Last night, Metallica played a sold-out show at Target Center in Minneapolis, kitty-corner from First Avenue. The concert marked the first time the metal monsters played Minnesota since becoming the first rock band to play the Vikings’ new U.S. Bank Stadium, in 2016. While Metallica’s set consisted mostly of their greatest hits, the band did throw…

The Miracle of Birth center is easily one of my favorite parts of the fair; baby animals are irresistibly cute. This year as I was visiting the barn for the second time I noticed that nearly all of the babies had little name plaques on their pens. Many of the babies had been given names that…

Spike Lee has directed a video for a Prince song featured in 'BlacKkKlansman'; Mick Jagger/Carly Simon duet has been discovered after 45 years; music/golf star Don Cherry has died at 94. Also in today's news: a Nicki Minaj tour cancellation; Gretchen Wilson was arrested; and J.J. Abrams is launching a record label.

As the result of a distribution deal with Sony, 23 Prince albums originally released from 1995 to 2010 are now available on major streaming services. Some were previously available on Tidal, but the widespread availability of these albums — some of which were originally released only to members of Prince’s NPG Music Club — will…

How T-shirts, "buying local" and hometown record distribution made the epic album -- and subsequent tour -- a truly Minnesota-based production.

Beyoncé had a very good Feb. 8, 2004. She won five out of the six Grammy awards for which she’d been nominated, including Best R&B Song with “Crazy In Love” — and she spent five spirited minutes performing with Prince. During their performance, which launched the televised portion of the 46th Grammy Awards, Prince and Beyoncé ran…

While Prince will always be remembered for his iconic songs, for a while there was still a lot we didn’t know about the music legend. Now, two years after his passing, we know that Prince was also passionate about giving back to the community. While it may be impossible to know the full extent of…

Watch Prince and the New Power Generation kick off the Special Olympics on July 20, 1991 from the field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.

The Starkey Hearing Foundation’s So the World May Hear Awards Gala draws celebrities of all kinds to St. Paul’s RiverCentre every year. Although Lin-Manuel Miranda had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict, attendees at yesterday’s gala still included music legends like Alice Cooper, Gloria Gaynor, and Paul Williams. The Starkey Hearing Foundation is…

A Prince hotel, new merchandise, and music licensed for movies are among the projects mentioned in a new Rolling Stone article about the estate’s plans for the future. After Prince’s death, the contents of his Vault of unreleased music and videos at Paisley Park was sent to a storage facility in Los Angeles. The estate’s…