so I was delighted to hear that they’ve relaxed the rules this year.

Read the full story here:

Brittany Howard is a solo star

She may have made her name as the frontwoman of Alabama Shakes, but Brittany Howard is proving on the Gobi Stage just why her solo career is already “monumental” just two albums in. Don’t miss Stevie Chick’s interview with the Nashville-based singer songwriter from earlier this year:

Brittany Howard on grief and Alabama: ‘I didn’t believe in any higher power anymore’

Skepta brings a taste of grime to the California desert

Tottenham-born MC Skepta is on the Sahara stage right now, roaring through “Show Out”, his 2020 collaboration with Kid Cudi and Pop Smoke. He’s a long way from North London, but there’s plenty of fans rapping along to every word in the crowd.

Sabrina Carpenter takes Coachella to a seedy motel

Sabrina Carpenter has gone all out with her set design: She’s constructed a baby-blue roadside motel onstage, complete with a crashed car and some watching cacti. She first appears onstage riding a neon heart-shaped sign before climbing through a motel window and thrilling the crowd with her single “Fast Times”. “Coachella scream!” she instructs following a guitar solo, and the audience are only too happy to oblige.

Chappell Roan is a ‘Femininomenon’

Chappell Roan has just whipped off her oversized tweed suit on the Gobi stage to reveal a bodysuit reading: “Eat Me”. A real pop star move. Backed by a three-piece band, the artist billed by no less than Elton John as a ‘queer pop superstar in the making’ had opened with a thrilling rendition of last year’s “Femininomenon”. Read our in-depth interview with Roan here:

Chappell Roan on Elton John, queer stardom, and Olivia Rodrigo’s advice

Rising star Young Miko draws big crowd to main stage

Over on the main Coachella stage, Puerto Rican rapper Young Miko has a huge crowd eating out of her hand. It’s an impressive feat for an artist who only released their debut album Att. a week ago, but her take on Latin trap is purpose-built for afternoons like these in the sunshine.

The Japanese House take two

The Japanese House are back out on stage. “We did it, hello!” smiles Amber Bain, seemingly triumphant after battling technical gremlins. She rolls through a pulsing version of “Sad To Breate”, but she’s clearly still having trouble hearing her own vocals, guitar or much of anything else. “This must be fun for you guys, watching a group of musicians totally s***ting themselves?” she apologises, but the truth is next tune “Touching Yourself” sounds magical. Just a shame she can’t hear it!

The Japanese House delayed by technical issues

The Japanese House take the stage a mere 10 minutes later than scheduled, but it’s a false dawn. After announcing that her band are experiencing technical difficulties, Amber Bain leads them back off stage again until things can be fixed...

Welcome to Coachella 2024!

The Friday afternoon of Coachella is already well underway, with Australian DJ Mall Grab just wrapping up his loved-up set on the festival’s Mojave Stage. Concerned fans of The Japanese House may note that he was scheduled to finish 25 minutes ago, so we may see some delay in the English indie pop favourite taking the stage...

Elsewhere, excitement is of course building for Lana Del Rey’s headline set tonight, and for the appearance of K-pop band Ateez, whose dedicated fans have already made sure they’re in prime position for tonight’s set on the Sahara Stage:

This is your reminder to mute everyone if you’re not at Coachella this year

Every single coachella headliner since the festival began.

Ahead of Coachella ’s highly-anticipated return, we’ve backtracked through the event’s musical evolution. From its early 2000s rock years to more recent pop and rap marquee names, we’ve also included every single one of the festival’s iconic lineup posters.

See them all here:

Every Coachella headliner and lineup poster since the California festival began

Tickets still available for weekend two

While last year’s tickets were all gone within four days, this year it took 27 days to sell the 125,000 tickets on offer.

In fact, weekend two tickets are still available on the Coachella website.

General admission is $499 in tier 1 while general admission + shuttle is $619.

VIP, which allows access into the venue and VIP areas all weekend, is $1,069.

Watch: Gwen Stefani teases No Doubt's Coachella appearance with behind-the-scenes rehearsal

What time does the coachella livestream start.

The 2024 Coachella live stream will begin at 4 pm PT for weekend one.

For the second year in a row, Coachella will stream from all six stages live on YouTube for free.

