Prince's shoes, adorned with "love symbol" charms, his handwritten lyrics and gifts the artist gave to a couple of his exes are among the highlights of two auctions that will take place in the coming months.

The RR Auction house, based out of Boston, will offer 

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The planned, estate-approved Frank Zappa hologram tour has recruited its band of former Mothers for the "Bizarre World of Frank Zappa" trek. The tour kicks off later this

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Update: Grammy president Neil Portnow responded to the letter, via the New York Times: "We appreciate the points raised in this letter and welcome the opportunity to work with these executives to address the issues of inclusion, representation,

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British band Alt-J have carved a spring tour around their upcoming North American music festival dates.

The jaunt comes in two waves: First, Alt-J will tour the West Coast in April around their two Coachella sets. In June, the band returns for an East Coast trek revolving around Bonnaroo, Mountain Jam and

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It's been 14 years since A Perfect Circle last put out a new album, and frontman Maynard James Keenan is acutely aware of this fact. So much so that he found himself asking a litany of philosophical questions

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Rae Sremmurd's third album, Sr3mm, appears to be imminent as the Mississippi brothers released the lead single off forthcoming album, "T'd Up." They debuted the song at Super Bowl Live over the weekend.

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Legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon announced his final tour this spring will be the "Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour."

"I've often wondered what it would feel like to reach the point where I'd consider bringing my performing career to a natural end. Now I know: it feels a little

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