Spike Lee issued an apology Saturday following comments he made in a radio interview where he defended Woody Allen and admonished “this cancel [culture] thing.” “My words were WRONG,” Lee tweeted Saturday after his remarks drew criticism. “I do not and will not tolerate sexual harassment, assault or violence. Such …
Read More »Santana and Earth, Wind and Fire Reschedule Tour Dates
Santana and Earth, Wind and Fire have announced their new tour dates, rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their Miraculous Supernatural Tour, originally scheduled to kick off this summer, will now begin on June 18th, 2021 in Chula Vista, California, and end on August 28th, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. Previously …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Sports Team, 'Fishing'
Sports Team are a great six-piece English rock band who formed when they were students at Cambridge. The crisp, jagged tunes on their debut LP, Deep Down Happy, recall Franz Ferdinand or the early Arctic Monkeys; their weird-angled guitars can evoke Pavement or Silkworm; their clever critiques of British life …
Read More »RS Charts: StaySolidRocky, Sheff G Top Breakthrough 25 Chart
StaySolidRocky, the San Antonio singer and rapper who sent TikTok into a frenzy with his song “Party Girl,” tops this month’s Breakthrough 25 Chart, which ranks the fastest-rising emerging artists of the month. In a matter of weeks, StaySolidRocky’s weekly streams went from four-digits to the multi-millions after “Party Girl,” …
Read More »How To Decide Between a TV and Projector For Your Home Theater
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. When you’re picking out components to build or upgrade your home theater system, one of the first decisions you’ll need to make is whether to get a TV …
Read More »Watch the Killers Rework 'Land of the Free' to Address George Floyd's Death
The Killers have posted a new, stripped-down rendition of their 2019 protest song “Land of the Free” to address the death of George Floyd. “How many killings must one man watch in his home?” Brandon Flowers sings before spelling out the exact length of time that former Minneapolis police officer …
Read More »Alexis Ohanian Resigns From Reddit, Asks to Be Replaced by Black Candidate
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian resigned from the board of Reddit on Friday, asking fellow board members to replace him with a black candidate. “I’ve resigned as a member of the Reddit board, I have urged them to fill my seat with a black candidate [and] I will use future gains …
Read More »Fiona Prine Campaigns for Absentee Voting in Tennessee, Says System Is 'Failing Us'
Update (6/5): A Nashville judge has ruled that Tennessee must provide registered voters the opportunity to vote by mail-in ballot. “In this time of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and its contagion in gatherings of people, almost all states – both Republican and Democrat – are providing their citizens the health …
Read More »The Navajo Nation and Coronavirus: Planting Hope Amid a Plague
This story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico and is posted here as part of an ongoing collaboration with Rolling Stone. More from this series can be read here. SHIPROCK, N.M. — Four miles down Farm Road, just off U.S. Route 491 in northern Navajo, a group of young …
Read More »Another Black Man, Tony McDade, Was Shot and Killed by Police Last Week
Over the past weekend, activists across the country have joined together to protest against police brutality and mourn the brutal death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis last week. In the midst of the protests, another police killing of a black man …
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