Belle and Sebastian will tour North America in June, performing 17 shows around the U.S., Mexico and Canada. After visiting Australia in May and making a quick stop at the Primavera Sound festival in Spain, the Scottish group kicks off their Stateside run on June 5th in Portland, Maine. They …
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Zaria Martens is the women’s returning champion here at Flat Out Friday, the race that lets hundreds of riders compete inside an arena, safe from the February cold. She started riding when she was three. Now, she’s 14. “I feel like I have to prove something,” she says. “I need …
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Trey Songz surrendered to the Los Angeles Police Department Monday to face a felony domestic violence charge, the New York Daily News reports. The R&B singer was accused last month of striking Andrea Buera during an NBA All-Star Weekend afterparty at his Hollywood Hills rental home. Songz (real name Tremaine …
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Lilly Hiatt had just led her quartet through a rocked-up set at the seventh annual Luck Reunion, the eclectic festival held at Willie Nelson‘s Luck Ranch outside of Austin, when she paused to take in her surroundings. She was on the Chapel Stage, a tiny and cozily crowded church with …
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The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office said it was “unopposed” to rapper Meek Mill‘s release from prison on bail, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. A motion prosecutors filed on Wednesday stated there is a “strong likelihood” the rapper’s conviction would be reversed. The news came the same day Rolling Stone published anexclusive …
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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 …
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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 …
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“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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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