First up: The Japanese House are on the Mojave Stage at 4:30; Sabrina Carpenter takes to the Coachella Stage at 6:00 and Skepta is on the Sahara Stage at 6:30.

Video: Suki Waterhouse shares ironic Coachella video featuring 'topless Robert Pattinson'

‘why wild horses couldn’t drag me back to coachella'.

Coachella isn’t for everyone. Kevin EG Perry recounts his nightmare experience of Coachella 2022 here:

“It was the second rickshaw that did it. The winding, dusty trail that leads from the Coachella taxi drop-off to the festival site proper is so long and circuitous that cyclists ply their trade along the marathon route. A couple of years ago this week, after half a mile or so of hiking in the baking sun, I finally caved and agreed to Venmo a jock with thighs the size of Christmas hams half a week’s wages to pedal me towards the distant strains of music. Eventually, we came to a fence, then a gate, and beyond it… another crowd of cycle rickshaws.”

Why wild horses couldn’t drag me back to Coachella

Are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce going to Coachella this year?

Hollywood’s favourite celebrity couple – Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce – could be attending an iconic event in California this month.

While nothing’s set in stone, the 34-year-old Kansas City Chiefs star has revealed that he’s open to going to the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. During an interview with People , published on 3 April, he acknowledged that he’s attended the Indio-based festival multiple times over the years, and would be happy to have the opportunity to go again.

“I am a Coachella guy,” he said. “I love going to Coachella. I love live music in general. So you might see me pop up over there at some point.”

‘So you might see me pop up over there at some point,’ Travis Kelce says about attending Coachella

Coachella 2024: 5 things to do besides listen to music

It’s not just the packed lineup that attracts festival-goers to the desert city of Indio each year. In fact, Coachella 2024 will also include some must-see art installations, food and drink, and immersive experiences for ticket holders .

For Coachella attendees, it’s easy to get caught up in the rollercoaster that is rushing from one stage to the next in order to catch a glimpse of your favourite performer. But amidst the whirlwind of Instagram photo-ops and festival fashion, don’t forget to check out some of Coachella’s activities and alternative venues.

Coachella 2024 begins Friday 12 April until Sunday 14 April, followed by the second weekend on Friday 19 April to Sunday 21 April

How much does it cost to go to Coachella? The eye-watering all-in price

As those attending the 2024 festival can likely attest to, going to Coachella doesn’t necessarily come cheap. Some tickets range from the hefty price of $499 to $1,000. There are also other finances that some attendees have to consider, beyond just the cost of admission. Many fans often pay for transportation to California for the weekend, whether it’s a drive to the desert or a plane to Los Angeles. Some people also pay for hotels during the festival, along with food and drinks throughout the day.

Here’s a rundown of how much it approximately costs to attend the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

The three-day music festival will take place during two weekends in April

Coachella’s 25 greatest headline performances

To whet your appetite for the performances to come let’s take a look back at some of the legends who’ve graced the stage in the last quarter of a century.

Here are the wildest headline sets in Coachella’s 25-year history.

Coachella’s 25 greatest headline performances: From Beyoncé’s marching band to Billie Eilish’s record breaker

With the California festival set to return this weekend, starting today, Kevin E G Perry looks back at some of its most memorable performances

Most iconic celebrity moments at Coachella

Each year, thousands of music lovers flock to the middle of the desert in Indio, California, to hear the biggest names in the music industry put on some show-stopping performances. The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival , which takes place across two weekends this month, will once again be a three-day festival to remember… but not just because of its star-studded lineup.

From ‘Beychella’ to anything Vanessa Hudgens: Most iconic celebrity moments at Coachella

Ahead of Coachella 2024, here’s a look back at some of the most iconic moments in the festival’s history

Every single Coachella headliner and lineup poster since the California festival began

Throughout its 24 years, the desert festival has led with the biggest names in music. Inga Parkel runs through Coachella’s entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999 ahead of the 2023 event

Full 2024 Coachella lineup

In January, Coachella announced its full 2024 lineup, with Lana Del Rey , Tyler the Creator and Doja Cat set for headline performances.

Today’s bill, which Del Rey will headline, also features rising Mexican singer Peso Pluma, rapper Lil Uzi Vert and French dance act Justice.

