Ozzy Osbourne’s Hometown Funeral Procession to be Livestreamed, David Gilmour Details New Concert Film
More Acts Added to Farm Aid 40 Lineup
Relix Daily
July 29, 2025
July 29, 2025
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On Wednesday, July 30, a funeral procession for the late Ozzy Osbourne will be held in his hometown of Birmingham, England. According to an initial report published by The Independent, the occasion will give fans and admirers a final opportunity to pay respect to the late Prince of Darkness.
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David Gilmour Unveils Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome Concert Film and The Luck and Strange Concerts Live Album
David Gilmour has announced Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome, a new film capturing the legendary artist’s triumphant return to the stage with last year’s Luck and Strange Tour. Screening in theaters worldwide on Sept. 17 via Sony Music Vision, the concert film will share the excitement of Gilmour’s sold-out seven-week, 21-stop outing with fans unable to attend the historic and highly limited series, which showed the icon poring over his solo catalog and highlights from his time with Pink Floyd.
In 1974, a budding network of tapers across the country sought a way to connect beyond the lot as the Grateful Dead began their first hiatus. They found community in the pages of Dead Relix, then a coveted cut-and-paste guide to the world of bootleg show recordings. With the guidance of founder Les Kippel and others, a magazine took root, steadily shifting from Xeroxed pamphlets to the widely circulated, full-color voice of the emergent jam scene; as the Dead returned, and retreated again, and passed the torch to successive generations, the music never stopped on and beyond the print pages.
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Wynonna Judd, Kenny Chesney and Steve Earle are the latest batch of artists to join the 40th anniversary Farm Aid lineup. The annual gathering will occur on September 20, 2025, at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. It is led by longtime supporters and performers Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, and Margo Price.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and Relix Drop Exclusive Flame Throwers: Volumes Two and Three Live Records
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have joined forces with Relix to present Flame Throwers: Volumes Two and Three, the latest installments of the “Bootlegger” vinyl series. King Gizzard’s new entries for the Relix exclusive run capture the unpredictable, undefinable and explosive peaks of the genre-obliterating Australian sextet’s fall 2024 US tour, pressed with unprecedented clarity in eye-popping triple-LP packages.
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After nine years of looming as a symbolic warning against predatory ticket resellers, the FTC has begun to take action against violators of the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act. News of the agency’s enforcement of the long inactive law broke with a suit filed by Key Investment Group (KIG), the parent company of a group of ticket resellers, which alleges that the FTC’s charges constitute a broad interpretation that includes standard practices throughout the secondary ticketing market.
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Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter, Lucinda Williams, is bringing a piece of the South to New York City. The defining Americana artist has aligned with Laura McCarthy, the co-founder of one-time East Village institutions, Brownies and Lakeside Lounge, and others, to open a new Southern-inspired bar and live music venue, located at 169 Avenue A (the former Brownie’s location).
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Soundside Music Festival has cancelled its 2025 staging due to “circumstances beyond our control.” Organizers announced the event’s cancellation on Friday, June 25, with a statement posted to the festival’s website.
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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong have unveiled their Fall Tour plans. The Baltimore-bred ensemble has shared a 12-stop schedule with support from Dogs in a Pile, Eggy, Dizgo and Eddie 9V at select stops. The run will open on November 8, 2025, at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, and will remain in the Southern region of the US, except for a handful of Midwest outliers.