Music News for October 29, 2023

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• Today’s Headlines

• Former L.A. Guns and W.A.S.P. drummer Steve Riley dead at 67

• Jay-Z admints he’s ‘lost a lot of songs’ due to his approach to writing lyrics

• 5 albums I can’t live without: John Doe of X

• Gorilla VS. Bear Halloween 2023 Mix

• Talking Heads superfan Stephen Colbert interviews Talking Heads

• The Alchemist surprises fans with birthday freestyle & new project news

• Flea is red hot while eating spicy wings on Hot Ones

• MF DOOM estate sues manager, claiming he stole songwriting notebooks

• Q-Tip joins Muhammad Ali broadway show as music producer, co-lyricist, and cast album producer

• Olivia Rodrigo hitchhikes with Jimmy Kimmel’s family: Watch

• Massive Attack announce death of “brilliant” guitarist Angelo Bruschini

• Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder leaves band

• Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl and Steve Albini Reunite for In Utero Q&A

• Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign hosting multi-stadium listening event for new album in November

• Grimes makes over 200+ GrimesAI Records available for content creators to use on any platform

• Serj Tankian announces his memoir

• Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker gets his own wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas

• Thurston Moore says Sonic Youth reunion is “always going to be on the table”

• Nicky Romero discusses production, new music and his upcoming open-to-close show Nightvision [Interview]

• Claire Rousay signs to Thrill Jockey, announces fall tour

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Depeche Mode Perform ‘Wagging Tongue’ on Fallon: Watch

• Iron Maiden announces fall 2024 North American tour

• Blink-182 play secret show at Denny’s, live up to the classic meme

• Sting announces 2024 outdoor UK and Ireland tour dates

• Underworld announces 2024 UK and Europe tour

• Nile Rodgers & CHIC: Tiny Desk Concert

• Arlo Parks gives ‘Weightless’ performance on Colbert: Watch

• Cat Power announces Bob Dylan tribute concert at Carnegie Hall

• Heart to reunite for New Year’s Eve concert in Seattle

• The Kills announce 2024 tour, go golfing in ‘Wasterpiece’ video

• Feist announces 2024 North American tour

• Greta Van Fleet announce 12-date spring 2024 North American tour

• Staind announces spring 2024 U.S. tour

• Robert Plant sings the hell Out of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ for first time in 16 years: Watch

• Johnny Marr announces 2024 Spirit Power greatest hits UK tour

• Festival Updates

• Tomorrowland signs 66-year contract with current site in Boom’s De Schorre Park

• Ultra Music Festival drops star-studded phase 1 lineup

• Slam Dunk Festival announces initial 2024 lineup

• J. Cole announces Dreamville Festival 2024: Here are the dates

• Foo Fighters to headline Hellfest 2024

• Biohazard to headline Flatspot Records’ Disturbin’ The Peace Fest

• Here’s the first big line-up announcement for Roadburn 2024

• Texas Eclipse drops first wave of Artists ft. Tycho, Big Gigantic, Barclay Crenshaw, Zeds Dead, LP Giobbi + more

• Watch Tool’s entire performance at Power Trip Festival

• New Tracks

• blink-182 share One More Time bonus tracks ‘Cut Me Off’ & ‘See You’

• Library Card release new single ‘Cognitive Dissonance’

• The Voidz – ‘Flexorcist’

• The Beatles’ final song ‘Now and Then’ announced

• Aesop Rock – ‘Infinity Fill Goose Down’

• DIIV share new song ‘Soul Net’ on mysterious website

• Larry June and Cardo ft. Blxst ‘Without You’

• Kevin Abstract shares new single ‘Running Out’

• Jantoje Unleashes the Summertime Vibes with New Single ‘Runaway.’

• Flat Party share new single ‘Glances In The Dark’ / Announce self-titled debut EP Flat Party

• Sleaford Mods share rework of Pole’s ‘Stechmück’

• mxmtoon unveils new single, ‘the idea of you (revisited)’

• Grandaddy – ‘Watercooler’

• Kurt Vile – ‘This Time Of Night’ (Chastity Belt Cover)

• Australian producer re:abel has released his first new single of 2023, ‘Carbonceramics’

• Holly Macve shares ‘Suburban House’ featuring Lana Del Rey

• Wu-Tang Clan return with new single, ‘Claudine’: Listen

• Kid Cudi – ‘Ill What I Bleed’

• Dazy shares his latest single, ‘Forced Perspective’

• HEALTH release new single/video ‘ASHAMED’

• Rising singer/songwriter Delilah Brao releases ‘Over the Phone’

• Lily Meola shares new single ‘Without You’

• Augustine releases his new single ‘Teach Me’

• Clairo releases new track ‘Lavender’ to raise aid funds for Gaza

• The 13 best new hip-hop songs this week

• Charli XCX and Sam Smith share new song ’In the City’: Listen

• beabadoobee and Laufey team up on ‘A Night To Remember’

• SPELLES release new single ‘Night Terrors’

• 21 Savage – ‘Call Me Revenge’ (Feat. d4dv)

• Underworld share new single and visualiser, ‘denver luna’: Watch

• Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mar’s first-ever solo single to arrive on Halloween

• Loving share new single ‘Blue’

• Ducks LTD. release new single/video ‘The Main Thing’

• Sydney alt-pop star merci, mercy announces new EP ‘Like A Orchid’ / Releases new single ‘Silver Lining’

• Wila Frank releases new single ‘The Returning Dream

• Caroline Polachek releases new single ‘Dang’

• Floating Points shares new song ‘Birth4000’: Listen

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• New Albums and EPs

• Nirvana release In Utero 30th anniversary edition: Stream

• Pink Floyd’s special release of Atom Heart Mother features lost performance footage

• Listen to King Gizzard’s dancey, all-electronic new album The Silver Cord

• MF Tomlinson announces We Are Still Wild Horses remix album

• Nicki Minah avoids album showdown with Lil Wayne after delaying Pink Friday 2

• Yard Act announce new album & 2024 tour, share ‘Dream Job’ video

• Dream Theater reuniting with founding drummer Mike Portnoy for 16th studio album

• Paul van Dyk and DJ Pierre link up on new three-track EP, ACID TRAXXX: Listen

• Green Day announce ‘raw and emotional’ album Saviors, drop ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’ zombie video

• Jay Electronica teases star-studded new album Bismillah Boys

• Benny The Butcher launches countdown for new album: The Butcher Coming

• serpentwithfeet announces new LP GRIP, shares ‘Damn Gloves’ ft. Ty Dolla $ign

• Future Islands announce new album People Who Aren’t There Anymore, share ‘The Tower’: Stream

• The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodríguez-López releasing 20 years of solo material as 57-LP box set

• Dave Grohl, Krist Noveselic, & Steve Albini talk In Utero with Conan O’Brien

• Ho99o9 unleash surprise mixtape Turf Talk, Vol II

• Neil Young announces new solo acoustic album, Before and After, shares 3 songs

• Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz share Welcome 2 Collegegrove release date, cover art & new single

• Kurt Vile announces EP, shares video starring Michael Shannon: Watch

• Elbow announce new album and tour dates!

• Pearl Jam announce Vs. 30th anniversary reissue

• Exodus to enter studio in March; new album to arrive by September 2024

• Ozzy Osbourne says his next album won’t feature multiple guests: ‘It’s gonna be maybe one’

• Peter Gabriel shares full details, release date for new album i/o

• IDLES announce new album Tangk, enlist LCD Soundsystem for new song: Listen

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