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Jane’s Addiction frontmanPerry Farrellhas sued former bandmatesDave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins, just hours after the triofiled a lawsuit against him over an onstage scuffle last year. During a show at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion on Sept. 13, 2024, Farrell shoved Navarro near the end of his guitar solo …

One month after dropping the Song of the Summer contender “Quitting,” Eliza McLamb is back with the new single “Like the Boys.” The track is a slow-burning charmer that sneaks up on you, quietly building into seismic, cathartic riffs as McLamb reflects on being a girl among the boys. “I …

A hemorrhaged vocal cord kept Sam Fender from taking the stage at Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival for his headlining performance. But the injury proved to be beneficial for Benson Boone, who was bumped up to the headlining tier in his place. It wasn’t an exact one-to-one parallel, but the Fender …

“Yeah, man, I swear these old niggas kill me,” raps Travis Scott in his typical melodic flow on “Champain & Vacay.” The Houston star’s pushback against Clipse’s “So Be It,” where Pusha T’s ripped Scott for his “lack of loyalty” towards past mentors and friends like Kanye West and Drake, …

In February 2019, Robert Plant booked a trio of shows at tiny, off-the-radar theaters across England with a new band he dubbed Saving Grace. Each night they played an eclectic mix of covers like Donovan’s “Season of the Witch,” Townes Van Zandt’s “Nothin,’” Patty Griffin’s “Standing,” and even a couple …

Robert Earl Keen has revealed a heavy-hitting lineup for his Aug. 28 benefit for central Texas flood relief. Tyler Childers will join Keen and his band to cap a day-long bill of artists including Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, Jack Ingram, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Cody Jinks, Ryan Bingham, and Randy Rogers …

Before Sabrina Carpenter was rightfully objectifying men and serving up espresso shots on last year’s Short n’ Sweet, she was working late writing Emails I Can’t Send. The singer is celebrating the third anniversary of the album that served as the breakthrough before the actual breakthrough with some light reminiscing. …

If you’re a fan of Jeff Tweedy, you know that he writes a lot of songs. Not just in the sense that he’s spent more than 30 years leading Wilco through one of the most rewarding and varied catalogs in American music, although that’s also true. On the most literal …

Once upon a time, being in a rock band meant, ipso facto, being in a cover band. There are still plenty of cover bands, of course, but the Beatles and especially punk helped move it from being the default. Still, mastering other people’s material before embarking upon one’s own presents …

Stevie Wonder had the perfect response to ongoing rumors that he is not actually blind. During a show for his Love, Light and Song U.K. tour in Cardiff, Wales, the singer poked fun at the wild speculation and addressed the crowd: “I must say to all of you, something that …