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This year’s lineup of free shows includes Andy Shauf, Julia Jacklin, Mdou Moctar, Horsegirl, Stretch Armstrong, Tanya Tucker, Nick Hakim, Hip Hop 50 events, Kool and the Gang, and more.

Monday’s NYC-area shows include Rosalía, Wyclef Jean, William Basinski, Makaya McCraven, Boy George, and more.

Plus: The Bobby Lees, Khruangbin, Grace Cummings, Placebo, The Kills, Carcass, Son Lux, Tré Burt & Joules Satyr, Lollapalooza, and more tour and festival news.

Here’s how to get tickets to the Central Park ”mega-concert,” plus the four hip-hop shows leading up to it in Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.

The lineup for ”It’s Time for Hip Hop in NYC,” a series of four free shows leading up to the Central Park ”mega concert” happening in August, is here.

Remy Ma and Papoose, DJ EFN, Doug E Fresh, Dave East, Kid N Play, Sugarhill Gang and many more have been added to the massive livestreamed hip hop festival which starts today (4/23) at 6 PM.

Plus: Hammer’s House Party Tour, Reptaliens, Gogol Bordello, Sinkane, Foxwarren, and more tour-related news.

Plus: Robbers on High Street, Satanicide, Erika Spring, Marah, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), and more tickets on sale.

Plus: ’90s Throwback Jam at Radio City, Colin Blunstone, the Pylon Reenactment Society, and more tour news.

Plus: Mountain Movers, Stephen Malkmus, Deaf Wish, Paint it Black, and more tour news.