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The Bellwether Announce Their First Ever Shows

It's time to welcome a new music venue to Los Angeles, Scenestar readers! This time it's another Downtown Los Angeles spot to catch your favorite artists at an intimate all-ages venue, The Bellwether, which is a new collaboration between the owners of the Teragram Ballroom and Another Planet Entertainment.

The Bellwether will start things off by welcoming Phantogram who is currently the first artist that is scheduled to play there on Tuesday, July 11. Other artists scheduled to perform this year in its initial run of shows include Andrew Bird, A-Trak, Buscabulla, Haim, The Head and the Heart, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Midnight, Poolside, Isaiah Rashad, Porter Robinson, Princess, Santigold, Tegan and Sara, Tove Lo, Tycho, Wilco, and many more. Check out their full schedule of debut concerts here.

El Alfa Schedules a Show at Microsoft Theater

Dominican dembow artist El Alfa will be making a stop in Los Angeles as part of his upcoming tour! El Alfa will be bringing his "La Leyenda del Dembow" Tour back to Los Angeles when he headlines Microsoft Theater on Sunday, October 15.

Janelle Monáe to Headline YouTube Theater

In support of her June 9 release The Age of Pleasure, Janelle Monáe has announced her return to Southern California! You can see her live when Janelle Monáe headlines a show at YouTube Theater on Wednesday, October 18.

Bastille Bad Blood X Show Booked at the Wiltern

Bastille is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of one of their biggest album releases! Their debut release, Bad Blood, turns ten this year, and to celebrate, Bastille will be returning to play an intimate show as part of the Bad Blood X Tour" on Friday, August 25, at the Wiltern in Koreatown.

Gorillaz Will Return to Play at BMO Stadium

It looks like Coachella 2023 wasn't your last chance to see Gorillaz perform live this year. Besides performing in Indio in April, Murdoc, Noodle, Russel, and 2-D had headlining shows in Los Angeles with Earthgang at The Kia Forum and YouTube Theater in September of last year. Now Gorillaz will be playing in support of their latest release, The Static Channel, at BMO Stadium (formerly Banc of California Stadium) on Sunday, September 10.

Kaytranada, Lil Yachty, and Remi Wolf will be opening the show.

Interpol: Two Shows at the Greek Theatre

Scenestar favorite Interpol will be coming back to Los Angeles for a pair of tour dates this "Rocktober!" You can see Interpol play their hits and tracks off of their latest release, The Other Side of Make-Believe, live at the Greek Theatre on Sunday, October 29, and Monday, October 30, with openers Jean Dawson and Mareux on night one, and The Red Pears and DannyLux opening on night two.

Damien Rice: Two Shows at the Orpheum

Los Angeles is getting another opportunity to see Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice live at his first shows in the area since 2014! As we previously announced, the folk singer-songwriter will be headlining the Orpheum Theatre on Monday, December 4, in support of the follow-up to his 2014 album release My Favourite Faded Fantasy.

Now a second show will be taking place on Tuesday, December 5.

Underworld to Play a Show at Shrine Expo Hall

British electronic music pioneers Karl Hyde and Rick Smith a.k.a. Underworld will also be coming back to Los Angeles! If you missed Underworld at Coachella 2023, you can make up for it at Shrine Expo Hall on Thursday, September 28, where they will be playing their hits and tracks off of their follow-up to their 2019 album release, DRIFT: Series 1.