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Charli xcx’s new album has been christened Music, Fashion, Film and will be released July 24 through Atlantic. Its cover is a black and white photo by longtime collaborator Aidan Zamiri featuring the Velvet Underground’s John Cale, fashion designer Marc Jacobs and director Martin Scorsese, apparently intended to represent each aspect of the title. “11
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Tom Morello has never exactly trafficked in subtlety. So when the Rage Against the Machine guitarist titles a new song “Adjourn It,” recruits System of a Down’s Serj Tankian to howl about fascism and threads footage from a blacklisted 1954 labor rights film through the video, you can guess where things are headed. Released today
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Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair lineup is shrinking faster than a campaign promise after Election Day. Two days after SPIN highlighted the deeply bewildering artist roster attached to the National Mall celebration — a lineup that somehow managed to unite Vanilla Ice, C+C Music Factory, Flo Rida, Martina McBride and Milli Vanilli under one
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San Francisco will again serve as the place to be for electronic music lovers this fall when the Portola festival returns to the city’s Pier 80 from Sept. 26-27. The bill is led by Robyn, Swedish House Mafia and the long-awaited return of DOG BLOOD — the Skrillex/Boys Noize side project making its first appearance
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America’s 250th birthday celebration is locked and loaded — and if you’ve ever wondered what would happen if a county fair and a casino brunch buffet collided on the National Mall, Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 has your answer. Organizers spearheading the country’s semiquincentennial festivities announced the lineup today (May 27) for its sprawling Great American
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6LACK has announced the “10 Years of 6LACK Tour,” a global run celebrating a decade of the Atlanta artist’s career while supporting his brand new album, Love Is The New Gangsta. The 44-date tour kicks off September 8th in Oslo, Norway, before making its way through Europe and the UK with stops in Berlin, Paris,
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Bad Bunny’s Hollywood takeover is heading to infinity and beyond. Pixar announced today (May 26) that the Puerto Rican superstar has joined the voice cast of Toy Story 5, where he’ll play a new character called “Pizza with Sunglasses.” The reveal arrived via the studio’s Instagram account alongside a short animated teaser. It’s the latest
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“They were the Unfab Four,” Craig Leon laughs. Co-producing the Ramones’ 1976 debut album was like stepping into a strange Bizarro World-meets-the-Beatles for the producer. Co-produced with the Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone (Tommy Erdelyi), the sessions were close to entering that alternate DC Comics universe that ran from the late 1950s through the late ’60s, where superheroes like
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Ed Sheeran is parting ways with Warner Music Group after a 15-year run that saw him become one of the most commercially dominant artists of the modern era. In lengthy statements released to the media and via his social media platforms, Sheeran reflected on his long relationship with Asylum/Warner exec Ed Howard and the early
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Beartooth singer Caleb Shomo has come out as a “proudly gay man” in a social media statement posted on Saturday morning. Get Beartooth Tickets Here The rock frontman’s revelation comes after Beartooth’s recent announcements of a new album, Pure Ecstasy, and a Fall 2026 US tour. Shomo had previously stepped away from social media following
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Rob Base, the Harlem rapper best known for the 1988 classic “It Takes Two” alongside DJ E-Z Rock, has died at 59. According to a statement from his family, Base passed away peacefully on Friday, May 22nd after a private cancer battle. “Rob’s music, energy, and legacy helped shape a generation and brought joy to millions
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Once music festival season gets started each year, the rest of the summer can be a blur. You know there are tons of festivals of all shapes and sizes going on across the country—you remember seeing all those lineups trickle out earlier this year—but with so many options at your disposal, it can be hard
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The final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert featured so much of what defined host Stephen Colbert’s 11-season run on CBS: Cheeky jokes, nerdy references, good music, and friendly faces. It was sincere without marinating in emotion, simultaneously silly and dignified. Colbert’s time in late-night didn’t end by choice, but he owned these
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Pearl Jam has indeed chosen its new drummer, but the band is not making any grand reveals ahead of what will be its first show with Matt Cameron’s replacement on Sept. 27 at Eddie Vedder’s Ohana festival in Dana Point, Ca. Former Soundgarden member Cameron exited Pearl Jam amicably in July 2025 after a 27-year-run.
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As The Late Show nears its end, Stephen Colbert continues making good trouble. Wednesday’s penultimate episode featured Bruce Springsteen performing “Streets of Minneapolis,” the protest song he released in response to the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of ICE. “I am here in support tonight for Stephen, because you are
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As the Michael Jackson biopic Michael continues fueling renewed conversation around the King of Pop’s legacy, Netflix is preparing to revisit one of the most controversial chapters of his life. The streamer has announced Michael Jackson: The Verdict, a new three-part docuseries premiering June 3 that centers on Jackson’s highly publicized 2005 criminal trial, where
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Perhaps best known as the screenwriter of Taxi Driver, Paul Schrader recently embarked on another writing intensive project: landing an AI girlfriend. And much like that famous film, end result of said “relationship” wasn’t exactly a happy ending. In a recent Facebook post, Schrader said that when faced with a “desire to understand male/female interaction
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Did you know that more than 100,000 songs are uploaded to streaming platforms every day, with most never gaining traction? One reason may be that the majority of independent artists have no clear understanding of who their potential fans are. Beyond that, many lack the knowledge needed to effectively build and grow a fanbase. Rocketship,
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Jack Harlow has announced new North American and a United Kingdom tour dates for his 2026 “Monica Tour.” Harlow added six dates in the US, Canada and the UK to the tour. The additional stops include Minneapolis, St. Louis, Charlotte, and Orlando. Harlow will also be traveling to London for a single show. Get Jack
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