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‘It’s Going to Be the Best Fucking Festival Experience of Your Life’: How Pickathon Survives in Corporate America

Imagine a music festival without any of the worst parts of a music festival. Intimate, creatively designed stages covered by ample shade. Musicians who play twice during the weekend to…

Tesla Is Crumbling, But Elon’s Trying to Force It to Bail Out His Unholy Merger of Twitter and xAI

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced over the weekend that shareholders of his EV maker Tesla will vote on whether to invest in his own artificial intelligence firm xAI. In other…

‘The City Raised Me’: DeathbyRomy’s Love-Hate Relationship with Hollywood

DeathbyRomy knows a few things about Los Angeles. The city of her birth has been an inspiration and a cautionary tale, a place of ecstasy and trauma, darkness and light.…

Soundgarden Address Absence at Ozzy + Sabbath’s Farewell Show

Soundgarden have posted a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath that also explains their absence at the Back to the Beginning concert. Continue reading…

CULT OF PERSONALITY

I met Nile Rodgers as we were putting the first issue of SPIN together. We were introduced by our mutual (and still) friend Robert Drake, the great sound engineer. We…

CMOC Flags Higher Cobalt Production Despite Congo Export Ban

Chinese miner CMOC Group Ltd. produced more cobalt at its two projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the first half, despite the African nation’s ban on exports.

Neil Young, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Van Morrison – BST Hyde Park, London, July 11, 2025

“What a world we got, folks,” says Neil Young, before crashing into “Throw Your Hatred Down”, a 1995 anti-war song he surely hoped wouldn’t still be so horribly relevant today.…

Bob Dylan announces 13 new UK and Ireland live shows

If you’re looking for immortality, Bob Dylan has extended his Rough And Rowdy Ways tour once again, with an additional 13 shows in the UK and Ireland this November. See…

Hear Ronnie Wood’s new song, “You’re So Fine”

Following his recent cameo with Rod Stewart at Glastonbury, BMG will release a new Ronnie Wood compilation entitled Fearless: The Anthology 1965-2025 on on September 26. It includes songs he…

David Bowie’s final years box set unveiled

The sixth in a series of career-spanning David Bowie box sets, I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016), will be released by Parlophone on September 12. Pre-order I Can’t Give Everything…

‘It’s Going to Be the Best Fucking Festival Experience of Your Life’: How Pickathon Survives in Corporate America

Tesla Is Crumbling, But Elon’s Trying to Force It to Bail Out His Unholy Merger of Twitter and xAI

‘The City Raised Me’: DeathbyRomy’s Love-Hate Relationship with Hollywood

Soundgarden Address Absence at Ozzy + Sabbath’s Farewell Show

CULT OF PERSONALITY

CMOC Flags Higher Cobalt Production Despite Congo Export Ban

Neil Young, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Van Morrison – BST Hyde Park, London, July 11, 2025

Bob Dylan announces 13 new UK and Ireland live shows

Hear Ronnie Wood’s new song, “You’re So Fine”

David Bowie’s final years box set unveiled

Biggie’s Son Brings Defamation Lawsuit Over Diddy Assault Claims: ‘Calculated Smear Campaign’

Disney and YouTube TV Reach Agreement to Restore Channels

Tencent Music, StubHub Shares Fall Big in Another Off Week for Music Stocks

Game of the Week: How to Watch the Eagles vs. Lions NFL Game Online for Free

Warburg, Permira Are in Talks to Buy Clearwater Analytics