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, …
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Live from New York, it’s Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music. The first trailer for the upcoming Questlove-directed documentary is a two-minute celebration of one of television’s most iconic stages. In the clip, featured hosts from throughout Saturday Night Live‘s 50 seasons introduce musical guests Charli XCX, Prince, …
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This month, ahead of her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the publication of the first volume of her memoir, Cher will unveil a new career-spanning anthology “personally curated by the legend herself.” Her most expansive to date, Forever includes Cher’s earliest hits on her own …
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When we last spoke to singer Chanel Haynes, it was June 2022 and she was still reeling from a surprise call from the Rolling Stones that led to her joining them for “Gimme Shelter” at a show in Milan. Haynes was staring as Tina Turner in a London production of …
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Since 1982, when the Rolling Stones launched a European leg of their Tattoo You tour, lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe has gotten both a front-row seat and a backstage look at how Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and the rest of the band work on the road. “The real privilege …
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Over the past couple of decades, the Rolling Stones have looked for any reason to hit the road besides the release of a new album of original songs. They’ve launched tours celebrating their 50th anniversary, reissues of select archival records, the 2016 covers LP Blue & Lonesome, and their 60th …
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It’s been 13 years since Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera topped charts with “Moves Like Jagger,” and still nobody loves it more than Mick Jagger himself. On Wednesday, he posted an Instagram Reel of himself dancing to the song as played by a covers group in a bar with a …
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Ask Bill Wyman what people should expect fromThe Stones and Brian Jones,documentarian Nick Broomfield’s new film about the late, doomed founder of the band, and he’s pretty straightforward about it: “The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but!” That may be a slight exaggeration, but there’s no denying that the …
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Mick Jagger joined Jimmy Fallon for a skit on The Tonight Show in which he confirmed that he did, in fact, once get some satisfaction. In the clip, Jagger and Fallon get locked in a walk-in freezer and begin to spill their deepest secrets thinking they are trapped there forever …
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If you thought last week’s Season 49 premiere of Saturday Night Live was star-studded, featuring host Pete Davidson, musical performer Ice Spice, and cameos by the ubiquitous A-list couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, well, the sketch-comedy show’s second episode would not be outdone. Following a cold open with a …
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