The Scenestar

Hard Summer Returns to Los Angeles in 2023

HARD Summer will be coming back, Scenestar readers! The annual 18+ music festival will return to the heart of Los Angeles for the first time in 10 years when it takes place at Exposition Park, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and BMO Stadium on Saturday, August 5, and Sunday, August 6. This will be the 15th edition of the acclaimed Southern California music festival.

Re:SET Concert Series Booked at the Rose Bowl

We have another great event coming to Brookside at the Rose Bowl this summer, courtesy of Goldenvoice! The Re:SET touring concert series will be taking place in Pasadena on Friday, June 2, Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, June 4 with a lineup that consists of Steve Lacy, James Blake, Toro y Moi, and Fousheé on Friday, Boygenius, Clairo, Dijon, and Bartees Strange on Saturday, and LCD Soundsystem, Jamie XX, Idles, and Big Freedia on Sunday.

Each day of music will feature full sets from each act with no competing stage conflicting with any of the scheduled performances at any of the 12-city concert series tour stops in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Columbia, Forest Hills, Grand Prairie, Nashville, New Orleans, Palo Alto, Pasadena, and San Diego.

The Beach Boys Tribute Show at Dolby Theatre

The Grammys will be paying tribute to the legendary Beach Boys next month! "A Grammy Salute to the Beach Boys" will be taking place at the Dolby Theatre on Wednesday, February 8, with performances by Charlie Puth, John Legend, Weezer, Lady A, LeAnn Rimes, Little Big Town, Michael McDonald, Hanson, Take 6, Brandi Carlile, Beck, St. Vincent, Fall Out Boy, My Morning Jacket, and Norah Jones.

Molchat Doma to Perform at Shrine Expo Hall

Russian-singing Belarusian post-punk band Molchat Doma already has a warm-up show lined up before the recently announced Cruel World 2023! Before performing at Brookside at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, May 20, Molchat Doma will take the stage for a headlining show at Shrine Expo Hall on Thursday, May 18. Opening for Molchat Doma is Nuovo Testamento.

Cruel World Announce 2023 Festival Lineup

Another festival we're excited to welcome back is Cruel World! Goldenvoice has announced the return of the music festival on Saturday, May 20, at Brookside at the Rose Bowl with headliners Siouxsie and Iggy Pop. The list of curated goth and new wave acts scheduled to perform includes ABC, Adam Ant, Animotion, Aurat, Boy Harsher, Echo & The Bunnymen, Ela Minus, Gang of Four, Gary Numan, Glass Spells, GVLLOW, The Human League, Billy Idol, Love and Rockets, Modern English, Molchat Doma, Riki, The Motels, The Soft Moon, The Vapors, Twin Tribes, and Urban Heat.

The Sisters of Mercy at the Hollywood Palladium

UPDATE: A second show has been added at the Palladium

The long-awaited return of English rock act The Sisters of Mercy is upon us, Scenestar readers! Before playing a rumored set at Cruel World 2023 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, May 20, The Sisters of Mercy will play their own headlining shows at the Hollywood Palladium on Monday, May 15, and Tuesday, May 23, for the first time in Los Angeles since 2008.

Jackson Wang to Play at Shrine Expo Hall

Coachella 2023 won't be the last time you'll see Hong Kong artist Jackson Wang! The former Got7 member is scheduled to perform at Coachella on Sunday, April 16, and Sunday, April 23, at the Empire Polo Club before taking the stage for his own "Localchella" show at Shrine Expo Hall on Wednesday, April 26. The solo tour date is in support of his latest release, Magic Man.

Just Like Heaven 2023 Festival Lineup Revealed

Festival season is shaping up once again this year at Brookside at the Rose Bowl, courtesy of Goldenvoice! First up is Just Like Heaven, returning once again on Saturday, May 13. The return of Just Like Heaven features a lineup that includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT (performing Oracular Spectacular), Future Islands, Empire of the Sun, M83, Hot Chip, Caribou, The Walkmen, The Bravery, Fever Ray, Peaches, Azealia Banks, Ladytron, STRFKR, Metronomy, The Faint, The Sounds, Cults, “How Long Gone” Live Podcast, and CineSpace DJ’s.