Guns N’ Roses laugh at themselves — and especially frontman Axl Rose — in a new compilation of the singer’s onstage wipeouts. The band’s official Instagram account shared a video that pulled together clips from different times that Rose has fallen during their live performances, some even dating back to …
Read More »Nine Rock Star Memoirs We Hope to Read One Day
Back in the Eighties and Nineties, the release of a major rock star memoir was a fairly uncommon event. Noteworthy ones like George Harrison’s I, Me, Mine (1980), Iggy Pop’s I Need More (1982), and David Lee Roth’s Crazy From the Heat (1997) popped up every once in a while, …
Read More »Axl Rose Settles Sexual Assault Lawsuit, Maintains Innocence
Axl Rose and the former model who sued him last year for sexual assault have reached a private settlement, Rolling Stone has learned. In a statement, Rose maintained he did not violently attack and rape plaintiff Sheila Kennedy in a Manhattan hotel room in 1989, as she alleged. “As I …
Read More »See Billy Joel Reunite With Axl Rose, Perform With John Mayer at Los Angeles Concert
Billy Joel performed Saturday night at Inglewood, California’s new Intuit Dome, where the Piano Man brought out John Mayer and reunited with Axl Rose. Just months after Joel brought out the Guns N’ Roses singer as the final guest at his final Madison Square Garden residency show, the pair got …
Read More »Billy Joel, Axl Rose Close Historic MSG Run With 'You May Be Right'
Billy Joel closed out his historic run at Madison Square Garden Thursday night with rock legend Axl Rose for an exuberant performance of Joel’s 1980 hit “You May Be Right.” The duo also delivered a roaring performance of Guns N’ Roses’ cover of Wings’ “Live and Let Die” and AC/DC’s …
Read More »Billy Joel Wraps Up Historic MSG Residency With Emotional Finale: 'There's No Place Like This'
The world has changed in countless ways since Billy Joel kicked off his monthly Madison Square Garden residency in January 2014. Donald Trump was a mere NBC reality show host at the time, Jeb Bush had good reason to think he was the future of the Republican party, and few …
Read More »Woman Details Decades-Old Sexual Assault Allegations Against Axl Rose
A woman is speaking out on decades-old claims that Axl Rose sexually assaulted her when she was a minor in the 1980s, dating back to before Guns N’ Roses first broke through as one of the biggest rock bands of all time. Michelle Rhoades has spoken out about her allegations …
Read More »Guns N' Roses Unleash Slow-Building Rock Single 'The General'
Guns N’ Roses have released a new single, “The General.” The slow-building, guitar-led song marks the rock band’s second track of 2023 following “Perhaps,” which dropped in August. Last month, Guns N’ Roses debuted “The General” live during their two-night stand at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl. The song has been …
Read More »The Music Industry's #MeToo Wave Is Just Getting Started
The surge of sexual-abuse lawsuits that hit some of the music industry’s most powerful figures last week isn’t over yet, several lawyers tell Rolling Stone. Last week, as the window for New York’s Adult Survivors Act (ASA) was nearing a close, it brought forward one of the widest sets of …
Read More »Axl Rose Accused of 1989 Sexual Assault in New Lawsuit
A former model has accused Axl Rose of sexually assaulting her in New York more than 30 years ago, according to a lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court on Wednesday and obtained by Rolling Stone. Sheila Kennedy, a former Penthouse model and Pet of the Year in 1983, claimed …
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