If Governors Ball is back, it must be summer in New York. The annual festival returned to Queens in early June in roomy new digs: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, just down the block from its 2021-22 home at Citi Field. The sprawling, tree-lined grounds were reminiscent of Gov Ball’s years …
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On an early Saturday evening in Philadelphia, in a pastoral stretch of park known as the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Questlove is making time stand still. Onstage with him are Ronald Isley, wearing a patent-leather suit and looking ageless enough at 82 to make you think of Dorian …
Read More »Watch Paramore Bring Out Lil Uzi Vert to Perform 'Misery Business'
Paramore fans were surprised by a guest appearance fromLil Uzi Vert during the band’s second night at Madison Square Garden as Hayley Williams invited the rapper onstage to perform “Misery Business.” Each night, the band plucks select fans to join them for the hit song. Not always going for the …
Read More »Watch Lil Uzi Vert Bring 'Just Wanna Rock' to 'Fallon'
Lil Uzi Vert hit the stage at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday for a lively performance on their party rock anthem, “Just Wanna Rock.” The rapper only spent around 10 seconds alone on the stage before a crew of ten dancers joined them, all similarly decked out …
Read More »Watch Lil Uzi Vert Get Slimed at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
Lil Uzi Vert appeared Saturday at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards and, keeping with the tradition of the event, was the willing recipient of a deluge of green slime. The rapper — wearing an old Arizona Cardinals jersey for some reason and not one of his beloved Philadelphia Eagles (maybe …
Read More »What's The Philly Anthem Heading Into Super Bowl LVII? We Asked Locals
Last month, Philly rapper Lil Uzi Vert led their Philadelphia Eagles onto the field during their NFC conference championship game against the San Francisco 49ers. The team trotted onfield to their December hit, “Just Wanna Rock,” a Jersey Club-fueled banger that’s taken the mid-Atlantic sound global and become the unofficial …
Read More »Lizzo, Odesza, Kendrick Lamar Named 2023 Governors Ball Headliners
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Lizzo, Kendrick Lamar, and Odesza will headline the 2023 Governors Ball, scheduled for three days at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York from June 9 through …
Read More »Taylor Swift, Lil Uzi Vert, Carly Rae Jepsen, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
We’ve reinvented our Songs You Need to Know franchise as a weekly playlist of the best new music — featuring the week’s biggest new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week we’ve got the triumphant return of Taylor Swift, as well as highlights from new albums …
Read More »Hacker Who Stole Unreleased Ed Sheeran, Lil Uzi Vert Songs Sentenced to Prison
A computer hacker who made $147,000 stealing unreleased music from Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Adrian Kwiatkowski exchanged the music by Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert for cryptocurrency on the dark web after hacking into their cloud-based accounts, the Associated Press reported. …
Read More »Lil Uzi Vert Drops Surprise 'I Know' Song Ahead of 'Red & White' EP
Lil Uzi Vert is feeding fans with back-to-back singles. On Monday, the “20 Min” rapper released “I Know” on SoundCloud, just two days after dropping their single “Space Cadet” over the weekend. “Made that girl drop it on the floor (Floor)/In the days with my cash grow (Grow),” Uzi raps …
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