The Roots Picnic, held yearly in Philadelphia since 2008, is a special kind of music festival. The lineup this year covered a wide spectrum of hip-hop and R&B, plus country, go-go, and more, with the Roots’ own omnivorous musicality as the guiding force. Daily crowds of 30,000 made the pilgrimage …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Governors Ball is back in New York City, and this year the lineup is filled with top performers like Reneé Rapp, 21 Savage, Victoria Monét, Peso Pluma, Dominic …
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Ticketmaster‘s parent company Live Nation acknowledged that it suffered a data breach tied to the ticketing company’s user data, confirming the matter in an SEC filing Friday. The filing comes days after a hacker under the name ShinyHunters in a popular online hacker group called Breachforums, claiming that they had …
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If you go to see Wilco in North Adams, Mass., on June 28, don’t expect to hear “Impossible Germany.” In fact, it’s probably best not to get your hopes up for any of Wilco’s big concert standbys on the first night of their biannual Solid Sound Festival, when they will …
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Beabadoobee is hitting the road this fall for a 12-date trek across North America for her “This Is How Tomorrow Moves” Tour, the singer announced Wednesday morning. The fall tour will kick off September 8 at the Met Philadelphia and conclude September 28 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. …
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Maryland signed a new ticketing bill on Thursday that’s set to outlaw some of the live music industry’s most common deceptive ticketing practices: Hidden fees and speculative ticket listings. Maryland governor Wes Moore signed the legislation on Thursday afternoon, weeks after it first passed through the state’s senate. Fees tacked …
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Over the past couple of decades, the Rolling Stones have looked for any reason to hit the road besides the release of a new album of original songs. They’ve launched tours celebrating their 50th anniversary, reissues of select archival records, the 2016 covers LP Blue & Lonesome, and their 60th …
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Billie Eilish, Lorde, Green Day, and Fall Out Boy are among the hundreds of artists to sign an open letter asking Congress to pass the Fans First Act, a bill that takes aim at “deceptive” and “predatory” ticket resellers. The letter, organized by the Fix the Tix Coalition, was also …
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In typical Neil Young fashion, virtually nothing was revealed about his 2024 U.S. tour before it kicked off Wednesday night at San Diego’s Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, other than the fact he’d be backed by Crazy Horse, and that Micah Nelson would be taking over guitar duties …
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It’s a little after midnight on the opening night of Phish‘s sold-out run at the Sphere, and the northern lights are shining bright over Sin City. “Never ever saw the northern lights,” Trey Anastasio sang during the group’s encore of “Farmhouse.” “I never really heard of cluster flies/I never saw …
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