August 20, 2021

UPROXX music festival preview is here

• Kanye West’s manager says he’s “absolutely” releasing Donda after Chicago listening party
• Slowthai’s Happyland festival postponed
• Neil Young withdraws from Farm Aid 2021 performance over pandemic concerns
• Garth Brooks cancels five shows due to rising COVID-19 rates
• KISS kick off 2021 US leg of farewell tour in Massachusetts: Watch
• MTV VMAs 2021 performers announced: Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, and more
• How Dee Snider came to accept + understand extreme metal [Interview]
• The Weeknd’s ‘Thursday’ mixtape lands on streaming services for 10th anniversary
• Nine Inch Nails cancel all live appearances for 2021
• Lil Nas X offers his advice to aspiring musicians ahead of his debut album
• Lana Del Rey says her will demands no posthumous releases of her music
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds announce b-sides & rarities part II, share unreleased song ‘Vortex’: Stream
• Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats announce third album ‘The Future’
• Deafheaven – ‘Infinite Granite’
• Flo Milli promises a versatile debut album and offers important social media advice
• Phoebe Bridgers shares three remixes of ‘Kyoto,’ including one by Bartees Strange
• Listen to the Rolling Stones’ new song ‘Living in the Heart of Love’
• Disclosure continue week-long release spree with third cut, ‘Seduction’
• Kevin Abstract – ‘Sierra Nights’ (Feat. Ryan Beatty)
• Listen to Guided by Voices’ ‘High in the Rain’ from upcoming album
• Iron Maiden release galloping new single, ‘Stratego’
• Watch members of Sick Of It All, AFI, The Distillers & Bayside cover Fugazi
• Watch Vince Staples and Fousheé perform ‘Take Me Home’ on Fallon
• Japanese Breakfast performs cover of Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Romulus’
• Trent Reznor talks uncertainty, changing music world for 1999 cover
• Corey Taylor and his band wear KISS makeup, perform Slipknot and Nine Inch Nails songs: Watch