Today in Music History for Dec. 23: In 1893, the Engelbert Humperdinck opera "Haensel und Gretel" was first performed, in Weimar, Germany.

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Rock Band 4 is being delisted from both the Xbox and PlayStation digital stores this weekend due to expiring music licenses, developer Harmonix has confirmed. The news was posted across the game's ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. If you've held out on buying Rock Band 4 digitally in the past decade, you have less than a week to nab it. The multiplayer party rhythm game from ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

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From psychedelic soundscapes to post-punk revivals, these groups have defined rock in the new millennium! Join us as we count down our picks for the best rock bands of the modern era. Our list ...