Milo Yiannopoulos is out at Yeezy, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The alt-right provocateur allegedly had a falling out with Kanye West over the rapper’s decision to get into the porn business. Yiannopoulos, whom West tapped to run his dubious 2024 presidential campaign last year, announced he resigned as the rapper’s …
Read More »'Becoming Led Zeppelin': First-Ever Authorized Doc About Band Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
Five years after the first-ever authorized documentary about Led Zeppelin was first announced — and nearly three years after it premiered at the Venice Film Festival — the long-awaited film is finally preparing to take flight to the big screen. Sony Pictures Classics announced Wednesday that it has acquired Becoming …
Read More »Beth Gibbons Will Break Your Heart With 'Lost Changes'
With a dour acoustic guitar line that recalls David Bowie, Pink Floyd, and, of course, Portishead, Beth Gibbons assumes full doomsayer mode to remind you, “Forever ends, you will grow old,” on “Lost Changes.” The single is the last to arrive ahead of the Portishead frontwoman’s solo debut, Lives Outgrown, …
Read More »The Rolling Stones Rehearsed 60 to 70 Songs for 'Hackney Diamonds' Tour
Since 1982, when the Rolling Stones launched a European leg of their Tattoo You tour, lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe has gotten both a front-row seat and a backstage look at how Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and the rest of the band work on the road. “The real privilege …
Read More »The Number One Song in the Country Is a Diss Track. Is That a Good Thing?
This week, the Number One song in America is a diss track. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” debuted at the top of the charts, to the surprise of no one who’s seen the track go viral since its release earlier this month. The song is buoyed by a catchyDJ Mustard …
Read More »Detroit Newspaper Mourns 'Tortured Existence' of Eminem's Slim Shady in Obituary
The Real Slim Shady can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, because he’s dead — at least, according the Detroit Free Press he is. The newspaper published an obituary for Eminem‘s chaotic alter ego, declaring: “His complex and tortured existence has come to a close, and the legacy …
Read More »John Barbata, Drummer for the Turtles and Jefferson Starship, Dead at 79
John Barbata, the drummer who played on classic recordings by the Turtles, Jefferson Starship, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died, Rolling Stone has confirmed. He was 79. Jefferson Starship paid tribute to Barbata on social media, writing, “We are saddened to hear of the passing of the great …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Will Chronicle Tour Prep in 'Road Diary' Documentary
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Bruce Springsteen‘s behind-the-scenes tour preparation process will serve as the center of the forthcoming documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Premiering on Hulu and …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Enters 'Trolls' Land With 'NSync Cover
Like many of us, Kelly Clarkson is still celebrating the long-anticipated reunion of’NSync last fall. In her latest Kellyoke, the talk show host covered “Better Place,” the track that brought the band back together for Trolls Band Together. “Just let me take you to a better place/ I’m gonna make …
Read More »Watch Graham Nash's Surprise Performance of 'Our House' at Carnegie Hall CSN Tribute
The music of Crosby, Stills, and Nash was celebrated with a tribute concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall on Monday night. The lineup included Todd Rundgren, Steve Earle, Yola, Grace Potter, Guster, Rickie Lee Jones, Shawn Colvin, A.C. Newman, Iron & Wine, Real Estate, and several others. Graham Nash wasn’t …
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