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Barring a further dramatic turn of events, the 30th anniversary tour of Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance will kick off tonight at ­Dublin's 3Arena.

Come celebrate dictatorships and bolster the regimeWhile abusing helpless immigrants, a bully's wet dreamYou've joined the traitor's ranks to play the hand of GodIn a scumbag grifters kidnapping squad Now they've poorly trained an army for our kids to fear todayThe gave 'em masks and weapons and sent them on their wayThey're knee-deep in proud boys, yeah, thе party never stopsToo scared to join thе military, too dumb to be a cop

While accepting the award for Song of the Year at Sunday night's 68th Annual Grammy Awards, Eilish called on opponents of federal agents' brutal enforcement tactics - which have already led to the deaths of at least eight people, including Renee Good and Alex Pretti - to "keep fighting and speaking up and protesting." In her speech, Eilish also asserted that "no one is illegal on stolen land," likely a reference to the acquisition of Indigenous land by early settlers across the U.S.

Last month, LaRussell announced his signing of a "project deal" with San Francisco label EMPIRE, one of the music industry's largest and most powerful independent labels and distributors. In 2023, he announced a deal with Live Nation for select concert dates. Both deals, LaRussell indicated, allowed him to make decisions on his own terms. The Roc Nation announcement comes after images of a late January meeting between LaRussell and Jay-Z were shared online.

The Bad Plus have expanded their farewell tour, including stops in Seattle, Boise, NYC, DC, Albany, Montreal, Northampton, and more. All dates are listed below. The NYC show is at Sony Hall on June 19, and tickets for all just-announced dates go on sale Friday, February 6 at 10 AM local time. In addition to the farewell dates, The Bad Plus' Chris Potter and Craig Taborn will be touring a tribute to Keith Jarrett's American Quartet, and those dates are below.

Footballhead by Calla Flanagan Footballhead by Calla Flanagan If you like emo, grunge, and other rock subgenres of the '90s and early 2000s, you should be getting excited for Chicago band Footballheads upcoming sophomore album Weight of the Truth, which arrives March 20 via Tiny Engines (pre-order). Three singles are out from it now, including Used To Be (which we named one of the best punk & emo songs of November) and the newly-released Diversion, which you can listen to below.

On Sunday our band won 2 Grammys for Best Rock Album & Best Metal Performance. We never thought we'd be in these rooms, but we are very grateful to be here. This band has never been about the individual, but rather about a collective searching for a common thread in a world where those threads are being hidden from us.

Peter Manning Robinson unveils "Pure Heartbreak," a new release that continues his ongoing exploration of subtle emotion and refined piano work. Staying true to the qualities that have long defined his sound, the track is built around soft undertones while remaining powerful at its core. Robinson reflects the emotional weight of separation, capturing the moment when something once comforting ends abruptly, leaving behind a sense of loss and quiet desolation.

I read Geddy's book [ My Effin' Life, published in 2023], and he mentioned about all the drummers kind of offering themselves to them and how much it turned him and Alex off, Portnoy said. I did send my condolences to Geddy and Alex after Neil passed, but I never once tried to throw my hat in the ring for Neil's gig. I realize that's a sacred role that should only ever be filled if Geddy and Alex choose for it to be so. And sure enough, here we are with them choosing to finally do so, which has been really incredible.

The performance arrived as Momoa made a surprise appearance in Manchester over the weekend to promote his new vodka brand, Meili Vodka. Though Momoa was donned in a Manchester United jersey instead of Liam and Noel Gallagher's favored Manchester City, he and his band provided a scrappy-but-visceral rendition of one of Oasis' heaviest tracks - a relevant pick, given that Oasis' pre-show walkout music for their "Oasis Live '25" reunion tour was soundtracked by the song.

Donald Trump's MAGA allies denounced the real Super Bowl halftime headliner in September as "a demonic Marxist." While no actual demons populate the alternative bill, Kid Rock comes close.Two years ago, the self-taught white rapper, 55, famously shot up a case of Bud Light with an assault rifle to protest the beer brand's association with a trans woman. "F**k Bud Light," he said before blowing it up.

I'd always assumed I'd just live my life, complain a lot, and die,

Sometimes the spark comes from a single moment - as it did when Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" triggered a broadcast reckoning. Other times, it arrives through imagery and intent, from Jennifer Lopez's 2020 caged children staging that critiqued U.S. immigration policies to children at the U.S.-Mexico border to Kendrick Lamar's carefully layered Black storytelling, delivered as Donald Trump watched from his seat inside the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

"Butterfly is the spring thaw after Beast," they say. "Country fair rides, angels and pixies, talismans, an impulsive fling in a small town, coyotes, fawns - we wanted to contrast the wintry rock of Beast and take listeners on a sonic road trip of different perspectives and in-between places." They've shared a new single, "Worry Angel," where Fraser and Reid's voices intertwine around each other in sinuous harmonies.

Shortly after he climbed the Taipei 101 skyscraper in front of millions of viewers on Netflix, Alex Honnold revealed that he mostly listened to Tool on the way up. Turns out he also was making his way up the 1,667-foot building to the sounds of Linkin Park, Nothing More, The Used, and other heavy rock tunes.

San Diego hardcore band Mizery made a lot of noise back in the mid 2010s, but they haven't released new music since their 2016 debut LP Absolute Light, and in 2023 they were forced to hit pause after the untimely passing of drummer Cayle Sain. But today, they announced a new self-titled EP, due March 20 via Flatspot ( pre-order).

Irish singer-songwriter Dove Ellis released his great debut album Blizzard in December, and you may have caught him opening for Geese on tour last year.