In anticipation of the Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision on the fate of Roe v. Wade, and in the face of a new Alabama law making it a felony for a doctor to provide gender-affirming care for trans youth, John Legend published an impassioned op-ed in USA Today calling for the …
Read More »Trump Had 'Direct and Personal Role' in Phony Elector Scheme: Jan. 6 Hearing
Donald Trump had a “direct and personal” role in the effort to pressure states to overturn their election results, Jan. 6 Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney said Tuesday. Cheney added that former Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, who authored the infamous “coup memo,” also had a direct role …
Read More »Tove Lo Explores the Intricacies of Her Femininity on Upcoming Fifth Album 'Dirt Femme'
Get ready to go from Sunshine Kitty to Dirt Femme. A new album from Tove Lo is on the way, Rolling Stone can exclusively announce — and the Swedish pop singer is ready to take listeners on a “beautiful, sexy journey” that explores the intricacies and nuances of her femininity. …
Read More »Rolling Stones to Celebrate 60th Anniversary With Docuseries 'My Life as a Rolling Stone'
The Rolling Stones will celebrate 60 years as a band with a special four-part docuseries, My Life as a Rolling Stone, set to premiere Aug. 7 on Epix. The new series will tell the story of the Stones in a unique way: Each episode will offer up an individual portrait …
Read More »Uvalde Cops Could've Ended Shooting in Three Minutes, Says Texas Head of Public Safety
Steve McCraw, the Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, decried law enforcement’s response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, saying police could’ve stopped the gunman within three minutes after he entered the building, but didn’t. “There’s compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the …
Read More »Jack White Expands Extensive Supply Chain Issues World Tour With Additional North American Dates
Jack White has expanded his extensive Supply Chain Issues world tour ahead of Entering Heaven Alive, his second second new album of the year, out July 22. The musician will be joined by a dozen special guest openers across the international trek, including The Paranoyds, Cat Power, and Ichi-Bons across …
Read More »Hypnotizing Minions Stand in for Diana Ross, Tame Impala in 'Turn Up the Sunshine' Video
Rumors of a collaboration between Tame Impala and Diana Ross swirled for months before the Jack Antonoff-produced track was released as the lead single to his soundtrack to Minions: The Rise of Gru and now the video has arrived. “Turn Up the Sunshine” brought the Australian multi-instrumentalist and the pop …
Read More »With 'Honestly, Nevermind' Drake Reminds Us He Has the Power to Reconfigure Taste -And Elevate Hip-Hop
Drake announced and released his seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind, within the span of a few hours. As the latest addition to the trinity of projects from rap juggernauts in 2022 — following Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers and Kanye West’s Donda 2 —it might be the …
Read More »A Lotta Love to Give: The Brilliant Voice and Too-Short Life of Nicolette Larson
W hen Nicolette Larson was growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, she’d ask her friends to drive over bumpy roads so she could show off her Neil Young impression. As the truck moved up and down, she’d break out into a shaky vibrato. Just a few years later, the singer …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Calls 'Late Show' Capitol Arrests 'First-Degree Puppetry'
On Monday, Stephen Colbert addressed the recent arrests of seven Late Show staffers — including the comedian behindTriumph the Insult Comic Dog — at a U.S. Capitol office building in Washington, D.C. last week. Last Thursday, a Late Show production team and Triumph puppeteer Robert Smigel were spotted around the …
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