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25 years ago today, the American Analog Set released The Golden Band. Now you’ll never grow old. Read about a prank we pulled on the Wooden Birds, Andrew Kenny’s post-American Analog Set band: The post The American Analog Set Released “The Golden Band” 25 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Happy birthday Bill Haley. You rocked—and drank—around the clock. The post Happy Birthday Bill Haley appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

Brat summer continues: Roskilde is going down in Denmark, and both Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek are on the lineup. Naturally, the “Von Dutch” singer invited the other pop star to her set, and the pair performed their and George Daniel’s remix of “Welcome To My Island”  » Read More

Earlier this year, Sting kicked off his Sting 3.0 tour with his “power trio” of drummer Chris Maas and guitarist Dominic Miller and a setlist full of deep cuts. On Friday, the former Police frontman performed in Greece and was joined by Eric Burdon of the Animals for a cover of his and War’s “Spill The Wine.”  » Read More

Tom Fowler, best known as the bassist for Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention, has died. The musician suffered complications from an aneurysm and passed on July 2. He was 73.  » Read More

Earlier this year, Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in Asia, hired Rihanna to perform her first full concert since 2016 for his son Anant’s pre-wedding party. Another pre-wedding bash took place on Friday with Justin Bieber in Mumbai, India.  » Read More

The Killers have been fun covering Erasure’s “A Little Respect” on their tour. On Friday at London’s O2 Arena, the Las Vegas rock band was joined by Erasure’s Andy Bell for a performance of that 1988 hit as well as for their own song “Human.”  » Read More

Well, here’s something curious. A couple of weeks ago, Justin Timberlake was arrested in the Hamptons for driving while intoxicated. The story went mega-viral, and many of the pieces of trivia associated with it — the mugshot, the perp walk, the reportedly very funny interactions with the arresting officer —  » Read More

Over the past year-plus, Julian Casablancas and his non-Strokes band the Voidz have released a bunch of tracks: “Prophecy Of The Dragon,” “American Way,” “Flexorcist,” “All The Same.” Yesterday, they announced plans to release Like All Before You,  » Read More