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Ian Anderson has released a statement clarifying his diagnosis of COPD, an incurable lung disease that the Jethro Tull frontman first opened up about in an interview with Dan Rather. “Thanks for your concern but no worries about my diagnosed COPD and asthma,” he writes. “I have had 14 months …

In light of the spread of COVID-19, the Black Keys have joined the lengthy list of artists to cancel an upcoming tour. “We are very disappointed to let you know the U.S. Let’s Rock Summer tour is no longer happening,” the band said in a statement. “We were looking forward …

As if there wasn’t enough sorrow in the world right now, the news arrived Saturday morning that Little Richard died from bone cancer. The rock pioneer was 87. “A lot of people call me the architect of rock and roll,” he told Rolling Stone in 2004. “I don’t call myself …

David Byrne‘s immersive, sensory-rich theater project Theater of the Mind will now be premiering in 2021. The production was supposed to open this year at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, via its DCPA Off-Center arm, but the city’s pandemic shutdown has upended Byrne and co-creator Mala Gaonkar’s plans. …

Florian Schneider, co-founder and keyboardist of the influential German electronic music group Kraftwerk, has died at the age of 73. “Kraftwerk co-founder and electro pioneer Ralf Hütter has sent us the very sad news that his friend and companion over many decades Florian Schneider has passed away from a short …

In the month of May for the last two years, Metallica has encouraged fans to volunteer at food banks and give back to their communities for their “Day of Service,” organized through their charitable organization All Within My Hands. Since the coronavirus pandemic has created even more need in the …

Alex Ebert, frontman of the band Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, performs some fan-favorites in the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s “In My Room,” an IGTV series in which musicians perform from their home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Performing from his backyard in New Orleans, Ebert jumps into the …

Sia has released her new song “Saved My Life,” co-written by Sia, Dua Lipa and the track’s producer Greg Kurstin. The single arrived hours after Sia debuted “Saved My Life” during Americares’ COVID Is No Joke livestream fundraiser, which featured the singer – hidden behind a light fixture – performing …

Rascal Flatts have recorded a poignant tribute to Kenny Rogers, releasing their cover of the late singer’s “Through the Years” to streaming services on Friday. Country Music Hall of Fame member Rogers died March 20th of natural causes. The trio of Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney, and Jay DeMarcus originally …

Trevor Noah continued his at-home monologues onThe Daily Social Distancing Show Wednesday night with a riff on Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, who had an unfortunate mix-up involving the state’s flood of unemployment applications during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press conference, Beshear publicly called out a form that listed the …