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The Click Tour
The Click Tour was the third concert tour by American indie pop band AJR, supporting their second studio album, ''The Click'' (2017). It ran from February 8, 2018, to December 21, 2018, and covered 46 shows across North America. The set list consisted primarily of songs from ''The Click'', additionally including " I'm Ready" from ''Living Room'' (2015), "Don't Throw Out My Legos" from ''Neotheater'' (2019), and one cover per show. Background and development Following their second studio album ''The Click'' (2017), AJR announced the Click Tour on November 14 in the same year. Tickets became available for sale on November 17, covering 32 dates between February and May 2018 in the US and Canada. For the tour, AJR took inspiration from the non-standard artforms used by Blue Man Group, ''Stomp'', and other Broadway productions, consistently interacting with their audience and intending to make the concerts unpredictable. All shows on the Click Tour sold out, with the band additional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Click (album)
''The Click'' is the second studio album by American indie pop band AJR. It was released on June 9, 2017, via the band's label AJR Productions and S-Curve Records, later released internationally through Ultra Records and Black Butter Records. The album follows the trio's previous work, maintaining a pop sound with elements of hip-hop, electronic dance music, and jazz. It includes a sole guest appearance from Rivers Cuomo of the band Weezer while taking influence from Fun, Twenty One Pilots, Kendrick Lamar, and Kanye West. The five-track extended play '' What Everyone's Thinking'' supported it in September 2016, which had the singles " I'm Not Famous" and "Weak". All songs featured on it would later appear on ''The Click'', alongside newer singles including " Sober Up". A deluxe edition was released on September 21, 2018, supported by the single " Burn the House Down" and an acoustic version of the band's collaboration with Steve Aoki and Lil Yachty, "Pretender". " The Good Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sober Up
"Sober Up" is a song by American indie pop band AJR, from their second studio album, ''The Click''. Released as the album's fifth single, it features Rivers Cuomo, lead singer and frontman of American rock band Weezer, although certain radio stations instead play a version with band member Ryan singing Cuomo's verse. "Sober Up" became the first number-one song for AJR on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs, when it peaked at number one on the chart in March 2018. Similarly, it also makes Cuomo his first number-one song as a solo artist outside of Weezer. Background The inspiration for "Sober Up" came to Jack and Ryan Met during their time at Columbia University, the brothers missing their childhood. Taking inspiration from their feelings of loneliness, they wrote about Jack calling his second grade crush from elementary school. iHeartRadio describes "Sober Up" as a positive song despite its difficult lyrics. Near the end of writing, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer followed AJR on Twitter. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chim Chim Cher-ee
"Chim Chim Cher-ee" is a song from ''Mary Poppins (film), Mary Poppins'', the 1964 musical film, and is also featured in the 2004 Mary Poppins (musical), ''Mary Poppins'' musical. The song won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2005, Julie Andrews included this song as part of ''Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs''. Songwriters The song was written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman (the "Sherman Brothers"), who also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, Oscar and a Grammy Award for the ''Mary Poppins'' score. Inspiration The song was inspired by one of the drawings of a chimney sweep created by ''Mary Poppins'' screenwriter Don DaGradi. When the Sherman Brothers asked about the drawing, DaGradi explained the ancient British folklore attributed to "sweeps" and how shaking hands with one or touching their sleeve could bring a person good luck. In their 1961 treatment, the Sherman Brothers had already amalgamated many of the P.L. Trav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Hang Out
"Come Hang Out" is a song by American pop band AJR, appearing as the opening track of their fourth EP ''What Everyone's Thinking'' on September 16, 2016. It was later included as the closer of their second studio album ''The Click'' (2017), receiving a music video the next year in partnership with Original Penguin. The song discusses the balance of personal development with social status. Background In 2016, lead singer Jack Met noticed he had often received texts from friends to "come hang out" and he denied each request. This led the band to write about the social sacrifice made to develop their music and the emotional split from balancing a social life with a career and personal interests. "Come Hang Out" was included on ''What Everyone's Thinking'', releasing on September 16, 2016. It was later released as the final song on ''The Click'' (2017), inspiring the album's theme and title through the metronome-accompanied lyric "Should I go for more clicks this year? / Or should I f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overture (2017 AJR Song)
"Overture" is a song by American indie pop band AJR. It appears as the opening track of ''The Click'', which was released via the band's label AJR Productions on June 9, 2017. The song is AJR's second overture, following one of the same name on their debut album ''Living Room''. A music video was released later in the year, featuring the trio at various locations in Columbus, Ohio. Background Following a song of the same name and nature from their debut studio album ''Living Room'' (2015), AJR created "Overture" solely for their second album, ''The Click'' (2017). The band created the song as "a modern version" of an overture from a Broadway show, naming ''Les Misérables'' and ''the Phantom of the Opera'' as inspirations. During the overture's writing, band member Ryan Met wanted to mimic the soundscape of ''The College Dropout'' by American rapper Kanye West. AJR later took inspiration from the orchestral soundtracks of Disney films by adding violins and trumpets to create a sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
