So much about music has to do with time. But just as musicians booked March 27-30 across Big Ears Festival 2025 have set themselves apart by innovating outside the agreed-upon standards ...

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Big Ears Festival founder Ashley Capps, whose AC Entertainment was behind Bonnaroo before a sale to Live Nation, shared a statement with ...

Back in 2009, Big Ears was dreamed up by Ashley Capps, a Knoxville-bred concert promoter who also co-founded Bonnaroo, one of the Big 4 in the festival world, and cashed out before the pandemic hit.

Going forward, there will be big spoilers for Absolute Superman. You have been warned. Back in October 2024, Bleeding Cool reported of the then-upcoming Absolute Superman that "the Lazarus ...

From moments of solidarity with international artists to the sweetest of songwriting to the sweatiest, steamiest set we've seen all weekend, Saturday was a special day at Big Ears Festival 2025 in ...

It’s rare at festivals like Big Ears that you stay in one place for a whole set; you’ve got a wristband that gets you into all the venues, so you catch 30 minutes of this and then bolt to ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In the heart of downtown Knoxville, the genre-defying Big Ears Festival is unfolding—and among the audience this weekend are 15 students from the University of Tennessee.

The 2025 edition of Big Ears kicked off on Thursday and though things didn’t really get underway till 6 PM, I still felt a little overwhelmed by all the choices. Usually I try to hop around the ...

Big Ears Festival is a celebration of musical exploration, and you never know what you’ll find. With a lineup spanning jazz, experimental folk, boundary-pushing electronica, global fusion and ...