On Friday, Justin Moore headlined MSD Country Strong, a charity concert benefiting Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Last February, 17 students and staff members were shot and killed by a gunman at the school. In a statement, the country singer of such hits as “Small Town USA” …
Read More »Meet the Backup Dancers on Drake's Tour: Tiny, Sentient Drones
When the setlist on Drake‘s current tour rolls around to two particular songs, “Elevate” and “Look Alive,” 200 backup dancers rush onto the stage to twirl in choreographed fashion above the rapper’s head. They’re miniature autonomous drones, made by Zurich-based indoor drone company Verity Studios, which custom-designed the tech for …
Read More »Beach Boys' Mike Love Preps Christmas Album 'Reason for the Season'
Fifty-four years after the Beach Boys released their first Christmas Album, Mike Love returns to the holiday genre with Reason for the Season, a mix of seasonal favorites and new Christmas-themed songs. Reason for the Season, due out October 26th, features a guest appearance by Hanson on “Finally It’s Christmas” …
Read More »The Judiciary Committee's Top Republican Lawyer: 'We Will Confirm Judge Kavanaugh'
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) has made an earnest spectacle of inviting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, to testify. “Dr. Christine Blasey Ford has made serious allegations against Judge Kavanaugh,” Grassley wrote Wednesday in an open letter to his committee colleagues. “She has a …
Read More »The Monkees Made a Christmas Album With Rivers Cuomo and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck
Two years after their shockingly great 50th anniversary album,Good Times! — which gave them their highest showing on the Billboard album chart since 1968 — the Monkees have returned to the studio to cut Christmas Party, their first holiday album. Set for release October 12th, the album is produced by …
Read More »Mac Miller's Life and Music: Listen to Podcast Detailing Rapper's Career
The latest episode of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast breaks down the life and music of Mac Miller, who died at the age of 26 on September 7th.To hear the episode, press play below or download and subscribe oniTunesorSpotify. In the episode, Brendan Klinkenberg and Brittany Spanos join host …
Read More »Big Brother and the Holding Company's 'Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills' Gets Reissue
Big Brother & the Holding Company‘s Cheap Thrills—Janis Joplin‘s breakout album and her final one with the band — will be reissued on November 30th via Columbia/Legacy Recordings. The 50th anniversary set will be released under its original title, Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills, which Columbia considered too controversial in …
Read More »'Hal': See This Doc on the Greatest American Filmmaker of the 1970s Stat
When was the last time you watched Being There? Sure, everyone namedropped the Peter Sellers movie, about an idiot savant who watches TV and becomes a major political player, when a certain someone got elected President. And yes, Criterion put out a lovely DVD of it last year. But when …
Read More »15 Artists Who Went Years Between Hits
“Some years I’m the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone’s so over me,” Cher told Rolling Stone in 1999. She had just released “Believe,” which set the record for longest gap between Number Ones on Billboard’s Hot 100, a milestone that stands to this day. …
Read More »Paul Manafort Pleads Guilty to Avoid Second Trial, Will Cooperate With Mueller
WASHINGTON —Paul Manafort, the disgraced Republican lobbyist and former chairman of Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign, was set to face trial later this month over allegations of money laundering, illegal foreign lobbying, witness tampering, and conspiracy against the United States brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. It would have been the …
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