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Meaning of Big Scientist by Lil Yachty

The song "Big Scientist" by Lil Yachty explores themes of love, loyalty, and a desire for authenticity in relationships. The lyrics delve into the complexities of a romantic connection while also touching upon personal growth and self-expression.

In the intro, Lil Yachty expresses that he doesn't have love for anyone else but the subject of the song, referring to them as the "golden one." This suggests that the person holds a unique and special place in his heart. He further emphasizes their importance by comparing himself to a hole-in-one in golf, signifying that he is a perfect match for them.

The lyrics in the verse describe the ups and downs of their relationship. Lil Yachty mentions fulfilling their desires by obtaining a stolen Chanel item, showcasing their connection and willingness to do things together. He also expresses a desire for the person to be by his side after his performances, emphasizing their importance as a support system.

Lil Yachty admits to going through a rough phase in life but still believes that this person is the one for him. He hints at their laughter, suggesting that it sometimes comes across as dismissive, but acknowledges that it's part of the dynamic between them. The lyrics convey a sense of acceptance and understanding, indicating that their relationship may have its challenges, but he is willing to endure them.

The rapper discusses the value of authenticity in relationships, referencing the dislike for liars and their questionable actions. He contrasts this by showing his commitment to realness, metaphorically mentioning buying new tires to drift his life away. This illustrates his desire to live truthfully and escape any false pretenses or negativity that may exist around him.

Lil Yachty refers to the person spending time with their family in Miami and emphasizes the deep connection between them, likening it to the bond between their mothers. Despite not being together, he still values their friendship and hopes that they won't move on, as he believes there is no one else like them.

The mention of the Bentley coupe and dashing like The Incredibles implies a sense of excitement and adventure in their relationship. He describes the person as a "big scientist" and "the finest bitch," indicating their intelligence and high standards when it comes to material possessions, such as diamond jewels. He also mentions their preference for Uber Black over UberPool, suggesting their desire for exclusivity.

Finally, Lil Yachty concludes the verse by urging them to keep it real and not try to appear cooler or more distant than they truly are. This emphasis on honesty underscores the importance of authenticity in maintaining their connection.

Overall, "Big Scientist" explores the complexities of a romantic relationship, highlighting the value of loyalty, authenticity, and personal growth. The lyrics touch upon different aspects of their connection, revealing both the challenges and the rewards that come with being together.

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Lil Yachty On His Big Rock Pivot: ‘F-ck Any of the Albums I Dropped Before This One’

With his adventurous, psychedelic new album, 'Let's Start Here,' he's left mumble rap behind — and finally created a project he's proud of.

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Someone has sparked a blunt in the planetarium.

It may be a school night, but no one has come to the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, N.J., to learn. Instead, the hundreds of fans packed into the domed theater on Jan. 26 have come to hear Lil Yachty’s latest album as he intended: straight through — and with an open mind. Or, as Yachty says with a mischievous smile: “I hope y’all took some sh-t.”

For the next 57 minutes and 16 seconds, graphics of exploding spaceships, green giraffes and a quiet road through Joshua Tree National Park accompany Yachty’s sonically divergent — and at this point, unreleased — fifth album, Let’s Start Here . For a psychedelic rock project that plays like one long song, the visual aids not only help attendees embrace the bizarre, but also function as a road map for Yachty’s far-out trip, signaling that there is, in fact, a tracklist.

It’s a night the artist has arguably been waiting for his whole career — to finally release an album he feels proud of. An album that was, he says, made “from scratch” with all live instrumentation. An album that opens with a nearly seven-minute opus, “the BLACK seminole.,” that he claims he had to fight most of his collaborative team to keep as one, not two songs. An album that, unlike his others, has few features and is instead rich with co-writers like Mac DeMarco, Nick Hakim, Alex G and members of MGMT, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Chairlift. An album he believes will finally earn him the respect and recognition he has always sought.

Sitting in a Brooklyn studio in East Williamsburg not far from where he made most of Let’s Start Here in neighboring Greenpoint, it’s clear he has been waiting to talk about this project in depth for some time. Yachty is an open book, willing to answer anything — and share any opinion. (Especially on the slice of pizza he has been brought, which he declares “tastes like ass.”) Perhaps his most controversial take at the moment? “F-ck any of the albums I dropped before this one.”

