For the long Memorial Day weekend, there will be plenty of chances to row, row, row your boat down the livestream. If you want to truly memorialize, Yo-Yo Ma will be playing Bach, in honor of the fallen, and Lee Brice and others will be saluting the military. If a holiday barbecue is more your mood, Sublime with Rome will be hosting one from their backyard in Long Beach, with a full-band set.
Various online “proms” are on the horizon, starting with one Friday night via MTV’s website that includes Bebe Rexha, Janelle Monae, DJ Khaled and Tory Lanez. Airborne Toxic Event and Steve Earle are both doing album-release events playing most or all of their new records in their entirety. Bob Dylan will get a birthday salute led by Joan Baez, and BET is hosting a show in memory of Andre Harrell.
Only one of these livestream shows will be happening in front of a live audience of several hundred people, though. That’s the concert by progressive rock band Spafford, which will be streaming a show Sunday night from a drive-in in their home state of Arizona. They instantly sold out the show where they’ll be performing for several hundred socially distanced vehicles that have paid by the vehicle for the privilege of trying out this new gig format. “We’re all very excited to have the chance to do this and kind of be a test subject for how people can still experience concerts right now,” says Spafford’s bassist, Jordan Fairless. “We’re going to try and get as close to the traditional concert experience as we can, while still staying safe. I think there’s going to be a big buzz in the air. You know, everyone’s excited to get some live music for the first time in over two months.”
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Here are some selected livestream highlights, for the coming week and beyond:
FRIDAY, MAY 22
Airborne Toxic Alert
10 p.m. ET, 7 PT
(performing songs from new album “Hollywood Park” from East West Studios in Los Angeles)
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Lady Antebellum
9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(via YouTube)
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MTV Prom-a-Thon with Bebe Rexha, Becky G, Chloe x Halle, DJ Khaled, DJ Pauly D, Fat Joe, Janelle Monáe, KYLE and Tory Lanez
9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(via MTV’s YouTube)
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Morgan Wallen
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via Facebook and Instagram)
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Steve Earle
4 p.m. ET, 1 PT
(via YouTube, “‘Ghosts of West Virginia” played in its entirety)
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Indigo Girls
5 p.m. ET, 2 PT
(via Paste magazine’s YouTube)
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Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via Facebook)
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“Prom from Home” with Finneas, Noah Cyrus, Ashe, Max, mxmtoon, Lauv, Blanco Brown and more
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via St. Jude’s website)
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John Doe
9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(via Austin City Limits’ website)
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Caitlyn Smith
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via Twitch)
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Jon Pardi
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via American Songwriter magazine’s Facebook)
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SATURDAY, MAY 23
Grand Ole Opry with Craig Morgan, Steven Curtis Chapman, Kellie Pickler
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via YouTube)
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Sublime with Rome
6 p.m. ET, 3 PT
(via Nugs, live from Long Beach, $9.99, $14.99 day of show)
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Nicole Atkins
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via Amazon Music’s Twitch Channel, as well as YouTube and Facebook)
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“Sway At Home II: A Virtual Music Fest” with Dustbowl Revival, the War & Treaty, Lilly Hiatt, the Mastersons, the Infamous Stingdusters, Pokey Lafarge, Liz Beebe and Shinyribs
4 p.m. ET, 1 PT
(curated by Dustbowl Revival, via JamBase)
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“One Earth Live” with John Butler, Michael Franti, Nahko, Trevor Hall, FINK, Rising Appalachia, Mike Love, Krishna Das and more
9:45 a.m. ET, 6:45 a.m. PT
(via One Earth Live)
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Karrin Allyson
7:30 p.m. ET, 4:30 PT
(via Facebook)
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Ben Folds
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via YouTube)
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SUNDAY, MAY 24
Bob Dylan Birthday Salute Livestream featuring Joan Baez, Sam Nelson Harris (X Ambassadors), Billy Strings, Sarah Jarosz, Eilen Jewell, Chris Smither, Aoife O’Donovan, Steve Forbert and more
8 p.m. ET, 5 PT
(via the State Theater of Ithaca and DSP Shows)
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Spafford
10 p.m. ET, 7 PT
(from the Digital Drive-In in Meza, Arizona, via Spafford.net and the band’s Youtube and Facebook)
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“A Tribute to Andre Harrell”
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via BET’s YouTube)
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Yo-Yo Ma
(3 p.m. ET, noon PT)
(playing Bach live “as a memorial for those we have lost,” via YouTube)
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Katie Pruitt
1:30 p.m. ET, 10:30 a.m. PT
