For decades, musical performances and other non-religious public gatherings were strictly controlled by the Saudi government. This practically confined most forms of public cultural expression, especially music, to the privacy of homes and gated communities. By 2016, the country witnessed wholesale social, cultural, and economic transformations to wean off religious extremism, improve the quality of life, and attract foreign investment.
it will also make stops in Montreal and Mexico City. As was the case this year, the 2026 run of the Vans Warped Tour will stage two-day events in each city. The punk-rock extravaganza will kick off in Washington, D.C., at the Festival Grounds at RFK Campus on June 13th and 14th, then hit Long Beach on July 25th and 26th at the Downtown Long Beach Shoreline Waterfront.
Courtney Barnett swung by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night to perform her new rocker "Stay In Your Lane." Watch it below. Released earlier this month, "Stay In Your Lane" marks Barnett's first new single in nearly four years. It follows her third studio album, 2021's excellent Things Take Time, Take Time, and her surprise 2023 instrumental release, End of the Day,
What started as a hardcore punk band has become one of the most exciting acts in electronic music. Adventure Club, the electronic duo comprised of Leighton James and Christian Srigley, has made serious inroads into popular music since starting in 2011 in Montreal. One of the pioneering dubstep acts, Adventure Club has performed at the world's top music festivals, written top 40 hits like "Crash," and earned tens of millions of streams in the process.
As part of their very sexy effort, ZipHealth surveyed 1,003 Brits and Americans who have attended a music festival in the last five years, with 79% from the US and 21% hailing from the UK. Each participant was asked not only about past sexual experiences and general preferences, but also about concerns around their personal sexual health and interpersonal relationships. ZipHealth described the results as "raw, revealing, and, at times, a little grimy."
There's so much to celebrate: San Francisco's first Good Neighbor Week, Latinx Heritage Month at Canela, and Filipino American History Month in SoMa. Plus, it's Bay Area Black Arts Week, the Emeryville Art Exhibition is back, and there's a celebration for Taylor Swift's new album at Alamo Drafthouse. You'll have to squeeze in Hardly Strictly somehow.
Headlining this year's Dock of the Bay Festival is a triple bill of Vallejo greatness: E-40, Baby Bash, and LaRussell. The biggest living icon of Bay Area rap will join forces with the 'Suga Suga' hitmaker and one of the brightest young talents from the region, at a festival practically down the street from where they were raised.
To love anything is to be challenged by it. Love shouldn't hurt you, and at its best, it has the power to push you to your limits in pursuit of growing, changing, and learning something new about yourself.
The BBC cancelled the broadcast of Kneecap after its lead singer was charged with a terrorism offense for holding a Hezbollah flag. British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan led chants of 'free, free Palestine' during their performance, resulting in national backlash and multiple cancellations.
As I got off the 43 Masonic bus at the Presidio Transit Center, I barely heard a thing... but as I ventured up toward Presidio Bowl, I faintly heard that low-end thickness, made for dropping it all night, getting deeper and more trancelike.
