• KROQ Sound Space Artist Interviews

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KROQ Sound Space Artist Interviews

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  • Listen to the world's biggest artists in conversation with KROQ hosts, recorded live every month in the DTS Sound Space at KROQ! Past guests include Jack White, The Black Keys, The Lumineers, Cold War Kids, Yungblud, Bring Me The Horizon, Dashboard Confessional, and more.
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  • Imagine Dragons

    Imagine Dragons
    Jul 1 2024
    Imagine Dragons joined us for a special performance and interview in the Helpful Honda Sound Space to give fans a preview of their brand new album LOOM, upcoming tour dates, and more. With the arrival of their brand new, sixth studio album LOOM, Imagine Dragons dropped by Audacy's KROQ in Los Angeles to give fans a taste of the new record, as well as what to expect from the band on their impending tour which kicks off at the end of July. LOOM is available now. Looking back on the band's relationship with KROQ, frontman Dan Reynolds remembers the first time he heard their music played on the radio back in 2012, recalling they were driving from Las Vegas to L.A. to play a show. “We were just getting in range to pick up the station and -- this sounds like such a made-up story, it's so dramatic -- it was fuzzy," he says as their single "It's Time," came through the speakers. "We were just racing as fast as we could to kind of get a better signal to hear it. It was straight out of a movie. We were all just like, ‘This feels too weird.’” 12 years after their debut, the group just released their sixth studio album, LOOM, and are feeling familiar excitement and relief now that it’s finally been delivered. “You know, when you make a record -- you're working on it for over a year, sometimes two years," Reynolds says. "So, we've been sitting with this music for a long time, and it's really hard for us to sit on that. I hate it, I'm always anxious about it, waiting. So we've been counting down the days for a long time… It's a relief and we also are really proud and excited about this record and we hope everybody likes it as much as we do.” “You have given me purpose and a place to sing and dance,” Dan stated when announcing the new offering. “You have continually stood by our side now for over a decade. in return we will always be here singing along with you. I always and only hope that it helps you feel less alone. It brings you joy. makes you cry. makes you angry. makes you dance. makes you FEEL something.” “I've just spent a lot of my life numb,” he tells us. “I had a hard time expressing myself. That's why I turned to music in the first place -- I found that it was something I could always turn to and feel any emotion. I'm kind of one of those people who doesn't cry for a long time and then when you cry, you just cry really hard in a long time. Or, when you get angry you're really angry because you've been holding it in, and that's really unhealthy. I did that for a long time,” he admits. “Now I'm just angry all the time, I cry all the time,” he laughs. “But only a little bit angry,” bassist Ben McGee adds. Guitarist Wayne Sermon says of the new record, “The album cover itself, you don't even know if it's necessarily a sunrise or a sunset… The word ‘Loom,’ it can be a positive or negative connotation just depending on what's going on. I think one thing that looms over every single person through their life is, you're guaranteed to have relationships with other humans, with other people. To me, we always do like the sort of diagnosis after an album's out. I don't want to speak for Dan, but I'm not sure even he knows what the album is about until it's done. So for me, this was an album purely based on relationships, whether it's to us personally… or just, you know, writ large. It’s a pure relationship album, to me.” “To us, that is the most important thing to know. That there are people around the world that we've connected with, we've really grown up with, you know? We've been through sad times, hard times, multiple heartbreaks,” Dan explains, “and to know that people still wanna come out and celebrate that. I think anybody who's been to a Dragons show has hopefully felt that honesty and that sense of community. It's a different experience than other shows and we're really proud of that. It's because it's just honest, for better or for worse, it's always honest. So to know that 16 years in the band is bigger than it's ever been and people are wanting to come out means everything to us.” Catch the full performance and Megan Holiday's interview with Imagine Dragons above -- plus stay tuned for more conversations with your favorite artists right here on Audacy. Imagine Dragons 2024 tour dates:July 30 | Freedom Mortgage Pavilion | Camden, NJAug. 2 | Jones Beach Theater | Wantagh, NYAug. 4 | PNC Bank Arts Center | Holmdel, NJAug. 6 | Xfinity Center | Mansfield, MAAug. 8 | Budweiser Stage | Toronto, ON, CAAug. 12 | Pine Knob Music Theatre | Clarkston, MIAug. 14 | Pavilion at Star Lake | Burgettstown, PAAug. 16 | Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre | St. Louis, MOAug. 18 | Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre | Tinley Park, ILAug. 20 | Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center | Noblesville, INAug. 22 at Jiffy Lube Live | Bristow, VAAug. 23 at Merriweather Post Pavilion | Columbia, MDAug. 26 | Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater | Virginia Beach, VAAug. 28 | PNC ...
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    16 mins
  • 311

