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Yeah Yeah Yeahs have unveiled Hidden in Pieces Live at the Royal Albert Hall, a live album out digitally today. A 22-minute concert film, directed by Barnaby Clay, is also streaming now via the Criterion Channel. That was recorded at Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theatre and will screen in a handful of theaters around the world this month. A physical album, out October 23 via Secretly Canadian, will include today’s 13-track live album as well as a handful of bonus recordings from U.S. shows, which will come to streaming the same day.Karen O said in a press release that the album…

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Editor’s note: This story is part of a special series by Princeton University journalism students reporting on the discovery of an African burial ground in Key West, Florida, and how the legacy of slavery still reverberates through the island community and beyond. I t’s a breezy Sunday morning in March at Higgs Beach in Key West. The Straits of Florida glisten and the sun leaves a feeling of hazy contentment. Bright pink flags and a yellow sign announce the Key West Orchid Society’s annual orchid show, hosted at the Key West Garden Club. A freckled purple flower, contestant No. 298, is vying for…

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The stage times for this year’s End Of The Road festival have been shared – check them out below. This year’s bash will mark the 20th anniversary of the festival, and sees it return to the Larmer Tree Gardens site on the border of Dorset and Wiltshire between September 3 and September 6. Pulp, CMAT, Mac DeMarco and Geese will top the bill alongside a host of other acts including Super Furry Animals, Kurt Vile, Fat Dog, Just Mustard, Working Men’s Club, Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Elizabeth Copeland, Ty Segall and Adult DVD, Lucinda Williams, Cardinals, Folk Bitch Trio, Cowboy Hunters, S.G.…

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The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial began its fourth day of deliberations Tuesday as it continues to weigh the circumstances under which the Massachusetts mother killed her three young children. Prosecutors have claimed that Clancy was a hyper-controlling mother who “meticulously” planned the murders of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, after growing unhappy with her life. Clancy’s defense team, meanwhile, has claimed that Clancy suffered a total postpartum psychotic break and heard a commanding male voice in her head when she strangled her children with exercise bands. Clancy then tried to use a kitchen knife…

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released a live album, Hidden in Pieces Live at the Royal Albert Hall. The collection was recorded at London’s Royal Albert Hall during the band’s 2025 Hidden in Pieces Tour. A digital edition of the album, featuring 13 songs recorded at Royal Albert Hall, is available now. The physical version will be released on Oct. 23 along with a digital deluxe edition. “Hidden in Pieces Live at the Royal Albert Hall was born out of a need to commune with our band and fan family in 2025, after the election,” Karen O said in a statement. “In…

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Dolly Parton‘s estate has confirmed plans for an inaugural “star-studded” two-day DollyFest event in 2027 in Nashville and London. The bash, which will honour the late country icon’s life and legacy, will be staged across two consecutive weekends next year, with specific dates to be announced in the coming weeks. Parton died aged 80 last Tuesday (August 25), with her representatives later confirming that it followed a “brief battle with cancer”. “DOLLYFEST will be the party of a lifetime she wanted to share with the world,” her estate said. DollyFest organiser Danny Nozell, the founder and CEO of CTK Enterprises, said in…

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Fincher directs Tarantino! Downey Jr. rejoins the MCU! Timothée, Tom Cruise, and the ‘To Catch a Predator’ origin story! Get ready for a wild and crazy moviegoing season Every fall, studios trot out their big prestige-drama titles, film festivals roll out the red carpet for gala premiers, and big-name talent starts hitting the for-your-consideration circuit. For the next few months, a lot of oxygen will get sucked up over whether this title or that has a good chance of going all the way, or whether a veteran actor is campaigning enough to nab a long overdue Oscar. Do a lot…

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Kali Malone has announced a new album, Burning Song, her solo follow-up to 2024’s All Life Long. Joined by Stephen O’Malley on guitar and Lucy Railton on cello, Malone recorded the album at Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany—the church where Johann Sebastian Bach served as cantor for the last 27 years of his life and was subsequently buried. She performed on the church’s Bach Organ, a modern instrument based on baroque tunings and temperament. With the announcement come a single, “Heavy With Fruit,” and a European tour itinerary, both below.Since All Life Long, Malone has released an album with Drew McDowall,…

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Tributes have been paid following news of the passing of Half Japanese co-founder David Fair. He was 74. The musician founded the art-punk rock band alongside brother and bandmate Jad Fair after they moved from Michigan to Maryland in the mid-’70s, and soon went on to gain momentum for their unconventional approach to music. His passing was confirmed on Sunday (August 30) by Thick Syrup Records, with the label’s founder Travis McElroy sharing how the artist and his band “meant a lot to me”. “This one really hurts,” the post began. “My good friend David Fair of Half Japanese has…

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The 100 Club in London is set to host two shows from Sprints, Maruja and more, celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of their most iconic punk gigs. To mark the landmark moment, they will be pricing tickets at just £1.50 – the same as what they were in 1976. The 1976 shows were held on September 20 and 21, and featured performances from Sex Pistols, The Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Damned, Buzzcocks Subway Sect, Chris Spedding & The Vibrators and Stinky Toys from Paris – most of which were unsigned at the time. In the audience were…

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