The almost decade-long legal battle between Kesha and Dr. Luke ended Thursday after both parties said they reached a “resolution.” But why did they settle, and why now? Rolling Stone spoke to two legal experts who offered their thoughts on what this agreement means for both parties. In her statement, …
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Seven people were hospitalized and up to 90 injured when “golf ball sized hail” rained down on Red Rocks Amphitheater Thursday night prior to Louis Tomlinson’s concert at the scenic Morrison, Colorado venue. Tomlinson’s concert was ultimately canceled due to freak hail storm, which forced concertgoers to seek cover at …
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R ENEÉ RAPP HASN’T BEEN sleeping well. The past six months have been a bit of a sleep-deprived haze for the singer and actress, full of weird or straight-up horrific dreams. Most of the time, she’s being booed off a stage. Once, she dreamed about murdering a person she had …
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Over 100 artists including Rage Against the Machine co-founders Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha, along with Boots Riley and Speedy Ortiz, have announced that they are boycotting any concert venue that uses facial recognition technology, citing concerns that the tech infringes on privacy and increases discrimination. The boycott, …
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Paul Simon has sold a share in his royalties to BMG, the company announced on Thursday, marking yet another notable deal in the music acquisition space. Simon sold a “substantial stake” in his rights to the royalty income from Simon and Garfunkel’s recordings, along with a type of public performance …
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The 46th Kennedy Honors will celebrate an immensely varied and talented crew of artists. Among them are comedian/actor Billy Crystal, rapper/actor Queen Latifah, Bee Gees’ leader Barry Gibb, soprano Renée Fleming and singer Dionne Warwick. With this honor, Crystal joins a small group of comedians who have been recognized with …
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Before funk queen Betty Davis died in 2022, she had begun working with reissue label Light in the Attic to see her music make its way into the 21st century. The label will rerelease four essential Davis albums on August 25th, in honor of the 50th anniversary of her self-titled …
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Demi Lovato stands on the frontlines in the battle for reproductive rights in the music video for the singer’s latest protest single “Swine.” To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, leaving millions with little to nothing left to shield and protect their bodily autonomy, …
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Willie Nelson will reinterpret some of his classic songs with a group of world-class pickers on his new album Bluegrass. The project, which marks the 90-year-old country legend’s 151st (or so) album release, arrives Sept. 15 and is introduced with a new rendition of “You Left Me a Long, Long …
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Galantis‘ Christian Karlsson didn’t know that the “different wiring” in his brain had a name growing up. It wasn’t until he was an adult that he was diagnosed with ADHD and he finally was able to bring “clarity to the chaos.” “My brain has the motor of a Ferrari and …
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