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Daily Email - Tuesday - 8/26/2025
Let the nostalgia slap. PARADICE isn’t just a music fest, it’s a soul and R&B revival. Thee Sacred Souls, Ravyn Lenae, JMSN, and more hit the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center on Saturday, 9/27. Enter to win a pair of tickets!*
JUST ANNOUNCED
AJR hits the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, 10/4 with their biggest, boldest show yet. It’s gonna be a sweet night of smart pop and massive visuals at the Somewhere In The Sky Tour, and tickets are still available!*
This isn’t a tour, it’s an exorcism. Playboi Carti’s unleashing the Antagonist Tour on Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday, 10/14, and he’s dragging Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely, Homixide Gang, and Apollo Red into the fire with him.
Two of the most iconic voices in R&B on one stage! And one night just wasn’t enough. Brandy and Monica announced a second November stop at The Kia Forum on The Boy Is Mine Tour. We’re emotionally unprepared.
Rolling Stone called her “a genre unto herself.” Fresh off her 2025 album SEI and EP Tutto Passa, Kaki King hits The Hotel Cafe on Wednesday, 10/8. Buy a $25 ticket to catch this guitar legend IRL.
Plus fresh announcements from Black Tiger Sex Machine, ThxSoMch, and more!
FREE MUSEUM DAYS IN SEPTEMBER
The Huntington
Looking for ways to explore LA's world-class museums without breaking the bank? Or just need some AC to cool off from the next heat wave? Immerse yourself in captivating exhibits and inspiring artwork at free museum admission days next month:
THE HUNTINGTON - Thursday, 9/4
NORTON SIMON - Friday, 9/5
MOCA GEFFEN - Friday, 9/5 (5-8PM)
LACMA - Tuesday, 9/9
THE AUTRY MUSEUM - Tuesday, 9/9
THIS WEEK
🎤 BJ The Chicago Kid
Tonight & Tomorrow, August 26 & 27 at Blue Note LA (5PM & 9PM)
Streetwise R&B songwriter and singer from the South Side of Chicago, as the name implies, GRAMMY nominee BJ The Chicago Kid brings velvet vocals and smoked-out soul to Hollywood for back-to-back nights of slow burns and smooth grooves.*
✨ Cyndi Lauper
Friday & Saturday, August 29-30 at the Hollywood Bowl (8PM)
Five decades, two nights, one final tour. Cyndi Lauper hits the Hollywood Bowl with a glittery goodbye packed with hits on the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour. Come cry and scream-sing “Time After Time” ‘til you lose your voice!*
🎶 John Oates
Tomorrow, August 27 at The Troubadour (7PM)
The mustache is eternal. John Oates — yes, that John Oates — plays for West Hollywood tomorrow night. Expect deep cuts, guitar solos, and maybe a couple Hall & Oates classics. The last few tickets are only $45!
🤘 Pantera
Tomorrow, August 27 at The Kia Forum (7PM)
Cowboys from hell ride again. Expect riff carnage, viking metal, and zero mercy when Pantera tears into Inglewood tomorrow with Amon Amarth and King Parrot.
🔥 Charlie Wilson + Babyface
Tomorrow, August 27 at the Hollywood Bowl (8PM)
Charlie Wilson + Babyface = 26 GRAMMYs and too many hits to count. Add K-Ci Hailey to the mix and you’ve got a full-blown “Outstanding” R&B sermon with tons of “Whip Appeal.”
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Who doesn’t love a word search? Huge congrats if you figured out the Camp Flog Gnaw lineup. Even bigger congrats if you got tickets before they sold out.
A Labubu Rave is coming to Catch One this Friday and you need to be there.
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