BBC's 2026 Proms season to feature a Prog Prom for the very first time!

"Prog is simply great music," says this year's Prog Prom curator and 6 Music Freak Zone presenter Stuart Maconie

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Song of the Day – Regardless – Rudimental, RAYE

Last night flaming hot singer RAYE performed at The Met here in Philadelphia, and I sadly missed it. I've been following this multi-talented singer, songwriter, and producer ever since I dove into her first album, Euphoric Sad Songs, back in 2020. I'm extremely happy, but not surprised, that she's caught such fire here in the States because she is tht good! Boosted by her smash hit single, Where Is My Husband?, you'd be hard pressed to find any music lovers who aren't aware of her presence on […]

https://johnsworldblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/song-of-the-day-regardless-rudimental-raye/

"I've got a couple of ideas I've been working on for quite some time": Fred Durst wants to set up an alternative to Coachella for musicians who aren't invited to Coachella

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"I've got a couple of ideas I've been working on for quite some time": Fred Durst wants to set up an alternative to Coachella for musicians who aren't invited to Coachella | vía #Loudersound https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/fred-durst-alternative-to-coachella #bandsampartists #liveperformances #musicfestivals
Fred Durst wants a Coachella alternative for those who don't get invited

"I've got a couple of ideas I've been working on for quite some time"

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“It was like Lord Of The Flies. You could vaguely hear music and there were giant mud puddles with naked people writhing around”: Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and 350,000 mud-caked people – the chaotic story of the biggest US music festival of the 1990s

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“It was like Lord Of The Flies. You could vaguely hear music and there were giant mud puddles with naked people writhing around”: Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and 350,000 mud-caked people – the chaotic story of the biggest US music festival of the 1990s | vía #Loudersound https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/woodstock-94-story-of-festival-nine-inch-nails-red-hot-chili-peppers #bandsampartists #liveperformances #musicfestivals
“It was like Lord Of The Flies. You could vaguely hear music and there were giant mud puddles with naked people writhing around”: Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and 350,000 mud-caked people – the chaotic story of the biggest US music festival of the 1990s

Woodstock 94 was everything the original festival hadn’t been

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Watch R&B superstar Thundercat play bass for his former band, thrash metal hellraisers Suicidal Tendencies, at Coachella last weekend | vía #Loudersound https://www.loudersound.com/news/thundercat-plays-bass-suicidal-tendencies-2026 #bandsampartists #liveperformances
Watch R&B superstar Thundercat play bass for his former band, thrash metal hellraisers Suicidal Tendencies, at Coachella last weekend

The man born Stephen Bruner was a member of the California band for almost 10 years before leaving to focus on his solo career

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Watch R&B superstar Thundercat play bass for his former band, thrash metal hellraisers Suicidal Tendencies, at Coachella last weekend

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"I found out through the Internet that I have AIDS. I learned I was dead." How one final, heartbreaking TV performance marked the end of an era for Alice In Chains - and a swan song for their brilliant but troubled frontman, Layne Staley

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