Shannon and the Clams announce new album ‘Year Of The Spider’

Perfume Genius has shared details of a US tour for 2021 – check out the dates below.Mike Hadreas heads back out on the road later this month, starting with a headline show at Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur, California on June 25.

Coachella is coming back. California's largest music festival is all set to return next year after it was postponed and canceled multiple times throughout the pandemic.

After canceling for the past two years, Southern California’s marquee music festivals Coachella and Stagecoach are a go for 2022. The events will occur back-to-back in April, promoter Goldenvoice announced on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES -- The 19-year-old daughter of “Moneyball” writer Michael Lewis and former MTV correspondent Tabitha Soren died in a Northern California highway crash.Dixie Lewis was a passenger in a car driven by her friend and former Berkeley High School classmate, Ross Schultz, 20, who also died in the Tuesday afternoon accident, according to her family and authorities.“We loved her so much and are in a kind of pain none of us has experienced,” Michael Lewis said in a statement to Berkeleyside, a

After weeks of announcing big-dollar public programs based on California’s record budget surplus, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is literally giving away money to those who have or will get vaccinated by June 15.

ending her daytime talk show after almost 20 years, the longtime host bought back her Montecito, California, ranch for $14.3 million. DeGeneres, 63, along with Portia de Rossi, initially purchased the property, dubbed Rancho San Leandro, back in 2017 for $7.2 million before flipping it and selling it for $11 million in 2018 at a hefty profit. Now it would seem DeGeneres is feeling a bit sentimental and wants to make the ranch her home again.

Sneaker Pimps have shared details of ‘Squaring the Circle’, the group’s first new album since ‘Bloodsport’ came out nearly 20 years ago.Written, performed and produced by founding members Chris Corner and Liam Howe, the record’s title track is due to be released as the first single on July 9.The album was recorded at Sawtooth Studios in Pioneertown, California and The Tower Studios in London, with Simonne Jones joining Corner on lead vocals.Listen to a teaser for ‘Squaring The Circle’

“We’ll fully align with California standards,” said Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on a cal with reporters this week.

Dodger Stadium will be back in full swing next month, with full-capacity 50,000-seat games returning on June 15. Under the California Health Officer order, that is the first day that capacity restrictions are lifted.

California Health and Human Services Director Dr. Mark Ghaly briefed reporters on Friday on specifics of the state’s long-planned June 15 reopening.

NEW YORK -- An incoming first-year student at Stanford University has been named the new National Youth Poet Laureate. Alexandra Huynh, 18, is a second-generation Vietnamese American from Sacramento, California, who sees poetry both as a means to self-expression and social justice.She was selected from among four regional finalists for a position first held by Amanda Gorman, who read at President Joe Biden's inauguration.

Marina has shared the title track from her forthcoming new album ‘Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land’.The disco track follows ‘Purge The Poison’ and ‘Man’s World’, which were previously showcased.

Kings Of Leon have announced a nationwide tour of America set to kick off in August of this year.The tour, which will see the band play 26 shows in 25 cities, is in support of their latest album, ‘When You See Yourself’.Kings Of Leon will be playing shows until early October, including two nights at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater and a set at Eddie Vedder‘s Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California.‘When You See Yourself’ is the band’s first album in five years, following on from the release of

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Bill Gates, 65, is making sure to get some privacy as his $150 billion divorce from his wife of 27 years, Melinda Gates, 56. The Microsoft founder has been staying at The Vintage Club, an ultra-exclusive golf club in Indian Wells, California, for around “three months”, according to a source who spoke to Page Six.

“California’s going to come roaring back,” said Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday as he announced his $100 billion California Comeback Plan. He called it the biggest economic recovery package in state history – including unprecedented investments to address the region’s most persistent challenges, starting with nearly $12 billion in direct cash payments to Californians hit hardest by the pandemic.