The young rocker who lined up 100,000 fans before coming to Brazil

The insane competition for concert tickets, which usually marks the world of entertainment, has gained yet another episode in recent weeks in the United States. At least 100 thousand people entered the online queue, according to the Consequencewho consulted the Ticketmasterto acquire one of 6 thousand tickets for the performance of a young British rocker.

The traditional Radio City Music Hallwhich is in Rockefeller Centerin New Yorkwill host one of the 24 shows on the North American tour “IDOLS Tour”. The presentation will be on June 10th, a date close to the end of the tour, which starts on May 1st, in Sterling Heightsin Michiganand ends on June 13th, in Atlanta.

Who will fill Radio City Music Hall and could — given the demand of the online queue — fill much larger seats is Yungblud. The singer, songwriter and actor performs at Brazil on December 20th, at Allianz Parquein São Pauloas one of the opening shows for the band Limp Bizkit. At 28, he has a career that began on TV series The Lodge.

Therefore, Yungblud, which is the artistic name of Dominic RichardHarrisonswitched to a musical career in 2017, releasing singles before the first EP, which bears his name, at the beginning of 2018. The beginning was fruitful, with his first album released in July, called 21st Century Liabilityfollowed by another EP, in August, the latter with acoustic versions of the songs from his album.

Between tours in the United States, United Kingdom and in Europemusic on the soundtrack of the series Netflix (13 Reasons Why) and presence at festivals, Yungblud became popular before the covid-19 pandemic with lyrics about relationships and sexual assault against girls and talking about the importance of mental health, the theme of the aforementioned series.

In 2020, he released his second album, Weirdafter being nominated and winning an award from NME.

Reinterpretations celebrated by Yungblud

A notable and curious moment in the Brit’s career is the cover of “Life on Mars” in a tribute to David Bowiein January 2021, a version that was later used by NASA as a soundtrack for a landing in Mars. It also has a music video starring Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.

The artist reached his third album, Yungbludin 2022, and the fourth studio album, Idolsin March this year.

The British singer performed at the band’s farewell show Black Sabbath by Ozzy Osbourne, shortly before the Prince of Darkness died. He did a cover of “Changes” at the event in Birminghamin Villa Park. He also has a collaborative project with Aerosmithwhich will be released in November.

Yungblud became a frequent figure in protests that marked recent years, such as the Black Lives Matterin Californiathe March for Our Livesagainst armed violence and for gun control, and demonstration against the ban on abortion in Texas. He has also expressed support for civil protests in Iran.

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