Over the past four months, Bob Dylan has been closer to the forefront of popular culture than any other time in recent memory. This is largely due to Timothée Chalamet’s portrayal of Dylan in the authorized biopic A Complete Unknown, which grossed over $130 million, earned eight Academy Award nominations, …
Read More »Who Will Replace Anitta at Coachella 2025?
Last week, Anitta announced she was stepping away from this year’s Coachella over “unexpected personal reasons.” With her departure, the Brazilian star leaves a second-liner Coachella slot vacant for a possible Latin artist to fill. Over the last several years, Coachella has done an excellent job of highlighting Latin music …
Read More »Lady Gaga Announces the Mayhem Ball North American Arena Tour
Lady Gaga will bring her international Mayhem Ball to North America this summer, her first arena tour in seven years. “This is my first arena tour since 2018,” Gaga said in a statement. “There’s something electric about a stadium, and I love every moment of those shows. But with The …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show Drew 125 FCC Complaints
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime performance drew 125 FCC complaints, according to several FOIAs filed following the event, including one by The Hill. Some of the FCC complaints expressed moralistic sentiments typically associated with critiques of rap.“The halftime show was terrible with the language and gestures. My younger kids …
Read More »The Everlasting Cool of My Uncle, Garage-Rock Trailblazer Larry Tamblyn
I grew up in a bohemian household in Southern California where icons of the literary, film, and music worlds would often converge. On any given evening, there might be a noted author in our living room reading something they’d just written, or a titan of the fine arts drinking whiskey …
Read More »Meek Mill Shoots Down 'Fake' Claim Rick Ross Paid $50k Ransom to Release Him
Meek Mill has shot down a claim made by imprisoned rapper Luce Cannon that he and some folks once kidnapped Mill over his posts on Twitter. In a clip from DJ Akademiks’ podcast, Cannon — who’s part of the Rollin’ 60s Crip gang and is behind bars for federal charges …
Read More »Blink-182, AFI, and Jawbreaker Lead 2025 Four Chord Music Fest
Punk rock is coming back to the Pittsburgh area. Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal that Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, AFI, and Jawbreaker lead the stacked lineup for the Four Chord Music Festival, scheduled for Sept. 13 and 14 at EQT Park in Washington, Pennsylvania. The lineup features a mix of …
Read More »Jay-Z's Extortion Claim Against Tony Buzbee Back From Dead
After a judge said last month that he was close to dismissing Jay-Z’s extortion allegation against Texas attorney Tony Buzbee, the same judge signaled Wednesday he had changed his mind and was inclined to let the Roc Nation founder proceed with the legal claim. At a hearing in Santa Monica, …
Read More »Tyler, the Creator, Hozier, and Doja Cat to Headline Outside Lands 2025
The lineup for Outside Lands 2025 is here. The festival — taking place on the weekend of Aug. 8 in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park — will be headlined by Tyler, the Creator, Hozier, and Doja Cat. Doechii, Vampire Weekend, Gracie Abrams, Julien Baker & Torres, John Summit, Glass Animals, …
Read More »Miley Cyrus Releases 'Something Beautiful' Trailer for 'One-of-a-Kind Pop-Opera' Film
Something Beautiful is going to be much more than an album. On Tuesday, Miley Cyrus followed her album announcement with a trailer for its accompanying film, which teases an imaginative storyline backed by the album’s 13 tracks. “A unique visual experience, fueled by fantasy, including 13 original songs from the …
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