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Metallica held their second Helping Hands Concert & Auction charity event Saturday, a livestream from the band’s Bay Area headquarters that included the advertised all-acoustic set as well as a surprise electric performance from the heavy metal legends. The livestream, which benefits the band’s All Within My Hands foundation, kicked …

Haim have revealed a new song “Feel the Thunder,” to be featured on the soundtrack for the animated children’s filmThe Croods: A New Age. With hair-metal guitars and a live music sound, it’s a goofy, high-octane departure from what we usually expect from a new Haim song. But according to …

Andrew Yang joined Julian Casablancas for a wide-ranging discussion on the second episode of his new Rolling Stone interview series, S.O.S. — Earth Is a Mess. The conversation found Yang discussing his presidential campaign earlier this year, the differences between candidate marketing and corporate marketing, and also the reforms he …

Tegan and Sara have released “Make You Mine This Season,” a holiday track that marks their first new music since 2019. The original Christmas tune will be featured in the upcoming holiday rom-com Happiest Season, starring Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, and Daniel Levy. The film premieres November …

In 1977, Neal Preston found himself on the road photographing Led Zeppelin, Queen, Kiss, Peter Frampton, and the Bay City Rollers. “I used to have this Halliburton briefcase,” he tells Rolling Stone. “Those ostentatious gold briefcases that were very popular back then. I used to have all my laminated backstage …

Karen O and Willie Nelson have partnered for an unlikely cover of Queen and David Bowie’s classic hit, “Under Pressure.” The pair completely transform the 1981 pop gem into a slow-and-steady country-tinged ballad, with O and Nelson’s vastly different voices combining in a particularly poignant way — the former’s sweet …

Oneohtrix Point Never, a.k.a. Daniel Lopatin, has reunited with the Weeknd for a new song, “No Nightmares,” from his upcoming LP, Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, out October 30th via Warp. “No Nightmares” is the final song on the album’s multi-track “Midday Suite,” all of which was also released Monday, October …

At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic — as concerts and tours were canceled — Wayne Coyne had an inkling that the Flaming Lips were the one act uniquely prepared for this brave new world. On March 12th, the frontman drew and posted a cartoon to Instagram: A Flaming Lips …

Nick Cave has released his performance of “Euthanasia,” from his upcoming live album, Idiot Prayer, out November 20th. The Idiot Prayer release captures the livestream concert Cave performed with no audience at London’s Alexandra Palace back in June. The 22-song set featured solo piano renditions of both Bad Seeds and …

Ice Cube has clarified his role in helping to develop the Trump administration’s proposed “Platinum Plan” for the black community after a White House advisor thanked the rapper for “his willingness to step up and work with” President Trump. “Leaders gonna lead, haters gonna hate. Thank you for leading!,” Trump …