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By Ryan Dillon
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It felt like we simultaneously and collectively decided that the soul trio Gabriels was going to be the next face of the genre. It was only last year when the group released their Angels & Queens project, a seven-track expedition into the expansive harmonies and grandiose arrangements that have become signatures for the trio, and properly introduced themselves to the world at large. This project introduced Gabriels in a firework-esque entrance and forced a breath of fresh air to rush over the genre of soul, reimagining what the genre can sound like when the perfect balance of influence and fearlessness is hit.

This week, Gabriels are doing some internal reimagining with the release of Angels & Queens Part 2 and expanded and rearranged sequel to their 2022 breakout. This new set of songs includes the original seven compositions along with six brand-new tracks that add to the already wildly colorful world of Gabriels, all while continuing to challenge themselves with sonic leaps that cement their name into the world of modern soul.

With all eyes on Gabriels, their approach to this latest release feels like a bold creative move. The trio of vocalist Jacob Lusk, keyboardist/producer Ryan Hope, and violinist/composer Ari Balouzian trust their vision for a sequel to their breakout project. Including a set of songs that have been circulating the internet in some sort of melodic takeover for just under a year could’ve been the downfall of Angels & Queens Part 2 . Instead of these young yet classic songs becoming stale and simply tacked on to a different set of songs, the two worlds intermingle and bring new viewpoints to the songs we already love while elevating the experience of the new tracks.

The songs are properly recontextualized into a whole new universe, building on the work put in on Part 1 without it feeling too forced or dry. The baritone harmonies and soaring strings of the previously released “To the Moon and Back” have a new meaning when placed next to minimal arrangements and passionately delivered balladry of “Professional”. Gabriels were able to flush out their full vision of what a debut could look like while still making it seem natural and sleek, an award-winning performance within itself yet we haven’t even brushed the musicality deployed on Angels & Queens Part 2 .

Gabriels were able to mix southern-fried soul with tempos for modern times, a triumphant yet humble concoction that gives the album such a unique personality. With their love for lush string sections, the rolling pianos that drive songs like “Professional”, the group’s ability to seamlessly transition from one era of soul to their futuristic take on the genre, Gabriels realized the pressure amounting around this release and blissfully poured it all into the music.

The tension on “We Will Remember” boils over on the looser and intensely infectious “Love and Hate in a Different Time”, a contradiction that allows the LP to flow with a carefree gusto and introduces us to a new side of a group we’re all still getting to know. The chemistry between the three members is the driving force of this album although it feels like most of their conversations happen within the songs themselves. Hope and Balouzian send harmonious signals directly to Lusk, a cosmic form of communication that boils over on the album’s intense tones and unreserved lyrics.

Now that the final pieces of Gabriel’s debut album have finally fallen into place, there is nothing left to do except sit back in awe. Angles & Queens Part 2 might be a continuation of the sonic worlds the group explored on their initial release but Gabriels somehow made it feel like we’re hearing the songs of Part 1 for the first time all over again. Their vision has fully formed into a 13-song escapade through arrangements that range from a lighthearted walk through the neighborhood to a menacing storm cloud. The way the trio approached the structure of their debut allowed it to become the mystical soul journey it truly is.

While Gabriels wear their influences on their sleeves, they are able to melt them down to form their own forward-thinking take that is as free and courageous as the genre has sounded in a long time.

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8 September 2022 1:07 PM

Gabriels announce two-part debut album, ‘Angels & Queens’

The first instalment arrives this month.

By Joe Goggins

Gabriels have announced details of their debut album, to be released in two parts.

The Los Angeles soul trio will drop the first instalment of Angels & Queens before the month is out, with a September 30 release confirmed via Atlas Artists and Parlophone Records.

The second half will follow in March 2023, on a date yet to be specified. The band’s fellow Compton native, the Grammy-winning Sounwave, handles production duties, bringing with him to the studio an impressive pedigree, having worked with Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé in the past.

It marks the culmination of a meteoric 2022 rise for the three-piece; they’re defined by the hugely powerful vocals of Jacob Lusk, who’s backed by producer-composer Ari Balouzian and Sunderland-born producer and keyboardist Ryan Hope.

Speaking about Angels & Queens and elaborating on its two-part release, Gabriels said in a statement: “Our debut album is a unique exploration of love and loss from each of our differing perspectives. We were planning to release our album next year, but got the opportunity to collaborate with some of the most amazing people who initially were strangers, but within weeks became family in the most mind-blowing process.”

“As the first part of the album was recorded, we knew we wanted to share it with you as soon as possible,” they continued. “We couldn’t be more excited to announce that Angels & Queens – Part 1 is coming this September, and Part II will follow in March. THANK YOU Sounwave and Beach Noise.”

Beach Noise are a Los Angeles production trio who have also worked with Lamar, although the extent of their involvement with Angels & Queens remains unclear. For his part, Sounwave added: “I was instantly drawn in from the raw emotions and how limitless their range was. For this project we wanted to push the boundaries sonically that matched the intense and vulnerable feelings of each song.”

You can see the full track listing for Angels & Queens – Part 1 below, along with three new UK tour dates set for October.

Gabriels – Angels & Queens – Part I

1. ‘Angels & Queens’ 2. ‘Taboo’ 3. ‘Remember Me’ 4. ‘If You Only Knew’ 5. ‘To the Moon and Back’ 6. ‘The Blind’ 7. ‘Mama’

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She came through the skies and she told it to me

Told me the words I was afraid to see

I’m weaker

Everyday I’m getting weaker

‘Need the angels to remind me

M angel : Through the light

Remember

Here my baby

Welcome to the tale of tales

Welcome to the tale of your own light, my child

Welcome to the light

From where I stand

Everything is glorious

Tears can be so soft

I miss my mother

miss my mother

miss my mother at night

She gave me life

I miss my brother

miss my brother

miss my brother all day

Ouh, we used to pray

I miss my lover

miss my lover

at night

Ouh, to hold me tight

I’m on the freeway

on the freeway

Because I can

Tears can be

So good for those who dive in them

let them run on my cheeks oh,

One more time

Tears are so soft

When you dive in them

Oh let them sail, ah

I miss my friends

And the tenderness

Ouh, they give me cold hard looks, now

I miss my joy

And my head

Look at my face !

What is happening now ?

So good for those who dive in them

Oh let them roll girl, yeah

Love is like this

Embrace when you can

Cause at night

When you’re all alone you think about it one more time

Oh let’s embrace them when we can

Oh, ‘sing my heart out

Tears can be so good let me pray

Let me pray for my salvation baby, now water

I don’t want more money more water

Oh, water

Mmmore water

I don’t want your money !

Water - ah

Is what I’m looking for

Tears can be so good baby

Dive in it, and forget it all

Tears can be so good let them

Roll on your face girl

On your face forever

Marvin descending

Young Marvin descending

Into this body of mine

I feel high all the time

Young Marvin forever in my heart

Yes I still do care for him

I still think I should see him

And the stars roll in my mind

Young Marvin all the time

Cause he knows

What goes inside of me

Inside

Of this body of mine

I wish I had the time

to picture you

in details for my heart

for when I need to be stronger

I need things to feel better

when I make sweet love to you

I waited all this time

can you please

explain this to my heart

But there he goes

So pretty and easy

He knows how much I feel

To see him move around the room

just for me

Ascending

such solace for my heart

I need to feel this one more time

I need to be inside this

I need to be

I need to feel this free

He knows just how i feel

and I wish I was as free as he can be

A day in the water

Do you want to spend a day

Just a day in the water

Just a day like no other

When nothing hurts your skin

Do you want to know

Do you want to feel the sun

But the sun from underwater

nothing burning your shoulders

nothing hurts within

Deeper and the deeper and the deeper and the deeper that I go

Softer it gets softer it gets softer it gets softer I don’t know

Father oh father oh father oh father let me go

I don’t want it no more

I hear them talking about it

But it sounds like the same old song

I see they worry about it

I’m so far ago they can’t be wrong

and I know it’s obvious

But I’m flying from what I can see

So let me be

Do you want to spend a day

And just stay in the water

And then taking another…

No, I can’t take no more, yeah

do you want to know

No, you’ll never know what it’s like

To be just underwater

And it looks like a mirror

But it blurs it all, yeah

Deeper and the deeper and the deeper and the deeper that I go

Softer, it gets softer it gets softer it gets softer I don’t know

so let me be

Full of life

PAIN SHIFTING

seize my head in regret

There might not be another vision

one that makes me forget I wish I was another person

and we still

Try every night to go make sense of it

Still try every night to bound over something

over love

white powder to forget

the taste of blood and how it burnt them

They all think that they’re safe, belated by the same old venom

and they steal ideas from your daughters

The one they want

Elsewhere naked offered divine and touched by them only

hm, full of life

FOR A

WHERE IT MAK ES

LONELY

A LIFE

AND DIE

i let go of my pride

For whatever reason I’m free

I let go dissolved into desires that were not made for me

There’s a scar

Take my hand and forget that i am just another woman

Even though you see me you’ll never let me be your boyfriend

Tell me lies

WHERE IT MAKES

Angels crying in my bed (ft Madonna)

