Deerhunter just dropped its sixth studio album, Monomania, yesterday, and now they’ve announced a run of North American shows for this August and September. The new tour leg will compliment previously announce festival dates between now and August throughout Europe and the U.S. The newly announced dates will begin August 23 at the Crescent Ballroom [...]

This year is the first that the Austin City Limits Music Festival will be held over two weekends, and it looks like organizers wanted to make the most of the expanded edition with two performances each from headliners Depeche Mode, the Cure and Muse. Actually, all performers will be pulling double duty, as each weekend [...]

If you can’t wait until Friday’s release of Baz Luhrmann’s new film adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” perhaps it would be a worthy experiment to listen to the soundtrack of the new film while reading the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. While that would be an admittedly lame thing to do, you do have the option, [...]

When Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z revealed they would tour together as the Legends of Summer later this year, the bill became one of the most anticipated of the year. Unfortunately, the relatively short tour will leave many fans unable to see Timberlake perform his new hit record, The 20/20 Experience. But now, Timberlake has announced [...]

Sometimes you begin typing up an article with something completely unexpected. When the day started, we had lots of rain, but the promise of Soundgarden, Bush and Rise Against were enough to pull our sorry butts off the couch to brave the harsh elements. A strange thing happened along the way. The fans showed they [...]

Michael Buble will undertake an extensive U.S. tour to support his most recent album, To Be Loved. The 40-city trek will kick off at the United Center in Chicago on September 7, and will continue through a November 30 date at the Oracle Center in Oakland. The arena tour also will take the singer to [...]

Megadeth has made a yearly event out of its traveling festival Gigantour, and this year will bring along Device, Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society, Death Division, HELLYEAH and Newsted. The last band is the appropriately named new solo project from former Metallica bass player Jason Newsted. This year’s tour will last just over a month, [...]

We’ve got one of the strongest festival seasons in recent memory around the U.S. and the world this year, and many events are not only selling out, but selling out in record times. We saw the trend start earlier this year when both weekends of Coachella sold out in just a few hours, and now [...]

Aerosmith, Jimmy Buffett and Jason Aldean are among the big names in music that have signed on to appear at a benefit concert for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. “Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration” will take place May 30 at TD Garden Arena in the city, and net ticket proceeds [...]

Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela will head out on a summer tour of the U.S. lasting most of July. The first stop on the new trek will come July 5 at JamBase Live in George, Wash., and the tour will continue through a show on August 3 at the House of Blues in Boston. Despite [...]