In a grand act of trolling, Laura Jane Grace will be performing a solo set at Philadelphia’s Four Seasons Total Landscaping, the groundskeeping company that infamously hosted a press conference for former President Donald Trump‘s campaign in what appeared to be a logistical blunder. (Prior to the event, reporters and …
Read More »Tyler, the Creator Scores First Number One on RS 200 With 'Call Me If You Get Lost'
Tyler, the Creator scores his first Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart this week with Call Me If You Get Lost, his seventh studio album. Call Me If You Get Lost pulled in just over 167,000 units in its first week, which marks the fifth biggest …
Read More »Itzy: A Girl Group Blazing a New Path of Its Own
“I really want to take a selfie with the crowd,” Itzy‘s Lia says. “I just miss them,” Chaeryeong adds. It’s been a long year without seeing their fans or hearing them do chants and cheer for the group, and Itzy is dying to see them again. Assembled in 2019 by …
Read More »Inside the July/August 'Rolling Stone' Cover Shoot With Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish first appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in August 2019, sporting a spiked collar, claw-like nails and an apathetic teen glare. Nearly two years later, the 19-year-old star graces the cover once more — this time shot in soft focus, wearing a minimalist button-down blouse and her …
Read More »Jay-Z to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of 'Reasonable Doubt' by Selling First NFT
Jay-Z will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his debut album, Reasonable Doubt, by minting and selling his first non-fungible token. For the NFT, Jay-Z tapped artist Derrick Adams to create a one-of-a-kind animated digital piece inspired by the Reasonable Doubt cover.The new piece is titled Heir to the Throne, which …
Read More »Does Britney Spears Stand a Chance of Dissolving Her Conservatorship?
Britney Spears offered a harrowing public statement on Wednesday about her ongoing, 13-year conservatorship. During her court testimony, done over Zoom, Spears alleged years of abuse, including forced labor, prescriptions of debilitating drugs like Lithium and restrictions put on pregnancy and marriage. Spears also claimed that she had never been …
Read More »The Cramps, Mutants Documentary Goes Behind the Scenes of Legendary Concert
A new documentary short takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Cramps and the Mutants’ infamous performance at a psychiatric hospital in 1978. Directed by Mike Plante and Jason Willis and produced by Field of Vision, We Were There to Be There explores the events that led to CBGB mainstays the …
Read More »RS Country Picks for the Week of June 21st
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.) …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Finds Beauty Within on New 'The Rose Song'
Olivia Rodrigo has dropped new track “The Rose Song,” which will appear in a new episode of Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. The singer-actress portrays Nini in the show. “‘Cause I am more than what I am to you/You say I’m perfect, but I’ve got thorns …
Read More »Def Leppard Releases 'Volume 3' Box Set Dedicated to 2000s Output
Def Leppard continued the deep dive into their catalog Friday with the release of Volume 3, a box set that collects their three 2000s albums along with B-sides, demos, and unreleased recordings from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band’s vault. The six-CD or nine-LP limited-edition set, out Friday, …
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