Is it really sweet to be this lost

Is it really worth it

Is it really good to feel that sad

Will I ever outcome it

I saw you in my dream it wasn’t so bad

But then we didn’t kiss

Is it really love or is it blood

Dripping off my wrists

Oh ah

As I fall

I can hear

the sweet sound

Of angels crying in my bed

angels crying in my bed

And i want golden feathers

If they spring from my back

Oh lord i want them golden

the sweet sound

Angels crying in my bed

Angels crying

BIG EYE : And maybe we will

Almost fall in love

I will look into his eyes

And he into mine

My one single eye

The unfortunate other

Blinded by a punishing slap

And we will agree

That love can be blind

And he

Healthy boy, well fed, white with his rosy cheeks

Will wonder about me

Pity my bony body

Those thin ribs

and feel my twisted ears

And the scars on my hands

Reminder of the flirtation

of my skin

And the cruel volcano

And perhaps lift my skirt

Before he learns the greater horrors

I owe him the truth of me

So i will say to him,

end quote

I went to school

Track 10

Sweet lover of mine

Oh let me take you dancing

The scar of the foreigner

Let’s go dancing go dancing

Let’s go fucking go fucking

I am not so shy

Where lights are intervening

I am not so proud

Oh baby take me dancing

Our lord as a sigh

Ouh, I’m tied to thee, tied to thee

I’m who I’m supposed to be

Protect me, don’t tell the guards

Take me to the dance

Oh...take me there

Sweet lover of mine,

New York, nineties

I just probably, I - sit !

Not to me, I’ve been everywhere

Stronger than before

The lives of before are

Meant to be

I did ! oh yeah

Let me prove it by touching you baby

Oh, let’s meet again

I was surprised by the chord change

And she kept on walking

Like her crazy friends, bitch she was - oh yes she was not going to surrender It’s like ARGH !

maybe simpler is better, you know ?

Let me here take the credit baby

Oh defend me

Besides, I’m your first astral

Let me pay your demon the out

Let me pay out your demon number

Let me be with you

The things I get with you

Just take down to church

Nothing real good for you

Let’s take you on a ride

Why you make me feel emotions

You make me feel emotion

And I want to give emotion

Well, do you feel me now ?

Oh, do you feel me now ?

I think we’re in the mountain

I think loud as

The wind does think at night when it pours I know you want my body

I know you want my body

You make me one with mornin’

You make me like a child, girl

We’re meetin’ the morning

you make me unwilling to come back to the place Where I go

Oh, you make it just hard to really come right now

Oh, I say go

I you make me feel like ravin’, let’s be

And i forget to eat

The taste of her is something few forget about me

I believe you’re amazing babe,

First time I openly talk about it

And where, where did it go ?

And when did you decide to fuck about me ? Oh where did it go

that give them half what I give

They make it through the runnin’

I came to fuck pretty

I can thank you for the ride, babe

Sweet lover of infinity

Ah, we’ll keep on rising

thank you for the ride, baby

it’s been a long time...

Words, turns me into an animal

You know that I’m an animal

You know that I am an animal yeah

Word, somebody to an animal

We got to fuck hours

Are you aware of other faces down in the sky Marvin Gaye in my head poetry ever and then so many things I wish I could talk about no time to write I’m so stoned

I’m so stoned

Why did she take that car ?

Fushia dress, fushia

Ouh, babe I dream in colors

You make me think think feel things so rare

Let’s stop the room to like - it never stops !

Overture (feat. Mike Dean)

He’s been shining for ever, your son

He’s been shining for ever your son

He’s been shining

He’s been shining for ever, ever your son

They search for the prince in the valley on his big horse

Search for a hero on the long course

But do they see me ?

Can I see me ?

He’s looking for a daughter in the field, alone

I wish I could give you the stars you asked me for

I wish I could open the sky doors

Open the sky doors

Take my sword

And save all the mothers and the daughters

Wounded by our kind

Take my sorrow

Take my gold

Who didn’t have time

I wish I could be a better man

By just becoming my angel

Just becoming my angel

from above

higher self speaking to me through the melody I

wish I could open the sky doors

I wish I could just take my sword

And welcome

My other

I wish I could forgive him for not seeing the truth

Seeing the truth - is it your blood ?

Why do you think I ache on my skin?

I’m afraid of disappearing into your skin

He’s been shining for ever your son !

I remember more than I’m supposed to

remember the time when your daughter was your son

And i wrote about my golden sword too

And i wrote about my lover’s eternal stare

Flowery days

When I die of love

I want to be settled down into a fiery crown

Into the flowery days

In silver satin ribbons

Lay my head apart into the flowery days

Cause I want you to stay

And I want you to love

All seeds will scatter ‘round

In yellow dusty sounds into the flowery days

Nothing eternal

All is well and done the trees are golden warm

And i wish you could stay into the flowery days

And i wish you could love into the flowery days

I met an angel (ft Madonna)

Open your heart my love,

open your heart

Open your heart, my love

open your heart

Accept to sit in there

Right next to me

Open your heart, my love,

Set myself free

I never thought I could

Just gemini

Open your heart, my love

don’t let it die

Accept to lose it all

and then relive

Set myself free

Need the angels to remind me…

BIG EYE: Do you suffer from loneliness ?

This is the voice of the big simulation.

Just let go of any pressure

in your body.

The terrestrial food

is of no importance now

Let me touch you angel…

Bismillah

I fell in love with an angel

She appeared

And there she tore up my whole word

Teaching me patience in a second

She’s teaching me patience

I fell in love with an angel

Elusive

And I am not hungry anymore

Teaching me longing over again

she’s teaching me longing

She’s in the trees, she’s in the sky

She’s in the singing stream

She’s in the cats’ and the dogs’ eyes

In the birds falling up from the trees

She’s on the hands of my best friend driving

She’s on the hands of the one taking care of me

I fell in love with the devil

Where is she

Where is she when I try to call

Teaching me waiting over feeding

She’s teaching me fear again

Oh, open your heart my love

Just try it once, my love

She’s in the singing stream

Eyes in the sky

open your heart

Release and sit in there

True love (ft. 070 Shake)

Do you know how it feels

To be inside it

But never talk about it

Do you know how it feels

I’m talking to you

I’m always talking to you

So you know how it feels

can’t believe you saw me crying

‘cause when I cry baby I cry for you

can’t believe you saw me dancing

‘cause when I dance baby I dance for you

Do you know how to love

I’ll show you

Oh, I’ll show you

So we know how to love

I need you to love me

can’t believe you saw me dancing

when I dance baby I dance for you

Angel of light

Take me higher

Make me forget my mother

With your dark brown eyes staring at me

With your dark eyes staring at me

Angel of light : They’re making the blame

It still feels the same (right)

I’m doing the most

Hundred of those years crying

You said you wanted us soft besides you

Any word on me

many one pass through me

It’s so emotional

I think about it all the time

they’re begging on me

i pass on their lives

i wait on the floor

nothing making sense

i’m one on their knees

they begging me please (let me tell you som’thing)

holy seconds to most

trying to sit in your league

on a ride

With your dark eyes staring at me

Let me touch you once

Flexing hard

Flexing slow

See my abs

I’m your man

As i am,

Waiting for

Some hot sex

Oh forgive me, parles-tu français ?

Je ne me souviens plus de ce que je ai fait

De mes clefs je crois qu’elles étaient sur la table

veux-tu bien

On this table

Can you see this

It’s fantastic

I’m ecstatic

Si tu veux je switch en français ?

Qu’est-ce que tu veux que j’te dise en français ?

Vas-y, dis-moi ce que tu veux que j’te dise en français !

