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Earl Sweatshirt Cancels Tour and Festival Appearances Amid Exhaustion

Earl Sweatshirt had just a few more dates on his docket before he could hit the hay but the emcee took to Twitter to let his fans know that he had pulled out amid a bout of severe exhaustion.
Garth Brooks Cancels All Five Dublin Croke Park Shows, but Tour Announcement May Be Coming Thursday

Garth Brooks has been getting a lot of headlines regarding his forthcoming concert series at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, and finally the hammer has dropped (please, European country fans, realize that this story is a good news and bad news one. We're just getting the bad news out of the way first). Representatives for Brooks have confirmed that all five of the Croke Park shows have been cancelled.
K-Pop and Korean Film Industry Gets New Laws for Protection of Minors and Idols

The K-Pop industry is full of "idols," young or teenaged performers who perform smash pop hits right alongside their older cohorts/competition. The prominence of the youth stars in the scene has raised many wary questions from the West (who, you know, totally have young performers under control), and the Korean government has acted, releasing a law to monitor how and when minors perform.
All Star Game Week Features Idina Menzel, Imagine Dragons, Aloe Blacc and More

Major League Baseball has assembled a solid collective of musicians to accompany the upcoming All Star Game "weekend" taking place in Minneapolis over the next seven days. Check out the full list of guest stars and note that one Minnesota native won't be making an appearance: Prince. Just playing MLB, you know we love you.
Let Trent Reznor Rock Your Baby to Sleep: 6 Soothing Industrial Lullabies from Nine Inch Nails, How To Destroy Angels and More [LISTEN]

A remarkable video posted in June has started gathering attention, displaying a wailing toddler being mollified by a recording of Nine Inch Nails' single "Copy of A." Coincidence can't be claimed: The tot makes a face of pleasant surprise when the opening synthesizer lines come on and she begins to groove with the song, even as Trent Reznor begins to vocalize his lament to conformity. So of course we got to thinking—Trent Reznor specializes in music full of jarring electronic feedback, bad language and general misanthropy: Who better to calm down upset infants?
Slipknot Announces Knotfest 2014, Featuring Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat and More

Are you a rocker missing the good ol' days of Ozzfest? We have a little bit of good news: It might not be a touring festival such as Ozz was, but Slipknot has confirmed that a second edition of Knotfest will go down this October at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernandino, CA.
Beck, St. Vincent and Jack White: Music Times Names Its Midyear Favorites

Just in case you've never checked out the Junk Mail feature at Music Times, understand that staff disagreements on the quality of albums ranges from age-based immaturity to outright violence. If selecting the best records at the midyear point was this dramatic, we can only imagine what will happen at the end of 2014.
Jason Lancaster Softens Up A Bit but 'As You Are Ain't Mom-Rock

Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of.
Garth Brooks Tour Gaffe May Result in All Five Dublin Shows Being Cancelled

Many months ago Garth Brooks made huge headlines for country fans everywhere when he announced during January that he would be playing a series of shows at Croke Park in Dublin, reliving the series of shows he played during May 1997. The advance interest in the shows was so great that Brooks and his team added more shows...and that, unfortunately, may ruin all five of his proposed concerts that are schedule to take place between July 25-29.
Justin 'Nordic Thunder' Howard, 2012 World Air Guitar Champion, Plays Unplugged

How does one define a guitar god? Is it the way they grab the audience by the throat and pull them into a madhouse of hammer-ons? Is it the passion that they pour into every performance? Is it that they actually have a guitar in their hands?
Electric Daisy Carnival and 400,000 Attendees Contribute $322 Million to Las Vegas Economy

The Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas cemented its status as the world's largest music festival thanks to 400,000 attendees and the $322.3 million total economic impact that Billboard projected that it brought to the city.
Ariana Grande named first performer at VMAs

Ariana Grande has more-or-less become the official performer of MTV, as the last week has found the pop star teaming up with the network for a number of co-promotional campaigns. The most recent was when the "Problem" singer was named the first performer of the August 24 Video Music Awards.
Shakira Headlining World Cup Closing Ceremonies, Giving Brazilians Break from Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull

The Brazilian populace has finally gotten what it wants (outside of a World Cup victory of course): Shakira will serve as the headliner at the closing ceremonies of the international soccer championships on July 13.
Elvis Presley Enterprises Looking to Drop Performer's Planes from Graceland Property

Elvis Presley fans who make frequent pilgrimages to his Graceland estate outside of Memphis to revel in the perpetual '70s vibe that's been maintained since the King died there will be disappointed to find out that the property's owners are looking to get rid of the performer's planes.
Death Grips Breaks Up by Surprise Like Any High Schooler: Via Facebook...Trent Reznor Not Surprised

