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Two Deaths Over 2025 EDC Festival Weekend in Las Vegas Under Investigation: Report

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According to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, authorities in Clark County are investigating the deaths of two men following separate incidents connected to the EDC Las Vegas festival over the weekend.

Azmi Atassi of Flagstaff, Arizona, and Opkar Mahal, of North Las Vegas, both died on Sunday, per the Clark County coroner’s office. The causes of death remain pending.

Mahal, 39, suffered what police described as a “medical episode” while attending the festival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He was reportedly transported to University Medical Center, where he later died. Atassi, 33, was found deceased in his room at the Hilton Grand Vacations Club on Las Vegas Boulevard South. Officials believe he was in Las Vegas to attend the festival.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced Tuesday that they would be reviewing both incidents. They have not yet released additional information about the circumstances, including whether the deaths are related to drug use, heat exposure or other factors associated with large-scale festivals.

EDC is one of the largest electronic dance music festivals in the world, regularly drawing over 500,000 attendees over three days. The 2025 edition took place May 16-18.

Paul Weller announces new album, Find El Dorado

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Paul Weller has announced details of a new studio album, Find Eldorado. The album is released on July 25 on Parlophone.

Paul Weller has announced details of a new studio album, Find Eldorado. The album is released on July 25 on Parlophone.

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The album is a deeply personal collection of reinterpretations. “These are songs I’ve carried with me for years,” Weller says. “They’ve taken on new shapes over time. And now felt like the moment to share them.”

The album has been produced and arranged by Steve Craddock and features collaborations with the likes of Hannah Peel, Declan O’Rourke, Robert Plant, Seckou Keita, Amelia Coburn and Noel Gallagher.

You can hear two songs from Find Eldorado below.

“Lawdy Rolla” below – originally by an obscure French studio band called The Guerrillas, who featured African jazz star Manu Dibango in their ranks.

And Brian Protheroe’s 1974 hit “Pinball”, which features saxophone from Jacko Peake.

You can pre-order the album here.

And here’s the Find El Dorado track list – with the artists who originally recorded the songs in brackets…

Handouts in the Rain (Richie Havens)
Small Town Talk (Bobby Charles)
El Dorado (Eamon Friel)
White Line Fever (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
One Last Cold Kiss (Christy Moore)
When you are a King (White Plains)
Pinball (Brian Protheroe)
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire (Willie Griffin)
I Started a Joke (Bee Gees)
Never the Same (Lal and Mike Waterson)
Lawdy Rolla (The Guerrillas)
Nobody’s Fool (The Kinks)
Journey (Duncan Browne)
Daltry Street (Jake Fletcher / PP Arnold)
Clive’s Song (Hamish Imlach)

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Tom Petty’s Wildflowers album to be celebrated in new book

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Tom Petty‘s 1994 album Wildflowers is to be celebrated in a new book from Genesis Publications and the Tom Petty Estate.

Tom Petty‘s 1994 album Wildflowers is to be celebrated in a new book from Genesis Publications and the Tom Petty Estate.

Tom Petty: Wildflowers will go behind the scenes of Tom’s self-proclaimed favourite album, featuring never-before-seen photographs and handwritten lyrics alongside reflections from Petty himself, The Heartbreakers and close collaborators.

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Carefully hand-finished and produced in a limited run, you can find out more by clicking here.

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Bruce Springsteen Releases EP With Trump-Bashing Speeches

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Bruce Springsteen’s pre-song speeches bashing Donald Trump at the E Street Band’s European tour opener last week are immortalized on the new digital EP Land of Hope & Dreams, which also includes four full live performances.

At the May 14 show in Manchester, England, Springsteen labeled Trump as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” before he and his bandmates had even struck a note. “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration,” the Boss said prior to “Land of Hope and Dreams.” “Tonight we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!”

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Land of Hope & Dreams includes that sequence plus the song itself, as well as “Long Walk Home,” another anti-Trump speech prior to “My City of Ruins” and a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Chimes of Freedom,” which the E Street Band hadn’t performed live since 1988.

Trump’s social media post in response to Springsteen’s comments called the rock legend a “dried out prune of a rocker” and a “pushy, obnoxious jerk.” Trump has since called for an “investigation” into payments made to artists like Springsteen to perform at rallies for 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

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Gorillaz Construct ‘House Of Kong’ For London Exhibit

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Gorillaz will bring fans into their bespoke cartoon world this summer as part of the exhibition House of Kong, which will be staged Aug. 8-Sept. 3 at London’s Copper Box. Click here for tickets.

Per organizers, House of Kong will trace the Damon Albarn-led band’s “life of misadventures, musical innovation and groundbreaking virtual ways” since their debut in 2000 with “Tomorrow Comes Today.” See the exhibition trailer below.

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To complement House of Kong, Gorillaz are reassembling for concerts at the 7,500-capacity Copper Box Arena on Aug. 29-30 and Sept. 2-3. Exhibition ticket-holders will have the first crack at tickets, with details to be announced.

Gorillaz have been off the road since performing at Coachella in 2023. The group’s most recent album, that year’s Cracker Island, was their second U.K. chart-topper and also debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. It earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.

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Twenty One Pilots Enter The ‘Breach’

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Working quickly on the heels of the hugely successful 2024 album Clancy, Ohio rock duo twenty one pilots will return in September with another new LP, Breach.

No specific release date has been confirmed for the Fueled by Ramen project, but the first single, “The Contract,” will arrive June 12. Breach can be pre-ordered by clicking here.

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Clancy was twenty one pilots’ fourth straight top five entry on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 143,000 copies in its opening week of release. The group just completed a world tour in support of it, which drew 1.1 million fans.

Last fall, twenty one pilots contributed “The Line,” their first new music since Clancy, to the second season of the Netflix animated series Arcane. In April, they brought forth a demo version of “Doubt” from the 2015 album Blurryface after the original song enjoyed a viral TikTok moment, and in recent days have been sharing behind-the-scenes content from that era on Instagram.

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