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Shaun Clair has seen the future of rock & roll, and it’s a 3D pig. Starting in the Sixties, Clair Global, the company co-founded by Clair’s grandfather, has provided sound systems for major rock tours, from Elton John’s and the Stones’ up through more recent ones like Roger Waters’ The …

Five months after the federal government passed the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) to assist independent venue owners, promoters and other small live music businesses who’ve been dormant during the pandemic, applicants are finally beginning to receive grant approval notices. Getting a grant approved means venues still must wait to …

UPDATE (5/26): Megan Thee Stallion has been added as a Summerfest headliner with a September 16th show at the festival. Miley Cyrus, Chance the Rapper, Chris Stapleton, and the Jonas Brothers are among the artists that will headline gigs during Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Summerfest, now scheduled to take place this September. …

Since releasing Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Taylor Swift has left fans impatiently speculating on which of her rerecorded albums will come next. Her new take on 1989‘s “Wildest Dreams” was featured in the trailer for the upcoming animated film Spirit Untamed, which seemed like a tip-off that a remake of her …

Director Lee Daniels was in the midst of wrappingup his latest movie — The United States vs. Billie Holiday, which tells the story of the late, troubled jazz singer and how “Strange Fruit,” the anti-lynching protest song she introduced to the world, brought her both triumph and troubles — when …

Three days after Jeep’s ad featuring Bruce Springsteen became one of the most buzzed-about Super Bowl commercials, the automotive company has pulled the spot after it was revealed Wednesday that Springsteen had been arrested for driving while under the influence last fall. “It would be inappropriate for us to comment …

E lvis Costello was less than 24 hours into his first American tour when he met Iggy Pop. It was November 1977, and the former Stooges frontman was playing at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco when a bleary-eyed Costello, fresh off a flight from London, wandered into the venue …

Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has partnered with Rolling Stone to launch a new interview series, S.O.S. — Earth Is a Mess. The first episode debuts Thursday, October 29th, and features a chat with Democracy Now! host and best-selling author, Amy Goodman. An avowed Goodman fan, Casablancas opens the interview by …

Since May 2020, youth organizers across the country have been mobilizing against police brutality and working for systemic change in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. Some of them had organized for social justice before, but many of them took to the streets for the first time and without an …

It’s a miserable Monday morning in January 1969, and the Beatles are trying to get back to where they once belonged. The Get Back project sounded like a perfect idea: just the four lads and their instruments, ready to hit the studio, return to their roots, conjure up some great …