Donald Trump-backing Christian supremacists gathered en masse on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Yom Kippur on Oct. 12, to fast, atone, and receive messages about a holy revolution, national deliverance from LGBTQ “demons,” and “spiritual warfare” matched to a physical “ground game.” As one preacher put it: “You …
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Minnesota superfan Aidan Jahane Gallivan was on the hunt. Her favorite artist Chappell Roan, a pop star on the precipice of superstardom, released a special edition vinyl of her 2023 album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. Gallivan couldn’t wait to get her hands on the collector’s item. …
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One of the most unusual songs Soundgarden recorded was “Head Down” — a deep cut on their biggest-selling album, 1994’s Superunknown — that tumbles slowly over six minutes, adding crusts of snaky guitar and ear-twisting vocal harmonies until it settles as a clatter of percussion. Bassist Ben Shepherd wrote the …
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Donald Trump has long claimed no one has ever been more physically and mentally equipped to be president than him. In particular, Trump, who is now 78 years old, has bragged about his “stamina” — how he has it, and how his opponents don’t. In one example from just a …
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Ringo Starr was always the most country of the Beatles, covering Buck Owens’ “Act Naturally” and professing his love of Kitty Wells, his favorite singer. Fifty-five years since he released the twangy country solo album Beaucoups of Blues in 1970, Starr will return to the genre with Look Up, a …
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T imbaland and Metro Boomin are sitting in 11th Street Records in Las Vegas one afternoon in July, talking about the difference between a hit and a classic. “You did ‘Bad and Boujee,’ ” Timbaland notes, referring to the 2016 Migos track Metro produced. “That’s a classic.” Metro offers his own …
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Rolling Stone’s latest Musicians on Musicians live event will take place at one of the most historic and legendary venues in all of music: the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. The event, taking place on Nov. 22, 2024, will feature conversations between musical icons, plus intimate performances, with full …
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Robbie Williams paid tribute to One Direction’s Liam Payne, sharing a note that both honored the late singer and tried to, as he wrote, “make sense” of the tragedy. On Instagram, Williams said that when he first heard the news that Payne had died after falling from his third-story hotel …
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Tyler-James Kelly’s acoustic solo set during AmericanaFest in Nashville was a head-turner, thanks to his fleet-fingered playing style and songs from his upcoming debut album Dream River that had listeners at the September Social day party at Dee’s at rapt attention. The Rhode Island native previews his new LP with …
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Niall Horan shared a loving tribute to One Direction bandmate Liam Payne on Friday after Payne tragically died after falling from a hotel room in Argentina on Wednesday. “I’m absolutely devastated about the passing of my amazing friend, Liam,” Horan wrote in an Instagram post. “It just doesn’t feel real.” …
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