If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Sam Smith teased details of their new album Wednesday, during an intimate private concert in South Australia. On a balmy summer evening in Adelaide, the singer played an …
Read More »Sharp as a Blade, Soft as a Dream: Jeff Beck's Greatest Songs
He never had a signature song the way his peers and sometime bandmates Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton did, but the genres that Jeff Beck explored throughout his career chart the changes in rock — and rock guitar — over decades. One of rock’s most physical technicians, seeming to enjoy …
Read More »Shakira Takes Aim at Gerard Piqué During BZRP Music Session
The Argentinean producerBizarrap has a way of disarming artists during his wildly popular BZRP Music Sessions on YouTube. The viral series has featured names like Residente, Paulo Londra, and Villano Antillano — all people who took the mic and let everything out over Bizarrap’s futuristic beats. Still, no one was …
Read More »50 Cent Spurred to Apologize to Megan Thee Stallion Due to Tory Lanez's Jail Call
In an interview with radio host Big Boy, 50 Cent attempted to apologize to Megan Thee Stallion for making light of and perpetuating the idea that she had lied about being shot by Canadian artist Tory Lanez. Lanez was found guilty of shooting Megan last month and awaits sentencing. In …
Read More »Watch Jeff Beck's Final Performance With Rod Stewart
The shocking news of Jeff Beck’s death came down late Wednesday afternoon. The news initially circulated Tuesday when Patti Boyd shared it on Twitter, but it was dismissed as just another social media hoax. Tragically, it was true. “After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday,” his family …
Read More »Jeff Beck, Rock's Quiet Guitar Virtuoso, Dead at 78
Jeff Beck, the blues-rock innovator and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who revolutionized how the guitar is played, died Tuesday at the age of 78. Beck’s family confirmed the former Yardbirds guitarist’s death Wednesday. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that …
Read More »Best of CES 2023: Old Dogs, Not a Ton of New Tricks
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If we never have to hear about work from home tech again, it will have been too soon. Don’t get us wrong — the Consumer Electronics Show (or …
Read More »Black Thought Previews El Michels Affair Collaborative Album With New Single 'Grateful'
During the pandemic, the Roots co-founder Black Thought fell into a collaborative rhythm with the soul group El Michels Affair, soaking in the material sent to him by their frontman Leon Michels. Soon enough, the musicians had crafted a complete album’s worth of material, now set to be packaged and …
Read More »Nick Carter Shares Musical Tribute 'Hurts to Love You' to Late Brother Aaron Carter
Nick Carter has shared the musical tribute “Hurts to Love You” to his late brother Aaron Carter, who died in Nov. 2022 at the age of 34. “We all have someone in our lives that no matter what they do and how bad it hurts you still love them,” Nick …
Read More »GOP Chair Says George Santos Claimed He Was a Volleyball 'Star' at College He Didn't Attend
Members of the Nassau County Republican Committee have called for Rep. George Santos to resign immediately after a series of reports indicating the newly minted Long Island representative fabricated huge swaths of his personal backstory and resume. Chairman Joseph Cairo divulged what appears to be a new, especially ridiculous lie …
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