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Current conditions

#19 Dirty Honey

Mid Card • 13°TEMPERATURE

Dirty Honey grade out well because of active cycle, agency relationship, shaky genre fit. There are no major penalty conditions dragging the profile down at the moment.

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Genre Fit

3/3

Agency

UTA

Last Shaky

2022

Festival Fronts

0

Booking outlook

The project’s modern alternative, rock, punk, and adjacent festival-fit criteria support a defensible SHAKY//27 evaluation.

Artist Bio

Dirty Honey are associated with Los Angeles, California and formed in 2017 and fronted by Marc LaBelle. Their music is known for blues-based hard rock strongly influenced by 1970s and 1980s arena bands. their 2019 EP produced the No. 1 Mainstream Rock single “When I’m Gone,” followed by a self-titled album and Can’t Find the Brakes as the band built its audience through extensive touring. Across their career, the project has built its reputation through a combination of recorded work and live performance, making them a recognizable presence in the alternative, rock, or festival world relevant to this forecast.

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Signal report

Why This Forecast Works

A current hard-rock fit with a confirmed new record landing at the opening of the 2027 touring year.

  • September 21 expansion research: active candidate with no unsupported album-cycle points.
  • Research Batch 01 (COMPLETE): Reviewed representation and label evidence fills the listed gaps without changing the existing confirmed-2027 album cycle.
  • Research Batch 01: listed research gaps resolved.

Forecast factors

Pressure Breakdown

This is the weighted case behind the ranking. It explains where the Forecast Index comes from without pretending the number is a literal probability.

  • Agency relationship+3

    UTA has a meaningful recent Shaky/C3 footprint.

  • Active Cycle+4

    Correlated activity evidence is bundled with diminishing returns: release (4).

  • Shaky genre fit+3

    The project’s modern alternative, rock, punk, and adjacent festival-fit criteria support a defensible SHAKY FORECAST 27 evaluation.

  • Returner sweet spot+3

    Dirty Honey last played in 2022, which sits in the ideal return window.

Forecast Index: 13

Routing map

Festival Fronts

  • No festival fronts are currently on the desk.

Release climate

Music Weather

Album

Catch My Butterfly

Status

Confirmed 2027 Album

Release

Jan 15, 2027

2027 Touring

No confirmed 2027 North American tour is currently on the desk

Third studio album ‘Catch My Butterfly’ is confirmed for Jan. 15, 2027, directly opening the 2027 touring and festival window.

Forecast Impact

+4 release-climate points

Dirty Honey carry verified new-music momentum, which helps explain why the forecast keeps them active in the 2027 booking conversation.

  • No tour conditions are currently on the desk.

Historical conditions

Shaky History

Past appearances2022

Receipts

Sources

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