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Five years after it began in London, the historic “David Bowie Is” exhibit makes its last stop at the Brooklyn Museum, where it runs from March 2nd to July 15th. It’s a stunning tour of Bowie‘s world – whatever your level of Bowie fascination, it’s impossible to walk more than …

Joan Baez announced a new run of concerts in the U.S. and Canada, part of her final round of “formal touring.” The North American trek, which follows a stretch of U.K. and European dates in 2017, launches September 11th in Ithaca, New York and concludes November 17th in Oakland, California. …

There are few political issues that have touched Nashville so deeply as gun control, particularly in the wake of the October 1st shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas. But as the rest of the country reignites the weapons debate after the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas …

The country music world is still in the midst of winter cruise season, but festival season is just around the corner and one of the most picturesque on the calendar has just revealed its lineup. Blake Shelton, Brantley Gilbert and Brad Paisley will headline the 2018 Watershed Festival, which takes …

Just a few months after they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, Journeywent into complete meltdown mode. The trouble began near the end of their summer tour when guitarist Neal Schon began unloading on keyboardist Jonathan Cain via Twitter and a series of interviews. …

Machine Gun Kelly explores a relationship’s bitter end with his colorful “The Break Up” video. Director Jordan Wozy follows the rapper and his ex as they air grievances over the phone, shifting through color-coded rooms that include one filled with cacti and another with “Fuck You” balloons. The rapper also …

Last fall, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready welcomed five young men who lived in foster care as children into his band’s studio with the intention of making a song. The thing was, recording in a professional studio was a new experience for everyone except McCready. “This was a bunch of …

Since November 2017, hip-hop icon and business mogul Russell Simmons has been accused of more than a dozen cases of sexual assault or sexual misconduct. Simmons has responded by admitting “inappropriate conduct” in some instances, “apologiz[ing] for the instances of thoughtlessness in my relationships with women,” stepping away from his …

North Carolina alt-country band Sarah Shook and the Disarmers have announced plans for their second LP Years to be released on April 6th and given an early preview by sharing the song “Good as Gold,” which you hear above. “Good as Gold” builds on the downtrodden country rock of the …

Fiona Apple addressed Grammy president Neil Portnow’s comment that female artists need to “step up” by wearing a T-shirt onstage with the words, “Kneel Portnow.” Apple was performing with Garbage’s Shirley Manson at the Girlschool L.A. music festival at Bootleg Theater, Variety reports. The pair sang an emotionally charged cover …