If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There’s a lot for music-loving travelers to like about the Guitar Hotel at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. The place has a 7,000-seat entertainment venue, suites suitable …
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Shakira was scheduled to take the stage at Boston‘s Fenway Park today as part of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour. Leading up to the show, she shared Instagram Story posts expressing her excitement and teasing appearances from Will.i.am and Wyclef Jean. But hours before doors opened for the …
Read More »Kim Petras and Trixie Mattel Will Headline First Outloud Fest in Boston
West Hollywood’s Outloud Music Festival is coming to the East Coast. Rolling Stone can officially reveal that Kim Petras and Trixie Mattel will headline the first-ever Outloud Music Festival in Boston on June 21 at the Stage at Suffolk Downs. “OUTLOUD understands the assignment: queer talent, great music, and hot …
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I grew up in a bohemian household in Southern California where icons of the literary, film, and music worlds would often converge. On any given evening, there might be a noted author in our living room reading something they’d just written, or a titan of the fine arts drinking whiskey …
Read More »Lost 1980s Indie Rock Pioneers Salem 66 Are Getting Their Moment in the Sun
Think of the most iconic bands associated with the exploding U.S. indie-rock scene of the 1980s, and who comes to mind first? R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, and the Pixies, perhaps? Salem 66 were peers to all four of those groups. They shared a label with Sonic Youth, a recording …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Plays Surprise Set at Boston Pub for St. Patrick's Day
Ed Sheeran popped up at a Boston Irish pub to perform a surprise acoustic set in front of a celebratory St. Patrick’s Day crowd on Monday night. The British singer-songwriter was backed by a fiddle and an accordion, in addition to other band members of the Irish folk band Beoga …
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Perhaps you’ve heard that Matt Damon is from the beautiful city of Boston. True story! So are his friends and professional colleagues the Affleck brothers — Casey and the other guy — and they seem to like to going back and filming in their hometown whenever possible. Watch these guys …
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