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Ottawa Bluesfest Gets Shania Twain, Hozier, Turnstile, Kaytranada For 2025 Edition

One of Canada's biggest summer festivals will return to Lebreton Flats from July 10-20 this summer, with Lainey Wilson, Sean Paul, Def Leppard, Papa Roach and Green Day also headlining.

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Ottawa Bluesfest is bringing Canada's queen of country to the nation's capital.

Shania Twain will take the stage on July 13, one of the festival's seven headliners. Another country star, Lainey Wilson, will close out the first night of the festival, and legacy bands Green Day, Papa Roach and Def Leppard will bring some rowdy nostalgia to their sets.


Dancehall star Sean Paul, Montreal producer Kaytranada, Irish singer Hozier and Baltimore hardcore heroes Turnstile round out the list of headliners, making for an eclectic lineup with something for music fans of all kinds.

The festival returns to Lebreton Flats July 10-20.

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This year's lineup is looking a little less male-dominated — last year, the only headlining act fronted in part by women was Mother Mother — with The Linda Lindas set to support Green Day and Charlotte Day Wilson appearing before Hozier. (Per Book More Women, the 2024 lineup was 76% men and 24% women).

Also slated to perform are '90s alt-rock legends Pixies, Montreal dream poppers Men I Trust, Grammy-nominated blues artist Sue Foley, Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello and Hey Rosetta!'s Tim Baker. The Dead South, whose Danny Kenyon has faced allegations of sexual assault, will perform July 11.

Some of those headliners will also be making trips out east this year. Hozier is headlining PEI's Sommo Festival, while Lainey Wilson and Shania Twain are performing at Cavendish Beach Festival (both produced by Whitecap Entertainment).

Check out the full lineup below. Pre-sale starts Wednesday, February 26.

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Billboard France Announces the Launch of Billboard Paris
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Billboard France Announces the Launch of Billboard Paris

The French edition of the world's leading music media outlet is creating a local vertical to cover music news in the Greater Paris region.

Billboard France, the French edition of the world’s leading music media outlet, today announced the official launch of Billboard Paris.

This new vertical, which has already reached 10 million views on social media, will focus exclusively on music news from across the Paris region, covering local events — from small-scale concerts and club nights to music exhibitions — as well as major celebrations such as Fête de la Musique, Nuit Blanche, Techno Parade, and Pride Month.

Billboard Paris will be operated by Billboard France under the leadership of Nicolas Baudoin and Ulysse Hennessy. Yanis Si Youcef has been appointed editor-in-chief, with support from Julien Zeidan.

“In the space of a year, Billboard France has established itself as both a leading outlet for French and international music news and a reference point for industry professionals," Nicolas Baudoin and Ulysse Hennessy, president and managing Director of Billboard France and Billboard Paris, said in a joint statement. "This new Paris-focused event vertical allows us to build a highly localized audience while simultaneously expanding both our editorial and commercial offering. We are pleased to entrust it to Yanis Si Youcef, whose expertise closely aligns with our editorial ambitions.”

“Paris deserved its own benchmark music platform. Billboard Paris will tell the story of the city through its music, its scenes, and its nightlife, with the standards that have defined the Billboard brand for more than a century," added Yanis Si Youcef, editor-in-chief of Billboard Paris.

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