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Russian punk collective Pussy Riot will embark on a North American tour next March, with a portion of ticket sales benefitting local Planned Parenthood affiliates around the country. The run kicks off March 13th at 1720 LA in Los Angeles and includes stops in cities like Portland, Denver, Chicago, Brooklyn, …

Animal Collective’s Avey Tare will release a new EP, Conference of Birds/Birds in Disguise, on December 5th via Domino Records. He previewed the five-track set, available to pre-order on 12-inch vinyl, by streaming the first three songs: “Midnight Special,” “Red Light Water Show” and “Disc One.” The ambient “Midnight Special” …

Ozzy Osbourne returned to the stage after a tumultuous year for a flame-filled performance of “Take What You Want,” joining Post Malone and Travis Scott on Sunday at the American Music Awards. The former Black Sabbath singer, who has spent much of 2019 recovering from health issues and surgeries, stayed …

Beck spoke to Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson this week and shared his 5 Best Songs — a.k.a. five favorites of his that are available on the platform. Beck chose Velvet Underground’s “Sunday Morning,” Prince‘s “The Beautiful Ones,” Aphex Twin‘s “Window Licker,” The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” and Tame Impala‘s …

Taylor Swift will be honored with the Artist of the Decade Award at this year’s American Music Awards on November 24th, but it’s not clear whether she’ll actually be able to perform any of her hits. On Thursday night, Swift took to Tumblr to claim that Big Machine Label Group’s …

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds has dropped a reflective new single “Wandering Star.” The song comes off the band’s upcoming EP, Blue Moon Rising, which is set for release May 6th, 2020. Gallagher, who produced the track himself, premiered the song on BBC Radio 2. “It was written in Abbey …

Animal Collective will release a live album to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Merriweather Post Pavilion, the band’s psychedelic, critically acclaimed LP. Titled Ballet Slippers, the live album will drop on November 22nd via Domino Records. Mixed by Ajay Saggar and edited by band member Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), songs …

David Byrne is in the midst of a successful Broadway run for his American Utopia production, but he’s already using his off-time planning another theatrical installation. The former Talking Head is planning on opening an immersive project called Theater of the Mind, presented by the Denver Center for the Performing …

Kanye West flew to the top of the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, garnering 238 million streams for the week of October 25th through the 31st. The rapper jumped from Number 22 to Number One following the release of his new album, Jesus Is King, which topped the Top 200 …

Niall Horan will embark on a North American tour in spring 2020. The 17-date trek kicks off on April 20th in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena. Named after his latest single, which Horan unveiled earlier this month, the singer’s ‘Nice to Meet Ya’ tour will wind throughout the U.S., with …