While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, thoroughly overwhelmed by the police-brutality protests that have swept the city over the past week, turned to John Lennon for solace. “I don’t mean to make light of this, but I’m reminded of the song ‘Imagine,’ by John …
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In downtown Portland, the graffiti splattered on the stone walls and plate glass of the federal courthouse lays bare the pain of a city not unlike Minneapolis: predominately white and liberal, yet policed by a force that is notoriously racist, and, in Portland’s case, under federal supervision for excessive use …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Getting up in front of a group of people to deliver a speech is hard enough; doing it without the right equipment in front of you makes it …
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Well before Jimmy Buffett became king of the Parrotheads, he was a highly regarded singer-songwriter with an obvious gift for storytelling — and among his admirers was Bob Dylan. Dylan first made his fandom known in 1982, when he rendered a surprise appearance with Joan Baez even more shocking by …
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Cam communes with nature and reconnects with an enduring symbol of her California childhood in “Redwood Tree,” the singer’s third release from her long-awaited sophomore album. A propulsive meditation on the life lessons accompanying the swift passage of time, “Redwood Tree” was co-written by Cam with Anders Mouridsen and frequent …
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Miley Cyrus has shared a video message in support of Global Citizen’s latest COVID-19 relief campaign, Global Goal: Unite for Our Future, with a focus on the development of COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. “We now have the opportunity to take a stand for equality and health for all,” Cyrus …
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UPDATE 6/1: Waxahatchee will postpone her livestream series by one week in light of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others. “To hold space and stand in solidarity with those protesting now during this important moment in the fight against white supremacy and police violence,” Katie Crutchfield …
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When asked about turning 70 last year, Lionel Richie is jovial but resolute. “I don’t think anything about aging or getting older,” he tells Rolling Stonefrom his Los Angeles home. The four-time Grammy winner and seller of more than 90 million albums worldwide doesn’t have time to outline a memoir …
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Nick Cave praises rock writer Larry “Ratso” Sloman’s in the trailer for I Want Everything, an upcoming short film that documents Ratso’s foray into recording music at the age of 70. “Ratso is a kind of living exercise in perversity,” Cave says in the trailer. “And this is very much …
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The Weeknd has postponed his tour forAfter Hours to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The trek in support of Abel Tesfaye’s fourth album was originally scheduled to kick off June 11th, 2020, in Vancouver, and will now start almost exactly one year later, on June 12th, 2020, in the …
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