His desire to move on from his past is understandable. When Yachty entered the industry in his mid-teens with his 2016 major-label debut, the Lil Boat mixtape, featuring the breakout hit “One Night,” he found that along with fame came sailing the internet’s choppy waters. Skeptics often took him to task for not knowing — or caring, maybe — about rap’s roots, and he never shied away from sharing hot takes on Twitter. With his willingness and ability to straddle pop and hip-hop, Yachty produced music he once called “bubble-gum trap” (he has since denounced that phrase) that polarized audiences and critics. Meanwhile, his nonchalant delivery got him labeled as a mumble rapper — another identifier he was never fond of because it felt dismissive of his talent.

“There’s a lot of kids who haven’t heard any of my references,” he continues. “They don’t know anything about Bon Iver or Pink Floyd or Black Sabbath or James Brown. I wanted to show people a different side of me — and that I can do anything, most importantly.”

Let’s Start Here is proof. Growing up in Atlanta, the artist born Miles McCollum was heavily influenced by his father, a photographer who introduced him to all kinds of sounds. Yachty, once easily identifiable by his bright red braids, found early success by posting songs like “One Night” to SoundCloud, catching the attention of Kevin “Coach K” Lee, co-founder/COO of Quality Control Music, now home to Migos, Lil Baby and City Girls. In 2015, Coach K began managing Yachty, who in summer 2016 signed a joint-venture deal with Motown, Capitol Records and Quality Control.

“Yachty was me when I was 18 years old, when I signed him. He was actually me,” says Coach K today. (In 2021, Adam Kluger, whose clients include Bhad Bhabie, began co-managing Yachty.) “All the eclectic, different things, we shared that with each other. He had been wanting to make this album from the first day we signed him. But you know — coming as a hip-hop artist, you have to play the game.”

Yachty played it well. To date, he has charted 17 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 , including two top 10 hits for his features on DRAM’s melodic 2016 smash “Broccoli” and Kyle’s 2017 pop-rap track “iSpy.” His third-highest-charting entry arrived unexpectedly last year: the 93-second “Poland,” a track Yachty recorded in about 10 minutes where his warbly vocals more closely resemble singing than rapping. ( Let’s Start Here collaborator SADPONY saw “Poland” as a temperature check that proved “people are going to like this Yachty.”)

Beginning with 2016’s Lil Boat mixtape, all eight of Yachty’s major-label-released albums and mixtapes have charted on the Billboard 200 . Three have entered the top 10, including Let’s Start Here , which debuted and peaked at No. 9. And while Yachty has only scored one No. 1 album before ( Teenage Emotions topped Rap Album Sales), Let’s Start Here debuted atop three genre charts: Top Rock & Alternative Albums , Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums .

“It feels good to know that people in that world received this so well,” says Motown Records vp of A&R Gelareh Rouzbehani. “I think it’s a testament to Yachty going in and saying, ‘F-ck what everyone thinks. I’m going to create something that I’ve always wanted to make — and let us hope the world f-cking loves it.’ ”

Yet despite Let’s Start Here ’s many high-profile supporters, some longtime detractors and fans alike were quick to criticize certain aspects of it, from its art — Yachty quote-tweeted one remark , succinctly replying, “shut up” — to the music itself. Once again, he found himself facing another tidal wave of discourse. But this time, he was ready to ride it. “This release,” Kluger says, “gave him a lot of confidence.”

“I was always kind of nervous to put out music, but now I’m on some other sh-t,” Yachty says. “It was a lot of self-assessing and being very real about not being happy with where I was musically, knowing I’m better than where I am. Because the sh-t I was making did not add up to the sh-t I listened to.

“I just wanted more,” he continues. “I want to be remembered. I want to be respected.”

Last spring, Lil Yachty gathered his family, collaborators and team at famed Texas studio complex Sonic Ranch.

“I remember I got there at night and drove down because this place is like 30 miles outside El Paso,” Coach K says. “I walked in the room and just saw all these instruments and sh-t, and the vibe was just so ill. And I just started smiling. All the producers were in the room, his assistant, his dad. Yachty comes in, puts the album on. We got to the second song, and I told everybody, ‘Stop the music.’ I walked over to him and just said, ‘Man, give me a hug.’ I was like, ‘Yachty, I am so proud of you.’ He came into the game bold, but [to make] this album, you have to be very bold. And to know that he finally did it, it was overwhelming.”

SADPONY (aka Jeremiah Raisen) — who executive-produced Let’s Start Here and, in doing so, spent nearly eight straight months with Yachty — says the time at Sonic Ranch was the perfect way to cap off the months of tunnel vision required while making the album in Brooklyn. “That was new alone,” says Yachty. “I’ve recorded every album in Atlanta at [Quality Control]. That was the first time I recorded away from home. First time I recorded with a new engineer,” Miles B.A. Robinson, a Saddle Creek artist.

