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The last time Kris Kristofferson ever performed in public, he was paying tribute to a friend. Showing up for others is something Kristofferson, whodiedSaturday at the age of 88, did his entire career, whether it meantinsistingthat John Prine receive a record deal, or showingpublic supportto Sinéad O’Connor when the world …

The Weeknd and Playboi Carti reunited and released the music video for their latest collab, “Timeless,” which sees the pair singing the track’s lyrics from a dark warehouse, surrounded by half-naked women. “City on fire when I’m comin’ home/Fill up the sky, I fill up the Dome/They’ll play it one …

Eddie Vedder‘s annual Ohana Fest took place this past weekend in Dana Point, California, featuring two nights of Pearl Jam and headline sets by Devo, Sting, Alanis Morissette, Maren Morris, Jenny Lewis, Turnpike Troubadours, and the Breeders. Pearl Jam fanatics from all across the globe flocked to Dana Point for …

Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 8, Rolling Stone is breaking down 13 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. This nomination year had rock-solid full-lengths from four Grammy perennials of recent vintage — Taylor Swift, …

Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning, and Lainey Wilson will host one of country music’s biggest nights. ABC and the Country Music Association announced Monday that the trio will take the stage as co-hosts of the 58th CMA Awards. The 2024 CMAs marks Bryan’s fourth consecutive run as a CMAs host. In …

It’s Sunday evening in Manhattan, and someone is working late. They’re about five feet tall and perched over a heart-shaped toilet, inside the most sensual Barbie Dreamhouse you’ve ever seen. Wearing a lacy black jumpsuit that would put Sandy from Grease to shame, they’re about to sing about an ex …

Muna covered Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” during their headlining set at All Things Go festival in Columbia, Maryland at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sunday. It was an appropriate cover to choose, given that the band replaced Roan, who bowed out of her headlining spots at the fest’s New York …

Over the last several weeks, fans of Latin music have been, in some cases, puzzled to see some of the biggest names in reggaeton publicly voice their support for former President Donald Trump‘s run for president. In early September, Anuel AA and Justin Quiles met the former president during a …

This story originally ran in an April 1974 issue of Rolling Stone. In Peru, one kept a daily journal; now Kristofferson bends grinning over its pages, on which, in the winter of ’70, Andes mud spilled and dried like blood spots. “Hell,” he offers rurally, “wouldn’t surprise me none you …

Country luminaries like Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker, and Sheryl Crow — and many, many, many more — paid tribute to Kris Kristofferson following the legendary musician and actor’s death this weekend. “What a great loss, what a great writer, what a great actor, what a great friend,” Parton …