CREEM Announces Summer Sunburn @ Roberta’s (Brooklyn) On July 22 Feat. Nothing, Radioactivity, Godcaster, Loosey, Jobber & More Tickets On Sale Now

June 20, 2023 - Today, the iconic and irreverent CREEM announces their first annual Summer Sunburn - an all-day rock party in Roberta’s backyard in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, July 22. Celebrating their Summer Issue issue and the one-year anniversary of the magazine’s audacious relaunch after 33 years. Featuring performances by shoegaze greats Nothing, Radioactivity (with their first NYC appearance in five years), and Godcaster, Loosey, and Jobber. CREEM’s VP of Content Fred Pessaro says “We're now a year into this journey of proving that BOTH rock and print aren't dead so now's the time to crack open a coldie and celebrate with the sickest lineup we could imagine!” DJ Edan and CREEM writer Hether Fortune will be playing music in between acts. The rager runs from 2-10pm and will offer music, food, drinks. The event continues CREEM’s partnership with Slane Irish Whiskey. 

Tickets here (CREEM subscriber discounts apply)

CREEM’s summer issue features Breakfast With Nickelback, The Return of Paramore, Sleaford Mods vs. Coachella, ZZ Top’s Fourth Man, Wire's Colin Newman, Stars Cars with J Mascis, a subscriber-exclusive Extra CREEM guide to summer shows, and much more. It coincides with the launch of Born To Booze, a social video series in partnership with Slane Irish Whiskey, based on the magazine’s column by Kirk Podell. Watch now @creemmag. 

CREEM is also excited to partner with Vinyl Me, Please to celebrate the launch of the VMP Rock subscription - 3-month + 6-month subscribers will receive a free month of digital access to "America's only rock 'n' roll magazine" (including the full archive from the 1960s-1980s and new issues from the magazine's reboot last year). 12-month subscribers will receive a free month of digital access, 25% off an annual print subscription, plus a free print issue of CREEM (while supplies last).

One of the most surprising recent media relaunches, in the past year CREEM has proven that a truly rock ‘n’ roll print magazine can still be successful in a digital age. From classic coverage (The Who, Peter Frampton, Metallica) to new faces (Amyl and the Sniffers, Weyes Blood, Poison Ruïn) and everything that CREEM missed in between during its hiatus (Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, David Berman), readership has become bigger and even more engaged than anyone imagined.

Visionary artists like Raymond Pettibon (Sonic Youth, Black Flag - see Vanity Fair) and Jeremy Dean (Grateful Dead/Black Flag tees, Rolling Stones) have designed CREEM’s new covers and merch lines. The magazine has also partnered Oxford Pennant to carry their products and with Slane Irish Whiskey for a three day rock ‘n’ roll rager during SXSW, featuring be your own PET, Enumclaw, Soul Glo and others. 

Founded in 1969 Detroit, CREEM grew from underground paper to national powerhouse - an essential source of music journalism for twenty years. It reflected and shaped the culture, cultivating some of the most legendary writing talent of the era: Lester Bangs, Cameron Crowe, Patti Smith, Robert Christgau and Jaan Uhelszki, who now returns as Editorial Director. The magazine’s original rise and fall is chronicled in the critically-acclaimed 2020 documentary CREEM: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine, which earned praise everywhere from The New York Times to CBS This Morning. 

Today, CREEM Entertainment is led by former VICE publisher John Martin as CEO, alongside Chairman JJ Kramer (son of original CREEM co-founder & publisher Barry Kramer). In addition to Uhelszki, the new CREEM editorial staff includes VP of Content Fred Pessaro formerly of VICE’s Noisey and Executive Editor Dan Morrissey from Entertainment Weekly. Editorial Director Dave Carnie has worked with Jackass, ESPN, Big Brother, and Penthouse. Grace Scott joined as Associate Editor after her work with VICE & The Toronto Star, and Zachary Lipez as Editor at Large, following his work with Pitchfork, The Washington Postand others. Last fall, CREEM welcomed Stephanie Augello as Photo Editor. Augello is an entertainment photographer and editor who has worked with Live Nation, Shutterstock Editorial, and ABC.