Shakira

It’s not Prince or Beyonce, but after the Super Bowl halftime show really plumbed the depths in 2019 with Maroon 5, for 2020 they’ve redeemed themselves.

Live Nation said the design ”was based on Pre-Columbian imagery.”

Shakira’s El Dorado World Tour necklace uses the ancient Black Sun symbol, which was installed by The SS in Germany’s Wewelsburg Castle during the Nazi regime.

Live Nation is once again offering $20 “all-in” (aka service fees included) tickets to over 2000 shows  happening this summer with a promotion they’re calling National Concert Week. Those include shows with such artists as Arcade Fire, Beck, Dead & Company, Paramore, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Bon Jovi, The Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer/Pixies, Dwight Yoakam/Lucinda Williams, Janet Jackson, Steely Dan/Doobie Brothers, Alan Jackson, Bush/Stone Temple Pilots/The Cult, Counting Crows/Live, and lots more.

The list is being celebrated with a free NYC show tonight, headlined by Rickie Lee Jones, who will perform Pirates in full (#49 on the list).

Also: Cattle Decapitation, Dinosaur Jr, Less Art, Cigarettes After Sex, Middle Kids, and more NYC shows on sale.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup starts this week in Brazil and will take over the entire planet’s consciousness — and even some of America — for the next month (June 12 – July 13)…

…which is being rebroadcast online “shortly” NOW. Other performers include Amadou & Mariam, Hugh Masekela, K’Naan, Tinariwen, Vieux Farka Touré, Angelique Kidjo, Black Eyed Peas, and Shakira…

Tickets go on general sale at 10am for the Built to Spill show at Irving Plaza. Tickets go on general sale at 10am for the Go Go’s show at Irving Plaza…