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ARC Document Solutions helped extend the Black Bear festival experience by giving fans a new way to share the music, moments and memories unfolding throughout the weekend.rnDuring the 2026 Black Bear Americana Music Festival, ARC-produced signs invited attende…
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Patchwork Progress founder Callan Schanz recently shared the inspiration and vision behind his clothing brand, highlighting a mission rooted in culture, comfort, sustainability, and purpose. As Schanz says, “every stitch is sacred.” Each piece is designed to c…
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ARC Document Solutions helped extend the Black Bear festival experience by giving fans a new way to share the music, moments and memories unfolding throughout the weekend.rnDuring the 2026 Black Bear Americana Music Festival, ARC-produced signs invited attende…
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5:02 PM EDT on August 18, 2026 Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images Frank Beard, the drummer who helmed the kit in ZZ Top for 56 years, has died. Beard was in hospice care when he died Monday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas with his family at his side, a rep confirmed…
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The tireless drummer anchored the Texas band on hits like “La Grange" and “Tush" throughout its five-decade run Frank Beard in Macon, Georgia in 1974 Frank Beard, the longtime, hard-shuffling drummer for Texas rock greats ZZ Top, died on Monday. He was 77.…
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Despite having left office, Trudeau still benefits from personal protection detail from the RCMP. Much has been written and said, positive or negative, about Justin Trudeau's relationship with superstar singer and one-time astronaut Katy Perry. He's been criti…
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ARC Document Solutions helped extend the Black Bear festival experience by giving fans a new way to share the music, moments and memories unfolding throughout the weekend.rnDuring the 2026 Black Bear Americana Music Festival, ARC-produced signs invited attende…
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4:02 PM EDT on August 18, 2026 Last month, Charley Crockett faced backlash after Twin Temple, an LA doo-wop duo slated to open for two of his shows, were dropped from the bill. Alexandra and Zachary James claimed their Satanic imagery was the reason for it, an…
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2:49 PM EDT on August 18, 2026 John Phillips/Getty Images This nominations for this year's VMAs are here. The awards show is next month, and Madonna is in the lead with 11 nods. It's the first edition without a dedicated rock music category since 1989. (Last y…
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''It's the most beautiful place on Earth,'' says the host of the Tonight Show Billy Eff is the Content Director for Rolling Stone Canada. An award-winning journalist and columnist, he has previously contributed to outlets including VICE and Urbania. A passiona…
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Patchwork Progress founder Callan Schanz recently shared the inspiration and vision behind his clothing brand, highlighting a mission rooted in culture, comfort, sustainability, and purpose. As Schanz says, “every stitch is sacred.” Each piece is designed to c…
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ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard, who played with the band for more than 50 years, died on Monday, August 17. He was in hospice care in Richmond, Texas, surrounded by family members, according to a representative. No cause of death was given. He was 77. ZZ Top’s Bil…
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Appearing on the latest cover of Harper's Bazaar, the Canadian icon reveals how her working-class Québécois roots helped fuel her fight against a rare illness as she prepares for her grand return. Billy Eff is the Content Director for Rolling Stone Canada. A…
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12:01 PM EDT on August 18, 2026 Courtesy of Queen B Sushi Between Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer, Maynard James Keenan juggles many musical commitments, but his entrepreneurial endeavors might keep him even busier. The man blessed with one of the world's…
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'Don't Look Back in Anger' set to open in movie theaters in September Oasis A trailer for the upcoming Oasis doc, Don’t Look Back in Anger, shows the Brothers Gallagher working through their past issues in the run-up to their celebrated 2025 comeback tour. T…
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11:52 AM EDT on August 18, 2026 The UK pop star Ellie Goulding has filed a lawsuit against her two former managers, Ben Mawson and Ed Millet of TaP Management, claiming that they didn't disclose that their management company was owned by the giant touring comp…
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Milwaukee rapper Funny $Money has died. He was one of two killed in a shooting in the city’s Old North neighborhood on August 17, WISN 12 News reports. His nephew told the station, “The last thing I said to my uncle was, ‘I love you and be safe.’ He said, ‘I'm…
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11:14 AM EDT on August 18, 2026 One of the best music documentaries in recent history is Oasis: Supersonic, a dizzy and euphoric chronicle of Oasis' rise from wayward Manchester youth to the highest heights of global rock stardom. It ended with the band's insa…
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My New Band Believe have shared two remixes of “Numerology,†the February single that preceded (but did not appear on) their self-titled debut album. One comes courtesy of 96 Back and Jennifer Walton, while the other is helmed by Scottish producer Proc Fis…
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The Irish band’s fifth album arrives on Oct. 16 via XL Recordings Fontaines D.C. Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C. are officially back and have announced their fifth album. Dopamine Chamber arrives on Oct. 16 via XL Recordings and the record’s lead singl…
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Tyler, the Creator has revealed the full lineup for this year’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. Future, Turnstile, Don Toliver, Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and Steve Lacy—as well as Tyler himself—are among the performers. The festival returns to Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadiu…
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Solange has taken to Instagram to mourn Hayden Panettiere, who died of cardiac arrest on Sunday. Panettiere and the singer co-starred in the 2006 teen cheerleading movie Bring It On: All or Nothing. In a series of posts, Solange shared stills from the movie an…
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A posthumous memoir by L7 bassist Jennifer Finch is set for publication early next year. Co-written with Jeff Alulis and completed before her death in July of this year, Shooting Up and Making Out: A Memoir of My Life in LA and L7 will chronicle Finch’s teenag…
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