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Tim Burgess is on Twitter a lot, even when there’s not a global pandemic that’s keeping him and everyone else indoors. The lead vocalist of British alt band the Charlatans spends an inordinate amount of time on the social platform, tweeting dozens of times a day on just about everything …

Neil Young has posted the third concert from his ongoing Fireside Sessions series. Like the two others, it’s a 30-minute acoustic show directed by Daryl Hannah at the home they share in Colorado. Watch it at the Neil Young Archives. Keeping with tradition, the set eschews obvious hits in favor …

Liam Gallagher will play a free concert in London later this fall for National Health Service workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. The show is currently scheduled for October 29th at the O2 in London. Gallagher will headline, while a poster promises additional “special guests.” Per the O2’s …

On the second episode of John Krasinski’s quarantine talk show,Some Good News, the actor and host surprised 9-year-oldHamilton fan Aubrey with a surprise Zoom call from the cast of the hit musical. Krasinski first promised Aubrey that, once concerns over coronavirus had settled down, he would fly her and her …

Universal Music Group has emerged victorious in a legal dispute over alleged damages sustained in a 2008 vault fire, with a judge dismissing a class action suit originally brought last year by several artists and estates including Soundgarden, the Tupac Shakur estate, Steve Earle and Hole. The decision, filed Monday …

Universal Music Group outlined its plan to help artists, songwriters, and other members of the wider music community who have been hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus has spread in the United States, the music industry has been uniquely affected. First and foremost, the need to eliminate …

Questlove spent his Sunday night spinning a marathon DJ set dubbed “QuestLoversRock,” which offered “the finest in slow jams, slow wine and slow grind” to keep people entertained during their self-isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic. The set was livestreamed on YouTube and Instagram, and it’s now available in its entirety …

Charlie Puth is the latest musician to broadcast one of Global Citizen’s Together at Home concerts, following John Legend and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The musician put on a 30-minute concert via Instagram Live from his home piano, performing songs like “One Call Away,” “Some Type of Love” and “Attention.” Puth …

Chris Martin performed Coldplay tracks, covered David Bowie and answered fans’ questions on Instagram Live on Monday. The broadcast is the first installment of Together, at Home,in which artists perform virtually on the platform in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. “Maybe 9/11 was the last time I felt like …

By 1982, Roy Haynes had been playing drums professionally for close to 40 years. That December, during a concert at the White House with pianist Chick Corea and bassist Miroslav Vitous, he showed that he was still operating on the cutting edge of jazz. Instead of playing it safe and …