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Remembering When The Fillmore West Closed Down 5 Decades Ago

6:14am June 30, 2021

The Fillmore West in San Francisco hosted The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and other bands in the 1960s. As NPR celebrates its 50th anniversary, we look back on important events of that year.

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Music Critic Picks Favorite Listens On Doja Cat's 'Planet Her'

5:48am June 28, 2021

Singer and rapper Doja Cat released her third studio album, entitled Planet Her. Music critic Briana Younger discusses some of the album's standout songs.

Britney Spears arrives for a movie premiere in Hollywood, Calif., on July 22, 2019. On Wednesday, the singer asked a judge to end her conservatorship.

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Read Britney Spears' Statement To The Court In Her Conservatorship Hearing

6:52pm June 24, 2021

by NPR Staff

Britney Spears asks a judge to end her conservatorship, saying she is being exploited, bullied and feeling "left out and alone." Read a transcript of the singer's remarks at Wednesday's hearing.

Britney Spears arrives at a Hollywood movie premiere in 2019.

Britney Spears Is Under Conservatorship. Here's How That's Supposed To Work

5:38pm June 24, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

With her father in charge of her life and her finances, the pop star has practically no autonomy. We spoke with a legal expert about what guardianships do — and what makes Spears' case different.

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Britney Spears Tells A Judge That She Wants Her Life Back

7:21am June 24, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

Addressing a Los Angeles Superior Court judge via a remote connection, pop star Britney Spears called for an end to her long-running conservatorship, which has controlled her life since 2008.

#FreeBritney activists protest outside the Los Angeles Superior Court during one of Britney Spears' hearings this April.

Britney Spears Is Headed To Court To Address Her Conservatorship. Here's What To Know

4:28pm June 23, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Pop icon Britney Spears is scheduled to speak in court on Wednesday as part of her ongoing conservatorship case. Here's a guide to help understand why she's there and what's going on.

News Brief: Biden Agenda, Military Justice System, Britney Spears

6:01am June 23, 2021

The president's ambitious agenda hits another roadblock. The Pentagon chief says he supports a proposed change to the military justice system. Britney Spears to address a court on her conservatorship.

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Billie Eilish Says She Is Sorry After TikTok Video Shows Her Mouthing A Racist Slur

6:25pm June 22, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The pop star says she is "being labeled something that I am not," after critics said her actions in the years-old clips were insensitive at best and racist at worst.

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Amythyst Kiah's Latest Album Is 'Wary + Strange'

8:09am June 22, 2021

NPR's Noel King talks to musician Amythyst Kiah, who deals with tough subjects — such as being "othered" as a Black woman on the bluegrass and folk circuit — on the new album: Wary + Strange.

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Principal Turns 'I Will Always Love You' Into A Graduation Song

5:57am June 22, 2021

Marcus Gause, principal of Wingate Andrews High School in North Carolina, sang his rendition of "I Will Always Love You" to graduating seniors. The video has gone viral.