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Coal Chamber were set to launch a headlining US tour featuring Fear Factory, Twizted, and Black Satellite next week, but the outing has been postponed after frontman Dez Fafara experienced a near-death medical emergency. The “Fiend for the Fans Tour” was supposed to launch on August 23rd, but is now set to kick off on

The Smashing Pumpkins, the Chicago quartet comprised originally of singer/guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D’arcy Wretzky, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, were one of the most exciting bands in the world for a sizeable stretch of the 1990s, infusing the era’s dominant grunge sound with touches of shoegazing psychedelia, goth, metal, and dream pop.

Every week, Consequence’s Songs of the Week column looks at great new tunes from the last seven days and analyzes notable releases. Find our new favorites and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist, and for other great songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, we try and parse out if Lady

Apt to mix the erotic and the romantic, a woman for whom an empty bed is an existential hostility, Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe is the Christine McVie of modern R&B.  The late Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, poet of the twilight hour, understood how the space between anticipation and fulfillment can fuck with the brain as much as

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars have officially unveiled their new collaborative single, “Die With a Smile.” Described by the two powerhouse artists themselves as a “timeless ballad,” “Die With a Smile” marks the first-ever team-up from Gaga and Bruno, while also acting as their first new music releases since 2021 and 2022, respectively. Get Bruno

If you know of an old house for sale around the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, preferably pre-1800, we might have a buyer.  “My sweetie and I are just crazy about historical homes, early colonial architecture and old homes,” says singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne, his “sweetie” being his wife, poet Sarah Sousa.  For 16 years they’d lived

Gena Rowlands, the award-winning actress known for her roles in films such as A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria, and The Notebook, has died at the age of 94. Rowlands died Wednesday, August 14th, at her home in Indian Wells, California, according to TMZ. She had been battling Alzheimer’s disease. Hailing from Cambria, Wisconsin, Rowlands

How does an unknown band, one that’s never headlined an established venue, manage to sell out their first show at the Echo in Los Angeles? For garbagebarbie, the quartet of Fletcher Milloy (singer/guitar), Daniel Karasev (drums), Anson Knopp (bass), and Braedon Huff (guitar), the answer was easy. “We promoted the shit out of it,” says

Outside Lands returned this past weekend for its “Sweet 16,” and even as the surrounding city of San Francisco changes every year, Golden Gate Park remains a safe haven for some incredible music. Looking around at the park’s breathtaking surroundings and otherworldly beauty, it’s hard not to feel like you’ve entered a different universe when

Dr. Tom Zoellner is a tenured Professor of English at Chapman University, the author of numerous distinguished works of non-fiction, and an editor-at-large of the Los Angeles Review of Books. Dr. Zoellner has graciously consented to briefly withdraw his critical gaze from classic literature and cast an analytical eye for SPIN at pop and rock

Taylor Swift is taking “The Eras Tour” to Canada in 2024, including six mammoth shows in Toronto. Tickets to all six shows are sold-out, but Swifties can still find there way into the concert event of the century. Read on for details on how to get sold-out tickets. Get Taylor Swift Tickets Here How Can

Mark Foster’s wallpaper is distracting, in a good way. It’s a dusty rose with green palm fronds stamped at regular intervals. A dark-green tufted couch is pushed up against it with Foster’s cute dog napping on it, snoring intermittently. Nile Rodgers sat on this very same couch when he came to listen to Foster the

Los Angeles artists Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, and Red Hot Chili Peppers performed at the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony, as part of the handover of the Olympic flag from Paris to Los Angeles. The segment was introduced in true Hollywood fashion, with Tom Cruise getting the Olympic flag at the stadium in Paris, flying it

Sabrina Carpenter is already dominating pop charts around the world this summer, but she got a little extra help from a friend last night (Aug. 10) at the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco when she welcomed Kacey Musgraves for a surprise appearance. The pair performed the 1966 Nancy Sinatra classic “These Boots Are Made

