There’s no better way to ring in October than a Stevie Nicks concert. After a fractured shoulder caused her to reschedule tour dates, the legend returned to the stage on Wednesday in Portland, Oregon — and unearthed a Fleetwood Mac deep cut. Nicks performed “Angel,” from the 1979 Fleetwood Mac …
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Toward the end of March, Rachel Ganz had what she calls “a premonition of doom.” At the time, she couldn’t quite explain this foreboding. She and her husband, Jon Ganz, ages 45 and 49, respectively, were in the midst of what should have been a happy milestone: The couple were …
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Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. This past eligibility season saw young, hot stars like Leon Thomas, Givēon, and Coco Jones put …
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Ruel locked in so intensely while working on his second studio album that he sort of blacked out in the process. Whenever he finished one song, he’d jump into making another. When that one was done, the next was underway. This went on and on, in different studios with different …
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In 2011, on the eve of a potential government shutdown under former President Barack Obama, Donald Trump — then a famed reality TV host and tabloid staple — told The Today Show that a government shutdown amounted to a “tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States.” Now, …
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Hardy counts Morgan Wallen one of his closest friends. They’ve written hits together, shared a stage many times, including at Wallen’s stadium shows in Knoxville, Tennessee, last year, and were even FaceTiming with each other at the very moment Hardy was involved in a horrifying 2022 bus crash. Needless to …
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When I FaceTime with Mike Dean, he tells me he’s coming off the longest break from music of his career — a whopping three weeks. The prolific producer took time off after embarking on the After Hours Til Dawn North American tour with the Weeknd, where he played 84 sets …
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Gigi Perez‘s internet roots run deep. Backstage at All Things Go in New York, the singer-songwriter pulled Rolling Stone into her YouTube rabbit hole while going through her playlist on the latest installment of Song Shuffle. “Helena” is a holdover from Perez’ childhood My Chemical Romance phase. “I kind of …
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When he was 19 years old, still eons away from the essays, the novels, and the pseudonym that would grant him literary immortality, Eric Arthur Blair went east and joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. The country was still under British colonial rule — “an outpost of empire” — …
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Sam Smith appeared on The Late Show to showcase two songs, a cover Bill Withers 1971 classic, “Ain’t No Sunshine” and their own single “To Be Free.” Smith performed his rendition of “Ain’t No Sunshine” with the help of two guitarists, giving the iconic song a stripped down approach. For …
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