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The Chart Show: This Life is The Best, Again.

Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend
Ezra Koenig of Vampire WeekendMichael Schmelling

by Mark Wheat

May 30, 2019

Last weekend the BBC's Big Weekend went down with Vampire Weekend headlining. They're at #1 for the second week and will be at The Armory next weekend with Chicano Batman.

The huge Glastonbury festival is back at the end of June after taking a hiatus last year. Lizzo is back as the highest new entry this week with her colab with Missy at Number Two. The West Holts stage line-up on Saturday at Britain's biggest festival has just been announced. Wu Tang headline with Jungle, Neneh Cherry and then Lizzo!

Also back with a high new entry is Billie Eilish, who has a sold out Armory show coming up next Saturday. Her fans love making remixes and video collages of her songs, like this one for 'Bad Guy'.

There are still tickets left for Hozier's show at The State Theater this Sunday and we've asked him into The Current studios here in St. Paul to play a session and we're giving you a chance to be there too.

Tickets for Rock The Garden are selling steadily and two of the performers both go up eight places, Bad Bad Hats to three and Courtney Barnett to five.

The wonderful colab between Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst BOCC, is back at Nineteen this week. They've finished their tour, but Conor is back at The Zoo July 28th. The annual series starts this Saturday with The Cactus Blossoms.

Brand new at #20 this week is Wilco's Jeff Tweedy with the first song released from his new solo album Warmer that was released as a limited edition on Record Store Day and recorded at the same time as his Warm.

Submit your Chart Show ballot this week for a chance to win The Current's Father John Misty, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and Jade Bird giveaway at The Armory in Minneapolis, MN on June 14, 2019.