After Keith Richards‘ son Marlon let slip that the Rolling Stones are working on what he believes to be a follow-up to 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, that album’s producer, Andrew Watt, confirms he’s been back in the studio with the band. ”I’ve said it before, but it’s like working for Batman,” …
Read More »A Toast to Taylor and Travis: This Love Changed the Prophecy
Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand? Today the world salutes the love story of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, who announced their engagement on social media Tuesday, with the wittiest wedding announcement in pop history: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” In the photos, Travis …
Read More »Hear the Rolling Stones Go Zydeco in New Tribute to Clifton Chenier
The Rolling Stones’ reverence for blues and country is as well-established as Keith Richards’ penchant for scarves. But you may not immediately associate the band with zydeco, the French-sung, syncopated folk-dance music of Louisiana. Yet, according to Richards, they’re fans of that genre too. “We never just listened to the …
Read More »Bob Dylan Declined Opportunity to Perform and Present at Oscars
Mick Jagger was on hand to present the Oscar for Best Original Song on Sunday evening. As he announced the winner (“El Mal” from EmiliaPérez), the musician quipped, “I’m greatly honored to be invited to give this award for the Best Original Song tonight, and much as I love doing …
Read More »Mick Jagger's Cult Classic Acting Debut 'Performance' Gets Criterion Release
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The musician-to-actor pipeline is nothing new, but few films are as notorious as Performance, the Mick Jagger vehicle that was so appalling to Warner Bros. that they shelved …
Read More »Lorne Michaels Helped Keith Richards Dodge Life in Prison
Two weeks after the Rolling Stones hosted Saturday Night Live in 1978, Lorne Michaels served as a character witness for Keith Richards as the guitarist battled a drug charge in Canada that could’ve put him in jail for life. While Richards’ drug trial in Canada is a well-known chapter in …
Read More »Marianne Faithfull: 'I'm Not a Survivor, I'm<em> </em>So<em> </em>Much More Than That'
This story was originally published in the April 17, 1980, issue ofRolling Stone. “God, I was beautiful.” Blonde hair in her face, Marianne Faithfull is hanging halfway off the bed in her New York hotel room so she can reach a blazer thrown over a chair. She fingers a huge …
Read More »So Long, Marianne Faithfull: The Woman Who Refused to Go Quietly
Here’s a toast to Marianne Faithfull, a true rock & roll legend. Nobody was ever better at being an old rock star, except maybe Leonard Cohen. Yet the difference is that Cohen didn’t release his debut album until he was 33 — he was never young in public. Faithfull was …
Read More »The Rolling Stones Reportedly Scrap U.K., European Tour Plans
The Rolling Stones have reportedly shelved a forthcoming U.K. and European tour planned for 2025. According to The Times, the rock band has scrapped the idea of hitting the road later this year. The report says that the group — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood — was presented …
Read More »Marianne Faithfull Recalled Recording Hit 'As Tears Go By' and Going on Her First Tour in 1994 Memoir
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The legendary singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull died Thursday at the age of 78 at her home in London. Dubbed one of the best singers of all time, Rolling Stone …
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