Buying concert tickets has become a mess of high prices and surcharges, anxiety-inducing registrations and pervasive scalping as some of pop’s biggest acts hit the road again.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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The Friendship Harmonies of boygenius
How Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus’s side project has become a major part of their music — and their lore.
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Springsteen Comes Alive
With the E Street Band electrifying audiences on the road for the first time since 2016, listen to live versions of songs from the current tour.
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Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Reveals Himself: As a Composer
The New York Times – Music:After more than two decades at the forefront of electronic dance music (while in a robot-style helmet), the French artist is releasing “Mythologies,” a score for traditional symphony orchestra.
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Morgan Wallen Makes It Four Weeks at No. 1 With ‘One Thing at a Time’
The New York Times – Music:The country superstar’s latest album easily held off new releases by Lana Del Rey and Jimin of the K-pop group BTS.
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Seymour Stein, Record Biz Giant Who Signed Madonna, Dies at 80
The New York Times – Music:With an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music, he championed acts including the Ramones, Talking Heads and the Pretenders on his label Sire, and helped found the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71
The New York Times – Music:Mr. Sakamoto, whose work with Yellow Magic Orchestra influenced electronic music, composed scores for “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant.”
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Keith Reid, Who Brought Poetry to Procol Harum, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Music:He did not perform with the group, but his impressionistic words made it one of the leading acts of the progressive-rock era.
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4 New Artists You Need to Hear
The New York Times – Music:Listen to Jana Horn, Water From Your Eyes, Debby Friday and Anna B Savage.
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How Taylor Swift Shapes the Story of Her Eras
The New York Times – Music:The pop superstar is back on tour for the first time since 2018, performing grand stadium shows that spin a narrative from her 10-album catalog.
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Zack Bia Goes from College D.J. to Drake’s Sidekick
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:The club promoter and Los Angeles scenester is now making his own music, under his own record label.
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Chloë Tangles With Future, and 8 More New Songs
The New York Times – Music:Hear tracks by Bettye LaVette, Abra, Tyler, the Creator and others.