With the launch of Pepsi Max’s “Uncle Drew” campaign in 2012, there was a touch of Eddie Murphy in Coming to America and a dash of Jackass, with a covert Kyrie Irving under piles of Hollywood makeup, pairing surprising improv comedy chops with his incredible hoop skills. What there wasn’t, …
Read More »This Company Charges Thousands for VIP Access to the Stars. They Just Can't Promise You'll Get It
I t’s been years, and Lillian Whayne is still pissed off. In the summer of 2017, Whayne, 55, decided to go all-out planning a trip for her friends to the 2018 Coachella music festival. Through a company called Confirmed360, which supplies VIP experiences to superfans and high-income clientele, the Kentucky-based …
Read More »Can't Get Tickets to Dry Cleaning This Fall? U.K Band Will Return to the States in 2022
Dry Cleaning will continue touring in support of their debut New Long Leg next year, with dates slated for spring 2022. Following their North American fall tour — where they’re scheduled to perform sold-out shows in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Brooklyn — the band will return to the …
Read More »Musicians on Musicians: Alanis Morissette & Olivia Rodrigo
Welcome to Rolling Stone’s 2021 Musicians on Musicianspackage, the annual franchise where two great artists come together for a free, open conversation about life and music. Each story in this year’s series will appear in our November 2021 print issue, hitting stands on November 2nd — with four special covers, …
Read More »Rolling Stone and Matua Announce Live: Las Vegas Party During Life is Beautiful Weekend
Rolling Stone is heading to Las Vegas this weekend for its inaugural Live: Las Vegas event, in partnership with Matua. The exclusive daytime pool party will take place during Life is Beautiful weekend at the Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino on Saturday, September 18th. The event will feature an exclusive …
Read More »Sebastian Perez Did Not Have to Die
On Saturday, June 26th, Sebastian Perez worked alone in a field at Ernst Nursery & Farms in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, about 35 miles south of Portland. He had just turned 38 years old, with dark eyes and a strong, sturdy build. He wore jeans, work-boots, a long sleeve cotton shirt, …
Read More »Insane Clown Posse's Gathering of the Juggalos Gets a Very Juggalo Lineup
Insane Clown Posse, Danny Brown, and Kid N Play lead the very eclectic lineup set to perform at the 2021 Gathering of the Juggalos, invading Thornville, Ohio’s Legend Valley on August 19th to 21st. The 21st annual Gathering — returning after Covid canceled the 2020 fest — will also welcome …
Read More »Slipknot, Bring Me the Horizon, Killswitch Engage Set for Knotfest Los Angeles
Slipknot are extending their busy fall plans with another installment of Knotfest, dubbed Knotfest Los Angeles, which they’ll headline at Los Angeles’ Banc of California Stadium on November 5th. Bring Me the Horizon, Killswitch Engage, Fever 333, Code Orange, and Vended will also perform, along with the aerial dance troupe …
Read More »The Real-Life Zola on Storytelling, Sex Work, and Turning Trauma Into Art
Most writers are intimately familiar with the near-impossible task of writing a compelling lede — the first few lines of a story designed to hook the reader and draw them in. Yet in 2015, a former Hooters waitress from Detroit logged onto her Twitter account and did it in seconds. …
Read More »Girl in Red Drops Witchy Music Video for 'Body and Mind'
Norwegian pop artist Girl in Red has released a music video for “Body and Mind,” the latest single from her debut albumIf I Could Make It Go Quiet. Created by up-and-coming horror director Thea Hvistendahl, the clip sees Girl in Red, a.k.a. Marie Ulven, captured by witches and brought to …
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