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Morgan Wallen Wraps His Stadium Tour After Donating $1 Million Worth of Instruments to Schools

• Wallen's tour donated $1m+ in instruments to 26 US schools
• Foundation funded by portion of ticket sales across 23 sold-out shows
• Tour set stadium records and revived his chart-topping album

Country star Morgan Wallen has completed his Still the Problem Tour, using it as a vehicle to donate more than $1 million worth of musical instruments to schools in need across the cities he visited. The gesture, funded through his Morgan Wallen Foundation, saw a portion of every…

Killers Singer Brandon Flowers Contemplates the End of the Rock Star Road: ‘How Much Longer Do I Want to Do This?’

• Brandon Flowers questions how much longer he wants to keep performing
• New solo album Thrasher, his first in a decade, is out 21 August
• Album reflects his Mormon upbringing and family history in Utah

Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has opened up about weighing whether to continue his career as a rock star, telling The Times he is questioning "how much longer" he wants to keep performing. The 45-year-old singer's reflections come as he prepares to release his third solo album, Thrasher, on…

Lollapalooza 2026: Grading the Sets and Emptying the Notebook

• Consequence graded 38 acts from Lollapalooza 2026 in a notebook-style recap.
• Thursday highlights included SB19, Boys Noize, Blood Orange and Little Simz.
• Grading favoured "good value" sets, mostly earning B or B+ marks.

Music outlet Consequence published a rundown by writer Wren Graves grading 38 performances from Lollapalooza 2026, combining scores with leftover notes and observations from the festival that didn't make the main recap. The piece uses a simple grading system (mostly Bs, meaning a set gave the audience good…

Eagles announce new 2027 dates despite Don Henley suggesting they could retire this year

The band are now playing until at least January. The post Eagles announce new 2027 dates despite Don Henley suggesting they could retire this year first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

The Best Vinyl Record Cleaning Tools Every Music Fan Should Own

• Billboard recommends vinyl cleaning kits, brushes and sleeves for record care.
• Dust and fingerprints can cause pops, crackles and distortion.
• Products range from roughly $15 to $23.

Billboard has put together a buyer's guide to vinyl record cleaning tools, aimed at helping collectors keep their albums sounding their best. The piece notes that dust, fingerprints and handling can cause pops, crackles and distortion, with second-hand records often needing a thorough clean after storage and even…

O Slow Announces Debut Album Antenna: Hear “No Body” & “Shine”

• O Slow announces debut album Antenna, out 8 September
• New single "No Body" released with accompanying video
• Nine-track album also features previously shared song "Shine"

Brooklyn-based artist O Slow, the moniker of Jacqui Miranda, has announced her debut full-length album, Antenna, due out on 8 September. The announcement arrives alongside the release of lead single "No Body" and confirms that a previously shared track, "Shine," will also feature on the record, giving fans…

Demonic RPG Crimson Moon set for September launch with metal soundtrack

• Crimson Moon launches 1 September on PS5, PC and Xbox Series X
• Heavy metal soundtrack made with Health, Misha Mansoor, Ricky Armellino
• Standard edition $19.99; Deluxe Edition $29.99 with cosmetics

ProbablyMonsters has confirmed that its gothic action RPG Crimson Moon will launch on 1 September for PS5, Windows PC and Xbox Series X, alongside pricing details and the reveal of the musicians behind its heavy metal soundtrack. Composer Chris Wilson and music manager Steve Pardo led the score's…

3 Folk Lyrics From the 1970s That Hit Harder Now That Their Artists Have Aged

• Three 1970s folk songs by Mitchell, Young, and Prine deepen in resonance as their aging creators revisit themes of mortality and temporal passage
• Original compositions about aging and loss now feel more authentic because the artists have lived through the decades depicted in their lyrics
• The works function as both artistic statements about the human condition and personal testimonies to accumulated experience and inevitable change

This is a feature listing three folk songs from the 1970s whose lyrics about ageing feel more poignant now that the artists who wrote and performed them have themselves grown older. The piece argues that songs written by young musicians decades ago have taken on new depth and…

Meet the InspireMore 2025 Christian Song Contest Category Winners

• InspireMore announced 2025 Christian Song Contest winners across multiple genres, with Jessie Villa claiming the grand prize for 'Yours'
• Category winners included Church Friends (Christian Country), Michael Young (Country runner-up), Faith Child (Christian Hip-Hop), and Optikz (Hip-Hop runner-up)
• Artists emphasised themes of perseverance, faith, healing from trauma, and living out religious conviction in their work

InspireMore has announced the category winners of its 2025 Christian Song Contest, with Jessie Villa's song "Yours" taking the overall grand prize. A panel of judges also selected first and second place winners across several genre categories, recognising a range of artists working within Christian music, from country…