iHeartRadio‘s ALTer Ego festival will return to Los Angeles on Jan. 17 with performances from Green Day, Twenty One Pilots, and Cage the Elephant. The annual music event will be hosted at the Kia Forum and broadcast across the media conglomerate’s alternative and rock stations. Sublime, Good Charlotte, Myles Smith, …
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Lollapalooza 2025 kicked off in Chicago’s Grant Park on a high note Thursday. Tyler, the Creator made his triumphant return to the festival after canceling last year’s headlining set, and Luke Combs also served as a headliner, marking the first time the festival featured a country act in a top …
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ALTer EGO is bringing together your alt-rock faves for a new show. On Tuesday, iHeartRadio announced the lineup for its annual concert, set for Jan. 11, 2025, at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. Cage the Elephant and Fontaines D.C. will headline the music event. Also performing at the show will be …
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“Like a loaded gun, my love/I lost control of the wheel/Double-crossed by a neon pill,” Cage the Elephant’s Matt Shultz sings on the title track from the Kentucky band’s sixth album. The sound is familiar, a smart, subdued garage-rock swagger that’s a prime example of their ability to punch up …
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“I’ve been calling it a miracle.” It’s just over a week before the release of Cage the Elephant’s first album in five years, and Matt Shultz is sitting at a corner table in the courtyard restaurant at Hollywood’s Sunset Marquis Hotel, iced coffee in hand, sunglasses covering his eyes. The …
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Cage the Elephant are in a constant state of motion on their new single “Metaverse,” set to appear on their forthcoming studio album Neon Pill, out May 17. “It’s a natural progression/No need for affection/Just a perfect deflection/When you’ve got no perspective,” frontman Matthew Shultz sings on the chorus. “Every …
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Matt Shultz, the lead singer of Cage The Elephant, shared that he was suffering from a “mental health crisis” leading up to his arrest last year for possession of two loaded guns. “It’s a miracle that I’m here today,” Shultz wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on Wednesday evening. …
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Cage the Elephant‘s latest single, “Out Loud,” is the sound of a band growing up. The group wrote the tune after the death of the father of brothers Matthew Shultz (vocals) and Brad Shultz (guitar) and the song, an elegiac piano ballad, finds them making sense of their regrets. “Man, …
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Cage the Elephant are feeling out of control on their latest single, “Neon Pill.” Reuniting with producer John Hill, the band marks their official return with an explosive record recounting an inescapable, if at times tumultuous, romance. “Neon Pill” marks Cage the Elephant’s official follow-up to Social Cues, their Grammy …
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Cage the Elephant‘s Matt Shultz will not face jail time due to a plea deal following his arrest for possession of two loaded guns back in January. On Friday, Shultz pleaded guilty to three charges — two felonies, one misdemeanor — of attempted criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession …
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