In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, Jason Aldean was an open book about why he has “nothing but good things to say” about Donald Trump and why he decided against receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. But he was also a decidedly closed book — one with missing pages …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Unleashes Her Fury With New 'Hunger Games' Single 'Can't Catch Me Now'
Olivia Rodrigo delivered “Can’t Catch Me Now” on Thursday — a song from the highly-anticipated Hunger Games prequel The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes. Written and recorded by the Guts singer, the track features Rodrigo over an intimate acoustic guitar as the melodies build to a slow crescendo and tell …
Read More »Watch Kate Bush Perform 'Running Up That Hill' Over a Pulpit in 1985
Kate Bush is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a long overdue honor for the experimental and forward-thinking singer-songwriter. Because she’s rarely performed live over the course of her career (she has only toured once, in 1979), most of Bush’s fans have only been able to …
Read More »R.E.M.'s Mike Mills Looks Back on 'Up': 'There Were Some Very Dark Times'
There were few bands on the planet bigger than R.E.M. in the mid-Nineties. Their popularity grew every year in the Eighties before they went supernova the following decade thanks to hits like “Losing My Religion,” “Man on the Moon,” “Everybody Hurts,” and “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” Warner Bros. was so …
Read More »Girl Power Will Dominate the Grammy Nominations for Best Pop Solo Performance
Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. If it is truly “the year of the girl” as many have claimed in light …
Read More »Green Day to Play 30 Years of Hits With 2024 Saviors Tour, Celebrating 'Dookie' and 'American Idiot'
Saviors of summer touring, Green Day are promising to bring the heat (or at least add to it) with concerts that celebrate two big anniversaries — their 1994 breakout album, Dookie, and Grammy-winning 2004 album, American Idiot — alongside songs from their upcoming 14th album, Saviors. They’re previewing that record, …
Read More »Cidny Bullens Sang on 'Grease' and With Elton John. Transitioning Helped Him Find His Voice
In his home office in Nashville, Cidny Bullens glances at a photo perched behind him: a young, pouty-faced 28-year-old in a Superman T-shirt, cradling an electric guitar. “I look at me as a different person,” says Bullens, who now sports short hair and a wisp of a mustache. “I don’t …
Read More »Second Woman Sues Steven Tyler for Sexual Assault
A second woman has come forward with allegations that Steven Tyler sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager, according to a lawsuit filed in New York on Thursday. Jeanne Bellino, a former child model who claimed to have met Tyler in New York in the summer of 1975 when …
Read More »Alicia Keys Unlocks 'Golden Child' From 'The Diary of Alicia Keys' Vault for 20th Anniversary Celebration
The approaching 20th anniversary of The Diary of Alicia Keys had trudged up all kinds of nostalgia for Alicia Keys. December will mark two decades since she released her second album, and the musician is celebrating with a 24-track re-release titled The Diary of Alicia Keys 20 featuring the newly-surfaced …
Read More »Priscilla Presley's Payout from Lisa Marie Presley's Estate and Burial Plans Near Elvis Approved by Judge
Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough’s settlement of Lisa Marie Presley’s estate now has formal court approval, averting what could have been a multimillion-dollar public legal battle. The final un-redacted agreement, filed in Los Angeles County probate court and rubber-stamped by a judge this week, states Priscilla can be buried as …
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