When asked how he’s kept busy during Covid lockdown, Ron Wood doesn’t sound too bothered by the unexpected downtime. “I was out in the English countryside with my studio about a mile away,” says the Rolling Stones guitarist and painter. “I’d walk through the forest. And I did an incredible …
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After years of anticipation, Snail Mail has announced the new album Valentine, out November 5th via Matador. Lindsey Jordan dropped the title track ahead of its release, accompanied by a video that resembles a period drama. Betrayed by a lover at a dinner party, she stuffs her face with cake …
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A lawsuit filed in August accuses hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa of sexually abusing and prostituting a minor over a four-year period in the early 1990s. In the lawsuit, filed in August under the New York Child Victims Act and obtained by Rolling Stone, the John Doe victim alleges that “from …
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Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex offender after he moved from New York to California. Petty had previously pleaded not guilty to the charge, but changed his plea in court documents filed in California Thursday, September 9th. He will return to court …
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Lorde has crafted a new medley out of Britney Spears’ “Break the Ice” and her own song, “Fallen Fruit,” in a new performance video for Vogue. Staged in a clearing at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, the clip begins with Lorde’s cover of “Break the Ice,” for …
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Grunge legends like Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell and Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil will lead next year’s “Sounds of Seattle” Rock Camp, taking place February 17th-20th, 2022 in Los Angeles. Original Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen, Jane’s Addiction’s Stephen Perkins and Nickelback’s Mike Kroeger will also take part in the Rock …
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Like people across America, Lucy Dacus was deeply troubled by this week’s news that Texas Senate Bill 8, the most extreme abortion ban in the country, had become law as the Supreme Court sat idle — effectively taking away the constitutional right to bodily autonomy for millions of Texans. “Whenever …
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The first man to publicly accuse R. Kelly of sexual abuse testified at the singer’s trial in Brooklyn on Monday, Vulture reports. The man was identified as Louis and claimed that Kelly abused him when he was 17 years old. It was also later revealed that Louis had been arrested …
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H.E.R. will make her big-screen debut in the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway musical version of The Color Purple. The Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer is set to play Squeak — a juke joint waitress/aspiring singer — in the film adaptation produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, the 1985 …
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Kanye West brought out accused rapist Marilyn Manson at his Donda listening party at Soldier Field in Chicago Thursday, August 26th. For the performance, West built a replica of the house he grew up in on the field. Manson appeared on the porch of the makeshift home alongside West and …
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