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Hundreds of fans paid their respects to Glen Hansard during a public wake in Dublin today. The Irish singer-songwriter died on July 29 at 56 in a motorcycle crash, leading to an outpouring of grief from both his peers and his global audience. Hansard’s body is lying in repose in a wicker coffin at the Baroque Chapel at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Kilmainham, Dublin until later today. Many of the mourners, who lined up to pay tribute to the musician, shared stories and memories of seeing him perform. Chris James told the BBC he saw Hansard busking…

Republican Rep. Max Miller is doubling down on his intention to stay in Congress — and his race for reelection in Ohio —- as allegations of domestic violence against his ex-wife break through the GOP’s stonewalling. On Sunday morning, Miller responded to allegations made by his former spouse Emily Moreno, the daughter of Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio). Court documents and police interviews obtained by multiple news outlets over the course of the summer paint a picture of harrowing alleged abuse against Moreno, and a pattern of similar maltreatment with past partners. The sitting congressman is accused of throwing scalding water…

Fans were inexplicably refunded and the Salt Lake City music festival’s online presence was erased Yours Always, a two-day music festival scheduled for Oct. 2 and 3 at Salt Lake City’s Utah State Fairpark, has been cancelled without notice. The inaugural festival was set to feature Benson Boone and Sombr as headlining acts. According to fans on Reddit, ticket holders received refunds last week via email but weren’t given an explanation. The organizers subsequently deactivated the festival’s website and social media accounts. One fan noted that their “support email” came back as “invalid” when they tried to contact Yours Always. Per…

Megadeth have announced their last ever UK and European tour, promising fans a “true celebration of metal”. Read More: Dave Mustaine tells us Megadeth’s farewell album will cause a “renaissance”: “It’s going to smack people upside of their earholes” Today (Monday August 3), the thrash metal pioneers shared news that their multi-year, global farewell tour would set to take them across the UK and Europe, joined by fellow metal titans Black Label Society and Testament. ‘Breakout: Hibernation Of The Nations’ kicks off in Belfast next year on March 9, with the 24-date arena run taking the band across the United Kingdom…

New Radicals, the legendary one-hit-wonders whose frontman, Gregg Alexander, went on to write “Murder on the Dancefloor,” are back with their first original song in nearly three decades. The bucket-hatted bandleader wrote “One Night Only (Break Loose Break Free!)” for the soundtrack to One Night Only, a rom-com starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner that comes out this week. Check it out below.New Radicals broke up in 1999, a year after the sensational success of “You Get What You Give” and the subsequent release of debut album Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too, which had some other songs as well. Alexander…

The Who didn’t have a new album to support when they kicked off a late summer U.S. tour at the Capitol Center in Landover, Maryland, on Aug. 3, 1975, but it didn’t matter. They were a rock institution, rivaled in popularity only the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd. The strength of their back catalog guaranteed sellout crowds whenever they toured.  That doesn’t mean Pete Townshend was satisfied. “It’s just that when I’m standing up there on stage playing rock and roll, I often feel that I’m too old for it,” he told NME the previous year, shortly after…

In occasione dll’uscita del nuovo disco, “Costa Sud“, incontriamo la band salernitana attraverso le parole del frontman, il polistrumentista Peppe Maiellano, tra omaggi all’indimenticabile Peppino Di Capri, sogni “saliforniani”, e voglia di vivere un tempo lento e lontano anni luce dalle logiche di mercato attuali. Perché un tempo così lungo tra un disco e l’altro?In questi cinque anni abbiamo comunque suonato molto, quindi siamo stati impegnati da quel punto di vista. Nel 2023 abbiamo lavorato al disco solista di Tonico 70, un progetto di cui ho scritto molto e che, anche se ufficialmente non compare nella nostra discografia, ha richiesto…

Ash have surprised fans at Kendal Calling by taking to the stage pretending to be a tribute band, in a set that also saw them presented with gold discs for their hit single ‘Girl From Mars’. The 2026 edition of the festival took place at Lowther Deer Park, near Penrith, over the weekend, and saw performances from Wolf Alice, Biffy Clyro, Primal Scream, Scissor Sisters and The Libertines. There was also a set planned from Rehash, a band described as a Cumbria-based tribute band to alt-rock band Ash. However, fans at the site were surprised to see the real band…

Fans at Lollapalooza have gone viral for passing a bag of urine over the crowd. The annual Chicago music festival returned last week for the 2026 edition, and featured performances from  Olivia Dean, Charli XCX, Tate McRae, Lorde, The xx and The Smashing Pumpkins. Other names on the bill included Geese, Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Ethel Cain, Turnstile, Lil Uzi Vert, CMAT, Little Simz, Zara Larsson, Clipse, The Neighbourhood, Yungblud, Beabadoobee and Sombr. While the festival has already made headlines for Lorde bringing out Charli XCX, Smashing Pumpkins bringing out Olivia Rodrigo, and Charli XCX making it rain women’s underwear,…

Pitchfork Festival London has announced its second wave of artists, who will converge on the city for a week this November. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom will appear alongside the Avalanches at their Roundhouse headlining show, with a guest DJ set from Arushi Jain and more to be announced; Nirosta Steel will perform My Skyscraper at ICA; and DIIV will top the Dalston Takeover ticket alongside Mandy, Indiana, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, and Working Men’s Club. They all join a lineup led by Ear, Tortoise, Aja Monet, Los Thuthanaka, Olof Dreijer, Hania Rani, Radio Dept, Actress, and Noname. See Pitchfork London’s…