Warren Haynes is taking a breather in his dressing room at Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center in Asheville, North Carolina, after powering through a wicked jam of the Allman Brothers Band’s “Melissa” with country duo Brothers Osborne. He’s due back onstage in an hour for another inspired collab: performing Charlie Daniels …
Read More »Angelo Badalamenti, 'Twin Peaks' Composer Who Helped Popularize Dream Pop, Dead at 85
Angelo Badalamenti, the Grammy-winning composer whose synthy soundtracks for Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet ushered dream pop into the mainstream, has died. Rolling Stoneconfirmed the composer’s death with his manager, Kraft-Engel Management. He was 85. “Angelo Badalamenti was a composer, loving husband, father, and grandfather,” his family tells Rolling Stone …
Read More »Caroline Polachek Welcomes Fans to Her Island in New Video and 2023 Tour
Caroline Polachek will hit the road as soon as she drops her new album. On Monday, the pop star announced that she’s set to travel the country to promote her upcoming album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You in the new year, as she released the video for “Welcome …
Read More »Taylor Swift Finally Shakes Off 'Shake It Off' Infringement Suit
Taylor Swift and the two songwriters who accused her of copyright infringement on “Shake It Off” have agreed to dismiss the lawsuit a month before it was set to head to trial. The decision was announced in court filings Monday, Dec. 12, with all parties involved asking the judge for …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter Teases 'New Songs' as She Announces 2023 Tour
Sabrina Carpenter is just circling back, following up, and checking in! On Monday, the singer surprised fans by announcing a second North American leg to her successful Emails I Can’t Send tour. “i said i was done but i was just confused,” Carpenter wrote on Instagram, quoting a lyric in …
Read More »Golden Globes Unravel Recent Progress With Female Directors Shut Out
The Golden Globes has taken two steps forward in their acknowledgement of female directors in recent years, only to have taken about 20 steps backward with this year’s batch of nominations. For the first time in two years, not a single woman was nominated in the Best Directors category. The …
Read More »Pandora Pack: Sprayground Releases 'Avatar: The Way of the Water' Backpacks
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Avatar: The Way of the Water hits theaters this Friday, but we’re already seeing some high-quality merch popping up ahead of the much-anticipated film’s release. Case in point: …
Read More »A Psychologist Explains Why Your 'Hot AI Selfies' Might Make You Feel Worse
No matter where you hang out online, you’ve probably seen friends sharing colorful, intensely stylized illustrations of themselves. The images weren’t made by human artists but with an app called Lensa, from the photo and video editing company Prisma Labs. While Lensa has been available since 2018, it recently added …
Read More »Hundreds Of Oath Keepers Have Worked for the Federal Government: Report
A leaked Oath Keepers membership list contained more that 300 individuals who claimed to have worked in the Department of Homeland Security, with some listing themselves as current employees, according to a new report from the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). The Oath Keepers are a far-right, anti-government group that …
Read More »Joshua Bassett Announces 2023 'Complicated' Tour
Joshua Bassett won’t have to keep his sad songs in a hotel room anymore. On Monday, the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star announced a long-awaited tour that will begin next March. In an Instagram post announcing the news, Bassett simply wrote, “AHH !!!!!” Bassett will commence his …
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