Foo Fighters were originally set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their formation as a band with a 2020 tour, but like the rest of live music, the shows were put on hold during the pandemic. On Tuesday, the band finally unveiled their rescheduled 25th (now 26th) anniversary tour lineup, …
Read More »A$AP Rocky Recruited Morrissey for Upcoming 'All Smiles' Album
In a new interview with GQ, A$AP Rocky opened up about his long-anticipated fourth studio album All Smiles, revealing Morrissey and Rihanna’s involvement with the LP. “Anything you need him to do, he show up and do,” Rocky said of former Smiths singer’s involvement with his upcoming album. Morrissey reportedly …
Read More »Billie Eilish Rules Apple Music Pre-Add Chart for Third Straight Week
Billie Eilish rules the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart for a third straight week with Happier Than Ever, her long-awaited followup to When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Happier Than Ever led Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR, due Friday, in Pre-Adds for the week of May 7th through May 14th. …
Read More »Billy Gibbons Lights Up a Classic Honky-Tonk in New 'My Lucky Card' Video
ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons has released a new music video for “My Lucky Card,” a track off his upcoming album, Hardware, out June 4th via Concord. The clip was filmed in and around Pappy and Harriett’s Pioneertown Palace, a famous honky-tonk in Pioneertown, California (just outside Joshua Tree), that was …
Read More »Liars Preview New Album 'The Apple Drop' With Off-Kilter 'Sekwar'
Liars have released a new song, “Sekwar,” from their upcoming album, The Apple Drop, set to arrive August 6th via Mute. “Sekwar” boasts a mix of lurching drums, rich guitars, and pulsing synths that sometimes stumble around each other and sometimes link up in unison. “When the fog that grows …
Read More »Pink to Receive Icon Award at 2021 Billboard Music Awards
Dick Clark Productions and NBC announced on Tuesday that Pink will receive the Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards. The three-time BBMA winner joins nine other recipients of the Icon Award, including Garth Brooks, Cher, Neil Diamond, Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson, and Mariah …
Read More »Billy Bragg, Lucy Dacus Set for Conversation Series Supporting Labor Reform
Billy Bragg, Lucy Dacus and more will participate in a series of conversation with labor leaders around the country to raise awareness for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act. The series, which is being hosted by the Working Families Party, will kick off tomorrow, May 1st, which is also …
Read More »Bootsy Collins Pays Tribute to Late Digital Underground Mastermind Shock G
Bootsy Collins celebrated Gregory Jacobs — the Digital Underground rapper-producer better known as Shock G and Humpty Hump — in a tribute shared with Rolling Stone following the musician’s death Thursday at the age of 57. Collins and Parliament-Funkadelic were a tremendous influence on Shock G, who sampled funk’s elder …
Read More »Bonnie Tyler Remembers Jim Steinman: 'He Was a True Genius'
Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler has been making music for the past five decades, but she’s best known for her Eighties work with Jim Steinman that produced the timeless hits “Holding Out for a Hero” and “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” Rolling Stone reached out to Tyler following Steinman’s death, and …
Read More »Atoms for Peace's Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco Form Jomoro, Drop Single With Lucius
Drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco have formed the group Jomoro, dropping the lead single “Delicate Butterfly.” Lucius provides shimmering vocals to the track, backed by subtle instrumentation that stretches to nearly four minutes. The track follows “Mirror,” released last month. The group also announced the album Blue Marble Sky, …
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