The new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast celebrates the 20th anniversary of Britney Spears‘ classic second album, Oops!… I Did It Again, with Rob Sheffield (who wrote Rolling Stone‘s original rave review) and Brittany Spanos joining host Brian Hiatt for a track-by-track discussion. Plus, Nigel Dick, who directed …
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Led Zeppelin will be holding an exclusive YouTube streaming event for the band’s concert film Celebration Day, chronicling their 2007 tribute concert to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. The film will be available on Led Zeppelin’s YouTube channel in its entirety for just three days, premiering Saturday, May 30th at …
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Bruce Springsteen played DJ again Wednesday morning on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio as part of his ongoing Bruce Springsteen — From His Home to Yours series. His selections included Glen Campbell’s “Times Like These,” The Magnetic Fields’ “Andrew in Drag,” Bob Dylan’s take on “Some Enchanted Evening,” and his own …
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Following weeks of contention between the state of Arkansas and Fort Smith music venue TempleLive over plans to stage the country’s first pandemic concert, the art deco theater opened its doors Monday night to host Travis McCready, the singer of blues-rock band Bishop Gunn. It was America’s first concert since …
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J. Cole’s Dreamville Festival in North Carolina has canceled its 2020 event, rescheduled for August, due to the coronavirus pandemic. “After much deliberation and careful monitoring of the current situation, we have decided to cancel Dreamville Festival 2020,” organizers said in a statement Friday. “Although we originally hoped it would …
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Cruises chartered by Kiss, Kesha and more have been postponed to 2021 due to ongoing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The Kiss Kruise, Kesha’s Weird and Wonderful Rainbow Ride 2, the Melissa Etheridge Cruise IV and Coheed and Cambria’s S.S. Neverender have all been rescheduled for next fall. New dates …
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Little Richard‘s reign as a Top 40 hitmaker may have been relatively brief, but thanks to his larger-than-life persona, love of the camera, and eagerness to perform anywhere and everywhere, he stayed in the spotlight decade after decade. That’s one reason his death is touching so many different generations today. …
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Just over a month after Daniel Hernandez walked out of prison due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus, the controversial rapper also known as Tekashi 6ix9ine has released his first song. After pleading guilty to a litany of charges, including racketeering and armed robbery, following his November 2018 arrest, …
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Tony Allen breaks down the five major drum patterns of Afrobeat in an unreleased clip from the recent documentary short Birth of Afrobeat. Production team Rest In Beats and director Opiyo Okeyoprovided the unseen footage to Rolling Stone following the death of the pioneering drummer Thursday at the age of …
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Queen + Adam Lambert had to postpone their record-setting Rhapsody tour to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they haven’t let that stop them from uniting virtually to aid the relief effort. The band has created a new version of “We Are The Champions” entitled “You are The Champions,” …
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