(via YouTube, archived on the Rounder channel)
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National Memorial Day Concert special with Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise, Mary McCormack, Trace Adkins, CeCe Winans, Renee Fleming, Cynthia Erivo, Kelli O’Hara, Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne, Esai Morales and Christopher Jackson
8 p.m. ET, 5 PT
(via PBS and PBS.org)
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Todd Snider
noon ET, 9 a.m. PT
(via Twitch)
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John Mayer
10 p.m. ET, 7 PT
(via Instagram)
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“Club Stay the F*%$ Home 24 Hour Edition” with Wyclef Jean, Dj Spin King, Quick Silva, Walshy Fire, DJ Pup Dawg and DJ Kelly G
from noon ET Sunday to noon ET Monday
(via YouTube, Twitch and Instagram)
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Kat Edmonson
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via Kat Live)
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MONDAY, MAY 25
Lee Brice
8 p.m. ET, 5 PT
(for Memorial Day, via Facebook)
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Save the Children COVID-19 Relief Festival with Andy Grammer, Caroline Jones, David Shaw of the Revivalists, Duncan Sheik, John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, Charity and Matty from the Head and the Heart, Jason Mraz, Jon Batiste, Josh Kelley, LP, Mat Kearney, Matt Nathanson, Morgan Evans, Matthew Caws of Nada Surf, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Cabrera and more
6 p.m. ET, 3 PT
(via YouTube)
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PJ Morton
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(full band live show from backyard, via YouTube and Instagram)
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Mitchell Tenpenny
5 p.m. ET, 2 PT
(via Facebook, “Sing for St. Jude”)
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Grace Potter
9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(via YouTube)
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Lucas Hoge
noon ET, 9 a.m. PT
(to benefit military organizations, via Country Rebel’s Facebook page)
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TUESDAY, MAY 26
“Gretsch Presents Georgia On My Mind” with the Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray, Brett Cobb, Amy Grant, Chuck Leavell, Katie Pruitt, John Berry, The War & Treaty
8 P.M. ET, 5 PT
(benefitting the Georgia Music Foundation, via Facebook)
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Luther Dickinson and Sierra Hull
5 p.m. ET, 2 PT
(via Paste magazine’s YouTube)
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27
Gary Louris
9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(via the Jayhawks’ Facebook, weekly)
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THURSDAY, MAY 28
Sharon Van Etten
5 p.m. ET, 2 PT
(via Seated.com, $12, celebrating anniversary of debut album “Because I Was in Love” played in its entirety)
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Watkins Family Hour with Mandolin Orange
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via Crowd Cast)
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“Noisey Night In” with Finneas, Phoebe Bridgers, Claud, ALex Laey, Beach Bunny, Faye Webster
8 p.m. ET, 5 PT
(via Noisey’s YouTube and Vice’s Facebook)
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FRIDAY, MAY 29
Dropkick Murphys with guest Bruce Springsteen
6 p.m. ET, 3 PT
(performed live, with no audience, from Fenway Park in Boston)
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Jade Bird
8:30 p.m. BST
(via Mixer)
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Christine and the Queens
5 p.m. ET, 2 PT
(via Pitchfork)
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SATURDAY, MAY 30
“Live from Here” with Chicano Batman, Sarah Jarosz, Blake Mills, Aoife O’Donovan , Ryan Hamilton, Eve Ewing
(via American Public Media)
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David Guetta Livestream: United At Home
7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via YouTube, for COVID-19 relief charities, “to take place at one of New York’s most iconic locations”)
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“Banding Together: A Concert for the Colorado Music Relief Fund” with the Avett Brothers, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews, the Lumineers, Michael Franti, Nathaniel Rateliff, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Sam Bush and the String Cheese Incident
8-11 p.m. ET, 5-8 PT
(via Colorado TV stations’ websites)
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MONDAY, JUNE 1
“We Are One Public: A One Night Only Virtual Event to Support The Public Theater” with Elvis Costello, Laura Benanti, Glenn Close, Anne Hathaway, John Leguizamo, Audra McDonald, David Hyde Pierce, Trudie Styler & Sting and more
8 p.m. ET, 5 PT
(via the Public’s website and Facebook and YouTube)
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TUESDAY, JUNE 2
Jessi Alexander
9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(Songwriter Sessions, via the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Instagram Live)
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JUNE 7
Steel Panther
5 p.m. ET, 2 PT
(to benefit Heavenly Pets Animal Rescue, Live Nation’s Crew Nation Fund)
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JUNE 9
Dierks Bentley
9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(Songwriter Sessions, via the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Instagram Live)
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JUNE 14
BTS
5 a.m. ET, 2 a.m. PT