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“I've Got No More Tears Left to Cry,” the song the band submitted for our 2024 contest, nearly won the whole thing it was a photo finish with The Philharmonik. Yet band bassist Zach Valentine told me that taking second place was a blessing in disguise: “We weren't ready then, but we're here now at the perfect time.” Since then, lead singer Salvatore Geloso and the crew have traveled beyond their New Orleans home, playing festivals across the country, with new music on the horizon.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music is throwing a full-on love letter to Stevie Wonder this week, rolling out a three-night deep dive into the music that defined his prime. At BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House, the Black Rock Coalition Orchestra is set to perform, front to back, the five albums that locked in his classic period, Thursday through Saturday. The series, Stevie: A Life in the Key of Songs, pairs faithful covers with adventurous new spins, all anchored by a rotating cast of guest vocalists and instrumentalists.

A school board in Watertown, Wisconsin has voted 7-1 to remove "A Mother of a Revolution!," an instrumental piece dedicated to Marsha P. Johnson, from the school's upcoming spring concert, according to local NBC affiliate WTMJ. The decision led to protest from students, family and community members. Following the Tuesday vote, the Watertown Wind Symphony will not be allowed to perform the song, which has no lyrics, despite having spent months preparing it for the upcoming show.

A massive immersive Radiohead installation called has officially opened at the Motion Picture House featuring Brooklyn Navy Yard, turning part of the industrial waterfront into a haunting, dreamlike fever vision inspired by two of the band's most beloved albums: and . The limited-run experience takes over the Agger Fish Building through June 28 with towering projected visuals, unsettling soundscapes, cryptic monsters and distorted architecture, all accompanied by the emotional sensation of staring out a rainy train window.

Kids That Fly first built their name through chaotic house shows near the University of Connecticut in 2018, where tight rooms and loud crowds helped forge the band's early identity. As their audience grew, they continued working their way through the New York live circuit while travelling back and forth into the city to record their earliest releases.

With a name and image that pays tribute to the Cimarrons - Cubans of African descent that resisted slavery - and music and showmanship that re-embodies funk legends from the last century, the medical-school student turned funk artist has developed into a musical force crafting the sonic future of the island and a global, cultural phenomenon that unites and celebrates blackness across borders, oceans and languages.

Dylan was born Robert Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1941. He and his family lived on the upper floor of a duplex at 519 North 3rd Avenue East. "It's on the banks of Lake Superior, built on granite rock. Lot of fog horns, sailors, loggers, storms, blizzards," the musician reflected on his hometown in 2017. "My mom says there were food shortages, food rationing, hardly any gas, electricity cutting off-everything metal in your house you gave to the war effort. It was a dark place, even in the light of day-curfews, gloomy, lonely, all that sort of stuff-we lived there till I was about five, till the end of the war."

Video of one incident, which went down Monday, is circulating on social media and shows Sykes performing the British rock band's hit "Happy Song" when a phone is chucked through the air and smacks him on the left side of the face. Just before being hit, the English musician is crouched down singing, then as he stands, the phone hits him. He appears dazed and crouches back down before having a few choice words with the audience. "Who the f- just threw a phone?" he says before tossing the device to a security team member off-stage.

Music fans throughout the Bay Area can circle June 13 on their calendars when Claude VonStroke headlines a day-to-night open-air gathering at Circle of Palms Plaza. The event stretches from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and places one of house music's most recognizable names inside one of Downtown San Jose's most recognizable public spaces.

The 10th anniversary outing for Coloring Book won't be Chance's only recent trip down memory lane; back in 2023, he played a handful of shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of his breakout mixtape, Acid Rap. Since then, Chance has returned to offer his second studio album, , in 2025.

The limited 2026 North American run will take place in July and August. The "A Summer in the Forest: North America Tour" kicks off in Orlando on July 20th and will also hit major cities such as Dallas, Atlanta, and Seattle. Zardoya will also make festival appearances at Chicago's Lollapalooza, Montreal's Osheaga, and San Francisco's Outside Lands.

Beyond the Liberty festivities, the night includes a performance by Jonathan González titled magic hour-golden time, part of the prestigious Whitney Biennial 2026. While admission is free, tickets are required and capacity is limited. So be sure to book in advance at whitney.org.

The Wisconsin school board that threatened to ban a music composition because it honored an LGBTQ+ hero made good on their threat Tuesday night with a near-unanimous vote. At an emotional board meeting in Watertown that erupted in screaming matches among parents, board members, and students, members voted 7-1 to remove the symphonic work honoring Marsha P. Johnson, a prominent participant in the Stonewall Riots in 1969, from a scheduled May 18 performance by students, Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

Between dates, he also spoke and performed at the End ICE Abuse rally at 26 Federal Plaza, the location of NYC's ICE field office and federal immigration court, on Tuesday afternoon (5/12). He did an acoustic version of "This Land is Your Land," and called for people to "take our power back and adjourn this motherfucking authoritarian clown show once and for all."

In July 2021 the artist, now legally known as Ye, played his then-unreleased album Donda to 40,000 fans at a listening party held at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The version of the song Hurricane featured a sample of MSD PT2, an instrumental composed by four musicians: Khalil Abdul-Rahman, Sam Barsh, Josh Mease and Dan Seeff. They had made the instrumental in 2018, and it made its way to Ye via another producer.

Growling, flailing, kicking, screaming, the experimental British musician Aya clutched a microphone and ranted about her hormones. If anything, the progesterone is doing wonders right now, she cackled in her Yorkshire accent as she triggered an unpredictable minefield of bone-rattling bass and clattering breakbeats. The crowd in New York City's Knockdown Center on Friday whooped as their bodies moved without thought.

Journey have announced a new 40-date Fall 2026 North American leg of their "Final Frontier Tour." The new run of shows follows the band's current 60-date run, making for a grand total of 100 total shows in North America this year alone.

Patti Smith was a huge inspiration, without a doubt. She played a very primitive kind of rock and roll and fused it with mystical and political poetry. She dressed in a very androgynous way, nothing like the concept of femininity we were used to in music. As we got to know each other, we realized

Momma 2026 Tour Dates (New Shows in Bold): 05/12 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia *^ 05/13 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner * ^ 05/16 - Portland, ME @ All Roads Portland 06/05 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Smalls Theatre ~ 06/07 - Toronto, ON @ All Things Go Toronto 08/01 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza 08/05 - Ogden, UT @ Ogden Twilight # 08/08 - Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party 08/09 - San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands 08/13 - San Diego, CA @ Soma Side Stage @ 08/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether % @10/07 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount +10/10 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club +10/13 - Tampa, FL @ Jannus Live +10/14 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade - Heaven +10/16 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues +10/17 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's +10/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren +

DMB started their 20-song set with “So Right” and “Warehouse” before doing an extended intro to “American Baby.” They busted out “Only Takes a Moment,” also known as “Cha Cha,” an unreleased song that the band hasn't played since 2023, according to DMB set trackers. The band also performed “Broken Things,” which is even rarer on setlists. The band played the song a couple dozen times between 2012 and 2013, shelving it until two shows in 2021. “Broken Things” fell in the middle portion of the set.

Animal Wisdom: Experimental theater favorite Heather Christian returns with an intensely personal music-theater piece inspired by her upbringing in Natchez, Mississippi, blending Catholic ritual, Southern Gothic storytelling, seance and folk-rock concert. Through June 14 at Pershing Square Signature Center, signaturetheatre.org.