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Zac Brown shut down his tour in September after testing positive for Covid and scuttled a New Year’s Eve performance last month in Nashville after contracting the virus for a second time. But Brown and his namesake band are undeterred: On Friday, they announced a sprawling U.S. tour that will …

Robert Earl Keen says that after September 2022 he’ll no longer tour or give public performances. The beloved Texas singer-songwriter announced his retirement on Friday with a heartfelt if surprising note on his website. “I [have] been blessed with a lifetime of brilliant, talented, colorful, electric and magical folks throughout …

After years of performing around New York City, the Ronettes exploded in 1963 behind “Be My Baby,” a modern standard beloved by the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and pretty much everyone else with ears and a heart. During the recording of the song in Los Angeles, “All the musicians dropped …

Sixty years ago, Ronnie Spector and Darlene Lovewerethereigning queens of New York pop. Both commandeered the charts (with theRonettes and initially the Crystals,respectively), both had gloriously strong, emotive voices, and both were produced by the late Phil Spector. Overtime, they each broke with Spector and, despite some creative lulls,carried on. …

Shamir has dropped the video for new single “Reproductive.” The chill, guitar-backed indie rock track follows in the footsteps of “Cisgender” and “Gay Agenda” from his upcoming LP Heterosexuality. “Life gets tricky when you’re breaking curses from another life/In the hopes that the next one will be,” he sings. “A …

The entirety of Frank Zappa and the Mothers’ epic two-night, four-show stand at New York’s Fillmore East in June 1971 will be released for the first time this March to mark the 50th anniversary of the original live LP. Fillmore East – June 1971 — released two months later in …

Muse have returned with the video for their defiant new single “Won’t Stand Down,” the British rockers’ first new music in nearly four years. “’Won’t Stand Down’ is a song about standing your ground against bullies, whether that be on the playground, at work or anywhere,” frontman Matt Bellamy said …

Kanye West is a suspect in a battery report from the LAPD taken early Thursday, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The incident occurred at 3 a.m. in downtown Los Angeles near members-only club SoHo Warehouse. No arrests were made and LAPD is currently investigating the case, a media relations officer for LAPD says. …

After Blackpink’s buzzed-about set at Coachella 2019, hopes were high for more K-pop acts to be announced for this year’s festival, which returns after two years off due to Covid. Unfortunately, no K-pop artists made the bill for Coachella 2022, although the lineup does include Korean hip-hop trio Epik High, …

Nicki Minaj is no longer facing a harassment lawsuit filed by Jennifer Hough, the woman at the center of Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty’s, attempted rape conviction in the mid-Nineties. Lawyers for Hough filed the notice of voluntary dismissal Wednesday, Jan. 12. No reasoning for the dismissal was given in the …