August Brown covers pop music, the music industry and nightlife policy at the Los Angeles Times.
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Anyma, the EDM producer and audio-visual experimentalist, will take over Las Vegas’ Sphere on New Year’s Eve 2024. It’s the first time the new venue will host dance music.
July 15, 2024
Loggins wrote for Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson, and penned the Masters golf tournament theme.
July 12, 2024
Elliott, astonishingly, never mounted a full headline tour despite platinum LPs and induction into the Rock Hall. She made history on Thursday in L.A.
July 12, 2024
The Beastie Boys, famously averse to commercial licensing, seek financial damages and demand the ad be pulled.
July 11, 2024
The Rolling Stones had startling and exhilarating moments that created history instead of pandering to it.
July 11, 2024
We’ve got another fresh crop of weekend recommendations that encompasses romantic movies about moon landings and artwork that appears to be from another planet.
July 11, 2024
Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer faces a wrongful-death lawsuit that accuses him of running over a pedestrian crossing the street in Alhambra.
July 10, 2024
Michael Rapino runs Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s largest concert promoter and an inescapable behemoth in live entertainment.
July 7, 2024
Jay Marciano, the head of AEG Presents, and Paul Tollett, who runs Goldenvoice, make a powerhouse duo in the live music world.
July 7, 2024
Fireworks, holiday museum openings, Rolling Stones and the best of L.A.’s art and culture this week.
While there are plenty of reasons to go outside today and look up at the fireworks, there’s just as many reasons to go out and enjoy the freedom of expression created by L.A.’s most amazing creative minds.
July 4, 2024