Music
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Bruce Springsteen Denounces ICE, Dedicates Song to Renee Good
Last night (January 17), Bruce Springsteen made an unannounced appearance at New Jersey’s Light of Day WinterFest — a regular haunt, as far as his “surprise” performances go. While joining headliners Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers onstage at the non-profit’s event, Springsteen strongly denounced the ongoing ICE raids in Minnesota and dedicated his 1978 song “The Promised Land” to Renee…
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L.A. Reid Settles Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Music executive L.A. Reid has settled a lawsuit by a previous employee who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, Billboard reports. Details of the settlement—which was announced today, January 12, the day Reid’s trial was scheduled to begin—were not disclosed. In 2023, Drew Dixon, a former vice president of A&R at Arista Records, alleged Reid had groped and digitally…
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New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026
New albums are getting announced and released constantly. It’s tough to stay on top of it all. So that’s where we come in. Pitchfork is tracking notable new music releases with our guide to upcoming albums. In the coming months, there will be big new releases from Charli XCX, Ratboys, Dry Cleaning, Gorillaz, Danny L Harle, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Joyce…
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Brigitte Bardot Dies at 91
Brigitte Bardot, the French icon who glamorously embodied the postwar pop zeitgeist, has died. Her animal rights foundation announced the news in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse. No cause or date of death were given. Bardot was 91 years old. Bardot was born into a wealthy Parisian family in 1934 and trained as a ballerina before landing the modeling…
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Max B Drops First Mixtape Since Prison Release
Just over a month after he was released from prison following a 16-year-long stint behind bars, Max B is back with his first new full-length in four years. The rapper has surprise-released Public Domain 7: The Purge, the seventh installment of his ongoing Public Domain mixtape series. You can listen to it below. Public Domain 7: The Purge follows Max…
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Joe Ely, Staple of Texas’ 1970s Progressive Country Scene, Dies at 78
Joe Ely, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who helped spearhead Texas’ progressive country movement in the 1970s, has died, his representative confirmed to Rolling Stone. Ely died from complications of Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s, and pneumonia at his home in Taos, New Mexico. He was 78. As is true of the most revered country icons, Ely lived a long and storied life…
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Rilo Kiley Announce 2026 Tour Dates
A silver lining for missing Rilo Kiley‘s reunion shows: You’ll have one more chance to see them next year, when the quartet hits the road for select dates in North America and Europe. You can check out the full slate below. The announcement follows a busy year for the band—Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Jason Boesel—which included…
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FKA twigs Announces 2026 Tour, Shares New “Love Crimes” Video: Watch
Less than a year after wrapping up her last run of live performances, FKA twigs is going back on tour. Beginning in March of next year, the Body High Tour will bring twigs to theaters and arenas across North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom in support of Eusexua and its companion album, Eusexua Afterglow. Opening at select shows are…
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FKA twigs, Sturgill Simpson, Bonnie “Prince” Billy to Star in New Movie The Lonely Woman
Boy Harsher, the darkwave electronic duo of vocalist Jae Matthews and producer Augustus Muller, are shooting a feature film, and they’ve tapped a few striking musicians to join the cast. The movie, dubbed The Lonely Woman, reportedly stars FKA twigs, Sturgill Simpson, Will Oldham AKA Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Jake Weary, and Chloë Sevigny, among others. The Lonely Woman is billed…
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“Weird Al” Yankovic Announces Expansive 2026 Tour
“Weird Al” Yankovic has announced a massive expansion to this year’s Bigger & Weirder Tour. The parody musician will continue the trek in 2026 with an additional 90 stops throughout North America, including in cities such as Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas, Austin, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and more. As on the previous leg of the Bigger & Weirder Tour, the singer…
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