If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. In Ireland, where beer is the lucky liquid of the land, the Guinness flows year round. With a history that dates back more than 200 years (when Arthur …
Read More »Twitter Users With a Million Followers Are Getting 'Paid' Blue Checks, Like It or Not
It’s another day, and there’s another bizarre glitch in the Twitterverse. This time it involves paid Twitter Blue badges suddenly proliferating on accounts that reportedly have at least one million followers, except the account holders have not enrolled in the subscription service. In fact, some of the account holders are …
Read More »Nine Great Watches You Can Get for Under $500
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Watches are some of the most interesting accessories to shop for, occupying a space between fashion, art and engineering. In the past, prospective watch enthusiasts had two choices: …
Read More »DIFF Launches 'Buy 2, Get 3 Free' Sale on 'Star Wars' Sunglasses Line
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Come to the dark side—or at least, the shady side. The charitable handcrafted sunglasses company DIFF and Lucasfilm recently collaborated on new designs to add to their Star …
Read More »Lizzo Creates 'Safe Space' at Knoxville Show With 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Alumni
Lizzo said she was told to cancel her shows in Tennessee in light of the state’s anti-drag law, which bans “adult cabaret entertainment” in public spaces and where it might be seen by minors. Instead, she decided to invite drag performers, including RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni, to perform with her …
Read More »OK, Seriously, What Was Frank Ocean's Deal at Coachella?
Frank Ocean‘s Coachella performance last Sunday (April 16) was so bizarre, beginning with the fact that much of it took place backstage, that some critics assumed it had to be a deliberate, brilliant deconstruction of expectations for festival headliners. Or something. Then Ocean himself said it “wasn’t what I intended …
Read More »Dave Grohl Assists Wet Leg for Surprise 'Longest Loudest Scream' at Coachella
Coachella’s second weekend has been chock full of surprise guest appearances, and Wet Leg’s Friday set was no exception as the Isle of White duo got a boisterous, surprise assist from Dave Grohl. The band was performing “Ur Mum” — during Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers’ live performances, the song …
Read More »Dead and Company Announce Bill Kreutzmann Won't Join Them for Final Tour
Dead and Company announced that founding Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann will not accompany them when they embark on what’s been declared their final tour. “Every day, things change. After many long discussions and some good old-fashioned soul searching, we are letting you know that our brother Bill Kreutzmann will …
Read More »Joe Lynn Turner on His Years Fronting Deep Purple and Rainbow: 'I Got Crucified'
Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few …
Read More »How Dillon Brooks Became the NBA's Supervillain
He appears behind tinted glasses, sporting a distressed wool jacket, no undershirt, and a massive gold chain sporting his initials, DB. He has a goatee, manicured to jut out at the chin. A reporter questions him about a heated exchange he had with LeBron James, the best basketball player of …
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