Yachty couldn’t wait to put it out, and says he turned it in “a long time ago. I think it was just label sh-t and trying to figure out the right time to release it.” For Coach K, it was imperative to have the physical product ready on release date, given that Yachty had made “an experience” of an album. And lately, most pressing plants have an average turnaround time of six to eight months.

Fans, however, were impatient. On Christmas, one month before Let’s Start Here would arrive, the album leaked online. It was dubbed Sonic Ranch . “Everyone was home with their families, so no one could pull it off the internet,” recalls Yachty. “That was really depressing and frustrating.”

Then, weeks later, the album art, tracklist and release date also leaked. “My label made a mistake and sent preorders to Amazon too early, and [the site] posted it,” Yachty says. “So I wasn’t able to do the actual rollout for my album that I wanted to. Nothing was a secret anymore. It was all out. I had a whole plan that I had to cancel.” He says the biggest loss was various videos he made to introduce and contextualize the project, all of which “were really weird … [But] I wasn’t introducing it anymore. People already knew.” Only one, called “Department of Mental Tranquility,” made it out, just days before the album.

Yachty says he wasn’t necessarily seeking a mental escape before making Let’s Start Here , but confesses that acid gave him one anyway. “I guess maybe the music went along with it,” he says. The album title changed four or five times, he says, from Momentary Bliss (“It was meant to take you away from reality … where you’re truly listening”) to 180 Degrees (“Because it’s the complete opposite of anything I’ve ever done, but people were like, ‘It’s too on the nose’ ”) to, ultimately, Let’s Start Here — the best way, he decided, to succinctly summarize where he was as an artist: a seven-year veteran, but at 25 years old, still eager to begin a new chapter.

Taking inspiration from Dark Side , Yachty relied on three women’s voices throughout the album, enlisting Fousheé, Justine Skye and Diana Gordon. Otherwise, guest vocals are spare. Daniel Caesar features on album closer “Reach the Sunshine.,” while the late Bob Ross (of The Joy of Painting fame) has a historic posthumous feature on “We Saw the Sun!”

Rouzbehani tells Billboard that Ross’ estate declined Yachty’s request at first: “I think a big concern of theirs was that Yachty is known as a rapper, and Bob Ross and his brand are very clean. They didn’t want to associate with anything explicit.” But Yachty was adamant, and Rouzbehani played the track for Ross’ team and also sent the entire album’s lyrics to set the group at ease. “With a lot of back-and-forth, we got the call,” she says. “Yachty is the first artist that has gotten a Bob Ross clearance in history.”

From the start, Coach K believed Let’s Start Here would open lots of doors for Yachty — and ultimately, other artists, too. Questlove may have said it best, posting the album art on Instagram with a lengthy caption that read in part: “this lp might be the most surprising transition of any music career I’ve witnessed in a min, especially under the umbrella of hip hop … Sh-t like this (envelope pushing) got me hyped about music’s future.”

Recently, Lil Yachty held auditions for an all-women touring band. “It was an experience for like Simon Cowell or Randy [Jackson],” he says, offering a simple explanation for the choice: “In my life, women are superheroes.”

And according to Yachty, pulling off his show will take superhuman strength: “Because the show has to match the album. It has to be big.” As eager as he was to release Let’s Start Here , he’s even more antsy to perform it live — but planning a tour, he says, required gauging the reaction to it. “This is so new for me, and to be quite honest with you, the label [didn’t] know how [the album] would do,” he says. “Also, I haven’t dropped an album in like three years. So we don’t even know how to plan a tour right now because it has been so long and my music is so different.”

While Yachty’s last full-length studio album, Lil Boat 3 , arrived in 2020, he released the Michigan Boy Boat mixtape in 2021, a project as reverential of the state’s flourishing hip-hop scenes in Detroit and Flint as Let’s Start Here is of its psych-rock touchstones. And though he claims he doesn’t do much with his days, his recent accomplishments, both musical and beyond, suggest otherwise. He launched his own cryptocurrency, YachtyCoin, at the end of 2020; signed his first artist, Draft Day, to his Concrete Boyz label at the start of 2021; invested in the Jewish dating app Lox Club; and launched his own line of frozen pizza, Yachty’s Pizzeria, last September. (He has famously declared he has never eaten a vegetable; at his Jersey City listening event, there was an abundance of candy, doughnut holes and Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts.)