Just once, sweet angel of mine

Aimer, puis vivre

Il se dépêche de rentrer

Je comprends

J’ai pu aussi attendre à un moment

Je comprends ça

love without love

Pour lui elle a tout lâché

Elle tend sa main dans le froid je n’entends pas

Je fais des choix

Tu m’avais promis que je ne serai jamais seul

Tu me l’avais dit que je ne serai jamais seul

Tu me l’as promis que je ne serai jamais seul

Et pourtant je suis seul

Et je me ressens seul

Et après ça

Le câlin définitif

Maman, papa, du lait

Des torrents sur moi

Être aimé comme ça, oh comme ça me manque

Et j’irai partout où mon coeur chavire

C'est aimer,

puis vivre

Il en perd ses appétits

Je comprends

Ne sous-estime pas quand le coeur battant bat

Je l’ai prise à bras le corps quand elle est tombée

J’ai le coeur chaud, le coeur tout cassé

Répare ça tout autour de toi

Et après ça Le câlin définitif Maman, papa, du lait Des torrents sur moi Être aimé comme ça, oh comme ça me manque Et j’irai partout où mon cœur chavire

Further from mine

It’s alright, it’s the shine

Further from mine

It’s alright, it’s your shine

My soul and mind

It’s alright, it’s your shine

What is she doing ?

And what makes me a human

Oh is the shine

Of the wound that is open

of your eyes against mine

it’s alright, it’s the shine

Making them precious

About when they get love

And when they cry

See the good shine

It’s alright, it’s the shine

In all the land

Shine

I’m not pretty

things I did to forgive

and keep my heart open

And then follow a child

In the outer borders

No more of city lights

Looking for shine

No more of those sweet lies

Looking for shine

in all the land

it’s alright, it’s our shine

Don’t be mad, it’s my child

How many fake lights in the sky

are they going to punch with their fist ?

Don’t be mad, it’s our child

We have to be friends

Touch yourself

Boy, it’s all still there

Your mouth, your nose, your eyes, your elbows, your knees

Were supposed to go but it’s all still there

And you loved

boy, open wide

a sorrow crashed on the floor wasted again

But boy oh boy at least you tried

Don’t you say no to me again

Cause you know we have to be friends

Don’t you say no to me again

Cause we know you have to be friends

Boy it’s all there

It depends on you to look back and see for yourself

Boy, boy !

Aren’t you scared

And in love

you lose yourself

Like in this old movie where he’s gifted and blind

Don’t you think it’s just like yourself

Cause we know you have to be friends

Lick the light out (ft Madonna)

Descend a bit lower

Lower

Hm, and meet me there

Descend a bit faster

Faster

Oh, and fall a bit harder for me

There’s nothing you can’t do with me

you cannot be too deep with me

There nothing you can’t do with me

Prevent me from falling

By jumping in the skies above,

High, love

I’ll catch you

Oh why is the wind

When it blows

In my mind

Purging me from the sight of your glorious face

There’s nothing you can’t do with me, oh I’m honest

The burden on your chest, those feelings are golden

There’s nothing you can do with me to be scared of

I take the blood I take the tears I take all of

the things that unfold in my arms when you’re hurting

And you don’t know who else to turn to for the talking

Baby you can talk with me always

BIG EYE : Where do you think I stand ?

I stand in your heart

just next to your lungs

you smoke too much

do you want to chase me away ?

I am dwelling in your sorry

raging

don’t deny

it’s useless

I’m here

breathing through your mouth

seeing with your heart

loving through your flesh

If an angel in power

decided just to see me

could I get that much higher ?

See me

If an angel in silence

decided just to free me

could I get that sweet power ?

Hear me

Feel me

I’m an angel in power

I decided to see you

As a human, a flower

I see you

I hear you

Give me your heart my darling, as it breaks, my baby

I see the cracks my darling, I’ll lick the light out

To be honest

I get lost in my thoughts, and for hours of time

and it’s making me feel

like I am not alone anymore

to be honest

I am trying to love, but I’m afraid to kill

And I never know when,

when to search or stay still

with you

Broken and yet tender

Always in and always out

Heading to the water

Drowning in what it can hide

Kind of always cautious

Don’t you don’t you break my heart

Feeling kind of loveless

Yet always ready to try

And I’ve been through so much

that sometimes it feels far

It is like a movie

played by another star

she’s a stranger

Now i’m sitting alone

and I’m trying to listen

To the stories that could

make mine a little softer, and fine

to be honest

Douce et abîmé

Toujours à côté

Dans l’eau s’enfoncer

Ne rien y trouver

Toujours protégé

Y a rien à casser

Feeling kind of loveless

J’ai rien à donner

J’ai tout à donner

away away…

I feel like an angel

Oh my lord, I feel like an angel

Oh my love

Floating above on the earth no longer

Oh my god

Searching for undying promises

Oh my god do I have the answer

Oh my lord I feel like an angel

And the woman in red

Said a part of me left with her

Told me to give her away

She’s a liar and a fool

Maybe she died this day

Just to take away the pain

So I don’t have to be warm and solid ever again

Floating above everytime he touches me

As he needs I dissociate

Oh my god do I have the answer

Oh my lord I feel like angel

I fucked him and then, he got rough

Satisfaction but it’s never enough

Would you lay down next to me and pray

It is good to try

You should just come to my bed

Earthy appetites are a thing

But don’t you tell me where you’re going and I’ll stay still

We should never tell each other now

What is good and what is ruined somehow

Oh my god I feel like an angel

Oh my love do I have the answer

My love is my light

My love is my undying eyes looking

Above your own eyes

My love is my soul

My love is the eyes that see

What you don’t know

My love is my power

My love is the eyes given everything

Forgive me brother

Forgive me for not seeing clearly

I was in them gone

My love it sees me

My love it sees everything I am

Everything you don’t see

Open your mind

and dive into the big eye

Open my mind

teach me ce que je ne sais pas

Open my mind and see the stream in the sky

Open my mind with your big big eye

Factor of skin drifting down

factor of skin

diving deep

Smell

Power of smells you smell baby

See from your eye see my past

I want it to last

When I fuck you know

Oh I touch you now

Recreate it now

Penetrate it now

My soul

Open it all

Oh, my word is my sword

My word is my sword

Recreate it all

And forgive it all

My eyes is my pride

It’s all dead inside

It’s all dead and then it is reborn in me

Endless memories

I see you from inside, my teacher

Master of love, my pride

I am now your mother

I’ll carry you to the other side

What did you see what did you see

Were you speaking ?

Were you saving me ?

What it is

Were you saving me from the dark?

PARANOÏA 1. Overture - 1.24 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, Joseph Bishara) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., Capillary Music Inc. Strings: Joseph Bishara 2. Tears can be so soft - 5.12 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, Marvin Gaye, Leon Ware, Sarah Schachner) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., EMI Music, Jobete Music, Schachner Music Publishing (BMI) Contains a sample of the recording “Feel My love Inside” performed by Marvin Gaye. Courtesy of Motown Records, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc., under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Strings and additional production: Sarah Schachner 3. Marvin descending - 4.07 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, Joseph Bishara, Ash Workman) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., Capillary Music Inc., Copyright Control Strings: Joseph Bishara Drums and percussion: Ash Workman 4. A day in the water - 4.02 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Ash Workman) Published by Intranquillité, Copyright Control Strings: Davide Rossi Drum programming and synths: Ash Workman 5. Full of life - 4.32 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, Tommy Rush, Johann Pachelbel) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., Public Domain Contains a sample from “Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D Major, P.37: I. Canon” as performed by Sir Neville Marriner, licensed courtesy of Parlophone Records Limited, trading as Warner Classics’. Courtesy of Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields. With additional production of Tommy Rush 6. Angels crying in my bed (feat. Madonna) - 4.26 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp. 7. Track 10 - 11.09 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, Gregory Lake, Darren King) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., BMG Rights Management (UK) / Campbell Connelly France, Copyright Control Contains a sample of “Lucky Man” by Emerson Lake & Palmer (p) 1970 Leadclass Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. ; licensed courtesy of BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. Drums: Darren King ANGELS 8. Overture - Mike Dean version - 1.27 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp. 9. He’s been shining for ever, your son - 5.02 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp. Strings: Joseph Bishara 10. Flowery days - 3.00 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Ash Workman) Published by Intranquillité, Copyright Control Piano : Vincent Taurelle, drums : Vincent Taeger, bass : Amaury Ranger - on an arrangement by Christine and the Queens Recorded by Ash Workman at Motorbass Studio, assisted by Antoine Poyeton 11. I met an angel (feat. Madonna) - 6.06 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, Joseph Bishara, Darren King) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., Capillary Music Inc., Copyright Control Strings: Joseph Bishara Drums: Darren King 12. True love (feat. 070 Shake) - 5.48 (Héloïse Letissier, Danielle Balbuena / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, Sarah Schachner) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., Sony ATV Music Publishing, Schachner Music Publishing (BMI) 070 Shake appears courtesy of Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings Inc. Strings and additional production: Sarah Schachner 13. Let me touch you once (feat. 070 Shake) - 3.15 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp. 070 Shake appears courtesy of Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings Inc. 14. Aimer, puis vivre - 4.50 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Ash Workman) Published by Intranquillité, Copyright Control Guitar : Adrian Edeline, drums : Vincent Taeger, bass : Amaury Ranger, on an arrangement by Christine and the Queens Recorded by Ash workman at Motorbass Studio, assisted by Antoine Poyeton TRUE LOVE 15. Shine - 5.52 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp. Strings: Davide Rossi 16. We have to be friends - 4.15 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, Darren King, Ash Workman) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., Copyright Control Drums : Darren King With additional production of Ash Workman 17. Lick the light out (feat. Madonna) - 6.32 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, JosephBishara, Darren King) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., Capillary Music Inc., Copyright Control With additional production of A.G. Cook Strings : JosephBishara Drums : Darren King 18. To be honest - 3.42 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, Ash Workman) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., Copyright Control Synths and additional production: Ash Workman 19. I feel like an angel - 4.32 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean) Published by Intranquillité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp. 20. Big eye - 7.48 (Héloïse Letissier / Héloïse Letissier, Mike Dean, JosephBishara, Darren King) Published by Intranquilité, Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner-Tamerland Publishing Corp., Capillary Music Inc., Copyright Control Strings : JosephBishara Drums : Darren King ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-produced by Christine and the Queens and Mike Dean #MWA for Dean’s List Productions Except : “Marvin descending”, “A day in the water”, “Flowery days” and “Aimer puis vivre” co-produced by Ash Workman; “Let me touch you once (feat. 070 Shake)” produced by Mike Dean #MWA for Dean’s List Productions Mixed by Mike Dean #MWA for Dean's List Productions at Dean’s List House of Hits, Cypress, TX Mastered by Mike Dean at Dean’s List House of Hits, Cypress, TX Vinyl lacquers : Marie Pieprzownik Photo Front Cover : Paolo Roversi A&R: Julien Bescond French musician, singer and songwritter. 'Chaleur Humaine' / 'Chris' / 'La Vita Nuova' / 'Redcar les adorables étoiles' / 'Paranoïa, Angels, True Love' available ℗ & © 2023 Because Music - Christine and the Queens. Official website

