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Bright Eyes, Phoebe Bridgers, Angel Olsen, Beach House, Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters, Jeff Rosenstock, Jenny Lewis, Jimmy Eat World, Julien Baker, Keith Morris, Sharon Van Etten, Sleater-Kinney, and many more have also lent their support to ”We Need Every Voice.”

Plus: Pile, Jacques Greene, Joseph, Allegaeon, NIkki Glaser, Homeboy Sandman/Quelle Chris, Ja Rule/Ashanti, and more tour-related news.

Plus: Lightning Bolt, Every Time I Die, Schoolboy Q, 'Hard Times,' Guns N' Roses, and more tour-related news.

Plus: Bon Iver, Conor Oberst, Mary J Blige/Nas, Khruangbin, Dead To A Dying World/Dawn Ray'd, the Femme It Forward series, and more tour news.

Live Nation Urban's fourth annual Summer Block Parties happen in Philly, Houston, and Chicago.

Plus: 070 Shake, Emily Wells, Quiet Slang, Nils Frahm, Christine and the Queens, and more NYC-area shows on sale.

Exciting rap shows happen in and around NYC all the time, but we don't get a chance to dedicate posts to all of them. In an effort to remedy that, here's a roundup of some recently-announced shows in the area.

Your Friday morning ticket link round-up.

There's always a good amount of hip hop shows happening in and around NYC, but we don't get a chance to post about all of it. Here's a roundup of some cool stuff coming up that we haven't talked about yet, new music, and more:

Hot 97 is throwing a holiday show at Newark's Pru…

Def Jam Records, the label responsible for some of the most influential hip hop ever released (Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Kanye West, much more), is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and in honor of that they'll throw a big show at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on October 16...