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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean “Diddy” Combs was found guilty of two prostitution-related counts in federal court on Wednesday, but not guilty of the far more severe racketeering and two sex-trafficking charges. His lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, told Judge Arun Subramanian that “Combs has been given …

Connie Francis has been hospitalized due to ongoing pain. The 87-year-old shared a health update on Facebook, where she wrote that she completed “a series of tests and examinations in intensive care” and has since been moved to a private room. “I am back in hospital where I have been …

There are certain indisputable facts in the music world. Stevie Nicks collects shawls. Bob Dylan dabbled in Christianity in the 1980s. Donald Fagen has feelings about the term “yacht rock” (hint: It’s “go fuck yourself”). And Liam Gallagher really, really loves Twitter. A day before the Oasis reunion tour kicks …

If you’re looking for patriotic country songs for the Fourth of July, they’re easy to find. But country songs of dissent, that dare to question or call out the nation’s flaws, require some digging — unless you subscribe to Don’t Rock the Inbox, which this week shared an expertly curated …

Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage An alternate juror in Sean Combs‘ criminal sex trafficking and racketeering trial has spoken out following the mogul’s acquittal on the more serious charges, saying the footage of Combs attacking Casandra “Cassie” Ventura at the InterContinental Hotel did not weigh too heavily …

Natanael Cano, the OG king of corridos tumbados, took a surprise turn with his new album Porque La Demora. After two years focusing on collaborations with his genre peers (and to the shock of some of his longtime fans), he’s completely put corridos aside in favor of exploring reggaeton, hip-hop, …

AJ McLean is one of the few people who heard some of the music Liam Payne was working on prior to his death in October 2024. The Backstreet Boys member developed a close rapport with the One Direction singer while working on the Netflix series Building the Band. In a …

Liam Gallagher has weighed in after a fan brought on stage at a Green Day show played Oasis’ “Wonderwall” instead of the punk group’s “Good Riddance.” Someone posted a clip of the incident, which resulted in Billie Joe Armstrong booting the fan from the stage, on X, leading Gallagher to …

This story was originally published in the July 3, 1975 issue of Rolling Stone. First there is the voice from out of the darkness. A melodic hum, a brush of drums and “Nightbird fly by the light of the moon / Makes no difference if it’s only a game.” Then, …

In a moment of clarity, Kelsey Waldon brushed aside the chaos of New York on a Friday evening. She was in the city on June 20 to release her latest record, Every Ghost, in the basement-level concert hall at Hill Country Barbecue. The show was branded as a Honky Tonkin’ …