Phil Lesh, bassist for Grateful Dead, dies at 84
Phil Lesh, the bassist for the Grateful Dead who propelled many of its wildest musical explorations yet also composed and sang one of its loveliest…
Garfield defeats Roosevelt in East L.A. Classic battle
World Series Game 1 fever swept over the crowd as halftime hit at the 89th annual East L.A. Classic football game at SoFi Stadium.Moments after…
How East L.A. band Las Cafeteras brings together music and activism
Las Cafeteras members Hector Flores and Denise Carlos spent their adolescences chasing the dreams of their immigrant parents. After attending college, they were expected to…
Paul Di’Anno dead: Iron Maiden’s original singer was 66
Paul Di’Anno, Iron Maiden’s first lead singer, died Monday. He was 66.He died at his home in Salisbury, England, his family and his record label,…
Robbie Robertson tribute at Kia Forum: Inside the show
It was like the band — if not quite the Band — had gotten back together.Under a trio of softly illuminated chandeliers, more than two…
Liam Payne’s One Direction bandmates react to singer’s death
Liam Payne’s former bandmates have posted a joint message about the late One Direction singer’s unexpected death, in addition to tributes from individual members.Payne, 31,…
Where to watch the One Direction film as fans pay tribute to band member Liam Payne
The sudden death of One Direction star Liam Payne has left many devastated, with tributes rolling in for the young star ever since news of…
Hugely popular rock band to make epic comeback with Strictly Come Dancing performance
Strictly Come Dancing bosses have lined up a musical treat for fans this weekend with Irish rockers Snow Patrol set to take to the stage…
Nell Smith dead: Young Flaming Lips collaborator was 17
Nell Smith, a rising Canada-based musician who was best known for her work with the Flaming Lips, has died. She was 17. Smith died Saturday…
Fuerza Regida talks about Mexican music’s place in the Grammy race
Jesús Ortiz Paz, singer of the San Bernardino-born música Mexicana band Fuerza Regida, is relentless about winning every possible fan. From throwing album-release beach parties…
Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley alleges sexual abuse by former manager in new memoir ‘Walking Disaster’
Deryck Whibley (Travis Shinn) Deryck Whibley is ready to tell you everything.When the Sum 41 frontman first sat down to write what would become his…
Neil Young, Stephen Stills and John Mayer rock for charity at ‘Harvest Moon’ benefit concert
Some partnerships are built to last. Take Neil Young and Stephen Stills, who have been making music together for nearly 60 years, all the way…
NOFX aren’t breaking up, they’re retiring, after 3 farewell shows
After 40 years as a band, the bold and brash punk quartet NOFX is calling it quits, but not in a dramatic, explosive way. Instead,…
Review: Nickel Creek awes and amazes at the tiny Largo theater
Nickel Creek played an intimate warmup show at Largo at the Coronet for a lucky crowd Wednesday that piled into the L.A. theater for a…
Fuerza Regida announces its ‘Don’t Fall in Love’ music festival
Fuerza Regida is bringing it home.After years of consecutive album releases and constant touring, the acclaimed música Mexicana quintet is hosting its first-ever music festival…
Chester Bennington’s mom drags Linkin Park and new singer
The mother of late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington says she feels hurt and betrayed by the rap-rock band for launching its latest iteration without…
J.D. Souther, country-rock songwriter behind Eagles hits, dies at 78
J.D. Souther, the singer and songwriter who co-wrote twangy yet debonair hits for the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt that helped define the Southern California country-rock…
REO Speedwagon to quit touring amid ‘irreconcilable’ dispute
REO Speedwagon is slamming on the brakes: The rock band will halt touring amid the group’s “irreconcilable differences.”The “Can’t Fight This Feeling” and “Keep on…
Slipknot’s groundbreaking metal debut turns 25. To them, it’s still ‘this festering thing’
Twenty-six years ago, the Iowa metal band Slipknot arrived at the Malibu studio compound Indigo Ranch to make one of the gnarliest albums of the…
Lakers to honor Jerry West with No. 44 band on uniform
The Lakers will honor the late Jerry West on opening night with a ceremony and all season with a band on the left shoulder of…