Saturday, headlined by Tyler, the Creator, will see performances from Britpop survivors Blur , New York rapper Ice Spice and electronic artist Grimes.

The Sunday lineup, topped by Doja Cat, also includes Colombian singer J Balvin, LA-born singer Jhené Aiko and Mean Girls star Reneé Rapp.

Find the full lineup below

Coachella 2024 lineup announced: Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator and Doja Cat to headline

Bill also features Blur, J Balvin and a reunion for Gwen Stefani’s ska punks No Doubt

No Doubt reunites in rehearsals for upcoming Coachella performance

In preparation for their highly anticipated reunion this weekend, No Doubt took the (practice) stage last month to rehearse their upcoming set.

Watch a teaser of Gwen Stefani, drummer Adrian Young, guitarist Tom Dumont and bassist Tony Kanal’s performance below.

From surplus of sunscreen to comfy shoes: Here’s how to survive Coachella 2024

Music lovers and influencers alike are descending upon the California desert to join in on the annual revelry and chaos that takes place at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

This year, the first weekend of the 2024 Coachella festival begins on Friday 12 April until Sunday 14 April, followed by its second weekend on Friday 19 April to Sunday 21 April. Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator, and Doja Cat will headline both weekends, along with performances from Gwen Stefani’s reformed ska punk band No Doubt , rapper Ice Spice, and Mexican artist Peso Pluma.

As someone who has been there and done that , there are certain must-haves and things to avoid that I certainly would’ve benefited from knowing as a first-timer and not-so-seasoned festival attendee. First and foremost, whatever you’re wearing truly doesn’t matter. You will most likely give up on looking somewhat chic by day three, and may resort to wearing an ill-fitting band tee and cutoffs and call it a day...

Surplus of sunscreen and comfy shoes: Here’s how to survive Coachella 2024

Suki Waterhouse shares ironic Coachella video featuring 'topless Robert Pattinson'

Good luck spotting our roving reporter kevin e g perry at this year’s festival.

If you want something amusing to remind you why you’re better off at home, my colleague Kevin has revisited his painful past and written about the time we sent him to Coachella. Suffice to say, he didn’t have the best of time. It was, in fact, the worst of times:

Get ready for the flood of influencers... and maybe some music, too

Coachella, renowned for attracting celebrities and influencers from across the world, will also see Friday performances from Mexican singer Peso Pluma, South Korean DJ and singer Peggy Gou and US star Sabrina Carpenter – who has just finished opening for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour.

British musical stars descending on the desert also include British DJ duo Anti Up and Gorgon City, MC and rapper Skepta, and indie pop star The Japanese House, real name Amber Bain.

Daisy Jones & The Six star Suki Waterhouse, who recently gave birth to her first child with Twilight actor Robert Pattinson, is also billed to perform at the festival on Friday.

The British actor, model and singer confirmed she had given birth earlier this month by sharing a sun-kissed Polaroid of her cradling her child, who was wrapped in a blanket adorned with love hearts.

She later described having her first child as a “humbling” experience.

The return of Coachella comes after it ran into problems with headline acts over the last two years.

Last year, Frank Ocean pulled out of his second headline performance because of a leg injury, while Kanye West, also known as Ye, was due to headline in 2022 but the line-up was updated weeks before the event.

Reporting by Press Association

Gwen Stefani teases No Doubt's Coachella appearance with behind-the-scenes rehearsal

Coachella 2024 begins.

Lana Del Rey will return to Coachella music festival to kick off headline performances across the first weekend of the performing arts event.

The Californian festival takes place over two weekends from 12-14 April and 19-21 April, and will feature other headline performances from Tyler, The Creator; Doja Cat; and a No Doubt reunion with Gwen Stefani.

US singer Del Rey, who rose to fame in 2012 with Born To Die, will headline the Friday slot at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, having last appeared at the festival during her debut in 2014.

The Summertime Sadness star was scheduled to feature in the 2020 line-up, which was cancelled amid the Covid pandemic.

The 38-year-old hit the headlines last year after she arrived late for her performance at the BST Hyde Park festival in London, just weeks after her microphone was cut off at Glastonbury when her set overran because of her late arrival.