New Zealand jangle-pop band the Chills will release a new album of previously unreleased songs in February. The album,Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs,arrives following thedeath of frontmanMartin Phillipps. The singer-songwriter, who was battling liver disease, died in July at the age of61. Spring Board assembles 20 archival recordings, and …
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A rare, eight-page draft letter John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton in 1971, pitching him on a new musical project at one of the most tumultuous times in Clapton’s life, is headed to auction. This copy of the missive is dated Sept. 29, 1971 and it contains various deletions and …
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Steve Albini Way received its official designation during a ceremony featuring his widow Heather Whinna, Kim Deal, Electrical Audio staff, and others in Chicago on Monday. The public event drew a large crowd of fans and friends to the stretch of West Belmont Avenue that flanks Albini’s Electrical Audio studio …
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Marilyn Manson has dropped a lawsuit he filed against Evan Rachel Wood and abandoned a related appeal attempting to revive his previous defamation claim. The musician has agreed to pay nearly $327,000 in Wood’s attorneys’ fees, according to legal documents obtained by Rolling Stone. Wood’s attorneys Michael Kump, Shawn Holley, …
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Drake is doubling down in his ongoing legal war against his own label and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” filing a new legal action in Texas that alleges Universal Music Group knowingly allowed Lamar to call him a “certified pedophile” as it sought to “drive consumer hysteria and, of course, …
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Khalid is responding to allegations made by the ex who outed him. In a video shared to his social media pages Monday, the R&B singer said he was “hurt” by Hugo Almonte’s claims and slammed social media users who accused him of being “manipulative” after Almonte’s posts. “All of this …
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The woman who claimed Garth Brooks forcibly raped her in a Los Angeles hotel room in 2019 is slamming the country singer’s effort to get her sexual assault case dismissed in California. In new court filings obtained by Rolling Stone, the Jane Roe plaintiff is asking a federal judge to …
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Elton John‘s “severe” eye infection has caused him to lose sight in his right eye for four months. The singer-songwriter developed the infection over the summer while in the south of France. In September, John shared the news about the infection, and revealed it was impacting vision in one of …
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Pearl Jam wrapped up their 2024 world tour Saturday evening at ENGIE Stadium in Sydney, Australia. The 27-song set touched on all eras of their career, including six selections from their 1991 debutTenand four songs from the new LPDark Matter. They also covered the Who’s Baba O’Riley and Bruce Springsteen’s …
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After Kendrick Lamar commanded attention with the surprise release of his sixth album GNX on Nov. 22, revered rapper Nas posted the album cover on his Instagram with a loving note to Lamar. “Always inspired by my brother KL,” he wrote. “Keeping the essence of this shit alive and at …
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