iHeartRadio Music Festival

Event Will Feature Performances by Justin Timberlake, Jack White, Carrie Underwood, Mariah Carey, Imagine Dragons, Jason Aldean, Sam Smith, Luke Bryan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Panic! At The Disco, Kelly Clarkson, Shawn Mendes, Kygo, Rae Sremmurd and Logic Hosted By Ryan Seacrest on September 21 and 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

The CW Network Will Exclusively Live Stream the Mega-Concert via CWTV.com and The CW App and Broadcast the Two-Day Televised Special on October 7 and October 8

New York, N.Y. – June 5, 2018 – iHeartMedia announced today the iconic lineup for the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival, the legendary concert event which creates radio history year after year through powerful and unforgettable performances. The event will take place on September 21 and 22 at Las Vegas’ hottest entertainment venue, T-Mobile Arena. This year, the epic two-day lineup will feature performances by Justin Timberlake, Jack White, Carrie Underwood, Mariah Carey, Imagine Dragons, Jason Aldean, Sam Smith, Luke Bryan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Panic! At The Disco, Kelly Clarkson, Shawn Mendes, Kygo, Rae Sremmurd, Logic and more. The iHeartRadio Music Festival will also include a performance from this year's Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star winner, to be announced on July 6.

For the eighth year, the iHeartRadio Music Festival will once again feature one-of-a-kind collaborations and surprise performances. The star-studded weekend will begin on the evening of Friday, September 21 and run through Saturday, September 22. Ryan Seacrest will return as host for the entire weekend. Seacrest is host and producer of “On Air with Ryan Seacrest,” his market-topping No. 1 Los Angeles morning drive-time show for iHeartMedia’s 102.7 KIIS-FM as well as the nationally syndicated “On Air with Ryan Seacrest,” heard on nearly 170 stations worldwide.


The Daytime Stage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival will take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, Sept. 22 with performances by Logic, Dua Lipa, 5 Seconds of Summer, Lil Uzi Vert, Dustin Lynch, Bazzi, Belly, Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots and Greta Van Fleet with more to be announced. In addition to live performances from today’s emerging artists, the Daytime Stage will also feature fan zones and interactive experiences by iHeartRadio's brand partners.

“There’s no other concert with a lineup as diverse at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. We pride ourselves on inviting the most eclectic lineup of headliners you’ll ever see on one stage,” said Tom Poleman, Chief Programming Officer for iHeartMedia. “This Festival has the best artists from every style of music heard on iHeartRadio stations across America, giving both artists and our listeners a once-in a lifetime experience.”

Each night, the iHeartRadio Music Festival will broadcast live for fans via iHeartMedia radio stations throughout the country across more than 150 markets. The CW Network will also exclusively livestream both nights of the festival via CWTV.com and The CW App, and broadcast a two-night television special on October 7 and October 8 from 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. EST/PST.

“This is the only annual Festival in America that lives as a live event, national radio broadcast, video stream and network television special,” said John Sykes, President of Entertainment Enterprises for iHeartMedia. “It is truly a festival for millions.”

Beginning June 12 at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST, Capital One cardholders will have access to a limited number of tickets through a special pre-sale for the iHeartRadio Music Festival. Tickets will be available only at iHeartRadio.com/CapitalOne. Additionally, there will be a Premier Access Package available during the Capital One cardholder pre-sale which includes access to a front row fan pit at the main stage on September 22, a backstage tour, a Daytime Stage ticket and an exclusive artist experience. Tickets go on sale to the general public on June 15 at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST via iHeartRadio.com/Tickets. Tickets for the Daytime Stage are also on sale and can be purchased via iHeartRadio.com/Tickets.

In addition, throughout a summer-long on-air and online promotion, iHeartMedia station listeners across the country will have the chance to win a one-of-a-kind dream trip to Las Vegas where they will join thousands of other dedicated music fans to experience the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena. One Grand Prize Winner will be chosen to receive a fantasy all-access experience.

Proud partners of this year's event include: 1800® Tequila, Bai Beverages, Bioré® Skincare, Capital One®, The CW Network, Macy's, T-Mobile and Taco Bell® with more to be announced.

The 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival is co-produced by John Sykes, and Tom Poleman. For more details about the iHeartRadio Music Festival visit iHeartRadio.com/festival.

Artists and/or event are subject to change or cancellation without notice.

