SXSW Coverage: mtvU Woodie Awards & Festival 2015

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What do you get when you have Big Sean, Fall Out Boy and more play a show in the rain at SXSW? The 2015 mtvU Woodie Awards.

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Ty Dolla $ign performing at the mtvU Woodies Festival on March 20th, 2015 (Benjamin Esakof/Roman's Rap-Up).

Officially put on by MTV subsidy mtvU, MTV's 24/7 college network, the Woodie Awards celebrate the best up-and-coming artists. In the past, the Woodies gave Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX their debut televised performance of "Fancy," Macklemore's "Same Love," and countless other artists the same chance. 

This year, mtvU added the "Woodies Festival," a 4-hour concert event leading up to the live broadcast of the award show. Artists featured at the festival included Ty Dolla $ign, Clean Bandit with Jess Glynne, Rae Sremmurd and more. The pouring rain didn't stop thousands from gathering, either. 

The award show opened with UK newcomers Years & Years, which was followed up with a Woodies tribute performance by host and lead singer of Bleachers, Jack Antonoff. Other performances included James Bay and Fall Out Boy, with the 2015 award show being closed out with a killer performance from Big Sean. 

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UPDATED: Austin Mahone Postpones Debut Tour

Say it's not so! Austin Mahone instagrammed a photo of him with the caption "I've never felt so bad". With that, his entire "MTV Artist To Watch" tour has been postponed!

Credit: Instagram

According to Austin's reps, he was admitted to the hospital yesterday morning to an un-specified illness.

Here is the official statement:

Due to illness, Austin Mahone will unfortunately have to postpone his sold out MTV Artist to Watch Presents Tour to 2014. The singer, who fell ill earlier this week and already postponed his Miami and Orlando shows, is now on strict Dr.’s orders to stay on rest and will need to reschedule all dates on the tour. The tour featured support artists Becky G, Midnight Red, and W3 The Future. Ticket holders for the sold out tour will be notified of the new 2014 dates and all details as soon as possible.

This post will be updated as soon as new dates are released. Get well soon Austin!

Update: Austin Mahone took to his social media accounts to announce the rescheduled tour dates, which start in February 2014. However, no word yet on whether or not tickets to the cancelled event will be honored at the new date. 

Credit: Austin Mahone's Official Facebook Page

Austin Mahone Announces Headlining Tour

It's official! 17 year-old singer Austin Mahone took to Facebook and Twitter today to announce his debut tour! Austin, joined by Becky G, Midnight Red, and W3 The Future, will kick things off in Miami on October 17th. See the photo below for complete list of tour dates, and get tickets here.

Credit: Republic Records