On October 27, 2018, a right-wing extremist attacked Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The congregation, along with New Light Congregation and Congregation Dor Hadash, which also worshipped in the building, was attacked during Shabbat morning services. The perpetrator killed eleven people and wounded six, in the deadliest attack on a local Jewish community in American history. The perpetrator, 46-year-old Robert Gregory Bowers, was shot multiple times by police and arrested at the scene. Bowers had earlier posted antisemitic comments against HIAS (formerly, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) on the online alt-tech social network Gab. Dor Hadash had participated in HIAS's National Refugee Shabbat the previous week. Referring to Central American migrant caravans and immigrants, Bowers posted a message on Gab in which he wrote that "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can't sit by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of United States cities by population, 67th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is located in Western Pennsylvania, southwestern Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. It anchors the Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.457 million residents and is the largest metro area in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the Pennsylvania metropolitan areas, second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th-largest in the U.S. Pittsburgh is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage AE
Stage AE is a multi-purpose entertainment complex located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It contains an indoor concert hall and an outdoor amphitheatre. It is the second indoor/outdoor concert venue in America. Modeled after its predecessor, Express Live! in Columbus, the venue features state-of-the-art lighting, acoustical systems and an innovative reversible stage. Structurally, it is divided into three independent concert spaces: a music hall, club and outdoor amphitheater. History The complex sits adjacent to the Pittsburgh Steelers' Acrisure Stadium. The team, which held the rights to develop the land adjacent to the stadium (the site of the Steelers former home, Three Rivers Stadium), partially owns the venue along with Continental Real Estate Cos. of Columbus, Ohio. The cost of construction was $12 million, with $2.5 million funded from state taxes. Total space of the indoor venue is 22,000 square feet, while the outdoor lawns totals 30,000 square feet. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (AJR Song)
"Drama" is a song by American indie pop band AJR. It was released on May 12, 2017, via their own label AJR Productions as the fourth single from the band's second studio album, ''The Click'' (2017). Background "Drama" is described by the band as exactly what was happening at the time, pointing out the "most unimportant problems in life that everyone is obsessed with" such as interest in Katy Perry and Taylor Swift rather than major political issues. The band later played the song live at Spotify's New York City studio, Sterling Sound, and released the recording alongside a cover of Khalid's song "Location" on August 11, 2017. Composition "Drama" is composed in time signature in the key of D major and follows a tempo of 156 beats per minute (bpm). The band took a hip-hop approach to the song, taking inspiration from Kendrick Lamar while incorporating their own sound. During AJR's ''The Click'' Tour in 2018, they revealed the step-by-step production of the song, showcasing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burn The House Down (song)
"Burn the House Down" is a song by American indie pop band AJR. It was released on March 23, 2018, as a single from the deluxe edition of their second studio album ''The Click''. Background In 2017, '' Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!s director Morgan Spurlock reached out to AJR via Twitter, asking the band to create the theme song for it. The band watched the documentary and later stated "we were blown away after watching the film, and we immediately connected with Morgan’s passion as an underdog trying to shed light on this corrupt giant". "Burn the House Down" additionally reflected the position of American politics in 2017, with member Ryan Met saying "there’s a tangible power that our generation now has, making real political change in the world. That energy excites us, so we wanted to write a song shedding light on it". AJR planned on releasing "Burn the House Down" in October 2017, but the song was pushed back for unknown reasons. It was teased on March 21 and released Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known for its coverage of rock music and political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics. The first magazine was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover, and was then published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States, it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions. The magazine experienced a rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Morris University
Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1921 and is named after Robert Morris (financier), Robert Morris, known as the "financier of the American Revolution". It enrolls nearly 5,000 students and offers 60 bachelor's degree programs and 35 master's and doctoral programs. History Robert Morris University originated in 1921 as the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy, founded by Andrew Blass using a curriculum similar to what he had overseen as dean of the Pace Institute in Washington, D.C. His successor, C.W. Salmond, oversaw an expansion in 1935 that added business and secretarial studies, and the school was renamed the Robert Morris School of Business in honor of the Founding Father popularly known as the "financier of the American Revolution." In 1942, the Robert Morris School moved to the William Penn Hotel to accommodate its growing enrollment, and in 1959 purchased its own Downtown building at 600 Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