But there are only two things that seem to remotely excite him, first and foremost of which is being a father. As proud as he is of Let’s Start Here , he says it comes in second to having his now 1-year-old daughter — though he says with a laugh that she “doesn’t really give a f-ck” about his music yet. “I haven’t played [this album] for her, but her mom plays her my old stuff,” he continues. “The mother of my child is Dominican and Puerto Rican, so she loves Selena — she plays her a lot . [We watch] the Selena movie with Jennifer Lopez a sh-t ton and a lot of Disney movie sh-t, like Frozen , Lion King and that type of vibe.”

Aside from being a dad, he most cares about working with other artists. Recently, he flew eight of his biggest fans — most of whom he has kept in touch with for years — to Atlanta. He had them over, played Let’s Start Here , took them to dinner and bowling, introduced them to his mom and dad, and then showed them a documentary he made for the album. (He’s not sure if he’ll release it.) One of the fans is an aspiring rapper; naturally, the two made a song together.

Yachty wants to keep working with artists and producers outside of hip-hop, mentioning the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and even sharing his dream of writing a ballad for Elton John. (“I know I could write him a beautiful song.”) With South Korean music company HYBE’s recent purchase of Quality Control — a $300 million deal — Yachty’s realm of possibility is bigger than ever.

But he’s not ruling out his genre roots. Arguably, Let’s Start Here was made for the peers and heroes he played it for first — and was inspired by hip-hop’s chameleons. “I would love to do a project with Tyler [The Creator],” says Yachty. “He’s the reason I made this album. He’s the one who told me to do it, just go for it. He’s so confident and I have so much respect for him because he takes me seriously, and he always has.”

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This story originally appeared in the March 11, 2023, issue of Billboard.

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Here's the Summerfest 2024 lineup by date, time and stage for the Milwaukee music festival

They don't call it "The Big Gig" for nothing.

Summerfest is one of America's largest and longest-running music festivals, celebrating 56 years in 2024 and welcoming some 800 acts to Maier Festival Park on Milwaukee's lakefront — including A-listers like Maroon 5, Tyler Childers, Lil Uzi Vert, Kane Brown, Motley Crue, Keith Urban, AJR and Illenium at the 23,000-person-capacity American Family Insurance Amphitheater.

Here's who's playing Summerfest 2024, taking place June 20 to 22, June 27 to 29 and July 4 to 6. The lineup is not complete, and artist appearances are subject to change, so be sure to keep checking back through the festival's final day for updates.

More: When and where the Milwaukee area's summer festivals and fairs are happening in 2024

June 20 | June 21 | June 22

June 27 | June 28 | June 29

July 4 | July 5 | July 6

Thursday, June 20

• Depot Express (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Ask Carol (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Mary Shelley (Generac Power Stage)
• Wyatt Flores (BMO Pavilion)
• Lily Fitts (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Loyal Lobos (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Little River Band (Uline Warehouse)
• Abraham Alexander (BMO Pavilion)
• Better Than Ezra (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Citizen (Generac Power Stage)
• Arath Herce (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Chance Peña (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Sen Morimoto (Aurora Pavilion)
• Jamila Woods (Aurora Pavilion)
• The War & Treaty (BMO Pavilion)
• Kane Brown with Kameron Marlowe and Nightly (American Family Insurance Amphitheater)
• Mindi Abair (Uline Warehouse)
• Winona Fighter (Generac Power Stage)
• Jonah Kagen (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Kevin Kaarl (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Taking Back Sunday (Generac Power Stage)
• Three Dog Night (Uline Warehouse)
• Brittany Howard (BMO Pavilion)
• David Kushner (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Gin Blossoms (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Latin Mafia (Miller Lite Oasis)

Friday, June 21

• Loviet (Generac Power Stage)
• Drowning Pool (BMO Pavilion)
• Huntertones (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Viisi (Generac Power Stage)
• Restless Road (Aurora Pavilion)
• Black Violin (Uline Warehouse)
• Bryce Vine (Generac Power Stage)
• The 502s (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Jesus Jones (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Taylor Bennett (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Lily Rose (Aurora Pavilion)
• Jeffrey Osborne (Uline Warehouse)
• Mötley Crüe with Seether and Buckcherry (American Family Insurance Amphitheater)
• Charlotte Cardin (Generac Power Stage)
• Próxima Parada (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Modern English (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Gloss Up (Miller Lite Oasis)
• MC4D (Aurora Pavilion)
• Chelsea Cutler (Generac Power Stage)
• En Vogue (Uline Warehouse)
• O.A.R. (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Toosii (Miller Lite Oasis)

