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Fountains of Wayne have announced their first show following the death of Adam Schlesinger, their bassist and general pop culture songwriter extraordinaire, in April 2020. The power-pop band will perform at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, on the Fourth of July, alongside other…

Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a defamation lawsuit NBCUniversal Media LLC, Peacock TV LLC, and Ample Entertainment over allegations aired in their recent Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy documentary. In court documents, viewed by Pitchfork, Diddy and his…

President Donald J. Trump has officially been elected chair of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C. The news arrived February 12, via a post on the president’s Truth Social account. “It is a…

Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke have shared a new song. “Back in the Game” is the second collaboration between the electronic musician and the Radiohead and Smile frontman, following “Beautiful People,” which appeared on Pritchard’s 2016 album, Under the Sun.…

Beirut, the orchestral pop project of Zach Condon, have announced a new album. Inspired by Judith Schalansky’s German novel Verzeichnis einiger Verluste, the 18-track A Study of Losses was commissioned by Swedish circus Kompani Giraff for an acrobatic stage show.…

Japanese Breakfast has shared the latest single from her forthcoming album For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women). “Mega Circuit” arrives with a music video that Michelle Zauner created with frequent collaborator Adam Kolodny. Check it out below. For Melancholy Brunettes…

Less than a fortnight after a Chappell Roan Grammys speech sparked a conversation about mental healthcare in music, Universal Music Group (UMG) has partnered with the Music Health Alliance to launch the Music Industry Mental Health Fund. The major-label group…

Of Montreal will reissue The Sunlandic Twins, via Polyvinyl, on March 14, extending the 20th anniversary celebrations that began with the December announcement of a tour of the album. Kevin Barnes and the band have also expanded that run of…

Last year, Sturgill Simpson released Passage du Desir, his first album as Johnny Blue Skies. He’s now announced the Who the F**k Is Johnny Blue Skies? Tour. The U.S. trek begins in April with a show in Durant, Oklahoma. Along…

In 2023, R. Kelly formally appealed his conviction on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges. On Wednesday (February 12), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the conviction and its corresponding 30-year prison sentence. In a…