On 1st Avenue and 7th Street in downtown Minneapolis, thousands of Prince fans have assembled for an outdoor musical memorial. As the flower pile has kept growing under the legend’s First Avenue star, more and more people have filled the streets in an event ahead of First Avenue’s 11:00 p.m. all-night dance party.

"Today, the world lost a creative icon." —@POTUS on the passing of @Prince: https://t.co/MTb3nKxruR pic.twitter.com/gowq1MExM3 — The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 21, 2016 .@GovMarkDayton on Prince: "Minnesotans and our nation mourn the loss of a great artist today.” pic.twitter.com/BLEsm0UjIW — David Montgomery (@dhmontgomery) April 21, 2016 Reflecting on my life and all the moments Prince…

Prince, a multitalented musician who came out of the Minneapolis scene and changed the world of music forever, has died at age 57. According to a statement from Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson, “on April 21, 2016, at about 9:43 am, sheriff’s deputies responded to a medical call at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen. When…

Authorities, media, and fans gathered at Paisley Park this morning in response to a medical call that proved, sadly, to be the news of music legend Prince’s death at age 57. Last week, Prince was reportedly treated for dehydration in Illinois after an unscheduled stop of a plane he was on while returning from a…

A filter allowing Snapchat users to be made to resemble late reggae star Bob Marley created a firestorm of controversy on Wednesday, with users complaining that the filter amounted to blackface and saying that it reduced Marley’s legacy to merely his association with marijuana (Wednesday being 4/20, a number commonly associated with the drug). In response,…

Brian Johnson, the lead vocalist of AC/DC, says that it was “the darkest day of my professional life” when his doctors told him that his past and potential hearing loss made it imperative that he stop touring with his band. He’s been replaced by Axl Rose for the remainder of the band’s current tour, but Johnson promises…

Holidae: Tantrum A new synthpop band featuring vocalist Ashley Gold and producer Garrett Neal, Holidae made a big and quick splash by winning the Star Tribune’s Are You Local? contest in February, earning a Mainroom gig with Allan Kingdom and King. Holidae are ready to release their debut album Tantrum, and they’ve enlisted GRRRL PRTY’s Sophia Eris and…

This article was produced as a part of a collaboration between The Growler Magazine and 89.3 The Current, and appears in the April print edition of The Growler. Stay tuned for an in-depth conversation between Andrea Swensson and P.O.S, which they recorded at Imagine Wellness on April 13 and will be released next month as part of…

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton has been awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The musical, a retelling of the Founding Father’s story, has won near-universal critical acclaim and become the hottest Broadway ticket of the 21st century (as well as, possibly, keeping Alexander Hamilton’s face on the ten-dollar bill). The Pulitzer Prize for Music went to…

Prince is alive and well — and he has a new purple piano. That’s what fans learned Saturday night at Paisley Park, where Prince threw a dance party and made a brief appearance to let everyone know he’s perfectly fine after a reported hospital visit on Friday. “Wait a few days before you waste any prayers,”…