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Summerfest is set for the weekends of September 2-4, 9-11, and 16-18.

Hundreds will perform such as Wilco, ZZ Top, Pixies, Rise Against, Black Pumas, and Diplo.

Headliners include Miley Cyrus, Chance the Rapper, Chris Stapleton, and the Jonas Brothers. Luke Bryan, Dave Matthews Band, and Zac Brown Band will headline the last day.

Masks will be enforced according to health department. Summerfest execs said proof of vaccination is not a requirement but things could change from May to September.

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Check out the mid tempo song Lost Myself by Ashton Rey. This is the second track that comes off her upcoming EP. Fans of Kacey Musgraves and Tori Kelly will love. The 24 year singer and songwriter blends bohemian + country + pop.

Ashton tells Kings, “I want people to feel joy and light when they remember me, I want my music to speak to their soul and help them find healing in knowing that we’ve been there and we can come out stronger”.

The Florida based artist will drop more tracks in the coming months.

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Essy released a video for the track Cry For Me. A good “guilty pleasure” song/video that has Essy dancing around with a snake. If you love 80’s, you’ll like this uptempo pop track. The song is about the craziness of online dating during the pandemic. Before moving to Nashville, Rachel Braig aka Essy, studied at Berklee College of Music and collaborated with songwriters before writing with electronic duo Ship Wrek.

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Check out Favorite Boy by the 20 year old Cate Tomlinson. It’s reminiscence of Taylor Swift’s newer material. You’ll love if you like bedroom / indie pop. Originally from San Francisco, she’s now based out of Boston spending time at Northeastern University. Last year she dropped a track Before I lose You which we compared to Ellie Goulding. Give it a stream on KOAR’s Indie Invaders.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers sold the rights to their song catalog for $140 million. Who was the buyer? You guess it, the London based firm Hipgnosis.

The band’s catalogue generates about $5 million a year for publishers, according to insiders, and was sold for about 25 times as much.

Hipgnosis has bought Neil Young’s 1,180 song catalogue as well as Shakira, Fleetwood Mac’s guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and producer and music exec Jimmy Iovine.

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