Foreigner

Tonight's NYC-area shows include Kendrick Lamar, Guns N' Roses, Ride, Conor Oberst/Hop Along/Big Thief, Chris Stapleton, and more.

Plus: lots of musicians and music in Super Bowl commercials, from Justin Timberlake to Foreigner.

Also on sale: Mitski, Alex Lahey, Minus the Bear, Explosions in the Sky, Mastodon, Say Anything, Teenage Fanclub, Chairlift, Green Day, and more.

The American Songbook series returns to NYC's Lincoln Center from January 19 through April 1 in 2016. Highlights include Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace (2/19), The Hold Steady's Craig Finn (2/3), Todd Almond with Courtney Love (2/4), Anais Mitchell (3/17), Loudon Wainwright III (1/22...

James Murphy has made some non-Tennis-based new music, scoring Noah Baumbach's film While We're Young, which will be out March 27 in the US...

So this isn't entirely new info. Famed Star Trek star/all-around weird dude William Shatner discussed his upcoming prog rock collaboration with Yes guitarist/keyboardist Billy Sherwood in a Rolling Stone interview back in September...

Tickets are on general sale at noon for the 2nd (actually the first) Faith No More show at Williamsburg Waterfront. Tickets are on sale at noon Saturday at noon for the Silversun Pickups / Against Me...

The Cranberries: hot or not? Foreigner plays Nokia Theatre in NYC tonight (10/2). America plays Nokia Theatre on October 16th. Tickets are on sale...

"Tuesday was a miserably wet day with heavy rain, wind and even hail wreaking havoc throughout Indiana and rolling on into Ohio, leaving the fairgrounds' grandstand and track filled with mud and standing water...

an Ahmet Ertegun Tribute.... continued below....