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The big tour news this week is the fact that hot on the heels of a sold-out South American tour Demi Lovato has announced a 21-date North American run which will kick off on June 12th in Del Mar, California.

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The dates will feature special guests Hot Chelle Rae and Owl City and there’s no doubt that she’ll play plenty of songs off her latest platinum-certified album Unbroken. You can also bet that Lovato play her latest single “Give Your Heart A Break” which has been downloaded over 200,000 times to date. Not bad, Demi. The full tour schedule is listed below.
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Demi Lovato Summer Tour

June 12	Del Mar, CA	The Grandstand Del Mar Fairgrounds
June 22	Holmdel, NJ	The P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
June 23	Hershey, PA	Star Pavilion at Hersheypark Stadium
June 24	Vienna, VA	Filene Center at Wolf Trap
June 26	Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 30	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun Arena at Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino
July 1	Canandaigua, NY	Constellation Brands – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
July 3	Toronto, ON	Molson Canadian Amphitheater
July 5	Boston, MA	Bank of America Pavilion
July 6	Camden, NJ	Susquehanna Bank Center
July 12	Salt Lake City, UT	Energy Solutions Arena
July 13	Phoenix, AZ	Comerica Theatre
July 14	Las Vegas, NV	Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
July 15	Bakersfield, CA	Rabobank Arena Theater & Convention Center
July 17	San Jose, CA	San Jose Events Center
July 18	Los Angeles, CA	The Greek Theatre
August 4	Highland Park, IL	Ravinia Festival
August 1	Springfield, IL	Illinois State Fair
August 2	Essex Junction, VT	Champlain Valley Exposition
August 30	Monroe, WA	Evergreen State Fair
September 1	Salem, OR	Oregon State Fair Pavilion

Give Your Heart a Break

Demi Lovato | Myspace Video
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We don’t know about you but we can’t get enough of Best Coast and in preparation for the May 15th release of their album The Only Place the group are going on a lengthy run of U.S. and U.K. dates. In addition to playing classics from their 2010 breakthrough release Crazy For You this will also be your first chance to hear the band’s new stuff live and we have a feeling you won’t be disappointed.

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BEST COAST TOUR DATES
5/18 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern *
5/19 Oakland, CA @ Fox *
5/21 Portland, Or @ Aladdin *
5/22 Seattle, WA @ Neptune *
5/23 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore *
5/25 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up *
5/26 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater *
5/27 Lawrence, KS @ Granada *
5/29 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *
5/30 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird *
6/01 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater *
6/02 Houston, TX @ Free Press Fest
6/03 Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas
6/16 Glasgow @ Garage
6/17 Manchester @ HMV Ritz
6/18 Birmingham @ Academy
6/20 London @ SBE
6/21 Brighton @ Coalition
6/22 Isle of Wight Festival
6/24 Atlantic City @ Metallica’s Orion Festival ^
7/09 Orlando, FL @ The Social ^
7/10 Miami, FL @ Grand Central ^
7/12 Atlanta, GA @ Variety ^
7/13 Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat’s Cradle ^
7/14 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^
7/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ^
7/17 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 ^
7/18 Boston, MA @ Royale ^
7/20 Montreal, QC @ Le National ^
7/21 Toronto, ON @ Pheonix ^
7/23 Columbus, OH @ Newport Theater ^
7/24 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom ^
7/25 Madison, WI @ Majestic ^
7/27 Chicago, IL @ Vic ^

* = w/ Jeff the Brotherhood

^ = w/ Those Darlins

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Crazy For You

Best Coast | Myspace Video

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Eric Prydz hasn’t toured the U.S. since 2007 but that’s all about to change because he recently announced that he’ll be joining the IDENTITY festival alongside Paul Van Dyk, Nero and more in 15 cities across the country in July and August. Tickets for the festival are currently on sale and better yet Astralwerks will be releasing Eric Prydz Presents Pryda on May 22nd both as a single CD of rare, unreleased tracks and as a triple-CD with even more goodies. Full tour dates below.
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IDENTITY Tour Dates and Cities:

7/19     Cincinnati – Riverbend

7/20     Detroit – Phoenix Plaza

7/21     Toronto – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

7/26     Boston – Comcast Center

7/27     Washington DC – Jiffy Lube Live

7/28     Wantagh – Nixon at Jones Beach Theater

7/29     Camden – SBC or Pier

8/2       Atlanta – Aarons Amphitheatre

8/3       Tampa – 1-800 Ask Gary Amphitheatre

8/4       Miami – Klipsch Amphitheatre at Bayfront

8/10     Dallas – Gexa Energy Pavilion

8/11     Houston – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

8/17     San Francisco – Shoreline Amphitheatre * Tickets on-sale 6/1

8/18     San Diego – Cricket Amphitheatre * Tickets on-sale 6/1

8/19     Phoenix – Pavilion Amphitheatre
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Call On Me

Eric Prydz | Myspace Video
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One of the biggest buzz bands of Coachella this year was Death Grips and experimental group whose music is so difficult to describe that we’re not even going to try. The group have remixed two Bjork songs though, so you never know what you’re going to get when you go a Death Grips show. Oh and did we mention that Hella’s Zach Hill — one of our favorite drummers ever — is in this band? Just go.
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Death Grips Tour Dates:

5/5 Sacramento Electronic Music Festival – Sacramento, CA

5/18 The Academy – Dublin, Ireland

5/19 Stag & Dagger – Glasgow, UK

5/20 The Roadhouse – Manchester, UK

5/21 The Bodega – Nottingham, UK

5/22 Norwich Arts Center – Norfolk, UK

5/23 Green Store Door – Brighton, UK

5/25 All Tomorrow’s Parties – London, UK

5/26 Grande Halle de La Villette – Paris, France

5/27 Worm – Rotterdam, The Netherlands

5/28 OT301 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands

5/29 Merleyn – Nijmegen, The Netherlands

6/1 Primavera Sound Festival – Barcelona, Spain

6/2 Field Day Festival – Barcelona, Spain

6/4 Magasin – Brussels, Belgium

6/5 Charlatan – Gent, Belgium

6/6 Mtc – Cologne, Germany

6/7 Gretchen – Berlin, Germany

6/8 Hafenklang – Hamburg, Germany

6/9 Primavera Sound Porto – Porto, Portugal

6/12 The Barbery – Philadelphia, PA

6/13 Music Hall of Williamsburg – New York, NY

6/14 TT The Bear’s – Boston, MA

6/15 Club Lambri – Montreal, QC

6/16 Wrong Bar – Toronto, ON

6/18 Magic Stick – Detroit, MI

6/19 The Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI

6/20 Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL

6/21 Triple Rock – Minneapolis, MN

6/22 The Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS

6/23 Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO

6/26 Fortune Sound Club – Vancouver, BC

6/27 The Crocodile – Seattle, WA

6/28 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR

6/30 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA

7/1 Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA
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