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Bob Weir, Patti Smith and Flea lead the lineup for 2018’s Pathway to Paris concert, set for September 14th at the Masonic in San Francisco, California. The event, which caps off the Global Climate Action Summit, focuses on the potential for cities to achieve and extend beyond the climate targets …

Without warning, Zayn Malik has unveiled his sleek new cover of the Elvis Presley classic “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” The surprise cover of the Blue Hawaii hit – later reinterpreted and re-popularized as UB40’s Hot 100-topping smash – finds Malik manipulating the song’s tempo and melody while keeping the …

Paul McCartney cut most of his new album, Egypt Station, in Los Angeles and Sussex, England, but for the finishing touches, there was only one place to go: Abbey Road in London. For producer Greg Kurstin, stepping into the studio where the Beatles recorded the vast majority of their music …

Panic! At the Discoscored their second straight Number One album as Brendon Urie and company’snew LPPray for the Wickedopened atop the Billboard 200. Pray for the Wickedsold 180,000 total copies in its first week of release, giving it the best sales week for an alternative rock album since U2’sSongs of …

EDITORS’ PICK: John Coltrane, Both Directions At Once: The Lost AlbumThis previously unreleased 1963 session captures the jazz legend with his “Classic Quartet,” which was rounded out by pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones. “This set has its own scrappy, off-the-cuff appeal,” writes Hank Shteamer. “Most …

Pusha-T announced a headlining U.S. tour. The rapper/G.O.O.D. Music president will promote his recently issued third LP, the Kayne West-produced Daytona, on the brief trek, which launches August 3rd in St. Louis, Missouri and wraps October 13th in Oakland, California. Fellow G.O.O.D. Music emcees Valee and Sheck Wes – who …

Miguel will continue to showcase his 2017 album War & Leisure on his newly announced The Ascension North American tour. After wrapping upthe War & Leisure trek in April, the latest slate of 26 dates kicks off late summer with an August 23rd show in Boston and works its way …

Death Cab for Cutie grapple with the inevitability of change in the video for their new song “Gold Rush.” The track marks the first single off the group’s upcoming albumThank You for Today, out August 17th via Atlantic. “Gold Rush” is a rumbling alt-rock ballad that finds singer Ben Gibbard …

By now, Kanye West and Kid Cudi’s collaborative effort Kids See Ghosts has hit all major streaming services. Its release last night – a livestreamed listening party outside of Los Angeles – was clouded in confusion. The event was delayed several hours without any updates, and one attendee described the …

Virginia Hanlon Grohl, mother of Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl, is developing a docuseries based on her 2017 book, From Cradle to Stage, featuring interviews with fellow music moms. For the original project, Virginia spoke with numerous mothers of famous musicians, including Marianne Stipe (mother of R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe), Donna …