The Magnetic Fields' 50 Song Memoir album is out, the tour is on, and we're giving away a copy of the 5-LP vinyl set and a life-sized Stephin Merritt standee! For your chance to win: 1. Visit the merch table at any stop on the US tour. 2. Take a selfie with the cardboard Stephin standee standing there. 3. Post the pic to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook with the hashtag #StephinStandee. Can't make it to a show? Tour not coming to your town? To enter, print out this photo of Stephin at home (it doesn't need to be life-sized!), then follow steps 2 and 3 above. 

The Magnetic Fields bring 50 Song Memoir to Washington, DC … Timo Andres performs in Brooklyn … Tigran Hamasyan tours Italy, Switzerland … Lake Street Dive plays out West … Conor Oberst plays Houston, New Orleans, Macon … Joshua Redman takes Still Dreaming to Boston … Steve Reich performs Music for 18 Musicians in Michigan ... The Staves conclude tour in Toronto … Chris Thile plays Ghent, Amsterdam, Edinburgh … Caetano Veloso, Teresa Cristina perform in Argentina … and more …

The Magnetic Fields, now touring the US, have announced that they will be bringing the 50 Song Memoir tour to the UK and Ireland this summer. The tour, which begins with two nights at the Edinburgh International Festival on August 25 and 26, will make stops at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Colston Hall in Bristol, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, and the Brighton Dome, culminating at Barbican Hall in London on September 9 and 10. Along with their June appearance at Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, these are the only European tour dates that the band has planned this year.

Tyondai Braxton will lead a five-city tour of the United Kingdom starting next week on a double bill with Brooklyn-based trio Dawn of Midi. The tour begins with a special set before Daniel Lanois at Koko in London as part of the Convergence Festival on Wednesday, March 22. Braxton and Dawn of Midi then head to Leeds, Brighton, Reading, and Manchester for their own shows.

The line-up for the Funhouse Fest in Williamsburg, Virginia, has been announced, and among the featured performers are three Nonesuch artists: Lake Street Dive, who perform on Saturday, June 24; Rhiannon Giddens, who takes thes stage on Sunday, June 25; and The Staves, who perform their own set on Saturday and are joined by the chamber ensemble yMusic on Sunday. Funhouse Fest is curated by Bruce Hornsby and takes place on the lawn of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, as part of the Virginia Arts Festival.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Devendra Banhart's European spring tour featuring music from his new album, Ape in Pink Marble, will move to the summer. Additionally, the venue of his Paris headline concert will change from La Cigale to Le Bataclan. All tickets remain valid. Click here for the updated information. For further details, please contact the point of purchase for the concert tickets.

The Staves, currently touring North America, have announced six headline shows in cities across the UK and Ireland this spring, following previously announced appearances at Forbidden Fruit Festival in Dublin and Bushstock in London. The tour, which begins in Manchester on May 31, will make stops at venues in Belfast, Galway, Limerick, Glasgow, and Brighton. The tour follows the release of the digital double A Side Tired As Fuck / Train Tracks last month. 

Conor Oberst launches Salutations tour … Laurie Anderson performs in Virginia … Devendra Banhart heads East … Jeremy Denk joins Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra … Rhiannon Giddens performs on Grand Ole Opry … Richard Goode plays Bach, Chopin in DC … Tigran Hamasyan, The Staves, Chris Thile play NYC … Kronos Quartet joins Toronto Symphony Orchestra … Lake Street Dive heads West … Audra McDonald is in Florida … Brad Mehldau is in California … Pat Metheny honored at Alternative Guitar Summit in NYC … Rokia Traoré performs in France, Sweden … Caetano Veloso, Teresa Cristina tour South America … and more …

Punch Brothers and I'm With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan) join forces this summer for the American Acoustic US tour, with dates at the Newport Folk Festival, Wolf Trap, NYC's Beacon Theatre, and more. Guitarist Julian Lage joins the bands, which will play a mix of featured sets and collaborations, as a special guest. Tickets for most shows go on sale Friday, March 10.

Tigran Hamasyan tours West Coast … John Adams leads LA Philharmonic in Nixon in China … Laurie Anderson brings The Language of the Future to Berlin … Devendra Banhart, Lake Street Dive both play Minneapolis … Jeremy Denk joins Vancouver Symphony Orchestra … Rhiannon Giddens, Dirk Powell play duo dates in Northeast … Kronos Quartet is in DC … Brad Mehldau scores Luxembourg film screening … The Staves tour the South … and more …

John Adams’s Scheherazade.2 is performed by San Francisco Symphony, violinist Leila Josefowicz … Timo Andres performs Adams, premieres new work at Barbican … Devendra Banhart is in Florida … Richard Goode plays Bach, Chopin in Texas … Tigran Hamasyan launches world tour in Los Angeles … Lake Street Dive heads south … Brad Mehldau Trio rounds out European run … Joshua Redman brings new quartet to Houston … The Staves play out West … and more …

Conor Oberst has shared the music video for "Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out," from his forthcoming album, Salutations. The video, directed by Greg Marinaccio, was filmed at the very same bar in Manhattan's East Village that inspired the song. You can watch it here and download the track (and three others) now when you pre-order Salutations. Oberst, with The Felice Brothers as his backing band, will tour in support of Salutations beginning March 9 in his hometown of Omaha, including several just-announced new dates.