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His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a protest rally.

The Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes was given full rights to the band’s music and their life stories for the unusual quartet of films, planned for 2027.

The Höfner violin bass that accompanied the Beatles to fame went missing more than 50 years ago. Two journalists and a Höfner expert were determined to find it.

A self-described voice of “the doomed, the damned, the weird,” he was known for satirical songs like “Elvis Is Everywhere” and “Destroy All Lawyers.”

Her triumphant performance at the Grammy Awards left fans wondering what she has been doing since she left the music world, and whether she might return.

Culture can too often drive us apart. At the Grammys on Sunday, two artists delivered something different.

He was half of the twin-guitar attack that drove the influential Detroit band’s live performances and helped set the stage for punk rock.

Bruce Springsteen has long said that his mother was among his greatest influences and credited her with encouraging his musical ambitions.

Adele Springsteen bought her son, Bruce, his first electric guitar and encouraged him to get up and dance. She died on Wednesday at 98.

“She was my savior,” Mr. Wilson, the Beach Boys visionary, said of his wife of 28 years. Their relationship was portrayed in the 2014 film “Love & Mercy.”

The fulminations surrounding the world’s biggest pop icon — and girlfriend of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce — reached the stratosphere after Kansas City made it to the Super Bowl.

The Irish singer-songwriter, known for her powerful, evocative voice, died at 56 at a residence in London in July.

He helped found a punk-rock band when he was 14. That led to a long career as an advocate for Native American and environmental causes.

An actor and singer, he rose to fame in the 1970s as one half of the popular television crime-fighting duo. He also notched a No. 1 hit single in the U.S.

He was close with John Lennon, and had a sophisticated understanding of wine, politics and literature. He only played the bumpkin onstage.

It doesn’t matter where you’re from or what anyone says, the life in you is worthy of music.

A playlist honoring David Crosby, Wayne Shorter, Sinead O’Connor, Jimmy Buffett and other musicians who died this year.