The Men Behind the Music: Gabriels Releases Debut Album Angels and Queens Part 1

Inviting VMAN into his world, Gabriels singer Jacob Lusk talks grief and loss, and how they fueled the making of his trio’s first full-length album

By Ava Manson

You’d never guess by his heavenly vocals, but Jacob Lusk wasn’t always a singer. One third of trio Gabriels —made up of Lusk, violinist-composer Ari Balouzian , and producer-keyboardist Ryan Hope —the Compton-born artist grew up practically banned from the stage. Raised in the church, the vocalist listened to gospel and jazz, sprinkled with legends Nat King Cole and Gladys Knight, but his own musical journey was one met with resistance. “I didn’t sing at church because I was terrible as a child,” he says, laughing. “They didn’t let me. Can you believe that?” For an artist whose early releases caught the eye of Elton John (not to mention the trio opens for Harry Styles’ Austin residency tour this week), we can’t say we do. Regardless, the singer now stands at the other side of a stunning transformation, fronting the raw, soulful tracks of Gabriels’ debut album, Angels and Queens Part 1 .

“A lot of times when you’re going through things, you feel like you’re the only one going through them,” says Lusk, whose recent hardships—combined with Balouzian and Hope’s—span from losing parents to grieving relationships. “[There’s] a realization that these things happen, but they don’t define us.” Angels and Queen Part 1 was derived from that pain, a fusion of fantasy and reality where the three could process a world in constant change.

It happens like this—in a room to themselves, the trio immerses themselves in someone’s story, real or imagined. Melody and lyrics evolving simultaneously, a common thread begins to form, somewhere between the group’s own experiences and other taboos of loss and abuse. Channeling thoughts into writing, an album is born (two, if we include Angels and Queens Part 2 releasing early next year). Overflowing with heart, chilling vocals, and some expertly played violin, this release is nothing if not glorious, and it isn’t one to miss.

Keep reading for more on our conversation with Jacob Lusk as he shares more on his musical journey, the formation of Gabriels, and the making of Angels and Queens Part 1 .

VMAN: Congratulations on the album, Angels and Queen Part 1 ! This is the start of such an exciting chapter for you guys. Let’s take it back to the early days of this project. What did that process look like for you?

JACOB LUSK: All of us have experienced a lot of loss during this process. Ryan lost his mother, I lost a few friends. Covid happened, went away, and came back. Then monkeypox. This is life, and life is crazy for everybody. A lot of our relationships changed. I think that’s everyone’s story, right? Friendships, relationships, family—everything’s a little different now, and we just started writing songs. That’s where it started and now we have this little baby that’s coming out in two parts. We ended up working with a guy named Sounwave who has produced Kendrick Lamar and Beyonce, and now us. It’s been a really exciting time and it came faster than we thought it was going to come. But the universe, the world, God, would have it this way. I’m excited.

VMAN: That’s definitely true. Do you think that the creative process felt like an escape from everything going on? A way to process it?

JL: It was a way to process, for sure. One of the songs that’s on Part 1 is about my god sister. We were in the middle of writing the album, trying to write before we went back to the UK, and I got the news that she had passed away. She had struggled with addiction, and “If You Only Knew” is actually about her. We wrote the song from the other side of loss. How as sad as it is, it can be freeing. Ryan’s mom, she had cancer, and she passed as well. I think we always have this fear of, “We lost them too soon, how are we going to move on?” And for them, maybe they’re at peace. Maybe they’re like, “Alright, baby, now you go and keep living and keep growing.” They wouldn’t want us to die, they would want us to keep going. That’s where that song came from.

VMAN: Sorry to hear that. Does every song have its own story behind it?

JL: Yes, all the songs have these amazing stories. Taboo is about a relationship. I won’t say who, but I got involved with somebody in the industry and it was not good. What me and the guys realized from it was that even though we’re very different, there are more things that make us alike. I’m this big, black, bigger than life character. Ryan’s this tattooed guy from Sunderland, who’s all intense. Ari wears sweaters and turtlenecks. He looks like Harrison Ford, or George W. Bush, whichever you prefer—We’re very different but we have these common ties. We all were experiencing loss during this time, even in relationships. Ari got into it with this chick, and it was like, “Oh, we’re all going through the same things.” So, these are my stories, and our stories. The reality is, these are situations that we’ve all been through. That’s really what the album is. All the songs are like that.

VMAN: That’s great, the way this message comes from all of you. When it comes to the writing process itself, how does that dynamic work between the three of you?

JL: Sometimes I’ll have an idea, or we’ll have a musical idea and it’ll start there. We do our best to wait until we get a room to ourselves, and we’ll put ourselves in the story of whatever happened. Once you get in the story, the song just comes, like with my god sister. Clearly that was a more direct thing, but some of them aren’t. There’s a song in the album called Mama, it’s the last song, and we wrote it after we found out Ryan’s mom had cancer. The song says, “Mama, don’t you cry, it’ll be alright”. Then it shifts to talking about a woman who is in an abusive relationship and can’t get out. She’s packed her bag; she’s bought a ticket. We literally put ourselves in the room, as I was singing and as we were writing it, exactly what the room looks like. The friend outside the window waiting for her to come down, but she never comes. If I think about my own personal life, I haven’t been in an abusive relationship that I couldn’t get out of, but I’ve been in other situations I thought I couldn’t get out of, or too scared to make a jump. I was too scared to quit my job and sign a record deal for Gabriels. Nobody knows that.

VMAN: So would you say that each song is a story that morphs from reality into these more abstract concepts?

JL: Exactly.

VMAN: That’s so special, how personal is it to you all but also relevant to your listeners. When it comes to Ryan and Ari, I heard you met years ago at an audition for them. Can you tell us that story? How did we get this trio out of what was once three strangers?

JL: It was for a choir actually, and I wasn’t going to do it because I thought I was hot shit at the time. My aunt convinced me, so I went, but I didn’t even sing. I just directed the choir. They booked the choir that went to Ari’s studio on the Westside to do an acapella session, and I didn’t go. But in true Ryan fashion—Ryan’s going to do whatever the fuck he wants—they show showed up that Sunday, two days later. When church was over, they set up a remote studio in the choir room, and were like, “Hi, we’re here to get you to sing.” I did the arrangement in 15 minutes, and I did all eight or nine parts: the soprano part, the tenor part, the bass part. They were like, “Who the fuck is this guy?” and we became friends. We started making music for fun, never thinking it would turn into this. We did a show for a club, then Covid happened. We were like, “Let’s just put out some music,” and Elton John got a hold of it.

