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Queens of the Stone Age was dynamite at Live 105's Not So Silent Night shows in December, blowing away Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon and nearly everyone else on the star-studded bill.

Juan Gabriel performs during the 10th annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Nov. 5, 2009, in Las Vegas.

When acts tape an episode of Austin City Limits , as Los Lobos did Monday night to open the PBS concert staple's 40th season captures, it's predetermined whether they get 30 minutes or the entire hour.

Five musicians have failed to win a court order preventing them from being replaced with a pre-recorded soundtrack in the West End production of War Horse.

Could 2014 be shaping up to be Future 's year? He's engaged to Ciara , has a baby on the way, is about to drop his latest LP, Honest .

Kat Lane is Miami to her core. Her songs - like "Miami in the Summer" - have the irreverence and stickiness of a South Beach summer night.

The first trailer of the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck, has been released.

Entertainer Flavor Flav has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a Las Vegas domestic violence case in a move that will avoid a trial and possible jail time.

Justin Bieber Skips Toronto Hearing on Assault Charges Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 04.14.2014 He didn't show up... Justin Bieber wasn't present for the latest hearing on his assault charge in Toronto.

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Escaping Austin's orbit to relax in the grassy fields of Driftwood for the Old Settler's Music Festival remains a pleasure.

McMenamins has issued a statement on the evacuation that cut a Crystal Ballroom performance by rising hip-hop artist Schoolboy Q short on Sunday night.

Fans of the metal band Warrant will be able to drink it as well as hear it at the festival.

Former Minnesotan Jonny Lang, "The Voice" vet Nicholas David and Wisconsin's own BoDeans are among the second wave of acts announced for this summer's Music in the Zoo series at the Minnesota Zoo.

Arcade Fire performs on the Coachella stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 13, 2014.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire took home the biggest prizes of the night at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles with its star paying tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Ever since sunshine acid saturated Woodstock back in 1969, music festivals and recreational pharmaceuticals have gone together like wine and cheese.

It's a perennial theme, one that manifests itself throughout genre and era: the idea of getting lost in music.