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A ferris wheel caught on fire at Leipzig, Germany’s Highfield music festival Saturday, injuring at least 30 people. The incident occurred at roughly 9 p.m. local time while German rapper Ski Aggu was onstage; the rapper later said on social media that he was told to continue his performance despite …

Sturgill Simpson is, once again, in the midst of an intriguing creative restart. The ambitious country/psych-rock/bluegrass artist announced earlier this summer that you can call him Johnny Blue Skies now, the better to match the melancholy tone of his eighth studio album, Passage du Desir. If you’re wondering why he’s …

Muna are one of the most prominent alt-rock/pop bands of the moment, and this weekend, they shared a festival lineup with Alanis Morissette, a major figure whose success helped pave the way for their own career. That might not meet the technical definition of the word “ironic,” but it was …

What started as a modest affair with a mix of local acts and other up-and-comers (including one Solána Rowe, the week after her second EP as SZA dropped), Washington D.C.’s Broccoli City Festival has evolved into one of the country’s largest music weekends catering specifically to Black concertgoers. This year, …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Kygo and Myles Shear’s Palm Tree Crew are bringing some of the biggest names in dance music to the Hamptons for the fourth straight year. They’re not doing …

In an industry filled with hundreds of music festivals around the globe, a decade in, there’s still nothing else quite like Form. For one there’s the venue, the tiny experimental eco-city of Arcosanti, smack dab in the middle of the Arizona desert about an hour north of Phoenix. Then there’s …

Many people have tried to make music festivals happen inside the five boroughs of New York over the years, with varying degrees of success. These days, Governors Ball is the one that rules them all. Since moving to Flushing Meadows Corona Park in 2023, it’s come closer than anyone to …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. When it comes to seeing your favorite bands and artists live this year, there’s a good chance they’re playing at a music festival in a city near you. …

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 …

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 …