VMAN: That’s amazing. When it comes to the actual sound, you have such a timeless, vintage, gospel feel. Do you have musical inspiration for this album in particular?

JL: Here’s what I say, I say if Nina Simone made a pop record in 2052. A lot of people think we’re trying to capture the old sound and we aren’t necessarily. Ari just plays the viola so we’re gonna have strings. I grew up in church, that’s why you hear a little gospel, but I was doing R&B and jazz. And of late, I’ve been singing with orchestras. My vibe is very different. I’m a huge Tina Turner fan and I also love Beyonce. I stan Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, I stan a lot of people. There’s a mixture of those things. Getting my start in the industry I was actually a hype man for a female rapper, and then I worked with Nate Dogg. I did that full time. It’s a culmination of our experiences more than it’s us trying to make it old school. When we decided we’re going to make the best music we possibly can, that’s what came out.

VMAN: Do you find yourself reaching for inspiration from your childhood experience with music in the church or other early musical exposure?

JL: Here’s the thing, I didn’t sing at church because I wasn’t very good. I was terrible as a child. You can ask the people; I was not good. They didn’t let me sing, can you believe that? My first inspirations were gems, they were Nat King Cole and Nina and Gladys Knight. Those were my first inspirations. Then when I got to college, my mom was like, “The singing shit, you’re not doing that. You’re gonna take your ass to school.” I think I was in a chamber group my last year or two of high school and then I started doing classical music. For me it always had to be logical: “If I go to school, I get a degree, I can be an opera singer.”

VMAN: If you weren’t singing early back then, what do you think you as a kid would think of what you’re doing now?

JL: Now here’s what’s interesting, my kindergarten teacher who my mom is friends with said that when I was younger, I used to say I wanted to be a singer and they would tell me that I couldn’t. I would lay out in the floor and kick and scream. I don’t remember that ever happening, all I knew was I was going to be an OBGYN. I was going to bring babies into the world, that was my thing. I think if I saw myself I’d would be like, “What are you doing? Good luck with that.” I would give myself a very hard time. “That’s the best you could come up with? No education, 30, and a college dropout?” I would have been a total prick.

VMAN: That’s surprising! Do you think the creativity of making music is what’s changed you so much since then?

JL: Yes, I think making music is the most authentic I’ve ever been. As a person, as a performer, musically. Now, if I think it, I do it. It’s been freeing.

VMAN: That’s amazing. Moving back to the album, of course Angels and Queens Part 1 leaves us waiting for Angels and Queens Part 2 . What about this project made it feel more fit to be a multi-parter? Why not release it all in one?

JL: A couple reasons. First, people were waiting for music, and I got tired of making them wait. We’re also singing a lot of these songs live, so if we’re singing these songs then people need to be able to find it. This is what felt like the right middle ground. The second part is even more wild and fun, and it just felt right. Our shows have become these theatrical things. Our last headline show, I started in one of the balconies with an orange jumpsuit and shackles, and it just felt like the right thing for this progression. But mostly for me, I got tired of keeping people waiting. It was like, “This is what my first album is and I’m not taking no for an answer.”

VMAN: Are the themes in Part 2 the same as Part 1? How would you say the two relate to each other?

JL: It’s an evolution. Part 1 is this experience, and part two is a continuation of that experience. There are these taboo things happening in Part 1. My god sister died, the mother is going through everything—all of these bad things are happening. Part 2 is a realization that these things happen, but they don’t define us. One song’s line is, “I might be down right now. But I make do with what I got”.

VMAN: That’s beautiful, does that feel like a message directed to both yourself and to the listeners?

JL: Yes. A lot of times when you’re going through things, you feel like you’re the only one going through them. Eventually, you realize everybody’s going through it too. It makes me go, “Okay, we’re all dealing with shit. Don’t be so hard on yourself, be kinder to yourself.” Where “Angels and Queens” came from, the song is one thing. The song is about a black supermodel whose name will remain nameless, and it comes from a realization of seeing these people in positions of power and authority, and they’re losing their shit. They’re way out of line and way out of their mind. A lot of them are crying out for help. It’s a realization that she just needs help, and I need help too. “Angels and Queens” came from the idea that all of us are angels and queens. You also can be an angel to the person next door to you, to your neighbor, to the girl down the street. And you are a queen, you have reign over your domain. This is your world; you can be who and what you want to be. You really can. I know that’s a whole lot of messages, but the bottom line of it is: There’s more things that make us alike than make us different. We’re all on the same level.

VMAN: That’s great. Alright, last question for you. Is there anything else you want to share about what’s next for Gabriels, or any other messages you want to share with your listeners?

JL: Part 1 is out September 30 and Part 2 comes out in March. I want to thank our listeners for all the support and for coming to see us live. And just—keep going. Life is really hard, it is. And I feel like it’s gotten harder. I want people to stop being so hard on themselves. You’re doing a great job, you really are. Just keep going, you have everything you need inside of you to make it. You have the power to make your world whatever you want it to be. You can be the angel and the queen in your life.

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Christine and the Queens Announces Fall 2023 North American Tour Dates

By Allison Hussey

Christine and the Queens has announced a North American tour in support of the new album Paranoïa, Angels, True Love . The new shows take place in Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and Toronto. See the musician’s full itinerary below.

Paranoïa, Angels, True Love arrives on June 9, following last year’s Redcar les adorables étoiles (prologue) , which Christine and the Queens issued under his Redcar alias. “ To Be Honest ” and “Tears Can Be So Soft” have been released as singles from the new LP, along with “True Love,” which features 070 Shake. Madonna and co-producer Mike Dean make guest appearances elsewhere on the record. In July, Christine and the Queens will appear at the Montreux Jazz Festival .

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05-28 Saint-Brieuc, France - Art Rock 06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound 06-06 Lyon, France - Nuits de Fourvière 06-09 Madrid, Spain - Primavera Sound Madrid 06-11 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands - Best Kept Secret Festival 06-17 London, England - Meltdown Festival 06-18 London, England - Meltdown Festival 06-24 Somerset, England - Glastonbury Festival 06-28 Gdynia, Poland - Open’er Festival 06-30 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival 07-02 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival 07-05 Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival 07-06 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - Neumünster Abbey 07-08 Montreal, Quebec - Festival international de Jazz de Montréal 07-09 Montreal, Quebec - Festival international de Jazz de Montréal 07-11 Quebec City, Quebec - Festival d’Été de Québec 08-05 Cornbury Park, England - Wilderness Festival 08-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West 08-13 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival 08-18 Charleville-Mézières, France - Cabaret Vert 08-25 Paris, France - Rock en Seine 08-27 Torino, Italy - Todays Festival 09-06 Birmingham, England - Symphony Hall 09-07 Manchester, England - Academy 09-08 Edinburgh, Scotland - Usher Hall 09-10 Dublin, Ireland - 3Olympia Theatre 09-12 Bruxelles, Belgium - Cirque Royal 09-13 Zurich, Switzerland v Unique Moments Landesmuseum 09-14 Berlin, Germany - Verti Music Hall 09-16 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega 09-17 Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene 10-17 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia 10-18 Boston, MA - House of Blues Boston 10-21 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom 10-22 Washington, D.C. - Lincoln Theatre 10-23 Washington, D.C. - Lincoln Theatre 10-25 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall 10-26 Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre 11-17 Utrecht, Netherlands - TivoliVredenburg 11-20 Lyon, France - Le Radiant 11-21 Toulouse, France - Le Bikini 11-23 Marseille, France - Le Silo 11-25 Lille, France - L’Aeronef

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Gabriels: Angels & Queens – album review

Released 7th July 2023

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The world’s most exhilarating band return with the complete version of their Angels & Queens debut. The additional six tracks take an already outstanding album to a whole different level. Louder Than War’s Gordon Rutherford reviews.

Okay, I have beef and it’s important that I get it off my chest before getting round to the content of this record. I’m not even sure who to point the finger at; whether it’s the label or management. The band themselves seem like wholesome lads and I can’t imagine that they are behind this. Let me explain. Presumably like many others, I guessed that the eagerly anticipated second part of Angels & Queens would be a collection of different tunes from Part One. Now the project is complete, and we are able to feast upon this second half of presumed brilliance. And we do. We are able to celebrate six wonderful new tracks. The problem is that they are presented alongside the seven already sold to us in Part One. You know, the Part One that punters shelled out good money for just last September? Surely, it would have made more sense – and been fairer in these straitened times – for the record company to keep their powder dry until this complete release.