In perhaps (definitely) the least surprising surprise of the day, the hip-hop cum industrial band Death Grips announced it's breakup, and canceling all tour dates accordingly. The most humorous detail, at least for those not traumatized by the band's sudden demise, is that the group announced the breakup like any bad high school boyfriend: via Facebook.
Sam Smith Pulls An Iggy Azalea: Tops Digital Downloads Chart with 'Stay With Me,' Appears on Disclosure's 'Latch'

Sam Smith jumped three spots this week to take the Digital Downloads no. 1 spot, with his single "Stay With Me."
Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith Prove British Man-Power on Top of Billboard 200

Who was ready to challenge the big sales of last week's releases from Lana Del Rey and Sam Smith? How about Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith?
Lost Bob Dylan Demos from 'Nashville Skyline,' 'Self Portrait' and 'New Morning' Found in West Village

Record collector Jeff Gold has come across a cache of 149 Bob Dylan acetates, which were found stored in the building where the songwriter rented a room for recording purposes during his stay in the West Village of Manhattan. The acetates were pressed live by Dylan while he experimented during the recordings of the albums 'Nashville Skyline,' 'Self Portrait' and 'New Morning.'
5 Brutal Rock Live Performances, in Honor of Unfathomable Ruination: Rammstein, Gorgoroth, more

Unfathomable Ruination will play a series of performances from inside a sealed cube, at least until they run out of oxygen. Literally. Music Times celebrates the brutality of rock stage shows with some highlights that stop just short of being a good idea.
Blake Shelton Extends Record No. 1 Streak with 'My Eyes'

Blake Shelton keeps the train a-rollin' as he adds to his already record-breaking streak of successive country music no. 1's. The Voice host's most recent single "My Eyes" makes it an even dozen when it tops the charts this week.
Glastonbury 2015, Based on Michael Eavis Hints: Paul McCartney, David Bowie and Eric Clapton All on Table

Glastonbury has just ended and of course founder and organizer Michael Eavis is already leading us on about who'll be playing next year. He dropped some hints at the annual Sunday morning press conference that allow us to limit the field down quite a bit, but not enough to guarantee anything. One thing's for sure: It still isn't Prince, yet.
Beyoncé Tops Forbes Celebrity 100 List; Jay Z, Dr. Dre, Rihanna and Katy Perry Land in Top 10

Just in case you didn't think Beyoncé was in charge, allow Forbes to set you straight. The magazine ranked the pop star at the top of its annual Celebrity 100 list.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Bassist, Billy Talbot, Has Suffered Mild Stroke and Is Unable to Tour

Billy Talbot, the bassist for Crazy Horse (of Neil Young and Crazy Horse fame) has suffered a mild stroke and will be unable to join the band on its forthcoming European tour.
The Who Release UK Dates for 50th Anniversary Tour (and Possibly Its LAST Tour)

The Who has released the first dates of its final formal tour, which will celebrate the group's 50th anniversary as a group. The gigs announced will stick to the UK and the group is planning a North American leg for 2015, but if we had to guess, it will also do a European leg next year and finish with another set of British dates. Have to finish at home, after all.
G-Dragon and Girls' Generation Announced as KCON Headliners

KCON, the largest U.S. representative for the huge niche market of K-Pop, has announced its lineup for the 2014 event. G-Dragon and Girls' Generation will be the biggest acts at the two-day festival, taking place in Los Angeles during early August.
Philadelphia DJ Paints over Kurt Vile's 'Walkin' On A Pretty Daze' Mural

A local DJ has seen fit to paint over the mural that served as Kurt Vile's album cover for 2013's 'Walkin' On A Pretty Daze.'
The Front Bottoms Bring Up Tasty Leftovers on 'Rose EP'

Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of.
Eric Clapton May Retire from The Road...Don't Expect Cream Reunion Either

The Who have announced 2014 to be their last year on the road, Motley Crue has legally documented that it shan't tour anymore after its current run, and now it seems Eric Clapton, one of the most acclaimed guitarists in history, might be opting for the same plan. Slowhand told Uncut magazine that he may quit the road following his current engagements.
Lana Del Rey Is Overly Attached Girlfriend: A Case Study with Five Prime Examples

Lana Del Rey and Meme-maniac Overly Attached Girlfriend sound remarkably alike. There was a minor awkward scandal this week when Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of deceased Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, called out pop star Lana Del Rey for glamorizing the idea of dying young.
Grimes Releases New Track 'Go,' A Leftover Turned Down by Rihanna

Grimes has released "Go," a track she originally wrote for Rihanna with DJ/Producer Michael "Blood Diamonds" Diamond, which marks her first new music in two years.