Today, Electric Forest (EF) announced the details of the highly anticipated 2018 Curated Event Series for the eighth annual music and camping festival in Rothbury, Michigan on June 21–June 24 and June 28–July 1.

Announced today, legendary rock musicians and cultural icons John Fogerty and ZZ Top will come together for the “Blues and Bayous Tour” this spring.  The tour, which opens on May 25th ,  will make stops across the USA from the East Coast to the West.  The full tour schedule is attached, below.

Indie rock/blues band, Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra, have announced a Spring 2018 tour in support of their recently released album, Stereoscope. The string of dates will kick off on March 14th at SXSW, and will include stops in New Orleans, LA, Chicago, IL, Seattle, WA and more, before wrapping up with a set at BottleRock in Napa, CA on May 27th. See below for a full list of dates.

Huddie William Ledbetter became the iconic figure, Lead Belly, in the music world during the first half of the 20th century. Although he played piano, mandolin, harmonica, violin, and diatonic accordion known as a windjammer, he was best known for his virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar. According to Dan McClenaghan of allthat jazz.com, “Lead Belly was one of the more polished of the delta blues artists, relatively speaking.”

Acclaimed artist and activist Joan Baez will begin a run of North American dates beginning on September 11 in Ithaca, NY. The extensive run of shows, following 50 UK and European dates, marks Baez’s last year of formal touring and includes stops at the historic Beacon Theatre in New York City and Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. See below for complete tour details.

They dropped a few hints this past weekend and now it is official... Metallica's WorldWired Tour returns to North America this Fall!  Following last summer's 25 date sold-out stadium run, this year Metallica is bringing the in-the-round production currently being seen in European arenas to the U.S.