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Felt's Original Members Reunite as Feel for First Show in 37 Years
Three founding members of English jangle pop band Felt reunited under the name Feel at Scotland's Glas-Goes Pop festival on August 15, their first performance together since 1989.
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Stereogum's Chart-History Column Reaches Taylor Swift's 10-Minute 'All Too Well'
Stereogum's The Number Ones, a track-by-track history of Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s, has arrived at Taylor Swift's 10-minute version of 'All Too Well' — the longest song ever to top the chart.
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Tyga Fires Back at Doja Cat and Pitchfork's 0/10 Score: 'AI Is Just a Tool'
Tyga's ninth album $tarface sparked backlash after he confirmed using AI in production, drawing a public jab from Doja Cat and a 0/10 review from Pitchfork. He's now responded to both on TMZ Live.
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Tony Hawk Introduced Interpol on Stage in San Diego
Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk came out to introduce Interpol's August 15 San Diego tour stop, recalling first seeing the band rehearse for Jay Leno in 2004. Interpol's ninth album, This Mirror Weighs A Ton, arrives August 28 via Partisan Records.
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UK Youth Music Hub Jamming Station Launches £50,000 "Do-or-Die" Fundraiser
Jamming Station, a youth music project in Totnes, Devon, has launched a £50,000 fundraiser to overhaul its venue The Town Mill — part of a wider crisis facing UK grassroots music spaces.
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Ariana Grande Opens 10-Night London O2 Residency, Then Steps Back From the Spotlight
Ariana Grande kicked off a 10-show residency at London's The O2 on Saturday, August 15, 2026, closing out the Eternal Sunshine Tour. Her team says she'll step back from public visibility once the run wraps.
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'Sunny Dancer' Soundtrack Revealed: The xx, CMAT and a 16-Track Coming-of-Age Playlist
The full soundtrack for coming-of-age comedy 'Sunny Dancer' is out, featuring The xx's 'Fiction,' a new CMAT original, and a score from Haim's Este Haim and Zachary Dawes.
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200 Artists, Including Thom Yorke and Robert Smith, Sign Letter Urging UK to Block Rosebank Oil Field
About 200 musicians, including Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Massive Attack, and The Cure's Robert Smith, signed an open letter on August 17 urging UK PM Andy Burnham to reject the Rosebank oil field, written by Brian Eno and released via Uplift and Earth/Percent.
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Lucid Express Announce Fall 2026 Asia Tour, Kicking Off in Nanjing
Hong Kong band Lucid Express have announced their 'INSTANT COMFORT FALL ASIA TOUR 2026,' starting September 25 in Nanjing and closing November 10 in Hong Kong as support for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
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