Avril Lavigne may not have been part of the line-up for this year’s When We Were Young Festival, but the pop-punk princess made a surprise on-stage appearance during All Time Low‘s set, to the delight of fans. While the crowd initially thought they were being played a recording of Lavigne’s …
Read More »Meet Usted Señalemelo, the Band Reigniting Argentine Rock Around the World
Even though Usted Señalemelo have been breaking through in a big way over the past few years, the trio from Argentina started out small — with a bunch of 12-year-old kids fiddling around in a studio, to be exact. Band members Juan Saieg, Lucca Beguerie Petrich, and Gabriel Orozco met …
Read More »Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Surprise Snoop Dogg With Birthday Serenade
Saturday night was already going pretty well for fans of Snoop Dogg and Step Brothers stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. The rap legend joined the two actors on stage at the Best Night of Your Life 2 benefit show, to perform “Boats ‘N Hoes,” the song originally sung …
Read More »Busta Rhymes Taps Pharrell, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz to Co-Produce Upcoming Album
Busta Rhymes is bringing together the producer Mount Olympus for his upcoming LP. On Monday, Busta announced that Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, and Pharrell Williams will be joining him to produce his upcoming LP, Blockbusta, which drops on Nov. 24. “I’m so grateful that you chose me to be a part …
Read More »Green Day Premieres New Song 'Look Ma, No Brains' During When We Were Young Headlining Set
Green Day raised half the bands on the lineup for the Las Vegas music festival When We Were Young. During their second headlining performance at the weekend event, the band took the opportunity to show them all once again how it’s done as they tapped into their well of angst …
Read More »Natalia Lafourcade, Tainy Win Big at Inaugural Rolling Stone En Español Awards
The first-ever Rolling Stone En Español Awards took place on Oct. 26, culminating into a jam-packed nights of performances and trophies with some of the biggest artists in the Latin industry. The event, which streamed on TNT and HBO Max in Latin America, included major moments onstage, including Ivy Queen …
Read More »Robert Plant Squashes His 16-Year Beef With 'Stairway to Heaven'
Robert Plant briefly put aside his differences with one of his greatest adversaries — “Stairway to Heaven” — and performed the Led Zeppelin opus for the first time in 16 years at a benefit concert organized by Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor. The last time Plant played “Stairway to Heaven” on …
Read More »Blink-182 Can't Stop Touring: Band Details Summer 2024 Shows
Blink-182 will keep the big reunion party going into next year, announcing another massive North American tour for summer 2024. The run will kick off June 20 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, with dates scheduled through Aug. 15 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Blink-182 will primarily play …
Read More »Pink Suffered a Near-Fatal Drug Overdose at 16, Then Signed a Record Deal Weeks Later
It has been nearly 28 years since Pink suffered a near-fatal drug overdose at 16 and more than a decade since she last spoke in detail about the pivotal moment. During a recent appearance on 60 Minutes, the singer and songwriter reflected on the November 1995 incident, which occurred a …
Read More »Breaking Through Rock Journalism's Boys' Club
PLEASE ALLOW THIS ASIAN AMERICAN music writer to articulate this at the level it deserves: Egregious racism and misogyny have a long history in rock & roll — from those on the industry side who have appropriated Black artists’ work to those at the top of the publications who dictated …
Read More »