It has taken close to half a year since the release of Pink Friday 2, but Nicki Minaj and Drake have finally performed their collaboration on the album “Needle” together. The Canadian rapper surprised Minaj’s fans on Tuesday by striding out to deliver his lines about driving around in his …
Read More »Duane Eddy, King of the Twangy Guitar, Dead at 86
Duane Eddy, one of rock’s first guitar heroes and an idol of George Harrison, Jeff Beck, John Fogerty, Dan Auerbach, and many other guitar-slingers who followed, died Sunday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He was 86. A source close to the family confirmed Eddy’s death to Rolling Stone. Released …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Redeemed Herself in Lyric Face-Off With Anne Hathaway — But Forgot Her Own Song
Kelly Clarkson gifted pop music with one of its all-time most memorable choruses when she released “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” in 2011. But after more than a decade of singing the song at presumably every concert she’s performed since, it all becomes a blur to her. During a recent …
Read More »Joni Mitchell Revisits Her Move From the 'Hit Department' to the 'Art Department' on Late Seventies Box Set
Following Joni Mitchell‘s return to Spotify, the singer-songwriter will release The Asylum Albums (1976-1980), out June 21 via Rhino. The box set contains a remastering of Mitchell’s albums from the late Seventies: 1976’s Hejira(1976),1977’s Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, 1979’s Mingus, and the 1980 live album Shadows and Light. You won’t …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Brings in the Ultimate Age of the Hater on Drake Diss Track 'Euphoria'
Good morning, haters — or, really, good morning to everyone who isn’t Drake. Kendrick Lamar called an impromptu emergency meeting of the anti-Drake club on Tuesday when he dropped “Euphoria,” his six-minute-long, highly-anticipated response to weeks of antagonization from the Canadian rapper. Last week, Drake released “Taylor Made Freestyle,” his …
Read More »Siouxsie Sioux's First Song in Nine Years Is a New Cover of 'The Passenger' With Iggy Pop — for an Ice Cream Ad
Enigmatic goth icon Siouxsie Sioux has released her first new recording in nearly a decade — a new cover of Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger,” recorded as a duet with Iggy, for an ice cream commercial. Siouxsie is of course plenty familiar with “The Passenger,” covering the song in 1987 with …
Read More »Missy Elliott Joins Pharrell and Michel Gondry's Coming-of-Age Musical
Missy Elliot has joined the cast of Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry’s upcoming film project, Variety reports. The rapper is an apt addition to the project, which has been described as a coming-of-age musical set during the summer of 1977 in Virginia Beach in a neighborhood like the one where …
Read More »Kesha and Adam Lambert Headline Free WeHo Pride Concert at Outloud Fest
Outloud Music Festival just got a bit bigger. Kesha and Adam Lambert will headline West Hollywood Pride’s free Friday night event on May 31, joining a star-studded list of performers including Kylie Minogue and Janelle Monáe. Friday night will also include appearances from RuPaul’s Drag Race alums, including Monét x …
Read More »Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer Have Scrapped Their Sisters Comedy
Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer have scrapped a long-in-the-works but never fully realized project in which they were set to play sisters. Schumer broke the news in a new interview with Variety, saying, “I don’t think it will ever happen. It was just like, life kept going. My family was …
Read More »Slipknot Announce Here Comes the Pain Summer Tour
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Slipknot unveiled on Tuesday that they are heading on tour this summer for their Here Comes the Pain Tour to mark the 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut …
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