Saturday, June 22

• Field Guide (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Here Come The Mummies (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Brenda K. Starr (Aurora Pavilion)
• The Producers (Uline Warehouse)
• Shovels & Rope (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Allen Stone (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Little Stranger (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Luis Figueroa (Aurora Pavilion)
• Happy Landing (Generac Power Stage)
• Brothers Elsey (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Hans Williams (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Doom Flamingo (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Goo Goo Dolls (BMO Pavilion)
• Black Pumas (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Dawes (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Umphrey's McGee (Miller Lite Oasis)

Thursday, June 27

• Bassel & the Supernaturals (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Briscoe (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• J Stone (Aurora Pavilion)
• Millyz (Aurora Pavilion)
• Brigitte Calls Me Baby (Uline Warehouse)
• Sawyer (BMO Pavilion)
• Cedric Burnside (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Grouptherapy. (Generac Power Stage)
• Anberlin (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Certified Trapper (Generac Power Stage)
• Illenium (American Family Insurance Amphitheater)
• K Camp (Aurora Pavilion)
• Maude Latour (BMO Pavilion)
• Tracy Bonham (Uline Warehouse)
• Clip (Generac Power Stage)
• McKinley Dixon (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Hawthorne Heights (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Ian Asher (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Ken Carson (Generac Power Stage)
• Muna (BMO Pavilion)
• Sleater-Kinney (Uline Warehouse)
• Boys Like Girls (UScellular Connection Stage)
• St. Paul & the Broken Bones (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Alison Wonderland (Miller Lite Oasis)

Friday, June 28

• Lovin Kind (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Failure to Launch (BMO Pavilion)
• The Thing (Generac Power Stage)
• Mo Lowda & the Humble (Generac Power Stage)
• Nolan Taylor (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Substitute: Tales From the Who (BMO Pavilion)
• Brent Cobb (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Briston Maroney (Generac Power Stage)
• Matt Hansen (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Hyo (Aurora Pavilion)
• Metric (Uline Warehouse)
• Tyler Childers with S.G. Goodman and Adeem the Artist (American Family Insurance Amphitheater)
• Flipturn (Generac Power Stage)
• Ben Chapman (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• MaryJo (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Hippo Campus (Generac Power Stage)
• REO Speedwagon (BMO Pavilion)
• Charles Wesley Godwin (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Jessie Murph (UScellular Connection Stage)

Saturday, June 29

• Kitty Soft Paw (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Hosts (Uline Warehouse)
• Genevieve Hayward (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Austin Williams (BMO Pavilion)
• Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs (Uline Warehouse)
• Cherry Glazerr (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• The Dandy Warhols (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Donavon Frankenreiter (Uline Warehouse)
• Sarah Kinsley (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• The Hold Steady (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Obongjayar (Aurora Pavilion)
• Keith Urban with NEEDTOBREATHE and Alana Springsteen (American Family Insurance Amphitheater)
• XANA (BMO Pavilion)
• Ziggy Alberts (Uline Warehouse)
• BigXthaPlug (Generac Power Stage)
• The Afghan Whigs (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Amos Lee (Uline Warehouse)
• FLETCHER (BMO Pavilion)
• Key Glock (Generac Power Stage)
• Ethel Cain (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Mario (UScellular Connection Stage)
• The Church (Miller Lite Oasis)

Thursday, July 4

• Almost Monday (Uline Warehouse)
• Timothy Wayne (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Doublecamp (Uline Warehouse)
• Samaria (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Dylan Marlowe (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Del Water Gap (Uline Warehouse)
• Karri (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Sueco (Generac Power Stage)
• Abby Anderson (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Oxymorrons (Miller Lite Oasis)
• AJR with Carly Rae Jepsen and mxmtoon (American Family Insurance Amphitheater)
• Say She She (Aurora Pavilion)
• Colony House (BMO Pavilion)
• Fiji Blue (Uline Warehouse)
• LØLØ (Generac Power Stage)
• Conner Smith (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Set It Off (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Coin (Uline Warehouse)
• JXDN (Generac Power Stage)
• Mt. Joy (BMO Pavilion)
• Brian Kelley (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Mariah The Scientist (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Sleeping With Sirens (Miller Lite Oasis)