Celine Dion has denounced the use of her song “My Heart Will Go On” by Donald Trump during a president campaign rally in Montana on Friday night. “In no way is this use authorized and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,” noted a statement released on Saturday. Dion concluded her statement

Nine Inch Nails will follow in the footsteps of electronic music legends Wendy Carlos and Daft Punk when they score the upcoming third film in the Tron franchise, Tron: Ares, which will be released Oct. 10, 2025. The news was revealed yesterday (Aug. 9) during Disney’s annual D23 fan event in Anaheim, Ca., which also

Pixar took the centerstage at the Disney Entertainment Showcase Panel at D23 on Friday, August 9th, revealing a number of exciting new projects including Toy Story 5, Incredibles 3, and an Inside Out spin-off series coming to Disney+. The biggest news of the night may have been the announcement of Toy Story 5, set for release in 2026.

Updating a story first posted here on Aug. 7, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has contributed a newly recorded cover of Tom Petty‘s “Room at the Top” to the TV show Bad Monkey, which premieres Aug. 14 on Apple TV+. It’s one of 29 Petty covers that will be heard in the show and on

Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Snoop Dogg will take part in a Los Angeles-themed music portion of the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic games. As per tradition, the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics will include a ceremonial handoff to the next host city for the Summer Games, Los Angeles in

On a video chat, every time esperanza spalding laughs, she coughs. “Sorry,” she says, from Cleveland, wrapping up a residency with the Off-Brand gOdds dance company she co-directs. “I’m recovering from a respiratory thing.” But there are a lot of laughs. And a lot of coughs. She can’t help herself. She’s talking about her friendship

Ms. Lauryn Hill has blamed poor ticket sales caused by media “sensationalism” for the cancelation of her 2024 US co-headlining tour with Fugees. In a statement addressing the tour’s cancelation, Hill placed the blame on the media for creating an “unfortunate portrayal” in light of her previous tour postponement in 2023. “Last year, I faced

Jack Black confirmed Tenacious D has not broken up in the wake of group member Kyle Gass’ controversial comment last month about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, telling Variety last night (Aug. 6) that “we need to take a break. Everybody needs a break sometime, and we’ll be back.” During the show in Sydney,

Ms. Lauryn Hill has quietly canceled her upcoming co-headlining tour with Fugees just days before it was set to begin. The tour, which was also celebrating the 25th anniversary of her iconic album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, was scheduled to start on Friday, August 9th, in Tampa, Florida. On Tuesday, ticket-holders received notification that

Davina Michelle got her start the new-fashioned way: she recorded herself singing covers of well-known pop songs, uploaded them to YouTube, and built herself a loyal following. But from the beginning, this 28-year-old singer-songwriter from the Netherlands had bigger things in mind; those covers were the key to opening bigger doors. Today, Michelle is an

Photos and video of Chappell Roan’s enormous crowd at Lollapalooza made waves over social media over the weekend. Turns out the Thursday daytime performance was one of the most attended sets in the festival’s 30-plus year history. “Chappell’s performance was the biggest daytime set we’ve ever seen. It was a magical moment added to Lolla’s

The Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles has become a destination location. Billie Eilish and Finneas grew up here, but they are not the only attraction. The area’s main artery, the rapidly gentrifying York Boulevard, has a long stretch of kitschy, bohemian, owner-operated shops, restaurants, ice cream parlors, and pizza joints housed in the original

Ahead of the Season 2 finale of House of the Dragon, HBO and Max previewed its upcoming slate of original programming slated to premiere in late 2024 and 2025. Notably, the sizzle reel offered first looks at season two of The Last of Us, season three of The White Lotus, the IT prequel series Welcome

This article originally appeared in the May 1994 issue of SPIN.  “I was kind of hesitant about doing this interview,” announces Counting Crows‘ dreadlocked frontman Adam Duritz, “because I didn’t think anyone at SPIN liked us. I don’t realty care about that particularly, but I didn’t want to participate in my own execution.” Duritz’s Charlottesville,