Mark your calendars! With summer finally upon us, there are an exciting number of musical events coming up in the next few months. What’s better than spending an evening with your friends and family, under the starry Indiana sky, grooving out to the best beats of the season? Various big name artists will be stopping by in Indianapolis in the months of June and July, including Bob Dylan, the Neighborhood, Oh Wonder, Justin Bieber and many more!
Oh Wonder
When: June 6th, 2016 8:30 PM
Where: Deluxe at Old National Centre, Indianapolis
Details: Oh Wonder are a London-based alt-pop duo, consisting of Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West. Since releasing their DIY debut album, they have seen international success with their mellow, slow-grooving, R&B-flecked alt-pop tunes. Beginning in September 2014, Anthony and Josephine set out to write, record, and release one song a month for a year. All of the songs were released together as a self-titled debut album on September 4, 2015.
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The Neighbourhood
When: June 7th, 2016 8:30 PM
Where: Murat Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, Indianapolis
Details: The Neighbourhood is an American rock band formed in Newbury Park, California in 2011. The band is composed of vocalist Jesse Rutherford, guitarists Jeremy Freedman and Zach Shane Abels, bassist Mikey Margott, and drummer Brandon Alexander Fried. After releasing three EPs, “I’m Sorry…” “The Love Collection” and Thank You, The Neighbourhood released their first full-length album, I Love You., on April 23, 2013, via Columbia Records. In November 2014, they released a mixtape titled “#000000 & #FFFFFF”. The band’s second album Wiped Out! was released on October 30, 2015.
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The Lumineers
When: June 11th, 2016 8:30 PM
Where: Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
Details: The Lumineers are a folk rock band, based in Denver, Colorado. The two founding members and songwriters of the Lumineers are Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites. Josh Fraites, the brother of Jeremiah and best friend of Schultz, died of a drug overdose in 2002. As a way to cope with their loss, Schultz and Fraites began writing and performing together in New Jersey in 2002. Cellist and vocalist Neyla Pekarek joined the band in 2010, after responding to a Craigslist ad.
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Justin Bieber
When: June 25th, 2016 7:30 PM
Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
Details: Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After a talent manager discovered him through his YouTube videos covering songs in 2007 and signed to RBMG, Bieber released his debut EP, My World, in late 2009. It was certified platinum in the U.S. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Bieber released his first full-length studio album, My World 2.0, in 2010. It debuted at or near number one in several countries and was certified triple platinum in the U.S. It was preceded by his most successful single to date, “Baby”.
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Bob Dylan
When: June 25th, 2016 7:30 PM
Where: The Lawn at White River State Park, Indianapolis
Details: Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when his songs chronicled social unrest, although Dylan repudiated suggestions from journalists that he was a spokesman for his generation. Nevertheless, early songs such as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are a-Changin'” became anthems for the American civil rights and anti-war movements. After he left his initial base in the American folk music revival, his six-minute single “Like a Rolling Stone” altered the range of popular music in 1965. His mid-1960s recordings, backed by rock musicians, reached the top end of the United States music charts while also attracting denunciation and criticism from others in the folk movement.
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Phillip Phillip
When: June 26th, 2016 7:30 PM
Where: The Lawn at White River State Park, Indianapolis
Details: Phillip LaDon Phillips Jr. is an American singer, songwriter and musician who won the eleventh season of American Idol on May 23, 2012. His coronation song, “Home,” released after his win, became the best selling of all coronation songs. His debut album The World from the Side of the Moon was released on November 19, 2012. His second album, Behind the Light, was released on May 19, 2014.
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Weird Al Yankovich
When: July 7th, 2016 7:30 PM
Where: The Lawn at White River State Park
Details: Alfred Matthew “Weird Al” Yankovic is an American singer, songwriter, parodist, record producer, satirist, actor, voice actor, music video director, film producer, and author. He is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, and polka medleys of several popular songs, featuring his favored instrument, the accordion.
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Barenaked Ladies
When: July 8th, 2016 7:30 PM
Where: The Lawn at White River State Park
Details: Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario as a duo of Robertson and Steven Page. Jim Creeggan and his brother Andrew “Andy” Creeggan joined at the end of 1989, and Stewart was added in 1990 while Andy was on a brief hiatus from the group. Andy left the band after its second album in 1995 and was replaced by Hearn. Page left in 2009, leaving the group as a quartet.
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