The Daytime Stage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival Reveals Dua Lipa, 5 Seconds of Summer, Lil Uzi Vert, Dustin Lynch, Bazzi, Belly, Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots and Greta Van Fleet as First Released Performers

Annual "Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star" Talent Search Returns 

New York, N.Y. – April 30, 2018 – iHeartMedia announced today the return of the annual star-studded iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 21 and 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and its Daytime Stage, which will take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, Sept. 22.  The Daytime Stage will feature live performances by both popular and emerging artists including first-revealed performers Dua Lipa, 5 Seconds of Summer, Lil Uzi Vert, Dustin Lynch, Bazzi, Belly, Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots and Greta Van Fleet with more to be announced.  The main stage performance lineup for the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival will be announced at a later date. 

In addition to live performances, the Daytime Stage will also feature fan zones and interactive experiences by iHeartRadio's brand partners. Tickets for the Daytime Stage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival will go on sale Thursday, May 3 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET and start at $29 plus taxes and fees. Fans can visit iHeartRadio.com/Tickets to purchase tickets. For news and information about the Daytime Stage fans can visit iHeartRadio.com/DayStage or follow #iHeartDayStage on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 

The "Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star" talent search will also return for the seventh year in a row providing emerging artists the chance to perform on the same stage as music's biggest superstars at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival. Starting in early May, iHeartRadio listeners and Macy's shoppers will once again have their chance to cast their votes for their favorite up-and-coming artists, and by voting, fans will also be entered for a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas for the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival. 

The "Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star" winner will take the stage as the opening act of the epic two-night event.  Since the launch of the first iHeartRadio Music Festival in 2011 the star-studded lineups have featured live performances by superstars including U2, Sting, Drake, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, The Weeknd, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Jay Z, Ed Sheeran, Kings of Leon, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, Lorde, Zac Brown Band, twenty one pilots, and more. More details on the “Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star” talent search will be available soon at iHeartRadio.com/RisingStar.

The iHeartRadio Music Festival will broadcast live on iHeartMedia Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) stations across the country that weekend including the iconic Z100 in New York; KIIS-FM in Los Angeles; Y100 in Miami; KISS FM in Dallas, Chicago and Boston; as well as many more, and will also be featured as an exclusive national television broadcast special on The CW Network at a later date.

Proud partners of this year's event include 1800® Tequila, Bai Beverages, Bioré® Skincare, Capital One®, The CW Network, Macy's, Taco Bell® with more to be announced.

The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival will return to The CW Network as an exclusive two-night special on October 4 and October 5 from 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. EST/PST

New York, NY – September 25, 2017 – After two days and dozens of legendary performances, the seventh annual iHeartRadio Music Festival hosted by Ryan Seacrest, host and producer of “On Air with Ryan Seacrest,” concluded Saturday evening at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with unforgettable performances by Coldplay, The Weeknd, DJ Khaled, Chris Stapleton, Lorde, Kings of Leon, Big Sean, P!NK, Miley Cyrus, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Niall Horan, David Guetta, Thomas Rhett, Harry Styles, Kesha and more, plus this year's Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star winner, James Maslow.

The iconic weekend-long concert event included the biggest names in music across all genres, on the main stage at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on the evenings of September 22 and September 23, and at the Daytime Village Presented by Capital One® at the iHeartRadio Music Festival on Saturday afternoon at the Las Vegas Village, which featured performances by Migos, Halsey, Flume, Little Mix, French Montana, Niall Horan, Bleachers, Kelsea Ballerini, Judah & The Lion, Bebe Rexha, Noah Cyrus, Hey Violet, Cheat Codes, All Time Low, Khalid and Julia Michaels.

Through a national text-to-win contest, hundreds of lucky winners from across the country were awarded exclusive VIP trips to the two-day concert event. For fans not in attendance, Elvis Duran hosted a live backstage broadcast featuring exclusive artist interviews and performances that aired across iHeartMedia radio stations throughout the country in more than 150 markets and on iHeartRadio. The CW Network also exclusively live streamed both nights of the festival and the Daytime Village via CWTV.com and The CW App. The CW will also broadcast a two-night television special on Wednesday, October 4 and Thursday, October 5 from 8:00p.m – 10:00p.m. EST/PST.

The iHeartRadio Music Festival was a dominant social media topic throughout the weekend. The official hashtag #iHeartFestival was a trending topic on Twitter in the U.S. and worldwide. The Daytime Village official hashtag #iHeartVillage also trended in the U.S. #iHeartFestival continues to trend with tweets and retweets from fans as well as artists and Festival presenters.

