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An album containing Whitney Houston‘s first live performances in South Africa will mark three decades since the late singer’s visit there. The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) will come out on Nov. 8, 30 years to the day since she performed at that city’s Kings Park Stadium. The …

Ticketmaster is facing a class action lawsuit over the massive data breach the company suffered from the hacker group ShinyHunters earlier this year. Several firms have filed class action suits against Ticketmaster in recent months since the data breach first came to light earlier this year, the most recent of …

Rufus Wainwright spoke out against Donald Trump playing his cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” at a campaign event last night the “height of blasphemy,” in a statement shared with Rolling Stone. “The song ‘Hallelujah’ by Leonard Cohen has become an anthem dedicated to peace, love and acceptance of the truth,” …

After 17 years, Leire Martínez will no longer be the lead vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh. In a statement Monday, the Spanish band announced that the group had parted ways with Oreja de Van Gogh’s second singer. “After 17 marvelous years filled with music and emotions we’ll never …

Gracie Abrams is giving a second life to The Secret of Us. On Tuesday, the musician announced that she’ll be releasing a deluxe version of the album, featuring four new songs and three live versions of tracks. It arrives Friday. Along with the original 13 tracks on the album, Abrams …

Libby Titus, the singer-songwriter best known for her song “Love Has No Pride” and creating the New York Rock and Soul Revue with future husband Donald Fagen, died Sunday night at the age of 77. “My beautiful wife, Libby Titus Fagen, passed on October 13th surrounded by family,” Fagen wrote …

It’s been an “extremely heavy week” for Deryck Whibley after he alleged that Sum 41‘s former manager Greig Nori sexually abused and groomed him. On Tuesday, the Sum 41 frontman shared a video slamming Nori’s response that claimed that Whibley, a 16-year-old when he met Nori who was in his …

Rick Astley joined Manchester rock band Blossoms for a smooth rock version of Charli XCX‘s hit pop song “360.” The musicians recorded the cover in the BBC‘s Radio 1 Live Lounge, which augmented the scene with some lime green video screen in the background. In the clip, Blossoms singer Tom …

Dallas rapper BigXThaPlug has a presence that stands out on a crowded midtown Manhattan street. He and his team walk toward the Rolling Stone offices as a united front, cracking jokes while the fall sun flares off their gleaming 600 Entertainment chains. BigX greets me with Texas hospitality as we …

Bruce Springsteen offers a behind-the-scenes look at his latest tour and shares an update on his wife/bandmatePatti Scialfa’s cancer diagnosisin the new trailer for his upcoming ABC primetime special, premiering exclusively onRolling Stone. Bruce Springsteen: Backstage and Backstreets was filmed during the final few weeks of the musician’s latest world …