Music

Mark Volman, the singer and co-founder of the Sixties pop-rock group the Turtles, best known for their 1967 hit “Happy Together,” died Friday, Sept. 5. He was 78. Reps for Volman confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, saying he died in Nashville after a “brief, unexpected illness.” The rep told …

Shaboozey and Stephen Wilson Jr. have teamed up for a new song, “Took a Walk.” The evocative song was written and recorded for Lionsgate’s upcoming adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Long Walk, which was directed by Francis Lawrence and hits theaters Sept. 12. The reflective country ballad was written by …

The former business advisers who claim Priscilla Presley prematurely ”pulled the plug” on her daughter for financial gain have filed an amended complaint purportedly shedding new light on Lisa Marie Presley’s final hours. The new complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, attaches two pages said to be from …

David Bowie secretly began working on a musical set in 18th-century London in the months leading up to his death in 2016, according to new notes discovered locked in his New York City office. As the BBC reports, the project was tentatively titled The Spectator and not even Bowie’s closest …

The MTV Video Music Awards will pay tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne with an all-star performance featuring Yungblud and members of Aerosmith. Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, and Yungblud will take the stage together at New York’s UBS Arena this Sunday to deliver a medley of some …

A new documentary chronicles the impact of songwriting great Lucinda Williams. Finding Lucinda begins streaming on Video on Demand on Sept. 9. Ahead of its premiere, Rolling Stone is debuting an exclusive clip from the film, directed by Joel Fendelman. In the scene, Williams talks about the balancing act of …

I never lived in New York, but growing up about 120 miles from the city, within TV antenna range of WPIX, Channel 11, I absorbed a lot of its culture as a kid. Crazy Eddie’s madcap commercials, The Honeymooners marathons on New Year’s Eve, ads for “beautiful Mount Airy Lodge” …

Police in Atlanta have concluded that late Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds was at fault for the auto accident that led to his death last month. In an updated police report issued Thursday, Sept. 4, authorities said Hinds was “traveling between 63 and 68” miles per hour when his motorcycle collided …

This year atCannes, director Lynne Ramsay’sDie My Lovebecame one of the festival’s most talked about — and debated — films, and now, general audiences get a sneak peek with a new trailer ahead of its Nov. 7 theatrical release. The movie is based on the 2012 novel by Argentine author …

Thanks to A Complete Unknown and the forthcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere, the concept of musicians intentionally throwing their audiences for a loop is back in the national conversation. But as Joni Mitchell would be the first to tell you, no one made a fan base engage …