H.E.R. and Live Nation Urban have unveiled the lineup for the second annual Lights On Festival, taking over the Concord Pavilion in Concord, California, on September 18th and 19th. The singer announced the second iteration of her 2019 festival Sunday night at the BET Awards. Erykah Badu, Bryson Tiller, Ari …
Read More »Prince Was Never Afraid of Any Band. Then He Created the Time
In 1990, Prince, who was as competitive as he was virtuosic, made a rare admission of vulnerability: “To this day, [the Time] are the only band I’ve ever been afraid of.” Prince had initially helped nurture the Time, a group of crack musicians from his hometown of Minneapolis that he …
Read More »See Pearl Jam Reminisce About Legendary 1993 Gig in 'Enormous: The Gorge Story' Clip
After the Covid-19 pandemic postponed its April 2020 release, Enormous: The Gorge Story,a film about the picturesque George, Washington, amphitheater, will finally be released to theaters for one day only on July 21st. Ahead of the documentary’s release, Rolling Stone has an exclusive clip focusing on one of the venue’s …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion's 'Thot Shit' Boasts the Best Music Video of the Year So Far
Megan Thee Stallion has returned with “Thot Shit,” her first solo single since dropping Good News last October. Of course, that doesn’t mean the Houston MC hasn’t been busy, appearing on tracks as a featured artist, performing and winning big at the Grammys, and taking a well-deserved hiatus…you know, real …
Read More »'Infinite' Misses the Mark (Walhberg) — No Jest
Whatever broad horizons are implied in the title of Infinite — the new Mark Wahlberg movie, adapted from D. Eric Maikranz’s novel The Reincarnationist Papers (2009) — the actual movie is a severely limited, undercooked affair. Its the story harkens to a familiar strain of superhuman origin tale: a man …
Read More »'The Dumbest Guy in Congress' Asks U.S. Forest Service If It Can Change Moon's Orbit
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), who admitted recently that some consider him “the dumbest guy in Congress,” appears intent on proving those people right. On Tuesday, the Republican congressman asked a representative of the U.S. Forest Service, tasked with managing America’s national forests and grasslands, if the agency might consider branching …
Read More »See an Excerpt from My Chemical Romance Bassist Mikey Way's New Graphic Novel
My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way has shared a new excerpt from his upcoming graphic novel, Electric Century, which is out now via Z2 Comics. The graphic novel is tied to the recently released self-titled album by Way’s side project, also dubbed Electric Century. For the graphic novel, Way reunited …
Read More »B.J. Thomas, 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' Singer, Dead at 78
B.J. Thomas, the vocalist who mixed the stylish sophistication of a pop crooner and the down-home soul of a country singer on songs like the 1969 smash “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” died Saturday in his Arlington, Texas home at the age of 78. A rep for Thomas confirmed …
Read More »Swizz Beatz on DMX's Posthumous Album: 'I'm Crushed, I'm Destroyed, I'm Hurt. But I Had to Pull This Through for Him'
In March 2020, as New York headed into lockdown, DMX got into an RV and headed south. He spent much of the next year on the road: First, a four-month stay on a farm outside of Nashville, then a trip to L.A. to celebrate his musical legacy on Verzuz and …
Read More »Riley Gale, Singer for Thrash Metal Band Power Trip, Dead at 34
UPDATE (5/25):An autopsy report for late Power Trip frontman Riley Gale ruled that the musician died from the toxic effects of fentanyl, while the manner of death was ruled accidental. The autopsy report was first shared on YouTube by the user Heavy Metal Picker, while Rolling Stone confirmed the cause …
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