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As gun control again overtakes the national conversation, Fall Out Boy and G-Eazy announced Monday that they will co-headlinea Washington, D.C. concert, dubbed Stay Amped, that will benefit the gun-violence prevention groups Giffords and Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund. After seeing how the students of Parkland, Florida’s Marjory Stoneman …

Alice in Chains extended their headlining tour with new North American dates. The new leg launches August 22nd in Vancouver and concludes September 15th in Phoenix. The alt-metal band previously announced a worldwide live run – including stops throughout North America and Europe – that kicks off April 28th in …

“Nothing good ever happens after midnight – so the story goes,” Brent Cobb sings on his new song “King of Alabama.” It’s a line delivered with nonchalance, but imbued with irony and tragedy in the Georgia native’s loving ode to Wayne Mills, the first song to be released from Cobb’s …

Nick Cave will embark on a unique tour this spring, visiting various East Coast cities to answer questions from fans. The trek, dubbed Conversations With Nick Cave, will comprise four dates in Massachusetts and New York in late April and May. “The audience can ask me anything and I’ll do …

Tina Tchen, a co-founder of Time’s Up and chief of staff to former First Lady Michelle Obama, will helm the Recording Academy’s task force on gender bias in the music industry, Billboard reports. Tchen will lead a 15- to 20-person team focused on identifying “the various barriers and unconscious biases …

Spoon and Grizzly Bear will unite this summer for a run of co-headlining U.S. tour dates. The acclaimed indie-rock acts will link up for seven joint dates in June, opening in Boston on the 18th and concluding in Minneapolis on the 30th. The bands partnered with PLUS1, an initiative that …

The Flaming Lips added a new run of West Coast dates to their 2018 North American tour itinerary. The group is already scheduled to play a handful of shows this March, after which they’ll kick off another leg May 31st at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts in Jackson, …

Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies unveiled a vicious new single, “Headstone,” from their upcoming album, Vacation in Hell, out April 6th. It also released a black-and-white video for the track directed by Luke Monaghan and filmed in the group’s native Flatbush, Brooklyn neighborhood. One of the group’s three MCs, Erick …

When we speak to Logic, it’s been more than a week since he performed his hit “1-800-273-8255” at the Grammys, and he’s still taking the evening in. “Kendrick Lamar gave me a little head nod of respect,” he says. “Damn, he’s one of my biggest inspirations.” The performance was the …

Kanye West made another rare onstage appearance Saturday when the rapper performed his “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” during Kid Cudi‘s concert at an Adidas event in Los Angeles. West also introduced Cudi – who wasn’t listed among the scheduled performers – at Adidas’ 747 Warehouse St. event, a …