Pearl Jam have postponed all their upcoming Gigaton U.S. tour dates because of the ongoing spread of the coronavirus. The tour was supposed to kick off March 18th at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and wrap up April 19th at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California, but it will now …
Read More »Daniel Craig on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
The best episodes of Saturday Night Live are a magic trick in which everything looks easy. In lesser ones, you can see palpable sweat as the cast and crew try to stitch things together. While not nearly the abject disaster that was Daniel Craig’s last time hosting SNL in 2012, …
Read More »Spotify Held Its First Awards Show in Mexico City — Here's What Went Down
Spotify held its annual awards show in Mexico City Thursday night — the first awards ceremony based 100 percent on user-generated data. Winners were determined by information collected from Spotify users in Mexico, comprising play counts, patterns and listening habits. According to Mia Nygren, Managing Director of Spotify Latin America, …
Read More »Former Congressman Aaron Schock Comes Out as Gay, Surprising No One
Former Congressman Aaron Schock came out as gay in an Instagram post on Thursday. I don’t think there’s any need to employ the obvious, eponymous pun on whether that news had been expected. In a year where an openly married gay man won the first presidential nominating contest and President …
Read More »Slipknot Postpone Knotfest Japan Over Coronavirus Fears
Slipknot have postponed Knotfest Japan in light of ongoing coronavirus concerns. Knotfest Japan was slated to take place March 20th and 21st in Chiba — just outside Tokyo — with Slipknot playing both nights alongside additional sets from Korn, Marilyn Manson, Coldrain, Anthrax, Man With a Mission, Babymetal and more. …
Read More »'Devs' Review: Where Tech and Terror Collide
“I’m not sure you even understand what we’re really doing here,” quantum physicist Katie announces late in the new sci-fi thriller miniseries Devs. Katie (Alison Pill) is addressing her coworkers on the eponymous project, a new technology allegedly so revolutionary and powerful that her boss, Forest (Nick Offerman), is willing …
Read More »13 Shows You Need to See This Spring
It’s an election year, which means that artists hitting the road in the coming months will either be weighing in on the presidential candidates’ policies or providing a sweet escape from the slings and arrows of politics. This spring will see the launch of the first Rage Against the Machine …
Read More »Mark Ruffalo Plays Twins in 'I Know This Much Is True' Teaser
Mark Ruffalo plays twin brothers in the teaser for I Know This Much Is True, premiering as a six-part series on April 27th on HBO. Adapted from the 1998 novel by Wally Lamb, the clip features Ruffalo as Dominick and Thomas Birdsey, who live in gloomy Connecticut. Thomas, heavyset in …
Read More »The Top 25 Music DVDs Worth Rewatching
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Back in the stone age, before DVDs were invented, you could watch rock movies on muddy VHS tapes or, worse, regular television, where the images were faded and …
Read More »Trump Says 'The Markets Are Very Strong,' They Are Not
President Trump held a press conference on Saturday to give an update on how the government is handling the coronavirus. Per usual, the president’s words included a mixed bag of half-truths and misinformed statements. Trump first told Americans that “there’s no reason to panic at all” and although “additional cases …
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