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UPDATE (8/23): Pixies have decided to cancel their September tour of the United States due to concerns over the current surge in Covid cases spurred by the Delta variant. The list of canceled dates — which includes festival sets at Summerfest in Milwaukee and Riotfest in Chicago — is below. …

Billie Eilish’s new album, Happier Than Ever, notched its second straight week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The LP moved 77,600 album-equivalent units in its second week, down significantly from the 271,000 it garnered upon its debut, though that was still enough to best …

Tony Bennett‘s two 95th birthday concerts at Radio City Music Hall with Lady Gaga last week were his last, according to his son and manager Danny Bennett, as Variety reports. The news comes after he canceled the remainder of his 2021 tour dates. Earlier this year, Bennett’s family revealed that …

UPDATE 8/12:An extended trailer of The Nowhere Inn has arrived, offering more insight into the dynamic between Carrie Brownstein and St. Vincent (Annie Clark), as the Portlandia star directs a mockumentary on the musician. “You’re nerdy and normal in real life, but the disparity between that and who you are …

Jack Antonoff spends a lot of time at Manhattan’s Electric Lady Studios — whether he’s dissecting a song he produced with Clairo or playing acoustic for Lorde. This time, though, he takes to the studio’s rooftop with his own band, Bleachers. Positioned on the rooftop adorned with vines and festive …

Rolling Stone‘s first chief photographer Baron Wolman and Alice Cooper reminisce about the early days of the magazine in the latest episode of Icon: Music Through the Lens. The clip opens with the late photographer, who died last year at 83, tracing Rolling Stone‘s history back to San Francisco in …

Last month, Richard Camacho, Christopher Vélez, Erick Brian Colón, and Zabdiel De Jesús — the four remaining members of CNCO — shared “Toa La Noche,” their first single since Joel Pimentel left the group in May. They’re back with a video for the track, which follows them after they accidentally …

ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues-rock trio for over 50 years, died Tuesday at age 72. His rep confirmed the musician’s death, but said a cause of death was currently unknown. “We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed …

Joey Jordison, Slipknot‘s founding drummer and co-writer of many of their biggest hits, died on Monday at the age of 46. A rep for his family said he died “peacefully in his sleep” but did not specify a cause of death. “Joey’s death has left us with empty hearts and …

Pink is backing the female Norwegian beach handball team after the players were fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms. According to the European Handball Federation, female players are required to wear bikini bottoms while male players can wear shorts. “I’m VERY proud of the Norwegian female beach handball …