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Hotel Cafe to Host UnCancelled Music Festival

The music community has been hit hard during the COVID-19 crisis. As a small, independently-owned venue, The Hotel Café is no exception to that. Music venues across the world have had to close their doors with no idea of when—or if—they’ll be able to reopen. It’s an uncertain time for everyone. In an effort to preserve the culture of live music, and in an effort to support their staff and community of artists, The Hotel Café has partnered with the UnCancelled Music Festival through StageIt, where the Hollywood music venue will have a branded, featured virtual stage running from Thursday, April 2 through Thursday, April 9, where fans can pay what they want to check it out. Hamish Anderson, Colbie Caillat, Zane Carney, William Fitzsimmons, Lili Kershaw, Emily Kinney, Meiko, JP Saxe, Vincint, and more are scheduled to perform.

You can also visit the link to The Hotel Café's COVID-19 Relief Fund donation page to support the venue directly as well. 100% of the proceeds benefit their staff. Some L.A. debuts or intimate shows that The Hotel Café has hosted in the past include performances by Adele, Band of Skulls, Gary Clark Jr., Leonard Cohen, Hozier, Michael Kiwanuka, The Lumineers, Bruno Mars, John Mayer, Mumford and Sons, Katy Perry, Damien Rice, Ed Sheeran, Sia, and more.

Coachella Documentary to Premiere on YouTube

Even though the festival was rescheduled to later this year, we can still look forward to Coachella in April! Goldenvoice has officially announced that their Coachella: 20 Years In The Desert documentary will premiere on Friday, April 10, the date that Coachella 2020 was originally going to kick off. Coachella 2020 will be taking place on Friday, October 9, to Sunday, October 11, (Weekend 1) and Friday, October 16, to Sunday, October 18, (Weekend 2) at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Frank Ocean, Rage Against The Machine, and Travis Scott will still be headlining both festival weekends.

Nine Inch Nails Release 'Ghosts V - VI' For Free

For those of you that need a soundtrack to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we have two to choose from courtesy of Nine Inch Nails! Trent Reznor tweeted to fans this morning "Anybody out there? New Nine Inch Nails out now. Ghosts V - VI. Hours and hours of music. Free. Some of it kind of happy, some not so much."

Cruel World Festival Moved to September

Hold on to your tickets Cruel World Festival attendees. Goldenvoice has moved the festival at the Grounds at Dignity Health Sports Park from Saturday, May 2, to Saturday, September 12. As of now, the lineup still consists of Bauhaus, Blondie, and Morrissey co-headlining the event. The list of curated Goth and New Wave acts also include sets by The Church, Cold Cave, Devo, Echo & The Bunnymen, Gary Numan, The Psychedelic Furs, Public Image Ltd., She Wants Revenge, Violent Femmes, and many more.

Shows of the Night: Friday, March 13th

BUY TICKETS: Tracy Bonham at The Hotel Cafe - Second Stage

It looks like we do have a few things going on tonight, Scenestar readers. Easily the top pick for Show of the Night this Friday is Tracy Bonham! Tracy Bonham wraps up her tour tonight in Hollywood when she headlines the Hotel Cafe's smaller venue, the Second Stage.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by The Dickies, Freedom Hawk, DJ Anthony Valadez (of KCRW), and a few more. Click here for ticket links and info on all of today's shows as well as upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

Contest: Work Drugs at the Lodge Room

Philadelphia synth-pop act Work Drugs is coming to Highland Park this weekend! Work Drugs will be performing in support of Fantasy File, at La Santa in Santa Ana on  Friday, March 13, and at the Lodge Room on Saturday, March 14. We're giving our readers the chance to attend courtesy of a contest for tickets to the show!

Shows of the Night: Wednesday, March 11th

BUY TICKETS: The Rapture at El Rey Theatre

We hope you're having a great Wednesday, Scenestar readers. If you're willing to head out tonight, we recommend dancing the night away with our conveniently named Show of the Night artist pick: The Rapture! As we previously announced, the indie dance act will be playing the second of three shows at El Rey Theatre with Luke Jenner Band and Ben White opening the show. They will play one last local tour date on Thursday, March 12.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Automatic, Clairo, Dead Rock West, Easy Life, Angelica Garcia, Glass Animals, Nick Leng, Shopping, Slow Hollows, Tame Impala, Tamino, and many more. Click here for ticket links and info on all of today's shows as well as upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

Coachella 2020 Postponed Until to October

Photo by Chris Molina of Coachella 2014, Weekend 2

It's time to adjust your plans, Scenestar readers. Goldenvoice has officially announced that Coachella 2020 due to current global coronavirus transmission concerns. One of the biggest and best-known festivals in the U.S. is moving from their originally scheduled dates: Friday, April 10, to Sunday, April 12, (Weekend 1) and Friday, April 17, to Sunday, April 19, (Weekend 2) to Friday, October 9, to Sunday, October 11, (Weekend 1) and Friday, October 16, to Sunday, October 18, (Weekend 2). No details have been released on whether the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, will still feature performances by headliners—Frank Ocean, Rage Against The Machine, and Travis Scott. on both festival weekends.