Yungblud has recorded a cover of Madonna‘s “Like a Virgin” as part of the Spotify Singles series. His installment also comes with a new version of his song “Mars,” recorded with only a piano accompaniment at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. “Recording at Sound City just blew my mind,” …
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Olivia Rodrigo bounced back to Number One on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the week of June 18th through June 24th. After ceding the top spot to Polo G last week, the Sour singer-songwriter picked up 124.5 million song streams to secure her fourth non-consecutive week atop the …
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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s duo Silk Sonic turned the BET Awards into a smokey lounge with their velvety “Leave the Door Open” performance. The track has remained a hit since debuting in March. Mars and Paak looked dapper in their suits as they sauntered down a red carpet at …
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When Brent Cobb was in grade school, he used to look forward to guest visits by Okefenokee Joe, a local singer-songwriter who taught kids about nature with songs about the Georgia swamp from which he took his name. “I grew up in a rural place, going to public school and …
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Swizz Beatz and Busta Rhymes will lead a tribute to DMX at the 2021 BET Awards, which will air this Sunday, June 27th, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Swizz Beatz is leading and curating the tribute, while Fatima Robinson will serve as the creative director. Additional performers include Method Man and …
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Ariana Grande, Broadway star Marissa Jaret Winokur, and James Corden teamed up to sing about the end of Covid-19 restrictions on The Late Late Show. The trio parodied “Good Morning Baltimore” from Hairspray with the tune “No Lockdowns Anymore.” In the clip, Corden appears on a spring street in his …
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In 2019, the Avett Brothers announced that their music would be featured in a new musical originally slated to debut in June 2020. A year-plus pandemic later, the folk-rock group is premiering the title track to Swept Away. Written by John Logan and directed by Michael Mayer — both Tony …
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Wolfgang Van Halen is set to launch a new SiriusXM show, Top of the Pack, which will honor some of the biggest acts in classic rock. The show is set to debut June 11th at 5 p.m. ET on Sirius XM’s Classic Rewind on channel 25, as well as on …
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Jimmy Eat World lead singer Jim Adkins has shared several exclusive pages from his upcoming graphic novel,Jimmy Eat World: 555, withRolling Stone. The comic is currently available for preorder, to be released on June 15th. The plot of the graphic novel is based on the band’s music video for “555,” …
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YG and Mozzy — who recently released their collaborative album Kommunity Service — discuss being girl dads, Cabo vacations, crypto investing, and more in a new conversation for Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians series. The conversation began with the pair discussing the advice they would give their younger selves, both …
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