Paramore, Lil Nas X, Kacey Musgraves, SZA, and Flume have been named headliners for this year’s Austin City Limits festival, scheduled to return on the weekends of Oct. 7 and Oct. 14 at Zilker Park in Texas. Also leading the stacked lineup are Red Hot Chili Peppers, P!nk, and the …
Read More »Lil Nas X Returns to His Country Roots With 'Old Town Road' Performance on 'The Proud Family'
Lil Nas X is heading back out to the “Old Town Road” for a throwback performance of his earliest hit, this time as an animated country musician named June Bug on the Disney Plus series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. When a normally disco-ified Bobby Proud joins June Bug’s …
Read More »Accept Reality: We Now Live in a World Where the Grammys Are Awesome
Oh, you sweet innocent little lamb — you’re mad about who won Album of the Year at the Grammys. Never change. Here’s the thing: Can you name the last six Album of the Year winners off the top of your head, without looking it up? No, you can’t, because you …
Read More »No, a Rihanna-Lil Nas X Collab Isn't Coming. But We Wish It Was
Don’t get your hopes up: New Rihanna music isn’t coming via Lil Nas X. On Friday, the “Industry Baby” rapper tweeted that he’d be surprise-dropping a deluxe edition of his album Montero. Well, turns out it was just an April Fools joke, Rolling Stonehas learned. Sad, we know. “I am …
Read More »Lil Nas X Resurfaces in New Commercial for Ultimate Ears Wireless Earbuds
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Lil Nas X has been MIA for the last few months but the singer and rapper is back in the spotlight this week as the new face — …
Read More »Lil Nas X Releases Unofficial 'Satan' Nikes With Real Human Blood
Lil Nas X is releasing a pair of unofficial “Satan Shoe” Nikes — although you won’t find them at your local Nike retailer. The design, which features an Air Max 97 silhouette with a bronze pentagram, an inverted cross, and a drop of real human blood, is part of a …
Read More »2020 Commencement Speakers: Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga Headline Virtual Ceremonies
As COVID-19‘s social distancing rules cancel graduation ceremonies around the country, the class of 2020 will likely find themselves at home come the big day, watching the proceedings on their screens. In light of these cancellations, social media giants such as Facebook and YouTube plan to celebrate graduates by hosting …
Read More »Country Music Veteran Trent Reznor Nabs His First CMA Award
When Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus‘ record-breaking “Old Town Road” was presented with the CMA Award for the off-camera category Musical Event of the Year on Wednesday, it was historic for a few reasons. For starters, it marks the first CMA win for Atlanta-based rapper-singer Lil Nas X, …
Read More »How Mika Fell Back in Love With Pop Goodness
“Where have all the good guys gone?” Mika asked on his last album, 2015’s No Place in Heaven, singing about searching for heroes in everyday life while referencing many of his own, from James Dean to David Bowie and Walt Whitman to Rufus Wainwright. With the October 4th release of …
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