Rolling Stone is launching a new Korean-language edition, Rolling Stone Korea, making it the publication’s 12th international edition. Rolling Stone Korea will feature original content and on-the-ground reporting, as well as syndicated Rolling Stone articles most relevant to the RS Korea audience. The product is being produced in partnership with …
Read More »
Johnny Depp has resigned — following Warner Bros’ urging — from his role as Grindenwald in the Fantastic Beasts series, the actor announced Friday, days after he lost his libel lawsuit against a U.K. publisher that accused him of domestic violence. “I wish to let you know that I have …
Read More »
Earlier this week, we posted an extensive interview with veteran backup singer Tessa Niles as part of our ongoing Unknown Legends series. She got her big break back in 1983 when the Police hired her for their Synchronicity world tour, and she went on to sing with everyone from Tina …
Read More »
A new study conducted in Germany has found that there’s potentially a low risk of spreading the coronavirus at indoor concerts, so long as significant safety precautions are taken, The New York Times reports. Back in August, a group of researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg conducted a study …
Read More »
Ahead of the release of his massive, long-awaited Archives Volume 2: 1972-1976, Neil Young has dropped an unreleased version of “Powderfinger.” Available on Young’s Archives website, the track clocks in at seven minutes.Of the 10-disc box set, it appears on the disc Dume, recorded in 1975. Young enlisted Crazy Horse …
Read More »
This weekend, Steve Earle devotes an entire episode of his Hardcore Troubadour Radio show on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country to the memory of Billy Joe Shaver, who died Wednesday at 81. Earle wrote the liner notes for Shaver’s last album, 2014’s Long in the Tooth, and he reads from those words …
Read More »
Jonas Brothers celebrate holiday cheer, past and upcoming, and want their fans to feel the warmth of the season, too, with their new song, “I Need You Christmas.” “With having such a crazy year, we all really need something to look forward to,” Joe, Nick and Kevin posted on Instagram, …
Read More »
At the start of 2020, Andrew Jensen worked in hospitality. But two months into quarantine, he launched NoonChorus with his brother and co-founder, Alex Jensen. “The pandemic [has] highlighted the value for livestreaming for a lot of artists who likely wouldn’t have considered it as an option otherwise,” Andrew Jensen …
Read More »
Kid Cudi is helping launch a new fan interaction app called Encore, the app developers announced on Wednesday. He joins a growing slate of artists putting their entrepreneurial weight behind hopeful music startups since the pandemic began in March. Cudi is the co-founder and chief creative officer of Encore, a …
Read More »
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum found the inspiration for its upcoming fundraising event from an unlikely source: penguins. At the beginning of the pandemic, when museums and nearly everything else were forced to close down, Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium managed to create a viral moment by letting its …
Read More »