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Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues.

Es Devlin says that stadiums are designed for competition and combat. So her job, whether she's designing for Beyoncé, Super Bowl Halftime, or The Olympics, is to achieve intimacy on a massive scale.

Catherine Christer Hennix combined drones and minimalism with mathematics, logic, and spirituality. Hennix died earlier this week in her home in Istanbul, Turkey, at age 75.

The artist returns to the Tiny Desk for a full circle moment of a performance.

The decision Monday came four months after a Detroit-area jury said the document was a valid will under Michigan law, despite scribbles and many hard-to-read passages.

Jean Knight, the New Orleans-born soul singer behind the infectious 1971 hit "Mr. Big Stuff," has died. She was 80.

With a legendary musical career that spans decades, John Cale is still restlessly creating and collaborating on new music.

Combs temporarily stepped down as chairman of the TV network he co-founded in 2013, a spokesperson for the record executive confirmed. The move follows lawsuits against Combs alleging sexual abuse.

The same day musician Jon Batiste got 11 Grammy nominations, his partner, writer Suleika Jaouad, began chemotherapy. The new documentary American Symphony recounts their journey.

John Cale, a legend of avant-garde music, is out with a new, highly-collaborative album at the age of 80.