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Sir Brian May is just 'on a break' from Queen

Sir Brian May has insisted he's just "on a break" from touring with Queen. The 79-year-old guitarist recently declared he wouldn't hit the road with the band again but he's now admitted his words were "misinterpreted" and he's simply taking some time off altho…

Andy Stott: Late Loop News

Andy Stott: Late Loop

0.0 0.0 Reader Score No score yet, be the first to add. 0.0 Genre: Electronic Label: Modern Love Release Date: 2026 Andy Stott is often pegged as a studio auteur—revered for his identifiably distressed and damaged approach, kicking up clouds of noise, rust, an…

Ashe: The Girl of Your Dreams News

Ashe: The Girl of Your Dreams

0.0 0.0 Reader Score No score yet, be the first to add. 0.0 Genre: Pop/R&B Label: Atlantic Release Date: 2026 Ashe was almost going to quit. The California-born singer-songwriter began her career singing on demos in Nashville, then providing guest vocals for E…

William Basinski: Passing the Cup of Sorrows News

William Basinski: Passing the Cup of Sorrows

0.0 0.0 Reader Score No score yet, be the first to add. 0.0 Genre: Experimental Label: Temporary Residence Ltd. Release Date: 2026 William Basinski is a cleric of chance operations, an experimental technician who twists meaning into Möbius strips of decaying t…

Shovel Dance Collective: Everything in Readiness News

Shovel Dance Collective: Everything in Readiness

0.0 0.0 Reader Score No score yet, be the first to add. 0.0 Genre: Rock / Folk/Country Label: tak:til Release Date: 2026 In 1944, around the time Woody Guthrie started writing “this machine kills fascists” on his acoustic guitar, English Marxist A. L. Lloyd pe…

The 17 Best Musician Halloween Costumes This Year News

The 17 Best Musician Halloween Costumes This Year

As the wise Phoebe Bridgers once said, it’s Halloween and we can be anything. This year, the music world had plenty of different ideas for how to mark the spookiest day of the season, which coincided with the end of Daylight Savings time. So don’t cry because …

Gracie Abrams (And David S. Pumpkins) Returns To SNL News

Gracie Abrams (And David S. Pumpkins) Returns To SNL

11:50 AM EST on November 1, 2026 Last night, SNL was hosted by Obsession star Inde Navarrette, with musical guest Gracie Abrams. Surprise guest Tom Hanks also returned in the cold open, alongside cast member Mikey Day and former cast member Bobby Moynihan, to …

Billy Strings Plays He-Man-Themed Set Dressed As He-Man News

Billy Strings Plays He-Man-Themed Set Dressed As He-Man

10:34 AM EST on November 1, 2026 Last night, at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland, Billy Strings hosted a He-Man-themed evening. Strings dressed up as He-Man, while the rest of his band and the special guests who joined him onstage wore other Masters of th…

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Turnstile declined to tour with Metallica

Metallica’s James Hetfield said Turnstile rejected the chance to tour with the legendary metal band. The Enter Sandman rockers are fans of the hardcore punk band, whom they approached about opening their gigs for the M72 tour, but the BLACKOUT hitmakers ultima…

Juan Atkins, Co-Founder of Techno Music, Dies at 64 News

Juan Atkins, Co-Founder of Techno Music, Dies at 64

Juan Atkins, the lifelong producer and DJ who co-founded Detroit techno music, has died; Green Smith Artists, Atkins’ management company, confirmed his death. Atkins was slated to perform at Yu Yu Club in Mexico City last night (October 31). He was 64. As a me…

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