In September of 1971, Neil Young took Graham Nash out on his lake in a rowboat and blasted his new album, Harvest. He’d wired his Northern California ranch house as the left speaker and a barn as the right speaker; as the record played, his producer, Elliot Mazer, ran down …
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Since his old metal band broke up five years ago, guitarist Li Heng Chan hadn’t given the project much thought. But last week, he began receiving texts and emails from family, friends, and one of his former bandmates. “They were saying, ‘Your band is in the news!’ ” Chan says. …
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 »Judas Priest's Rob Halford Reveals Cancer Diagnosis, Now in Remission
Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford has revealed he was treated for prostate cancer, and it is now in remission, Heavy Consequence reports. “I had my little cancer battle a year ago, which I got through and that’s in remission now, thank God,” he said in an interview with the outlet. “That …
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 »TikTok Is Full of Videos of People Promoting Ivermectin, the Horse Deworming Medication Falsely Touted as a Covid Cure
“How y’all doing? I don’t know how y’all been vaccinating, but I’m gonna show y’all how I have been,” says the man in the video. He pulls out a small needle and a syringe, followed by a box with a horse on it. He puts one cc of the medication …
Read More »Everything You Need to Know for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo
The 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, are almost here, bringing international sport back into the spotlight just a few short weeks after the Tokyo Olympics ended. Over 4,000 athletes will descend upon the Japanese capital for 12 days of sport with Paralympians old and new ready to compete on …
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 »Watch Isaiah Rashad's Homecoming in New Rolling Stone Video
Isaiah Rashad’s The House Is Burning earned him a warm welcome back to music after a nearly five-year hiatus between projects. The album debuted in the top 10 of the RS 200, where it currently sits at number seven. We joined the Los Angeles based rapper as he was similarly …
Read More »Lil Nas X Puts Himself on Trial for Satan Shoes in Teaser for New Song 'Industry Baby'
Lil Nas X has released a new teaser for his next song, “Industry Baby,” in which he finds himself “on trial” in a spoof of the recent legal debacle over his Satan shoes. The clip finds Lil Nas X playing the defendant, the judge, the lawyers for both the prosecution …
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