    311
    Jun 10 2024

    311 joined host Nicole Alvarez for a special interview and performance recorded live at the Helpful Honda Sound Space at KROQ in Los Angeles giving fans a preview of what the band has in store on their upcoming Unity Tour.

    “You can't spell community without unity… So we keep a spirit of love and we have to be ready to communicate openly,” frontman Nick Hexum says of the group's longevity. “We're very grateful to get to do this,” he adds now approaching 34 years as a band. “We know we're very lucky. We keep an attitude of gratitude and just appreciate these wonderful fans.”

    Getting into the band’s brand new single “You're Gonna Get It,” Hexum explains, “For my portion of the lyrics, putting myself in the mindset that we had back in like 1990… just when you're young and dumb, and feeling indestructible. For example, when we would play trashcan bowling with Chad's Buick Monte Carlo and crash into trash cans. Just stuff like that.”

    311 will be touring this summer beginning on July 20 in Cincinnati, OH with AWOLNATION and Neon Trees as opening support. Tickets and VIP Meet & Greet packages are available now. Take a look at the full list of scheduled dates below.

    311 2024 Tour Dates:

    July 20 l Cincinnati, OH
    July 21 l Chicago, IL
    July 23 l Indianapolis, IN
    July 24 l Huber Heights, OH
    July 26 l Interlochen, MI
    July 27 l Sterling Heights, MI
    July 28 l Cleveland, OH
    July 31 l Niagara Falls, ON
    August 2 l Scranton, PA
    August 3 l Bridgeport, CT
    August 4 l Columbia, MD
    August 6 l Gilford, NH
    August 7 l Boston, MA
    August 9 l Outer Banks, NC
    August 10 l Raleigh, NC
    August 11 l Charlotte, NC
    August 13 l North Charleston, SC
    August 14 l Atlanta, GA
    August 15 l Albertville, AL
    August 17 l St. Augustine, FL
    August 18 l Tampa, FL
    August 20 l Houston, TX
    August 21 l Austin, TX
    August 22 l Grand Prairie, TX
    August 24 l Phoenix, AZ
    August 25 l San Diego, CA
    August 27 l Costa Mesa, CA
    August 29 l Bend, OR
    August 30 l Troutdale, OR
    August 31 l Redmond, WA

    Listen to Nicole's full interview with 311 above and stay tuned for more conversations with your favorite artists right here on Audacy.

    Words by Joe Cingrana Interview by Nicole Alvarez
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    14 mins
  • Cage The Elephant