Rant over. Let’s just say that if a band is going to be involved in something like that, they better ensure that the content makes up for it. Fortunately, Gabriels deliver. It’s rare that an album receives the coveted Louder Than War Five Bombs accolade, but that’s what I awarded to Angels & Queens (Part One) in my review of it. I suppose chucking another six tracks, possible fillers, into the mix potentially jeopardises that rating. Rest easy. These additional songs are equally as strong, if not even stronger, as the Part One content.

If you want a detailed commentary on the ‘original’ seven Part One songs, you can find it in my review from last September. It’s not as though my opinions have changed in the interim period. As a synopsis: the title track remains a masterpiece in timing and pacing, Taboo sounds every bit as dramatic as it did last September and To The Moon And Back is just as heart-wrenchingly sumptuous as before. Now, to those ‘new’ tracks.

Part One was opened spectacularly by the title track, but in an interesting scheduling development, Angels & Queens (the song) is pushed down the running order to position three. Instead, this particular iteration is ushered in by the thrilling R&B of Offering. Driven by a vintage-sounding, gorgeously fluid upright bass, it flies out of the blocks like peak Usain Bolt. Fast forward to the album’s stunning mid-point. We Will Remember is an ambitious re-working of the classic Lloyd Webber showtune, Memory. When you decide to tackle a tune made famous by both Elaine Paige and Barbra Streisand you better be confident in your ability to carry it off. Incredibly, Gabriels make it entirely their own by backing Jacob Lusk’s dramatic vocal with a glitchy breakbeat. This fragments and then morphs into a more conventional delivery, providing an outstanding vehicle for that astonishing voice.

The voice. You may be surprised that I have taken so long to get here, given that it is probably the thing that the band are best known for, even more so after Lusk’s triumphant appearance in Elton John’s very recent Glastonbury set. However, Gabriels are no one-trick pony and the contribution of the other two band members is just as integral as that of the frontman. A singer needs songs, after all. The music, composed by producer/violinist Ari Balouzian and Sunderland-born film director, Ryan Hope, is the perfect vehicle for Lusk’s voice and the intelligent and innovative way in which they re-work, then append their own composition, in We Will Remember is the perfect example.

Changing tempo, burning adrenalin like rocket fuel, the Hi NRG of Glory utterly thrills. It’s the closest thing you will hear to Sylvester’s classic You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real). Following that, there is the promise of a ballad that tricks us by subsequently blossoming into something huge and pulsating. Great Wind is like Glory’s more unpredictable twin sister. On steroids. Effortlessly, purposefully, it billows through phases, from introverted and thoughtful to high octane disco.

Which leaves two new songs to discuss. Although, they are not quite new. As well as being Gabriels’ most recognised song, Love And Hate In A Different Time is a song for the ages. All of them. The original version sounded like something laid down on wax cylinder in a two-bit studio in the nineteen-thirties, whilst simultaneously sounding utterly contemporaneous of today. This version is slicker, more produced, and, as a consequence it loses some of its sheer ingenious novelty. It also misses those off-kilter triple-claps that totally screw with your mind and that is a little bit of a shame. Still, it is an astounding song, one that continues to absolutely thrill, even in this guise, two years after its original release.

Watch the video accompanying this piece. After the core song is over, it cuts to footage shot from a mobile phone. A young man, unknown at the time, is singing Billie Holliday’s Strange Fruit into a megaphone. He is unaccompanied; it is a spontaneous acapella performance. Delivering with such intensity and majesty and beauty he has drawn a massive crowd to the intersection of Sunset and Boulevard in his hometown of Los Angeles. The singer, of course, is pre-Gabriels Lusk and what is fascinating about the footage today is that the performance is semi-reprised on the album’s sixth new (not quite new) track, Professional. This breathtaking track, which initially appeared on the Love And Hate In A Different Time EP, sees Lusk initially accompanied by Balouzian’s mournful strings, followed by a delicately picked piano. Strikingly, the influence of Strange Fruit pervades the performance, both stylistically and emotionally. Just like Lady Day, Lusk’s voice sends shivers down the spine.

Now fully beefed-up, this version of Angels & Queens is as good as popular music gets. Fortunately for all involved, it is a collection of such sublime and unrivalled quality that I am able to find forgiveness in my heart for their ‘two-part’ marketing misstep. However, I started with a gripe and I’m going to close with another. Assuming Angels & Queens is truly now complete, and it sure sounds like it, it should have found room for another of the band’s classic singles, Blame. Had that been present then Louder Than War’s designers would have been looking for a new bombs design – one with many more than five.

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Christine and the Queens Announces New Album PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE, Shares “To be honest”: Stream

The new LP's collaborators include Madonna, Mike Dean, and 070 Shake

Christine and the Queens has revealed the first details for his latest album, PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE , which will arrive on June 9th via Because Music. The announcement was paired with the lead single from the French pop singer-songwriter’s fourth LP, “To be honest.”

PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE was primarily written and performed by Christine and the Queens, who co-produced the album with Mike Dean following their collaboration on 2022’s Redcar les adorables étoiles . Beyond that, the singer has stepped up his star-powered support with guest features from Madonna (on two tracks!) and previous duet partner 070 Shake.

In a statement, Chris shared that the project serves as the “second part of an operatic gesture” that began with Redcar , with both taking inspiration from Tony Kushner’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Angels in America . His two latest albums mirror the two-part stage production with the “colourful and absurd” predecessor representing the “insane dream-space” for Angels ’ ailing gay protagonist, Prior, while “ PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE is a key towards heart-opening transformation, a prayer towards the self” similar to the character’s “deep, painful becoming.”

News of the new LP came with the project’s first single, “To be honest.” Full of the singer’s signature synthy splendor, the track was accompanied by a self-directed music video. Watch it below.

Chris will support the new album with a stretch of 2023 tour dates starting in San Francisco on March 13th. The trek hits San Diego, Los Angeles, and more before jetting to South America and Europe this summer. The singer also been tapped for festival appearances throughout the year including the UK’s BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in late March, Coachella in April, Glastonbury in June, and more. Tickets to the US shows are available via Stubhub , and tickets to the international dates are available via Viagogo .

Christine and the Queens’ PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE will be released on June 9th via Because Music. Pre-orders are ongoing.

This article has been updated to clarify Christine and the Queens co-produced the album with Mike Dean.

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PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE Tracklist: 01. Overture 02. Tears can be so soft 03. Marvin descending 04. A day in the water 05. Full of Life 06. Angels crying in my bed (feat. Madonna) 07. Track 10 08. Overture (feat. Mike Dean) 09. He’s been shining for ever, your son 10. Flowery days 11. I met an angel (feat. Madonna) 12. True love (feat. 070 Shake) 13. Let me touch you once (feat. 070 Shake) 14. Aimer, puis vivre 15. Shine 16. We have to be friends 17. Lick the light out (feat. Madonna) 18. To be honest 19. I feel like an angel 20. Big eye

Christine and the Queens 2023 Tour Dates: 03/25 — Manchester, UK @ 6 Music Festival, Victoria Warehouse 04/13 — San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom 04/16 — Indio, CA @ Coachella 04/18 — San Diego, CA @ Humphrey’s 04/19 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda 04/23 — Indio, CA @ Coachella 05/19 — São Paulo, BR @ C6 Fest, Ibirapuera Park 05/28 — Saint-Brieuc, FR @ Art Rock 06/02 — Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Barcelona 06/09 — Madrid, ES @ Primavera Madrid 06/09-18 — London, UK @ Meltdown Festival 06/11 — Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival 06/15 — Oslo, NO @ Pipfest 06/25 — Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury Festival 06/28 — Gdynia, Poland @ Open’er Festival 06/30 — Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival 07/02 — Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter Festival 07/06 — Luxembourg @ Neumunstter Abbey 08/05 — Cornbury Park, UK @ Wilderness Festival 08/13 — Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival

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Christine and the Queens Announces New Album PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE, Shares “To be honest”: Stream

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PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE was primarily written and performed by Christine and the Queens, who co-produced the album with Mike Dean following their collaboration on 2022’s Redcar les adorables étoiles . Beyond that, the singer has stepped up his star-powered support with guest features from Madonna (on two tracks!) and previous duet partner 070 Shake.

Christine and the Queens’ PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE will be released on June 9th via Because Music. Pre-orders are ongoing.

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Christine and the Queens Expand U.S. Tour Dates

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Christine and the Queens has expanded his U.S. tour plans to include more California dates this spring. The artist, who also goes by Chris and performs in character as “Redcar,” will now perform in San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles around his previously announced Coachella appearances. Tickets for the new dates will be available on the artist’s website at noon PST on Friday.

