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Travis Scott has announced that he’ll be taking the Circus Maximus tour across the pond, with dates in June and July scheduled for a select few European cities.
Cactus Jack announced the trek’s extension on Tuesday (May 7), taking to Instagram and revealing that the first show will take place in the Netherlands toward the end of June.
“Europe we on the way,” he wrote in the caption. “Tickets on sale Friday May 10. Bringing circus Maximus over then pond. Let’s make this one the best. Can’t wait to see you alllll.”
Check out the announcement below:
Last month, the Houston native announced a new collaboration that will bring him to college campuses across the country.
The 33-year-old has partnered with Fanatics alongside Mitchell & Ness and hat retailer Lids to launch a capsule clothing collection called Jack Goes Back to College, available to purchase as of Thursday (April 4).
“The debut collection, designed and produced by Cactus Jack, features 28 different universities, including powerhouses like the University of Michigan, University of Georgia, University of Southern California, and the University of Texas,” a statement from Fanatics read. “Each university receives unique, specially designed products, ensuring students can rep their school in true Cactus Jack style.”
The capsule collection is available at Lids, bookstores of each universities that’s included in the deal and the rapper’s website. The launch was hyped by a college meet-and-greet tour.
On the music side of things, Scott and Ice Spice were named as the headliners for billionaire Michael Rubin’s exclusive Super Bowl party earlier this year. Additionally, the “90210” hitmaker recently appeared in the music video for Future & Metro Boomin’s “Type Shit.”
Check out the full itinerary for the Circus Maximus tour in Europe below:
JUNE
28 – Netherlands, Arnhem @ GelreDome
JULY
2 – Poland, Krakow @ TAURON Arena
4 – Switzerland, Zurich @ Hallenstadion
6 –France, Nice @ Allianz Riviera
9 – Belgium, Antwerp @ Sportpaleis
11 – UK, London @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
13 – UK, Manchester @ Co-op Live
16 –Germany, Hamburg @ Barclays Arena
18 – Czech Republic, Prague @ O2 Arena
20 – Germany, Cologne @ RheinEnergieSTADION
23 – Italy, Milan @ Ippodromo SNAI La Maura
27 – Germany, Frankfurt @ Deutsche Bank Park
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Steve Albini‘s bands Shellac and Big Black now have their catalogues available for listening on Spotify.
Albini passed away aged 61 earlier this month due to a heart attack. He was well known for being the producer of major albums such as Nirvana’s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’, PJ Harvey’s ‘Rid of Me’, Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’ and more.
Back in 2022, the late producer took his music off the streaming platform. He had previously criticised the company for platforming anti-vaxxers such as Joe Rogan, and tweeted later that they were a “terrible company”, adding: “I don’t want to be part of their business”.
He later told Attack Magazine that Spotify was “one of the few places outside of record stores where recorded music can earn anything at all, and for bands [with] more generous, honest relationships with independent labels not part of the ownership trust, then the payments from Spotify, though meager per-play, can add up to a viable income stream. Nobody’s getting rich, but it could pay for the groceries.”
Now, it appears that Albini’s work with his bands Shellac and Big Black are now available to stream on Spotify. This include’s Shellac’s final album ‘To All Trains’, which was announced shortly before Albini’s death and was released last Friday (May 17).
Tributes have poured in for the legendary producer since the announcement of his death. Our NME obituary hailed him as “a lone voice of anti-industry punk scene ethics, even as he worked with major labels on some of the biggest names in alternative rock.”
Meanwhile, Foo Fighters dedicated a rendition of ‘My Hero’ to the late producer in Charlotte, North Carolina last week.
“Tonight I’d like to dedicate this song to a friend that we lost the other day, who I’ve known a long, long time,” Foos frontman Dave Grohl told the crowd. “He left us much too soon. He’s touched all of your lives, I’m sure. I’m talking about Steve Albini. For those of you who know, you know. For those of you who don’t know, just remember that name: Steve Albini. Let’s sing this one for him.”
PJ Harvey also said he “changed the course of my life” during sessions for her 1993 LP ‘Rid Of Me’., and Joanna Newsom dedicated a version of her song ‘Cosmia’ to him, who engineered her 2006 album ‘Ys’. See further tributes here.
Elsewhere, Yourcodenameis:milo spoke to NME about how the 20th anniversary of their LP ‘All Roads To Fault’ was made all the more profound by the passing of Albini, who engineered the album.
Remembering their time with the punk and production legend, Lockey said: “We paid attention, saw everything he did, asked questions that he would gladly spend ages answering”.
“He once stopped the session and proceeded to give us a lecture on how the peanut built America. He schooled us in billiards, then showed us his favourite cooking shows that he’d recorded. It was all so natural and encouraging, we could do what the fuck we wanted and he’d capture it. That’s the deal, and we fucking loved it.”
