I bought my first copy of Let It Be when I was 15 and it unlocked my lifelong love of the Replacements. Soon I was hunting down albums, bootlegs, zines, T-shirts—I even agreed to clean my high school biology teacher’s snake and guinea pig tanks for several weeks to borrow his VHS tape of a […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Beyoncé got a prestigious co-sign from Prince early in her career, when they performed the opening medley together at the 2004 Grammys. The most Prince-influenced music of her career came later, though, […]
In business, growth is a continuous game. Where is the blue sky? Where is the next opportunity to put points on the board? One reliable answer to both questions is…sports! The sports industry as a whole is growing both horizontally and vertically. It’s an exciting time for fans. There are a lot of learnings for […]
Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield has died at the age of 63, according to a social media post from his brother. No cause was provided. Mounfield’s bass work helped propel the Stone Roses out of the post-Smiths-era Manchester, England, several years before the Britpop revolution made superstars out of Oasis, Blur […]
Is this real life, or just fantasy? That’s the blurry line Charli xcx navigates in the trailer for her new film The Moment, in which she portrays a thinly veiled version of her arena-filling, pop star self. The movie will be released in theaters Jan. 26 by A24 and is the first from the artist’s […]
If you were to have asked late Sugar Hill Records co-founder Sylvia Robinson who helped put hip-hop—a genre traditionally dominated by men—on the map, she would have justifiably raised her hand. Robinson, who passed away in 2011, was largely responsible for hip-hop’s first Top 40 single, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugar Hill Gang (1979), as […]
This is a new ongoing series about the business of music with a SPIN twist. There’s a new headliner in the music business, and it’s not on stage. It’s in the wings, in a tailored suit, with a checkbook bigger than the tour budget. Over the last decade, the most unexpected disruptor in music hasn’t […]
Off the Grid Campout founder, visionary and DJ Mikey Made has been on a mission to foster community in the SoCal dance music scene for over a decade. In the past few years, he’s expanded OTG’s footprint from Austin to Mexico City and many points in between. He’s acquired his own remote festival getaway – […]
Foo Fighters and Guns N’ Roses will round out the headliners for the 2026 edition of Welcome to Rockville, which, as previously reported, will also feature My Chemical Romance and Bring Me the Horizon when it returns to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fl., on May 7-10. Turnstile, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, Staind, […]
Lorde, the xx and Turnstile will headline the seventh Kilby Block Party, which will return to the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City from May 15-17. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Nov. 19), with the lowest-priced early bird options expected to go clean very quickly. Kilby Block Party will feature an undercard loaded with […]