Sonic Youth Release 1989 Live Album Recorded in Ukraine to Aid Disaster Relief

swept the Grammys with her hip-hop masterpiece — 1998’s “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” — it seemed as if the young singer-rapper was poised to kill us with her songs for decades for to come.But the game-changing artist, who influenced everyone from Drake to Adele, would largely disappear from music — save for the odd single and some concerts — just four years later, following the release of her second solo album, “MTV Unplugged: No. 2.0,” on May 7, 2002.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFollowing his recent headlining stint at Coachella and his long North American tour last fall, Harry Styles has announced a special “One Night Only in New York” concert at UBS Arena on Long Island on May 20. All tickets will be available for $25 all-in, including taxes and fees.According to the announcement, the show will celebrate his new album “Harry’s House,” which drops that day, “and will see Harry performing songs from the album for the first time ever.”American Express® Card Members have the power to unlock access to Harry Styles tickets for his UBS Arena show by registering for American Express® Early Access powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan*.

Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA have got a collaborative project on the way, and the two rappers performed a track from it live at the Smoker’s Club festival in Southern California over the weekend.The title of the track is not yet known, but as Stereogum point out, the duo premiered the unreleased cut during an NTS Radio show back in March.After performing the track live together, Brown addressed the crowd: “So yeah, Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA album. Y’all just heard the first song, coming soon.

Liev Schreiber is using his platform to highlight the war in Ukraine.

Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd get close on stage during their duet performance during the 2022 Stagecoach Festival held at the Empire Polo Field on Friday (April 29) in Indio, Calif.

Pixies have confirmed that they are releasing a new album this year.The group also unveiled the album’s title as ‘Doggerel’. It is set to be released this September.“It’s great to be back at it,” drummer David Lovering told Double J’s Karen Leng, speaking about the band’s recent return with single ‘Human Crime’.Lovering confirmed the new album will “be released in September” adding “It’s all new stuff I’ve gotta learn!”He went on to say that guitarist Joey Santiago descried the new record as “‘Doolittle Senior'”, a sequel to the band’s much-lauded second album from 1989.Lovering added: “It’s like a vague comparison.

It looks like Manchester United will be turning to their youth players for their remaining games of the Premier League season.

Monsta X is back!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy-winning, multi-platinum-selling, two-time Variety cover star Lil Nas X has performed on some of the biggest stages in television, but incredibly he has never toured — but all that will change this fall when he embarks on the “Long Live Montero” tour, which will make stops across North America and Europe.The North American leg kicks off at The Fillmore in Detroit on Tuesday, September 6, and will make stops in Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles, and more before wrapping up in San Francisco, CA at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Sunday, October 23. The European leg begins Tuesday, November 8 in Amsterdam and concludes Thursday, November 17 in Barcelona, Spain. See full list of dates below.

ASTRO have announced the title and release date of their upcoming third studio album, ‘Drive To The Starry Road’.Yesterday (April 25), the boyband’s label Fantagio Music shared a new poster, featuring a blue vintage car for the group’s forthcoming record on Twitter. ASTRO’s third studio album ‘Drive To The Starry Road’ is due out on May 16 at 6pm KST.Notably, the record will be released a week after member MJ begins his mandatory military service on May 9.

Finneas performed a solo set at Coachella 2022 yesterday (April 17), giving his Turning Red song ‘Nobody Like U’ its live debut – check it out below.‘Nobody Like U’, taken from the new Pixar film, is a song written by Finneas and sister Billie Eilish and performed by the the fictional boyband 4*Town.Alongside tracks from his debut solo album ‘Optimist’, Finneas gave the cut its live debut during a 13-song set.Watch the live debut of ‘Nobody Like U’ from Coachella 2022 below.Finneas performing “Nobody Like U”by #4Town #TurningRed at #Coachella #Coachella2022 pic.twitter.com/F1WciX5GCp— Jessica

GSC Game World has concluded its charity sale, which has raised around £612,557 for humanitarian organisations assisting the people of the country.After Russia commenced its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, GSC Game World – who is based in Kyiv, Ukraine – announced that it would sideline the development of its upcoming title, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Then on April 4, the developer announced that it would also be offering all of its released games for a discount, and that any earnings from the sale would be transferred to the Combe Back Alive fund.The sale has now come to an end and raised around £612,557 ($800,000 USD).

Sonic Youth have shared a live album on their Bandcamp, featuring a set recorded in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 14, 1989.Following the release of ‘Daydream Nation’ in 1988, the band performed for the first time in Kyiv when it was still part of the USSR, with other dates in Vilnius, Leningrad and Moscow.According to a statement on their Bandcamp, “This revisiting of the April 14 set honors that nation’s spirit…and timestamps a moment where new ears got transported for a first time.”All proceeds from the live album will benefit World Central Kitchen, which has been providing meals in liberated Ukrainian cities.One of the attendees of the gig was Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, who said: “That SY Kyiv show was life changing for all musicians that were there… we were already attuned to Nick Cave, Einsturzende Neubauten, S Pistols and Discharge but these were the new vitamins we needed.“I made a decision to experience NY right there. Plus my friends VV were opening so i got in free.

Lizzo has dropped a new single, About Damn Time, and announced the release of her upcoming fourth album. 

Busted’s James Bourne will release his new solo album, ‘Sugar Beach’, this summer. Like many artists, he wrote the album during lockdown.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records is relaunching the Mercury imprint as an “extension” of the label, the company announced Monday. The move is similar to Atlantic’s relaunch of Elektra and Interscope’s of Geffen, an effort to split the parent label’s large roster so that artists receive more attention.