When Ozzy Osbourne was honored with a funeral procession that snaked through his hometown of Birmingham, fans covered the Black Sabbath bridge and bench with flowers, artwork, personal messages, merchandise, and more. “Ozzy forever,” posters around the locations read. “Birmingham will always love you.” The Central Birmingham Business Improvement District …
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It’s been a banner year for the Democratic Socialists of America. The two most prominent democratic socialists in the country — Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — are currently two of the country’s most popular politicians and, come next January, there is a very good chance that the largest city …
Read More »Joshua Hedley Goes Full Western Swing With New Album 'All Hat'
Joshua Hedley is back with a new sound. After exploring mid-century countrypolitan on his debut Mr. Jukebox and Nineties roadhouse country on Neon Blue, the singer-songwriter and walking country music encyclopedia is returning with All Hat, his textured take on Western swing. The record was produced by Ray Benson of …
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Metallica’s Lars Ulrich addressed rumors that the band is circling a Las Vegas Sphere residency — as well as angling for the halftime show at next year’s Super Bowl — in an interview Wednesday with Howard Stern. Earlier this week, rumors emerged out of Las Vegas that Metallica was eyeing …
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In her nearly 50-year career, Jamie Lee Curtis says she’s only improvised one single line: “Make good choices.” These are the words her character, Dr. Tess Coleman, yelled out the car window to her daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan) in the 2003 body-swap comedy Freaky Friday. That beloved, heavily-memed quote is …
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Stephen Colbert is not impressed that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cut $500 million in funding for vaccines. On the latest episode of The Late Show, Colbert took aim at the Health and Human Services secretary over the decision, which former Surgeon General Jerome Adams said “is going to cost …
Read More »Abbey Road Music Photography Awards to Honor Anton Corbijn With Icon Award
Dutch photographer, filmmaker, and music video director Anton Corbijn will be presented with the Icon Award at the annual Abbey Road Music Photography Awards. Corbijn has photographed numerous notable subjects over the course of his 40-plus-year photography career, including Tom Waits, David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, Ian Curtis, Clint Eastwood, Bryan …
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Selena Gomez appeared on the most recent episode of the Therapusspodcast, where she spoke to host Jake Shane about her relationship with fiancé Benny Blanco. The pair got engaged last year, but haven’t really started to plan their wedding, according to Gomez. “I couldn’t be more excited,” she told Shane …
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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. When painter and sculptor Devon DeJardin needs an extra dose of inspiration in his downtown Los Angeles art studio, he likes to put on some rap. Only this …
Read More »Remembering Eddie Palmieri's Delightful Tiny Desk Performance
Even at 80, Latin music titan Eddie Palmieri was as agile as ever on the keys. That’s the first thing you notice from his 2016 Tiny Desk concert, which starts with a camera fixed on Palmieri’s dexterous fingers as he plays “Iraida,” the touching composition he wrote for his wife, …
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