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CRSSD Fest Announces Spring 2020 Lineup

CRSSD Fest is back again early next year! The Spring edition of the bi-annual electronic music festival returns on Saturday, March 7, and Sunday, March 8, at Waterfront Park in San Diego, with the first round of acts getting announced today that include 2ManyDJs, Brodinski, Carl Cox, Gesaffelstein, Inner City, Majid Jordan, Nora En Pure, The Rapture, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Soulwax, Télépopmusik, Patrick Topping, Charlotte de Witte, and many more.

Shows of the Night: Saturday, November 30th

BUY TICKETS: Slayer at The Forum

It's a cold and rainy one out there, Scenestar readers. We know that won't stop us from spending one more night seeing the legendary Slayer take our Show of the Night title on back to back nights! The Huntington Park thrash metal band will be giving fans one last chance to say goodbye again tonight at the Forum, with Philip H. Anselmo (of Pantera), Ministry, and Primus opening for Slayer once again.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by A$AP Ferg, Emarosa, The Greyboy Allstars, Grits and Biscuits, Meat Puppets, Bea Miller, Katey Sagal, 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!

Shows of the Night: Sunday, November 10th

BUY TICKETS: Camp Flog Gnaw 2019 at Dodger Stadium

It's time to wrap up the weekend, Scenestar readers. We're going big with another festival selection as our Show of the Night: Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival! Wrapping up today at Dodger Stadium, the eighth annual music festival will host performances by Blood Orange, Brockhampton, Clairo, FKA Twigs, Earl Sweatshirt, YG, a special guest headliner, and many more.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Built To Spill, Helmet, Kaskade, Melanie Martinez, The Menzingers, Andrew McMahon, Saves The Day, TEEBS, Tropicália Music & Taco Festival (Bomba Estereo, Boy Pablo, Chicano Batman, Cuco, The Drums, FIDLAR, Yellow Days, & more), Kanye West, 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!

Shows of the Night: Saturday, November 9th

BUY TICKETS: Tropicália 2019 at Pico Rivera Sports Arena

"Showvember" weekend continues with more concert goodness, Scenestar readers. It was tough but we're heading to Pomona for our top pick for Show of the Night: Tropicália Music & Taco Festival! The third edition of this festival will be held today, and Sunday, November 10, at the Fairplex in Pomona with headliners Los Tigres Del Norte and Kali Uchis. Other acts scheduled to play at the music festival this weekend include Bomba Estereo, Boy Pablo, Caifanes, Chicano Batman, Cuco, The Drums, Enanitos Verdes, FIDLAR, Hombres G, Natalia Lafourcade, Maldita Vecindad, Paquita La Del Barrio, Los Pasteles Verdes, La Santa Cecilia, Surf Curse, Yellow Days, and many more.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by 100 Gecs, Built To Spill, Camp Flog Gnaw (Omar Apollo, The Internet, Solange, Tyler, The Creator, & more), Alessia Cara, Fatboy Slim, Kyle Geiger, Gesaffelstein, Goldroom, Good Morning, Helmet, Immortal Technique, Peter Hook, Melanie Martinez, Miami Horror, Mono, Pinback, Saves The Day, Telefon Tel Aviv, 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!

Contest: Adult Swim Festival 2019

The second-ever Adult Swim Festival is almost here! Banc of California Stadium will serve as host on Friday, November 15, to Saturday, November 16, when the 18+ festival will feature music performances and comedy acts, with Dethklok and Jamie XX headlining this year. Also scheduled to perform are Vince Staples, Captain Murphy, Young Thug, The Eric Andre Show Live!, Geto Boys, Lil Nas X, Tim Hecker and the Konoyo Ensemble, Tierra Whack, Cooly G, Clipping., HEALTH, Speedy Ortiz, and more. We're giving our readers the opportunity to attend by hosting a contest for tickets to the big event!

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas - Night Two

KROQ has released details on the second night of Almost Acoustic Christmas! The Los Angeles-based alternative radio station had previously announced that the radio festival will be taking place on Saturday, December 7, and Sunday, December 7, at the Honda Center. Performing on night two on Sunday, December 8, will be The 1975, The Interrupters, Lovelytheband, Matt Maeson, Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters and Men, The Raconteurs, and Twenty One Pilots.

Night one on Saturday, December 7, will include performances by Angels and Airwaves, Beck, Cage the Elephant, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Cold War Kids, The Head and the Heart, Jimmy Eat World, and Young the Giant. DJ Jeremiah Red will be spinning both nights.

Rage Against The Machine to Reunite in 2020

Photos by Chris Molina of Rage Against The Machine at the Hollywood Palladium for The Scenestar.

Guess who's back just in time for the 2020 elections? Rage Against The Machine has announced a series of tour dates early next year on their social media feed (Instagram/Twitter) suggesting that they are performing at Coachella 2020 in Indio, CA, on Friday, April 10, and Friday, April 17. Upcoming tour dates in El Paso, TX on Thursday, March 26, Las Cruces, NM, on Saturday, March 28, and in Phoenix, AZ, on Monday, March 30, 2020, have also been announced. The last time anyone saw Rage Against The Machine perform live in concert was here in Los Angeles at L.A. Rising on Saturday, July 30, 2011.

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas: Honda Center

KROQ has finally announced the lineup for this year's edition of Almost Acoustic Christmas! Held on Saturday, December 7, and Sunday, December 8, at the Honda Center, this year's lineup will include Angels and Airwaves, Beck, Cage the Elephant, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Cold War Kids, The Head and the Heart, Jimmy Eat World, DJ Jeremiah Red, Young the Giant, and many more to be announced for Night Two. The event is moving from The Forum to the Honda Center this year.