What to Watch For: Concerts & Albums(in WI) upcoming in March, April, May

This post includes an up to date list of concerts coming soon to a city in Wisconsin and also new albums scheduled to be released in the next two and half months.

It seems as each day passes that there is usually a new concert date added either in Madison or Milwaukee. I would include Chicago in this article as well, but I think it is more like which artist isn’t going to have a concert in Chicago that is touring this spring/summer? Most tours make stops in Chicago due to its major city status but not all make their way through the badger state. Below is a complete list of all rap/hip-hop concerts coming soon to Wisconsin. I am personally going to the Lil Wayne concert in Madison at The Orpheum Theatre( one of my favorite venues). I was super excited to go to that Travis Scott concert as well in mid-May but I waited too long and the tickets sold out in about a week and I unfortuately didn’t get one while my roommate did. The resale market doesn’t seem promising as the cheapest I could find was around $100.

The spring is usually a quiet time of the year for music releases as most artists are saving their gems for the summer months. But many hip-hop fans will be content knowing that a new Drake album will be out very soon and will likely reign over the hip-hop game well into the the summer months. Drake has desricbed the new project more of  a playlist rather than an album. What does that mean? We will have to wait and find out. Wait long, we will not as Drake has announced that it will be dropped on March 18th. This is fresh off of the boards as Drake also admitted that he put the finishing touches on it with the last 72 hours. These are only the albums that have been confirmed. There are plenty of rumored albums that could drop within the next two and a half months. Many albums are not announced this far in advance so we could still see some amazing albums in May.

Upcoming Concerts

  • Vince Staples. March 17th. The Rave.
  • Juicy J with Belly and Project Pat. March 18th. The Rave.
  • Riff Raff. April 6th. Liquid.
  • Gucci Mane. April 13th. The Rave.
  • Lil Wayne. April 15th. Orpheum Theatre.    SOLD OUT!
  • Waka Flocka Flame. April 2oth. Liquid.
  • Desiigner. May 3rd. The Rave.
  • Travis Scott. May 18th. The Rave. SOLD OUT!
  • Wale. May 19th. The Rave.
  • Tech N9ne. May 27th. The Rave.

Orpheum Theatre – Madison///The Rave- Milwaukee///Liquid- Madison

Upcoming Albums

  • Rick Ross- Rather You Than Me– March 17th.Featuring Nas, Future, Young Thug, Ty Dolla $ign, Gucci Mane and much more.
  • Drake- More Life– March 18th.
    • Will feature previously released songs, “Fake Love” and “Sneakin'” featuring 21 Savage. There are plenty of other rumored names like The Weeknd and Gucci Mane that could appear on the “playlist”
  • Raekwon- The Wild– March 24th.
    • The 47 year old Wu-Tang member’s seventh studio album.
  • Young Dolph- Bulletproof– April 1st.
    • Previously released single “That’s How It Feels” featuring Gucci Mane will appear on the album.
  • 2 Chainz- Pretty Girls Like Trap Music– April 7th.
    • Turning forty years this year, 2 Chainz will release his third studio album.
  • Tech N9ne-Domination– April 7th.
    • The seventh installment in the Tech N9ne Collabos series.
  • Bankroll Fresh- In Bank We Trust– April 24th
    • Posthumous album consisting of twelve songs that drops on Bankroll’s birthday.