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Your guide to SummerStage 2018
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Your guide to SummerStage 2018

Everything you need to know about the summer concert series

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The best outdoor concerts in NYC
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The best outdoor concerts in NYC

Explore our picks for this year's top summer concerts

Your guide to concerts at Jones Beach
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Your guide to concerts at Jones Beach

Summer's here—time to see some music at the beach

The best U2 songs of all time
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The best U2 songs of all time

We took on the daunting task of ranking the best songs from the band’s storied history

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The best summer music festivals in 2018
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The best summer music festivals in 2018

Get the scoop on all the best summer music festivals happening this year

Concerts in NYC

Your essential concert guide
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Your essential concert guide

Find out about recently announced concerts in NYC

The best parties in NYC this month
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The best parties in NYC this month

From club nights to globally renowned label takeovers

The best concerts of 2018
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The best concerts of 2018

From multi-day festivals to up-and-coming acts not to miss

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Latest music news

Aretha Franklin tribute shows up at Franklin Street station
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Aretha Franklin tribute shows up at Franklin Street station

With the news that the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, died on Thursday at her home in Detroit, an outpouring of tributes have sprung up, from obituaries...

The Backstreet Boys are playing outside Radio City next week
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The Backstreet Boys are playing outside Radio City next week

Put it on your calendar, in gel pen with little hearts and squiggly lines: The MTV Video Music Awards coming to Radio City Music Hall on Monday, August 20....

Check out the lineup for the free Global Citizen Fest in Central Park
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Check out the lineup for the free Global Citizen Fest in Central Park

Central Park's Great Lawn has a long history of hosting massive live music events: Think the Simon & Garfunkel reunion show in 1981 and the famous Diana Ross...

Panorama Music Festival 2018 Recap: Hits and Misses
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Panorama Music Festival 2018 Recap: Hits and Misses

The third-annual Panorama Music Festival was a study in extremes: scorching heat and drizzly rain, killer performances and total no-shows. The festival,...

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Billy Joel
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Billy Joel

The erstwhile angry young man—since 2014, an official Madison Square Garden franchise, like the Knicks and Rangers—is tacking on date after date in what’s threatening to become an endless run.

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Drake + Migos
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Drake + Migos

Catch them at Madison Square Garden or the Barclays Center.

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Beach House
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Beach House

Delectably dreamy duo Beach House are masters of lush-yet-intimate synthscapes

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Jawbreaker
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Jawbreaker

Seminal ‘90s punk band Jawbreaker came out of retirement last year

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Latest interviews and features

How Cigarettes After Sex turned online buzz into an IRL roar
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How Cigarettes After Sex turned online buzz into an IRL roar

Get to know the man behind the hot Brooklyn band

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Jane Birkin on being a music, fashion and film icon
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Jane Birkin on being a music, fashion and film icon

Our Q&A catches up with the multi-hyphenate star

Lomelda navigates growing up and leaving home
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Lomelda navigates growing up and leaving home

Get into the Texas indie-pop act's emotive, folky tunes

(Sandy) Alex G on going from home recording to working with Frank Ocean
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(Sandy) Alex G on going from home recording to working with Frank Ocean

Alex Giannascoli is disarmingly modest for a guy who has played with Frank Ocean

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The best concerts in NYC this week
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The best concerts in NYC this week

We've rounded up the best gigs in the five boroughs during the next seven days

The best classical and opera concerts in NYC
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The best classical and opera concerts in NYC

When it comes to live classical music and opera, we truly are spoiled for choice here in NYC

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The best cabaret shows in NYC
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The best cabaret shows in NYC

Get up close and personal with the best nightclub singers in New York 

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The best jazz shows in NYC
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The best jazz shows in NYC

Check out our picks for the best jazz shows happening in this month

The best New York music venues

The best live music venues in NYC
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The best live music venues in NYC

The best places to see live music in Brooklyn
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The best places to see live music in Brooklyn

Bluegrass music venues
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Bluegrass music venues

Classic New York music venues
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Classic New York music venues

Folk music venues
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Folk music venues

New York's hidden gems
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New York's hidden gems

 

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Madison Square Garden
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Madison Square Garden

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Bowery Ballroom
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Bowery Ballroom

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Music Hall of Williamsburg
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Music Hall of Williamsburg

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Terminal 5
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Radio City Music Hall
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Radio City Music Hall

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Beacon Theatre
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Beacon Theatre

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The best karaoke songs ever
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The best karaoke songs ever

The 50 best summer songs ever made
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The 50 best summer songs ever made

The 50 best road trip songs of all time
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The 50 best road trip songs of all time

The 50 best love songs of all time
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The 50 best love songs of all time

The 12 best protest songs of all time
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The 12 best protest songs of all time

The 50 best breakup songs
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The 50 best breakup songs