When Marianne Faithfull first saw David Lynch’s TV series, Twin Peaks, its music struck her at once. “It was just outstanding and so good and exactly the sort of music I wanted to do,” she tells Rolling Stone by phone from her London home. “I was so pleased. I thought, …
Read More »How Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well' Film Channeled Her 'Girlhood Calcifying Into This Bruised Adulthood'
As Swifties already knew: Taylor Swift dived into her deep, personal heartbreak on “All Too Well,” making the Red song an all-time favorite. The pop star recently sat down with director Martin McDonagh for Variety to discuss directing her All Too Well: The Short Film. “Emotionally, I was going through …
Read More »Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford Battling Prostate Cancer: 'I've Never Felt Pain Like That'
Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford had his prostate removed after being diagnosed with cancer prior to the band’s big reunion tour earlier this year. Commerford revealed his health battle in a new interview with Spin, saying he underwent surgery two months before the Rage tour began. “[M]y doctors …
Read More »DaBaby Hit With Copyright Lawsuit Over 'Rockstar'
DaBaby is being sued by a Florida producer who claims the rapper used his musical composition “Selena” to create his megahit “Rockstar.” In the complaint obtained by Rolling Stone, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Friday, Craig Mims, who performs as JuJu …
Read More »Joshua Bassett Announces 2023 'Complicated' Tour
Joshua Bassett won’t have to keep his sad songs in a hotel room anymore. On Monday, the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star announced a long-awaited tour that will begin next March. In an Instagram post announcing the news, Bassett simply wrote, “AHH !!!!!” Bassett will commence his …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter Teases 'New Songs' as She Announces 2023 Tour
Sabrina Carpenter is just circling back, following up, and checking in! On Monday, the singer surprised fans by announcing a second North American leg to her successful Emails I Can’t Send tour. “i said i was done but i was just confused,” Carpenter wrote on Instagram, quoting a lyric in …
Read More »Taylor Swift Finally Shakes Off 'Shake It Off' Infringement Suit
Taylor Swift and the two songwriters who accused her of copyright infringement on “Shake It Off” have agreed to dismiss the lawsuit a month before it was set to head to trial. The decision was announced in court filings Monday, Dec. 12, with all parties involved asking the judge for …
Read More »Caroline Polachek Welcomes Fans to Her Island in New Video and 2023 Tour
Caroline Polachek will hit the road as soon as she drops her new album. On Monday, the pop star announced that she’s set to travel the country to promote her upcoming album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You in the new year, as she released the video for “Welcome …
Read More »Angelo Badalamenti, 'Twin Peaks' Composer Who Helped Popularize Dream Pop, Dead at 85
Angelo Badalamenti, the Grammy-winning composer whose synthy soundtracks for Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet ushered dream pop into the mainstream, has died. Rolling Stoneconfirmed the composer’s death with his manager, Kraft-Engel Management. He was 85. “Angelo Badalamenti was a composer, loving husband, father, and grandfather,” his family tells Rolling Stone …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion to Face Tory Lanez in Shooting Trial Today: 'I Want Him to Go to Jail'
Opening statements in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case will finally begin today, well over two years after Tory Lanez allegedly shot the rapper in her feet. It’s an incident that’s loomed large over Megan’s meteoric rise, and one that left both physical and emotional scars, as she told Rolling …
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