Highlights of the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival and the Daytime Village Presented by Capital One:

• On Friday, P!NK kicked off the unforgettable weekend walking through the arena from the crowd entrance and later performed a medley of her own “Fun House” and No Doubt’s iconic “Just A Girl.” She ended her set with her signature acrobatics as she soared above fans performing “So What.”
• Later, Thirty Seconds To Mars began their performance with an emotional mash-up that paid tribute to the legendary rock artists we've lost in the last few years. Later, lead singer Jared Leto dressed in a vibrant rainbow colored poncho walked through the crowd while singing “Kings and Queens."
• During his performance, Thomas Rhett serenaded one lucky female fan and performed a cover of Bruno Mars’ ‘That’s What I Like.”
• The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival featured one-of-a-kind surprise collaborations: Bebe Rexha made an appearance on all three 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival stages. On Friday Bebe Rexha joined David Guetta for his closing set to perform their hit “Hey Mama", and a special remix of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do."
• On Saturday, Kesha made an emotional return to the stage to open the second night of the festival. Her set included the first-ever performance with Macklemore of their new song "Good Old Days," from Macklemore's just-released album GEMINI. She ended her time on stage with a powerful rendition of her hit single, "Praying,” telling the crowd: "This song is not an easy song for me. It's a very very special and emotional song."
• Miley Cyrus performed a sassy cover of “These Boots Are Made For Walkin” and took time out from the music to offer a passionate speech about the country's priorities given the political landscape, telling the crowd that “I won’t stop fighting.”
• Lorde opened her performance with the recently released remix of her single "Homemade Dynamite," bringing out iHeartRadio Daytime Village artist Khalid to help perform the track. She later sat at the piano to perform “Liability” with Jack Antonoff from Bleachers.
• Louis Tomlinson and Bebe Rexha proved they were #bestfriendgoals when they performed "Back To You.”
• During his closing set on Saturday night, DJ Khaled surprised the audience with one special guest after another, including Chance the Rapper and Quavo collaborating on “I’m the One,” Travis Scott performing “Goosebumps,” Demi Lovato singing her hit “Sorry Not Sorry” and French Montana performing “Unforgettable.”
• The iHeartRadio Music Festival also welcomed celebrity presenters and guests from across the entertainment industry including Heidi Klum, Rob Lowe, James Van Der Beek, Craig Robinson, Taylor Lautner, David Spade, the cast of the hit movie It (Jeremy Ray Taylor, Wyatt Oleff, Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Lieberher, Jack Dylan Grazer and Chosen Jacobs), Acting Natural, Alli Simpson, Ashleigh Murray, Brad Goreski, Camila Mendes, Casey Cott, Christina Ochoa, Corinna Kopf, Impractical Jokers, In Real Life, Jack & Jack, John Owen Lowe, Keke Palmer, KJ Apa, Lights, Lili Reinhart, Lucy Hale, Matt Barr, Matthew Lowe, PRETTYMUCH, Scott Michael Foster, Vella Lovell, Ben Higgins, Ashley Iaconetti and Becca Tilley from The Bachelor, Wells Adams, Peter Kraus and Dean Unglert of The Bachelorette and more, plus iHeartRadio’s on-air talent, plus host Ryan Seacrest, backstage host, Elvis Duran and iHeartRadio’s on-air talent, Big Boy, Bobby Bones, The Breakfast Club and Woody.

iHeartMedia and the Global Citizen Festival once again partnered to help channel the power of music to fight inequality, protect our planet and end extreme poverty by 2030. For the second consecutive year, iHeartMedia and Global Citizen Festival took place on the same weekend allowing for a special crossover performance by Big Sean who performed on both festival stages on the same night.

In the past seven years the Festival has helped raise $1.8 million for a number of national charities, including the American Association for Cancer Research, Lupus Research Alliance, Ryan Seacrest Foundation, CureDuchenne, The Grammy Foundation, ALS/Augie’s Quest, The American Red Cross and many more. Additionally, the Festival plays host to a number of critically ill children and their families through its long-term partnership with the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

Proud partners of this year's event include: Capital One, Macy’s, MGM Resorts International, State Farm®, Taco Bell®, T-Mobile, The CW Network, Glade® PlugIns® Car, TWIX® Brand and Ulta Beauty.

The iHeartRadio Music Festival, which debuted seven years ago in celebration of the launch of the iHeartRadio digital service, has quickly become one of the most talked about music events of the year. The Festival is a live representation of the diverse music experience that fans find and enjoy through the iHeartRadio app, which is the No. 1 all-in-one digital audio service with over 1.4 billion downloads; it reached its first 100 million registered users faster than any other radio or digital music service. In addition, iHeartRadio reinvented live radio earlier this year with the launch of two new subscription services – iHeartRadio Plus and iHeartRadio All Access.

The iHeartRadio Music Festival is co-produced by John Sykes, President of Entertainment Enterprises and Tom Poleman, Chief Programming Officer for iHeartMedia. For more details about the iHeartRadio Music Festival visit iHeartRadio.com/festival.