The performances come a few months after the release of Redcar Les Adorables Étoiles (Prologue) , an album he says sets up more music that will come out this year. Redcar’s music was more sprawling and just as dramatic as previous Christine and the Queens releases, which has allowed Chris to stage some surprising performance art spectacles. Last year, even after he injured his leg, he managed to adapt the album’s “La Chanson du Chevalier” into a special presentation in which he danced around Rodin’s L’Age d’Airain sculpture. He also has staged full-scale concerts in Paris and London.

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In addition to the North American dates, Chris will also be touring across Europe and hitting many renowned international festivals this summer, including Primavera Sound, Glastonbury, and Montreal Jazz Festival.

PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE is Chris’ 4th full length project. It is co-produced by legendary record producer, Mike Dean, and features guest appearances from 070 Shake and Madonna. Chris has already shared 3 singles, “To be honest”, “True love (feat. 070 Shake)”, and “Tears can be so soft,” each giving us a glimpse of Chris’ introspective side and leaving fans eagerly awaiting the full album experience. Don’t miss the chance to see the record performed live! Tickets for the North American dates go on sale on June 2nd at 10:00AM EST. Grab them here !

PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE will be released on June 9th via Because Music. Preorder it here .

See full list of tour dates below: Sun 5.28 – Saint-Brieuc, France @ Art Rock Fri 6.02 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Barcelona Tue 6.06 – Lyon, FR @ Nuits de Fourvière Fri 6.09 – Madrid, Spain @ Primavera Madrid Sun 6.11 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival Sat 6.17- London, UK @ Meltdown Festival Sun 6.18 – London, UK @ Meltdown Festival Sat 6.24 – Somerset, UK @ Glastonbury Festival Wed 6.28 – Gdynia, Poland @ Open’er Festival Fri 6.30 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival Sun 7.02 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter Festival Wed 7.05 – Montreux, CH @ Montreux Jazz Festival Thu 7.06 – Luxembourg @ Neumünster Abbey Sat 7.08 – Montréal, CAN @ Montréal Jazz Festival Su 7.09 – Montréal, CAN @ Montréal Jazz Festival Tue 7.11 – Québec, CAN @ Festival d’Été de Québec Sat 8.05 – Cornbury Park, UK @ Wilderness Festival Fri 8.11 – Gothenburg, SWE @ Way Out West Sun 8.13 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival Fri 8.18 – Charleville-Mézières, FR @ Cabaret Vert Fri 8.25 – Paris, France @ Rock en Seine Sun 8.27 – Torino, IT @ Todays Festival Wed 9.6 – Birmingham, UK @ Symphony Hall Thu 9.7 – Manchester, UK @ Academy Fri 9.8 – Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall Sun 9.10 – Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia Theatre Tue 9.12 – Bruxelles, BE @ Cirque Royal Wed 9.13 – Zurich, CH @ Unique Moments Landesmuseum Thu 9.14 – Berlin, DE @ Verti Music Hall Sat 9.16 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega Sun 9.17 – Oslo, NOR @ Sentrum Scene Tue 10.17 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia Wed 10.18 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston Sat 10.21 – New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom Sun 10.22 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre Mon 10.23 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre Wed 10.25 – Toronto, ONT @ Allied Music Centre – Massey Hall Thu 10.26 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre Fri 11.17 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg Mon 11.20 – Lyon, FR @ Le Radiant Tue 11.21 – Toulouse, FR @ Le Bikini Thu 11.23 – Marseille, FR @ Le Silo Sat 11.25 – Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef

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British rock luminaries ASKING ALEXANDRIA have announced the second leg of their successful headlining "All My Friends" U.S. tour. Produced by Live Nation , the trek will kick off Tuesday, September 24 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and wrap Saturday, November 2 in Chico, California. The band has invited returning special guests MEMPHIS MAY FIRE and THE WORD ALIVE along with opening act ARCHERS . See full dates below. General on-sale for tickets begins this Friday, May 31 at 10:00 a.m. local time via ASKING ALEXANDRIA 's web site.

ASKING ALEXANDRIA "All My Friends" U.S. tour 2024 dates with MEMPHIS MAY FIRE , THE WORD ALIVE and ARCHERS :

Sep. 24 - Sioux Falls, SD @ The District Sep. 25 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave / Eagles Club - The Rave Hall # Sep. 27 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Sep. 28 - Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre # Sep. 29 - Grand Rapids, MI @ GLC Live at 20 Monroe * Oct. 01 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues - Chicago Oct. 02 - Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom Oct. 04 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's Oct. 05 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues - Cleveland Oct. 06 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza Oct. 08 - Boston, MA @ Big Night Live Oct. 09 - Portland, ME @ Aura Oct. 11 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place Oct. 12 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Oct. 13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts Oct. 15 - Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum Complex - Piedmont Hall Oct. 16 - Birmingham, AL @ Iron City Oct. 18 - Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal Oct. 19 - Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works ^ Oct. 20 - Saint Louis, MO @ The Pageant ^ Oct. 22 - Kansas City, MO @ The Truman # Oct. 23 - Tulsa, OK @ Cains Ballroom # Oct. 25 - Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Oct. 26 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre - Tucson Oct. 27 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues Oct. 29 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco Oct. 30 - Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theatre Nov. 01 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore Nov. 02 - Chico, CA @ Senator Theater #

^ no MEMPHIS MAY FIRE * no ARCHERS # non- Live Nation date

In a recent interview with El Planeta Del Rock , ASKING ALEXANDRIA bassist Sam Bettley was asked about the departure of the band's founding guitarist Ben Bruce . He said: "Here's the thing: we're all brothers, and we've been brothers since, it's been 15 years now. And when we started doing this, obviously we were all young and we were kids, really. And throughout the years, we've all got families. We've all got kids. I've got two boys — four and about to be two — and he's got a family and he's got kids. And if there's one thing that we always said, it was always put family first. And if you're feeling there's certain things and reasons that I don't wanna go into — it's not my place to go into — but it's just a no-brainer. He's staying home just to be with his family for a bit, and we still speak to him all the time, and he's still like just as much of a brother to all of us, and it's just not as big of a deal to us, because we've kind of known about his feelings of this for a while. We've done a few tours without Ben , actually, recently too, because of these reasons of him needing to be at home with his family. So to us, it's gonna be definitely weird and different to be on stage without Ben , for sure, but I will be definitely speaking to him and seeing him just as much as I ever did. There's no bad blood there. We all have families, so for us to put ourselves in his shoes and he's our brother, we get it. And much love and respect there."

Bruce formed ASKING ALEXANDRIA in 2006 and has played on all of the British band's eight studio albums, including ASKING ALEXANDRIA 's latest full-length release, 2023's "Where Do We Go From Here?" A new ASKING ALEXANDRIA EP, "Dark Void" , arrived in January.

In a message posted on Instagram on January 19, the guitarist thanked the ASKING ALEXANDRIA fans for their "years of love and support" before explaining that "it's time to dedicate my life to my family. On top of family medical situations, leaving my children means missing out on too many important moments in their lives."

Bruce had been the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and primary songwriter of ASKING ALEXANDRIA since the band's inception nearly two decades ago.

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Angel cabrera granted a visa, set to return to u.s. with plan to play pga tour champions, share this article.

Argentina’s Angel Cabrera’s comeback is officially ready for takeoff as the two-time major winner secured a visa last week.

Charlie Epps, his longtime coach, confidante and friend, confirmed that Cabrera can now travel to the U.S. – and plans to move permanently to Houston – and resume competing on PGA Tour Champions.

Cabrera, 54, served 30 months in prison in Brazil and Argentina for domestic violence and other lesser charges. His visa expired in January and according to Epps, the American Embassy in Buenos Aires made him take a series of psychological tests.

“That was the delay,” Epps said. It prevented him from competing in April in the Masters, where he is eligible as the 2009 champion, but it should pave the way for his return next year.

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Cabrera has made a few starts here and there since his release from jail but can now begin a full comeback in earnest. Cabrera was reinstated on the PGA Champions Tour and the PGA Tour in December last year. He played in the Trophy Hassan II, a Champions Tour event in Morocco in February, and finished T-27. He missed the cut at the Argentine Open, a Korn Ferry Tour-sanctioned event, in March. Most recently in May, he played in Barbados in a Legends Tour event, formerly known as the European Seniors Tour, and finished T-11. His last competitive tournament in the U.S. was at the Pure Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach in September 2020.

