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Gal-Dem, an insurgent culture and politics platform that posed an alternative to the stratified British media landscape, is to close, according to a statement on its website this morning (March 31). The publication, founded in 2015 by Liv…

Vocalist Brian “Brizz” Gillis—co-founder of the Massachusetts boy band LFO—has died. Gillis’s former bandmate Brad Fischetti announced the news in an Instagram post today (March 30), and Variety further confirmed Gillis’ death, however the…

Nadya Tolokonnikova—the artist, activist, and co-founder of politically charged group Pussy Riot—has been placed on a wanted list by Russian authorities, The Associated Press reports, citing the Russian Interior Ministry’s database of…

Stephanie Hubbard, the widow of the Roots’ former bassist, Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, is suing her late husband’s colleagues, alleging that they violated federal RICO statutes in handling the band’s finances. Questlove and Black Thought are…

Andrew Bird has announced a summer tour, with new dates added in Canada and the United States. Joan Shelley, Madison Cunningham, Ted Poor, and Uwade will join him at various stops, with a spring leg beginning on March 30. See all of the…