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This weekend’s Global Citizen festival at New York’s Central Park has been canceled due to potentially severe weather in northeast U.S. “Due to the extreme weather forecast for New York City this weekend, we have made the difficult decision, in consultation with the City of New York and NYC Parks, to cancel this year’s Global Citizen Festival,” organizers announced Friday, a day before the fest was to be staged on the Great Lawn. “Forecasts predict dangerous conditions and circumstances in which we cannot safely bring tens of thousands of Global Citizens, artists, crew, vendors, partners, and staff onto the Great…

A portrait of The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has been shortlisted for the 2026 British Photography Awards. Check it out below. Newcastle photographer Neil Ferry, 56, took the picture while Healy was rehearsing for his performance at the Sunday For Sammy charity show in the city this February (via BBC News). READ MORE: The NME Big Read – The 1975: “I’d rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero” He took the image in just a couple of minutes, and has described the piece as his “vision of a timeless portrait, using light, tone and texture to create an atmosphere that feels removed…

iHeartRadio is getting into the holiday spirit early. Its annual concert tour Jingle Ball will return this December with appearances from Olivia Rodrigo, Jonas Brothers, Hilary Duff, Sombr, Raye, and more. Jingle Ball 2026 will make stops in Dallas on Dec. 1, Los Angeles on Dec. 4, Chicago on Dec. 7, Detroit on Dec. 8, New York on Dec. 11, Boston on Dec. 13, Washington, D.C. on Dec. 14, Philadelphia on Dec. 15, and Nashville, a new addition to the tour, on Dec. 17. Lineups vary by city. The New York edition, hosted annually at Madison Square Garden, will feature…

Few major artists are willing (dumb enough?) to criticize recent Cleveland devotee Taylor Swift in public, lest they incur the cursed wrath of her loyal fan base (or the pop star herself). However, Todd Rundgren, secure in his status as one of the last great rock curmudgeons, has absolutely nothing to lose. The singer-songwriter-producer recently spoke with Vulture’s Devon Ivie for a winding conversation about his career, from touring with Ringo Starr to his history with various members of the Band. Eventually, talk steered toward Rundgren’s production work on Meat Loaf’s seminal 1977 album Bat Out of Hell, which he…

It turns out Gnarls Barkley’s first tour in 18 years this November will instead feature Cee Lo Green taking the duo’s music on the road without Danger Mouse. Last week, it was revealed that Gnarls Barkley would embark on the To Whom It Still Concerns Tour, advertised as the group’s first trek since 2008. The tour was in support of Gnarls’ third and “final” album Atlanta, which was released earlier this year. “We’re excited to announce the Gnarls Barkley ‘To Whom It Still Concerns’ 2026 US and UK Tour is coming to a city near you,” the duo wrote on…

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Tinashe navigates the highs and lows of being a pop star, Blondshell basks in the beauty of her life, and Taylor Swift is back for the curtain call with a deluxe offering from The Life of a Showgirl. Plus, new music from Phoebe Bridgers, U2, Leon Bridges, Perfume Genius, and Nanpa Básico. Tinashe, “Popstar” (YouTube) Blondshell, “Lucky” (YouTube) Taylor Swift, “Pink Clouding” (YouTube) U2, “Silencio” (YouTube) Phoebe Bridgers, “On Video” (YouTube) Madonna, Charli XCX, “Danceteria Afterhours…

Fans of Treaty Oak Revival aren’t known for being demure. Whenever the Texas country-rock band plays their song “Boomtown” live in concert, audience members shower the band and one another with beer. But the ritual has increasingly gotten out of hand, culminating with someone hurling a chair into the crowd during the group’s performance last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, and reportedly sending one fan to the hospital. Singer Sam Canty and the group apparently had enough. In a video message posted on Thursday, Treaty Oak Revival implored their fans to refrain from throwing objects. “We’ve seen the videos and…

Beck has recalled meeting Dolly Parton during his childhood, saying that he was “taken aback” by her kindness. The alt-rock artist shared the story during a recent interview on BBC Radio 2, where he was asked about the “icons” he’d crossed paths with in the past, and which had left a lasting impression. His first pick was Neil Young, with Beck remembering going on tour with the legendary singer-songwriter when he was younger. “Another person who I met – not through music, but it is timely ’cause she just passed – is Dolly Parton,” Beck told host Jo Whiley. “I…

The 1980 film starring Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin will be re-released in theaters for one week with ticket proceeds benefiting the Dollywood Foundation Next month, audiences across the country will be able to watch Dolly Parton make her feature film debut all over again as 20th Century Studios re-releases 9 to 5 in theaters. The 1980 comedy will return to the big screen for one week between Oct. 9 and 15. 9 to 5 stars Parton alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as office workers looking to get some sweet revenge against their grating boss. Colin Higgins directed…

These days, Anthony Gonzalez is feeling wistful for his own back catalog. His 2023 LP Fantasy was pitched as a sequel to 2005’s Before the Dawn Heals Us, so based on that calculus—and all but confirmed by the piano refrain that closes “Blister Sunrise”—I Wrote You a Letter is the spiritual successor to 2008’s Saturdays=Youth. It’s also relatively subdued for an M83 record. After the verbose Fantasy, Gonzalez is again content to let his big sounds handle the big feelings: dueling choirs and saxophones on “Siren Behold… Beasts,” a string quartet on “Soldiers of Lust,” and, of course, every synth…