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As a past winner on the PGA Tour, Cabrera is a PGA Tour Champions member, but his entry into a field is dependent upon how the field is filled, according to a spokesperson for PGA Tour Champions. As a major championship winner, he is eligible for both restricted and unrestricted sponsor exemptions, and there is no limit to the number of sponsor exemptions he can receive. He also is exempt to compete in an event qualifier as a past champion on the PGA Tour. An email to his longtime manager Manuel Tagle asking for Cabrera’s future plans wasn’t returned.

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“When I talked to him down there, he had really grown up, he understood what life is all about and that he had really made an ass of himself,” Epps said in a phone interview. “He’s dedicated to golf and he wants to come back. He just needs to get comfortable again playing in competition. I want him to win the U.S. Senior Open.”

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Blue Angels Annapolis Schedule: When, Where To Watch 2024 Air Show

ANNAPOLIS, MD — The Blue Angels return to Annapolis later this month to fly in the U.S. Naval Academy Air Show .

Marylanders will have three chances to see the elite squadron of Navy fighter jets during the Naval Academy's Commissioning Week.

The Blue Angels run to both extremes. The Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets fly as fast as 700 mph and as slow as 120 mph during the demonstration. They can reach altitudes as high as 15,000 feet or as low as 50 feet. The jets sometimes are only 18 inches apart.

The Blue Angels arrive Tuesday, May 21. They will circle the city from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Their flight rehearsal, which is similar to their full demonstration, is at 2 p.m. over the Severn River.

The full flight demonstration is Wednesday, May 22 at 2 p.m. over the Severn River.

Commissioning Ceremony Flyover

The Blue Angels will also fly over the Midshipmen's commissioning , or graduation, ceremony on Friday, May 24. Residents can catch a glimpse of the flyover at 10:04 a.m., but the commissioning ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is closed to the public.

Commissioning Week runs from Friday, May 17 through Saturday, May 25.

More information on Commissioning Week is posted at usna.edu/commissioningweek . To learn more about the Blue Angels, visit blueangels.navy.mil .

Where To Watch

A popular place to watch is Hospital Point on the Naval Academy campus, known as the yard.

Many visitors also watch from Ego Alley or the Spa Creek Bridge sidewalks in downtown Annapolis.

The Severn River and Spa Creek have clear vantage points for boaters, but the maritime restrictions posted below will be in effect.

The Anne Arundel County Public Library is hosting a free Wednesday, May 22 watch party at the Westfield Annapolis mall atop the green parking garage.

Capital SUP has paddleboard and kayak tours during the practice and full demonstration days.

The Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park has a boat cruise with lunch and drinks for the full demonstration day.

Charter boats are available through Island Chill Yacht Charters and Ben and Fritz Charters among other places.

Where To Park, Anchor

The City of Annapolis posted the parking and boating information below:

PARKING: The best option for getting onto the yard is to park at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and take the free shuttle to enter through the Visitor Center at Gate One. For those coming downtown for Blue Angels rehearsal and/or flight demonstration, City garages are the best bet and include Hillman (150 Gorman Street), Gott’s (45 Calvert Street), Knighton (1A Colonial Ave.), and Park Place (One Park Place).

HEAVY TRAFFIC: Make a plan to accommodate the increase in cars and pedestrian traffic as much as possible. Allow yourself plenty of extra time and please be courteous to out-of-town drivers who are unfamiliar with City streets. Download the “Prepare Me Annapolis” mobile app (Apple/Android) to receive local traffic alerts.

On Friday, May 24, security around Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Rowe Blvd. could make traffic slower than usual until approximately 3 p.m.

TEMPORARY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES: On Tuesday, May 21, the Route 450 (Naval Academy) bridge will be closed between 10:45 a.m. and approximately 3:45 p.m. for the Blue Angels rehearsal. The bridge will close again on Wednesday, May 22 at approximately 1:45 p.m. until approximately 4 p.m. for the Blue Angels flight demonstration.

DOWNTOWN PARKING LIMITATIONS: Expect parking to be limited throughout the week. Visit www.AnnapolisParking.com to reserve garage parking at Gott’s and Knighton garages. Please note that there will be strict enforcement of metered parking, two-hour limited spaces, Residential Permit Zones and red zones. Visitors are strongly encouraged to park at Knighton (Corner of Colonial Avenue and West Street) and Park Place (Just off of West Street and Spa Road) garages and take the free downtown “magenta” shuttle. The shuttle can be tracked using the transloc app or on the web: https://accessannapolis.transloc.com/routes .

On Friday, May 24, 2024, there will be no state employee parking at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Lot. The parking lot will be reserved for graduation attendees. City and state employees who normally park at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium should relocate to the Calvert Street Garage.

INCREASED SECURITY: All residents and visitors should remain aware of their surroundings. Please identify suspicious personnel, packages, or behavior to local authorities. If you see something, say something. Dial 9-1-1 for emergency response. For non-emergency inquiries or questions, contact the Annapolis Call Center at 410-260-2211.

MARITIME TRAFFIC: Boaters must pay close attention to markers that delineate exclusionary zones and temporary channels (marked by red and green buoys) on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Please look for public safety boats and follow instructions promptly. The Annapolis Harbormaster operates on VHF 17. The area of Spa Creek and the Severn River will be patrolled by the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Natural Resources Police, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Annapolis Harbormaster, Annapolis Police and Annapolis Fire Rescue boats. For complete information on maritime traffic rules and procedures, visit: the Annapolis Harbormaster’s web page on maritime rules for Blue Angels .

The article Blue Angels Annapolis Schedule: When, Where To Watch 2024 Air Show appeared first on Annapolis Patch .

The Blue Angels will fly over Annapolis three times during the U.S. Naval Academy Commissioning Week. The fighter jets have a rehearsal run on Tuesday, May 21. The full demonstration is on Wednesday, May 22. They fly over the graduation on Friday, May 24.

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New York Yankees @ Los Angeles Angels: Nestor Cortes vs. Griffin Canning

The Yankees open up the second leg of this West Coast tour with the southpaw on the bump.

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After a successful weekend in San Diego, the Yankees turn slightly north to Anaheim for a trio of games with the Angels. LAA is in the doghouse of the AL West, and this does feel like a little bit of a trap series, even with how well New York’s been playing. Nestor Cortes will be tasked with preventing that kind of a disappointing turn, and he does seem well-equipped to do just that.

Nestor hasn’t allowed an earned run since May 11th against the Rays, rattling off 12 consecutive innings in the process (just one unearned runner crossing the plate). He’s lowered his walk rate to the best mark of his career, and while his 3.29 ERA is the highest in the current rotation, that says more about how strong the Yankees’ starters have been in the season’s first two months.

Griffin Canning goes for the Angels, having a bit of a nightmare season through his first 10 starts. A 5.05 ERA and 5.40 FIP while his strikeout rate has absolutely cratered should make the Yankee lineup lick their chops, and coming off a luck-filled start against the Astros where he walked more batters than he struck out is indicative of how his line should probably be a little worse.

DJ LeMahieu makes his season debut tonight, after being activated off the IL . The two-time batting champion is at third and hitting ninth in an otherwise familiar batting order. The club also gets Ian Hamilton back from the COVID-19 IL.

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Location: Angel Stadium — Anaheim, CA

First Pitch: 9:38 pm ET

TV Broadcast: YES Network, Bally Sports West

Radio Broadcast : WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280 AM, KLAA 830, KWKW 1330

Online Stream: MLB.tv

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‘Queen of Tears’ star Kim Ji-won announces 2024 ‘Be My One’ fanmeeting tour

Featuring shows in Thailand, Indonesia and more

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Queen of Tears star Kim Ji-won has announced her upcoming 2024 ‘Be My One’ fanmeeting tour, featuring shows in Thailand, Indonesia and more.

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Today (May 28), Kim Ji-won’s agency HighZium Studio announced the actress’ upcoming 2024 ‘Be My One’ fanmeeting tour. It comes hot on the heels of her starring role in the popular Netflix K-drama series, Queen of Tears .

The actress will kick off her fanmeeting tour this July with two shows in Japan, in the cities of Osaka and Tokyo, as well as a stop in Taipei. The following month, Kim will bring her tour to Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Macau.

The ticketing and venue information for Kim Ji-won’s 2024 ‘Be My One’ fanmeeting tour have yet to be announced. Keep tabs on this page for the latest updates.

The dates for Kim Ji-won’s 2024 ‘Be My One’ fanmeeting tour are:

JULY 2024 07: Osaka, Japan 10: Tokyo, Japan 21: Taipei, Taiwan

AUGUST 2024 03: Manila, the Philippines 17: Macau, China 24: Bangkok, Thailand 31: Jakarta, Indonesia

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