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Sparks – brothers Ron and Russell Mael - have announced the May 15 release of their 24th studio album, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, and a European run of tour dates in October. In the announcement video, the band also confirm the release (without providing any dates) of the Sparks-written musical feature film Annette, starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard and directed by Leos Carax (Holy Motors), and the currently-untitled Sparks documentary directed by Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, Spaced).

Joshua Henry, Judith Light, and Bradley Whitford have joined the cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda's film adaptation of Tick, Tick...Boom!

U.K. Grindcore pioneers, Napalm Death announce their Spring North American headline tour today. The band will be joined by death metal band and labelmates Aborted (April 17-May 16), The Locust (April 9-April 15), Nastie Band (April 9-April 15), Tombs (April 24-May 16), and Wvrm (April 17-May 16) for select dates. The tour starts on April 3rd in Philadelphia and wraps on May 16th, making stops in major markets such as Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and more. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit Napalm Death's website, HERE.

The action-packed CINEMAX drama series STRIKE BACK will return for its seventh and final season FRIDAY, FEB. 14 (10:00–11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on CINEMAX. 

Featuring the return of its drama lineup and a two-hour crossover event between “Station 19” and “Grey's Anatomy” from 8:00-10:00 p.m., ABC scored a new Thursday season high among Adults 18-49 (1.8/10) and delivered its highest-rated Thursday with entertainment programming since February 2019 – since 2/28/19. ABC stood as Thursday's No. 1 network in Adults 18-49, dominating its nearest competition by 80% (Fox = 1.0/5) and ranking No. 1 in all 6 half-hours of the night. ABC claimed the night's Top 3 shows in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 with “Grey's Anatomy,” the season premiere of “Station 19” and “A Million Little Things,” respectively.

ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the evening's No. 1 newscast for the 6th week in a row in all key target demos: Total Viewers (9.101 million), Adults 25-54 (1.745 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.187 million) for the week of Jan. 20, 2020, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (7.907 million, 1.654 million and 1.162 million, respectively) by 1.194 million Total Viewers, 91,000 Adults 25-54 and 25,000 Adults 18-49.  In fact, “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” head-to-head on each of the five nights of the week by more than 1.0 million viewers for the first time in nearly 24 years – since w/o 4/15/96, based on regular telecasts. “World News Tonight” has led “NBC Nightly News” by more than 1.1 million viewers for the past three weeks.

NBC has averaged a 0.7 rating in adults 18-49 and 3.9 million viewers overall for the primetime ratings week of Jan. 20-26, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.

Having just completed a month long coast-to-coast Canadian arena tour as well as a run of dates in the U.S. this past Fall, City and Colour, acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green, announces a run of U.S. tour dates, taking place this Spring. The tour kicks off May 12 in Pittsburgh, PA and finishes close to home, in Niagara Falls, NY on May 29. Joining the tour as support, is Katie Pruitt. Public on-sale begins this Friday, January 31 at 10am local time in each market. Fans can Visit cityandcolour.com for direct ticket links.

Horn-heavy power-pop quintet Maurice and the Stiff Sisters recently released their debut album 'Welcome To Love' and the doors are swinging wide open for Maurice and company.

2 leaders of hardcore industrial music, Tim Skold (ex-Marilyn Manson, Shotgun Messiah) and Nero Bellum (Psyclon Nine), combine forces on this debut album for their brand new project, Not My God! The pair are no strangers to working together, having both served as live band members for the other's projects - Skold as the guitarist for Psyclon Nine and Bellum as the keyboardist for Skold.

Guided By Voices shared their second single, 'Man Called Blunder' off of their upcoming LP, Surrender Your Poppy Field. The Big Takeover radio program featured the song at the top of their 5th anniversary radio show hosted by Jack Rabid.

TOM KEIFER #keiferband has released a compelling, high energy music video for “HYPE,” the raucous, heavy, second single to be released to Rock radio from RISE. The song and video speak directly to life in our current culture.

Deaf singer/songwriter Mandy Harvey, who wowed Simon Cowell on America's Got Talent, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 22 at Kean University's Enlow Recital Hall.

The first single from Colin Jones' upcoming EP Mama Don't Weep, 'How Long' is about being your own worst enemy. 'It's about never being able to get it right and the spiral that can put you in,' Colin explains, 'It's an old song that used to be a folk ballad. The production was an idea I had in the studio back in 2016, and it became this acid-tinged noir soundtrack.'

“Cry Again is the aftermath of a traumatic period in my life, getting back in touch with my emotions, all these emotions I had bottled up for so long and didn't allow myself to feel,” says queer NYC artist STEFAN ALEXANDER to American Songwriter about his new EP Cry Again, which gets released independently in late March. “It's this fear that if you let it go, the floodgates will open, and it will all come out and you won't be able to stop it. There was this subconscious thing happening where my body would not let me cry, and would not let me go there.”

New York via China and Harajuku avant-pop multi-hyphenate Alice Longyu Gao today releases the music video for her Dylan Brady-produced experimental pop anthem “Rich Bitch Juice.”

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are kicking off 2020 with the release of their first original new music since 2018, a nod to their emo roots called “A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Called LA.” . The track will be available on all major streaming services on Friday, Jan. 31st and is the first song off their forthcoming The Emergency EP, to be released later this year.  The band has also announced a spring headlining tour, and several dates in Australia with Boys Like Girls (see below).

American Masters presents the broadcast premiere of award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson's deep dive into the world of a beloved musical giant. American Masters a?" Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, which earned a Grammy nomination in the a?oeBest Music Filma?? category, premieres nationwide Tuesday, February 25 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/milesdavis and the PBS Video app in honor of Black History Month.

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and CBC today announced the first wave of artists set to perform at The 2020 JUNO Awards Broadcast alongside host Alessia Cara and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Jann Arden. R&B artist Daniel Caesar, rock band The Glorious Sons, rising pop singer Lennon Stella and hip hop powerhouse Tory Lanez will take the stage for Canada's biggest night in music. The 49th annual JUNO Awards will be broadcast live from the SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, SK on Sunday, March 15 at 8 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CDT) across the country on CBC, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, and the CBC Listen app. The awards will also be available for audiences outside of Canada to stream at cbcmusic.ca/junos.

Dreaming of David, the highly anticipated second album from rising vocalist and songwriter Ryan Beatty, is officially slated for release on January 31.