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I previously introduced this new series, which is a spinoff of previous Fictional Festival series, one only featuring artists who released albums in 2021.  The first post in the series is a lineup that is similar to Warped Tour.  For more information about the series in general, please see this post . After I finalized this lineup, 3 bands either broke up or cancelled their tours, so I replaced them with a note.   Lineup Friday 1.        A Day to Remember 2.        The Offspring 3.        Hayley Williams 4.        The Ghost Inside 5.        Beartooth 6.        Underoath 7.        Bun B 8.        Knocked Loose* 9.        Asking Alexandria 10.    We the Kings 11.    Poppy 12. ...

In the past, I have done a series that I called the Fictional Festival series where I made festival lineups for fictional festivals of different genres that I created.  I thought it would be fun to bring back this series with a twist:  releasing festival lineups with only artists who released albums in 2021.  I originally conceived this as artists who released an album since the start of the pandemic, but I decided that wasn’t fair since Covid hit different locations at different points, so I stuck with just 2021.  The logic behind this is that often artists will tour to support an album, so I considered artists who released studio albums, compilation albums, EPs, live albums, select re-release albums, and more.  I didn’t consider artists who released singles but no albums because it is not as common for an artist to tour to support the release of a single. At the time of posting, I have completed several festivals of different genres.   Some that I have ...

This past week, I have done Grammy Week on the Groupie and Harmony podcast, where I predicted several award winners.  This post is a supplementary piece to the episodes with a compiled list of all predicted winners and all nominees ranked by how likely they are to win each award.  For a detailed reasoning behind each predicted winner, you can find them in the according episode of the podcast.   General field Record of the Year 1.        “Happier Than Ever” – Billie Eilish 2.        “Drivers License” – Olivia Rodrigo 3.        “I Get a Kick Out of You” – Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga 4.        “Leave the Door Open” – Silk Sonic 5.        “I Still Have Faith in You” – ABBA 6.        “Kiss Me More” – Doja Cat featuring SZA 7.        “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)...