March 9, 2026

Dead Kennedys Co-Founder Jello Biafra Hospitalized After Stroke – Begins Rehab

Jello Biafra, the outspoken co-founder and former frontman of legendary San Francisco punk band Dead Kennedys, has been hospitalized after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. According to a statement shared by his record label Alternative Tentacles, Biafra experienced the stroke on March 7, 2026, reportedly caused by high blood pressure. The 67-year-old musician, born Eric Reed […]

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Tommy DeCarlo, Longtime Boston Lead Singer, Dead at 60

Music News, Rock News

Tommy DeCarlo, who spent nearly two decades as the lead singer of the classic rock band Boston, has died at the age of 60 following a battle with brain cancer. News of his passing was shared on March 9 by DeCarlo’s children in a statement posted on Facebook. “It is with heavy hearts that we

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Country Joe McDonald, Voice of Vietnam War Protest Era, Dead at 84

Music News, Rock News

The American folk and psychedelic rock singer Country Joe McDonald, whose anti war anthem “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” became one of the most recognizable protest songs of the Vietnam War era, has died at the age of 84 after battling Parkinson’s disease. Born Joseph Allen McDonald on January 1, 1942, in Washington, D.C., McDonald emerged as a

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Live Nation Settles Antitrust Case With DOJ, Avoids Breakup as Critics Warn Music Monopoly Remains

Music News, Rock News

The U.S. government’s long running antitrust battle with Live Nation has ended with a settlement that will impose structural changes on the concert giant’s ticketing and venue operations but stop short of breaking up the company or separating Ticketmaster from its parent organization. The deal, reached less than a week after trial began in federal

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Outside Lands 2026 Is Going Big: Charli XCX, The Strokes, and The xx Lead a Golden Gate Park Flex

Music News, Rock News, Tour Announcements

Outside Lands has always felt like a very specific San Francisco magic trick: a massive, multi-genre festival that still somehow plays like a neighborhood hangout—if your neighborhood had fog, eucalyptus, and a headliner schedule built for group texts. For 2026, the festival is leaning hard into that “everything at once” identity, unveiling a lineup topped

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Dead Kennedys Co-Founder Jello Biafra Hospitalized After Stroke – Begins Rehab

Tommy DeCarlo, Longtime Boston Lead Singer, Dead at 60

Country Joe McDonald, Voice of Vietnam War Protest Era, Dead at 84

Live Nation Settles Antitrust Case With DOJ, Avoids Breakup as Critics Warn Music Monopoly Remains

Outside Lands 2026 Is Going Big: Charli XCX, The Strokes, and The xx Lead a Golden Gate Park Flex

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