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Farm Aid 2025 will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a live broadcast on CNN from Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on September 20. The event will feature performances by founders Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp, alongside special guests including Dave Matthews, Kenny Chesney, Billy Strings, Margo Price, Wynonna Judd, and Steve Earle, among…

Jack Osbourne took to social media to bash Roger Waters after the former Pink Floyd member made insulting remarks about Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath during a recent interview with “The Independent Ink.” Waters dismissed Ozzy and Sabbath’s music, as well as the singer’s infamous antics, by stating, “Ozzy Osbourne, who just died, bless him…

On Wednesday (September 3), Brandi Carlile announced the details of her first solo album in four years, Returning to Myself, which is set for release on October 24 via Interscope and the rejuvenated Americana imprint Lost Highway. The 10-song project features co-producers Andrew Watt, The National’s Aaron Dessner, and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, with contributions…

On Wednesday (September 3), Radiohead confirmed online rumors by announcing the details of their first live shows since 2018. The Grammy-winning British band have planned a highly-anticipated 20-date European and U.K. tour this fall, with multiple-night stands scheduled at five cities: Madrid (Nov. 4-5, 7-8), Bologna (Nov. 14-15, 17-18), London (Nov. 21-22, 24-25), Copenhagen (Dec.…

During an off-day while System of a Down was in Chicago for a two-night stand at Soldier Field over the holiday weekend, guitarist-singer Daron Malakian surprised a SOAD tribute band called Peephole by unexpectedly joining them onstage to perform “Cigaro.” Malakian, who was sightseeing at Wrigley Field with his cousin, heard the band playing across…

A memorial walk honoring late Mastodon singer-guitarist Brent Hinds was held in Atlanta on Sunday (August 31), with bandmates Bill Kelliher and Brann Dailor joining family, friends, and fans in the walk from Elmyr to the Star Bar. The event turned into a celebration of Hinds’ life and music following his tragic death in a…

During a recent appearance on the Loudwire Nights podcast, Tool’s Adam Jones and Maynard James Keenan shared insight into the progress the band is making on their next album, which will follow-up 2019’s Fear Inoculum. Jones, drummer Danny Carey, and bassist Justin Chancellor are actively jamming, including one riff that sounds like Black Sabbath that…

On Monday (September 1), David Byrne announced that he is getting married this week to fiancée Mala Gaonkar, with the former Talking Heads frontman also sharing a curated Apple Music playlist for their wedding dinner. “I’m getting married this week and made an almost entirely instrumental playlist while our guests eat an amazing and spicy…

Radiohead appears to be gearing up for their first tour in seven years, with fans spotting promotional fliers at London’s Barbican Centre advertising four shows in November 2025 and similar fliers indicating upcoming December dates in Copenhagen. The fliers were posted in the Radiohead subreddit on Tuesday (September 2), with a fan originally sharing a…