    Cage The Elephant
    May 20 2024
    Check out a special interview with Cage The Elephant, recorded live at the Helpful Honda Sound Space at KROQ in Los Angeles. Before taking to the stage for a blistering set, Cage The Elephant sat down for an interview with hosts Klein and Ally to discuss the release of their brand-new offering, Neon Pill -- the band’s sixth studio album and first collection of original songs since 2019’s Social Cues. Talking about the album’s lead title single which arrived earlier this year, Matt and Brad opened up about including the very personal track on the project. “I mean, it was undeniably part of my life and part of the story of this past five years,” Matt expressed. “I was prescribed a medication and unknowingly slipped into psychosis and it was terrifying and terrible.” He continued, “And I think while we were writing some of the songs before I was even ready to deal with that stuff to confront it full on, I was already kind of working it out internally and that was one of the first songs that was written. And so it felt like the right move to make that the title track, you know, I mean, it's a miracle that I got through all of that stuff. And here today, very, very thankful.” Answering Klein’s curiosity on whether they think Neon Pill “is the best album to date,” the duo agreed that they don’t look at it that way, but rather, “it’s a record that kind of embodies all of the different kind of phases that we've gone through.” “There's a great Paul McCartney quote and he said, ‘you can't beat your previous work, you can just move in a different direction.’" Matt added. Catch Cage The Elephant on tour with Young the Giant and Bakar this summer as they make stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, NYC, and more -- including a few festivals thrown in for good measure, such as Bonnaroo and Oceans Calling. Tickets are on sale now -- take a look at their full itinerary below. Cage The Elephant 2024 Neon Pill tour dates:June 20 – West Valley City, UT at Utah First Credit Union Amph.^June 22 – Seattle, WA at Climate Pledge Arena^June 23 – Ridgefield, WA at RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater^June 24 – Bend, OR at Hayden Homes Amphitheater^June 26 – Vancouver, BC at Rogers Arena^June 28 – Edmonton, AB at Rogers Place^June 30 – Spokane, WA at BECU Live at Northern Quest^July 2 – San Francisco, CA at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium*July 3 – Santa Barbara, CA at Santa Barbara Bowl^~July 5 – Phoenix, AZ at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre^July 6 – San Diego, CA at Viejas Arena^July 7 – Los Angeles, CA at Kia Forum^July 9 – Albuquerque, NM at Isleta Amphitheater^July 11 – Austin, TX at Moody Center^July 12 – Houston, TX at The CWM Pavilion presented by Huntsman^July 13 – Fort Worth, TX at Dickies Arena^July 15 – Rogers, AR at Walmart AMP^Aug 2 – Alpharetta, GA at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre*Aug 3 – Raleigh, NC at Coastal CU Music Park at Walnut Creek^Aug 4 – Charlotte, NC at PNC Music Pavilion*Aug 7 – Noblesville, IN at Ruoff Music Center^Aug 8 – Madison, WI at Breese Stevens Field^Aug 10 – Winnipeg, MB at Canada Life Centre^Aug 12 – Minneapolis, MN at Target Center^Aug 14 – Chicago, IL at Credit Union 1 Arena at UIC^Aug 16 – Grand Rapids, MI at Van Andel Arena^Aug 18 – Saratoga Springs, NY at Broadview Stage at SPAC^Aug 19 – Bridgeport, CT at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater^Aug 21 – Gilford, NH at BankNH Pavilion^Aug 22 – Mansfield, MA at Xfinity Center*Aug 24 – Holmdel, NJ at PNC Bank Arts Center^Aug 26 – Montreal, QC at Centre Bell^Aug 27 – Toronto, ON at Budweiser Stage^Aug 29 – Burgettstown, PA at The Pavilion at Star Lake^Aug 30 – Cincinnati, OH at Riverbend Music Center^Sept 5 – New York, NY at Madison Square Garden^Sept 6 – Philadelphia, PA at TD Pavilion at the Mann^Sept 7 – Lewiston, NY at Artpark Mainstage Theater^Sept 9 – Cleveland, OH at Blossom Music Center^Sept 10 – Detroit, MI at Pine Knob Music Theatre^Sept 12 – St. Louis, MO at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre^Sept 13 – Des Moines, IA at Wells Fargo Arena^Sept 14 – Kansas City, MO at Starlight Theatre^Sept 16 – Omaha, NE at CHI Health Center Omaha^Sept 18 – Denver, CO at Red Rocks Amphitheatre*^ with Young The Giant and Bakar* with Bakar~ Non-Live Nation Date Words by Joe Cingrana and Maia Kedem Interview by Klein and Ally
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