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Leaves are on the ground, jackets are off the coatracks, and now everybody is looking for someplace warm to go. Luckily, now that fall is in full effect and winter will arrive sooner than you think, there are plenty of concerts planned to give you a break from the cool …

Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy are joining forces for the Hella Mega stadium tour, which will kick off June 13th, 2020 in Paris, France and hit North America the following month. The first U.S. date is July 17th at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park and wraps up August 29th at …

You were going to go. Of course you were going to go. Maybe you counted the hours and the days until advance tickets went on sale, and helped turn its opening weekend into a perpetually sold-out, round-the-clock-screening, $1.2 billion global juggernaut. Or maybe you went begrudgingly, complaining that this all …

What makes a summer jam? Is it the sunniest chorus, the hottest beat, the most weeks on the charts? Do the lyrics have to be about beaches and barbecues, or is it a question of vibe? What if it’s a song on your summer playlist and no one else’s? We …

Don’t touch the suit – anything but the suit! It was the fall of 1966, and Ken Kesey decided the time had come to spruce up Furthur, the refurbished, multicolored school bus that he and his Merry Pranksters had been using for their famed road trips. In the barn at …

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 …

On February 12th, 2017, Frank Ocean published a blunt dismissal of the Grammys on Tumblr. “You know what’s really not ‘great tv,’ guys?” Ocean asked. “[Taylor Swift’s] 1989 getting album of the year over [Kendrick Lamar’s] To Pimp a Butterfly. Hands down one of the most ‘faulty’ TV moments I’ve …

The 51st annual CMA Awards didn’t open with an all-star performance on Wednesday night, although it got to one of those quickly enough. It began instead with Eric Church alone on a half-lit stage, singing “Amazing Grace.” Country music has been battered in recent weeks, and this awards gala – …

Since the release of his debut single “Hurricane,” Luke Combs has been on a steady trajectory to country music success. Both that song and its follow-up, “When It Rains It Pours,” hit Number One on the country charts and the North Carolina native has grown his already hefty fan base. …

In 2014, Amber Giles, who DJ’s as Mija, was performing at Bonnaroo when Skrillex joined her onstage for a back-to-back 6 a.m. set. The gig went viral and her audience nearly doubled overnight. “My career was prematurely launched,” Giles, now 25, tells Rolling Stone. “I didn’t have a plan.” Before …