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Nine Inch Nails Cancel Their 2020 L.A. Tour Date

Photo by Christopher Alvarez of Nine Inch Nails at FYF Fest 2017

We're both excited and sad to see Nine Inch Nails announce an L.A. "The Cold and Black and Infinite Tour" date, while at the same time canceling in one fell swoop. According to their Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts, Nine Inch Nails has revealed that they will no longer be performing in the Los Angeles edition of Primavera Sound in 2020. The band even released 2020 tour merch to commemorate the tour that never was, with proceeds going to local food banks. The inaugural edition of Primavera Sound L.A. is currently scheduled to take place at Los Angeles State Historic Park from Saturday, September 19, to Sunday, September 20. No news on whether anyone else in this year's festival lineup will no be performing either or if the festival is canceled at press time.

Hollywood Bowl 2020 Concert Season Canceled

We have sad news to share regarding one of our favorite concert traditions here in Los Angeles. The L.A. Phil has announced that the Hollywood Bowl will be canceling this season's schedule of shows scheduled for their 99th summer season for the first time in 98 years. The Los Angeles Philharmonic had a variety of great shows coming to the Hollywood Bowl which included performances by John Fogerty, Herbie Hancock, Debbie Harry, Hiatus Kaiyote, Brittany Howard, Iron & Wine, Lake Street Dive, Maxwell, Janelle Monae, Parcels, Polo & Pan, Poolside, Diana Ross, Jill Scott, Thundercat, Charlie Wilson, and many more. The 2020/2021 season of concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall is currently the Los Angeles Philharmonic's shows that are still scheduled to take place on their concert calendar. You can help support the L.A. Phil in their time of need by clicking here.

The Strokes Postpone Their Show at The Forum

Fans can now look forward to seeing The Strokes perform in support of their latest release The New Abnormal next year! Their previously announced North American tour stop at The Forum that was scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 14, then rescheduled to Friday, May 29, is now moving to Saturday, May 15, 2021. Alvvays and King Princess are still opening the show.

Bright Eyes Cancel Their Los Angeles Tour Dates

We have some bad news for Bright Eyes in and around Los Angeles. Those hoping to see their upcoming reunion tour in support of Down in the Weeds Where the World Once Was will probably have to wait until next year to possibly see Conor Oberst and the gang after they announced that they canceled their three shows at the Hollywood Palladium and their show farther north of Los Angeles at the Santa Barbara Bowl next month.

Daft Punk "Live at the Sports Arena" IG Stream

It's time to get nostalgic tonight courtesy of Daft Punk! Shout out to Glenjamn who has decided to share his live DVD recording of Daft Punk's performance on July 21, 2007, at the now-defunct L.A. Sports Arena during their Alive 2007 tour. Due to some stipulations on how the Daft Punk content is handled, it was decided that the performance would be streamed via Instagram Live at 7 p.m. tonight to avoid fans ripping the performance for illegal use or copyright claims that would kill the stream. Click below to watch on your phone or your computer below to experience Daft Punk live tonight!

STREAM: April 26th: Daft Punk at the Los Angeles Sports Arena (July 2007)

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.

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!