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If 2021 felt like a strange purgatory for artists who released an album but never really got to tour it, then 2022 promised to either be some heaven where concerts and festivals could exist without disruption or … more of our current hell (looking like the former so far, but we’ll see!). According to lots of promises and teasers made in the final months and moments of 2021, everyone from Father John Misty to Kehlani is unearthing albums from the vaults where they’ve been stored, awaiting a live audience. Some musicians in particular, like FKA twigs, the Weeknd, and Earl Sweatshirt, have already dropped projects that they started crafting in the early void of pandemic, two whole…