Friday, July 5

• The Baseball Project (Uline Warehouse)
• The Box Tops (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Angélica Garcia (Aurora Pavilion)
• Nikki Lane (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Reyna Tropical (Aurora Pavilion)
• Knox (Generac Power Stage)
• DC The Don (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Cimafunk (Aurora Pavilion)
• Maroon 5 (American Family Insurance Amphitheater)
• Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers (Uline Warehouse)
• Tana (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Colby Acuff (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Bryson Tiller (BMO Pavilion)
• Local Natives (Generac Power Stage)
• The Wallflowers (Uline Warehouse)
• Lil Tecca (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Paul Cauthen (Miller Lite Oasis)

Saturday, July 6

• Dan Lepien (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Fillmore East (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Me Like Bees (Generac Power Stage)
• Hedley's Garage (Miller Lite Oasis)
• Sister Hazel (Generac Power Stage)
• Tim Montana (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• John Morgan (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Giacomo Turra (Uline Warehouse)
• Cracker (Generac Power Stage)
• Living Colour (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Seaforth (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Anne Wilson (Uline Warehouse)
• Lil Uzi Vert with Lil Yachty, JID, Rico Nasty and LIHTZ (American Family Insurance Amphitheater)
• Uprooted with Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root (Generac Power Stage)
• Ashland Craft (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Amy Grant (Uline Warehouse)
• BoDeans (Generac Power Stage)
• Ivan Cornejo (BMO Pavilion)
• Chase Rice (UScellular Connection Stage)
• Extreme (Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard)
• Cold War Kids (Miller Lite Oasis)

Contact Piet at (414) 223-5162 or  [email protected] . Follow him on X at  @pietlevy  or Facebook at  facebook.com/PietLevyMJS .

Summerfest 2024 lineup includes Keith Urban, Maroon 5, Motley Crue, and Lil Yachty

Winter temperatures may have set in but summer is just around the corner — along with one of Milwaukee's favorite events.

Summerfest 2024 will return to the lakefront during the weekends of June 20-22, June 27-29 and July 4-6.

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Just released: Summerfest lineup includes Keith Urban, Motley Crue, and Lil Yachty

Winter temperatures may have set in but summer is just around the corner — along with one of Milwaukee's favorite events. Summerfest 2024 will return to the lakefront during the weekends of June 20-22, June 27-29 and July 4-6. The much awaited lineup was announced Thursday. Kane Brown and Motley Crue will play the opening weekend at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. Keith Urban and Alana Springsteen will play the second weekend and Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yacthy will close out the final weekend of Summerfest. The Goo Goo...

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Summerfest takes place over three weekends in milwaukee, published march 21, 2024 • updated on march 21, 2024 at 6:06 am.

The lineup and headliners for Milwaukee's 2024 Summerfest has been released, with big names like Keith Urban, Maroon 5, Mötley Crüe, REO Speedwagon, Illenium and more. The announcement was posted to Summefest's Facebook page at 6 a.m. Thursday.

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The Wisconsin music festival will run for three consecutive weekends in downtown Milwaukee, running from noon to midnight on June 20-22, 27-29 and July 4-6. It will host more than 1,000 performances across 12 different stages, organizers said.

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Here’s a look at what we know so far about headlining performances:

June 20-22 Headliners

June 20: Kane Brown with Kameron Marlow & Nightly

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June 21: Mötley Crüe with Seether and Buck Cherry

June 22: Headliner not yet announced

Other artists that weekend include the Goo Goo Dolls, Black Pumas, En Vogue, Three Dog Night, Gin Blossoms and O.A.R.

June 27, 28, 29

June 27: Illenium

June 28: Tyler Childers with S.G. Goodman & Adeem the Artist

June 29: Keith Urban with Need to Breathe and Alana Springsteen

Other artists that weekend include Muna, Hippo Campus, Sleater-Kinney, The Afghan Whigs and more.

July 4, 5, 6

July 4: AJR with Carly Rae Jepsen & mxmtoon

July 5: Maroon 5

July 6: Lil Uzi Vert with Lil Yachty, JID, and Rico Nasty and LIHTZ

Other artists that weekend include Bryson Tiller, The Wallflowers, Local Natives, Cold War Kids, Amy Grant, Sister Hazel and more.

Tickets are currently on sale and begin at $28. Additional artists may continue to be announced. More information about lineup and tickets can be found here .

Keith Urban and Mötley Crüe are also set to play at the 2024 Illinois State Fair Grandstand stage . Earlier this week, Chicago's 2024 Lollapalooza lineup came out , featuring Blink-182, SZA, Tyler, Skrillex, Stray Kids and more.

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