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Col. Bruce Hampton, center in blue, backstage with (from left) Warren Haynes of GOV'T MULE, Mike Mills and Peter Buck of R.E.M. during 'Hampton 70: A Celebration Of Col. Bruce Hampton' on May 1, 2017.

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Colonel Bruce Hampton Dies After Collapsing On Stage During His Own Birthday Concert

9:39am May 02, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Colonel Bruce Hampton, a veteran of the grassroots jam-band scene, was performing with members of Widespread Panic and Phish at Atlanta's Fox Theater when he collapsed.

Kero Kero Bonito's month of remixes begins with Frankie Cosmos.

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Hear Frankie Cosmos Cover Kero Kero Bonito's Electro-Pop Gem 'Fish Bowl'

9:18am May 02, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Every week in May, the U.K. pop band will release a remix of its songs done by other artists, starting today with Frankie Cosmos' charming version of the short and sweet pop song, "Fish Bowl."

Tents and a portable toilet set up for attendees for the Fyre Festival on Friday, in the Bahamas' Exuma islands.

Fyre Festival Hit With $100 Million Suit; Organizer Says 'We Were A Little Naive'

3:40pm May 01, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Admitting they were "unable to realize our dream on the first try," festival organizers are giving attendees the option to forgo a refund and instead receive VIP passes to Fyre Fest 2018.

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Gear Stolen From Metallica Cover Band

2:22pm May 01, 2017

Blistered Earth had their gear stolen last weekend. Who rescued them? Some musicians who know their style of music well: Metallica. The tribute band thanked their heroes on Facebook.

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"[Jonathan Demme] was sensitive to the fact that each musician had as much excitement to bring to the screen as to the music," Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth write of the director's Stop Making Sense.

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On Film And Stage, Jonathan Demme Looked Into The Heart Of The Song

8:00am April 29, 2017

Rick Springfield, Tunde Adebimpe, Kenny Chesney and members of Talking Heads and The Feelies share how music moved — and moved us — in Jonathan Demme's movies.

Fyre Festival attendees walk around the event site on Thursday night in Grand Exuma, Bahamas. Festivalgoers had paid thousands of dollars for villas and lodges on the beach, but instead found a chaotic tent city.

Paradise Lost: Luxury Music Festival Turns Out To Be Half-Built Scene Of Chaos

5:32pm April 28, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Tickets cost thousands for what organizers were calling "the cultural event of the decade." But when visitors arrived on Grand Exuma, they found a tent city without enough power, security, or food.

Prince's classic 1984 album Purple Rain is about to get two deluxe reissues.

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After Last Week's False Start, The Unreleased Prince Music Starts Rolling Out

1:54pm April 28, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

Hear "Electric Intercourse," the first previously unreleased song to trickle out from a forthcoming deluxe reissue of Prince's 1984 classic Purple Rain.

A still from the trailer previewing the new Justin Peck work The Decalogue, with music by Sufjan Stevens.

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Sufjan Stevens' New Dance Score Set To Premiere At New York City Ballet

1:06pm April 28, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The indie rock icon will premiere his third collaboration with the famed ballet company on May 12.

David Bowie in a scene from the 1986 film Labyrinth.

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Remember 'Labyrinth'? David Bowie's Score For The Cult Classic Is Back

12:25pm April 28, 2017

by Robin Hilton

Nostalgic fans of the Jim Henson movie are cheering the return of a long out-of-print and now remastered version of its score by David Bowie and Trevor Jones.

Foster The People will return with its third, as-yet-untitled album this summer. In the meantime, the L.A. band has just released three new songs.

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After A Delay, Foster The People Is Back In Business

2:02pm April 27, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

Foster The People will return with its third, as-yet-untitled album this summer. In the meantime, the L.A. band has just released three new songs.