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Zendaya made a surprise return to the stage Saturday as the Euphoria star joined Labrinth’s Coachella set to sing “I’m Tired” and “All for Us,” marking her first live performance in over seven years. “I cannot express my gratitude enough for this magical night,” Zendaya wrote in an Instagram story …

When Leland set out to write the music for “WigLoose,” the drag queen musical version of Footloose featured in Season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, he never imagined its storyline about a city trying to ban drag would actually reflect real life. During last week’s finale, as anti-drag legislation continues …

Rolling Stone‘s interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few …

Dead and Company announced that founding Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann will not accompany them when they embark on what’s been declared their final tour. “Every day, things change. After many long discussions and some good old-fashioned soul searching, we are letting you know that our brother Bill Kreutzmann will …

Coachella’s second weekend has been chock full of surprise guest appearances, and Wet Leg’s Friday set was no exception as the Isle of White duo got a boisterous, surprise assist from Dave Grohl. The band was performing “Ur Mum” — during Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers’ live performances, the song …

Frank Ocean‘s Coachella performance last Sunday (April 16) was so bizarre, beginning with the fact that much of it took place backstage, that some critics assumed it had to be a deliberate, brilliant deconstruction of expectations for festival headliners. Or something. Then Ocean himself said it “wasn’t what I intended …

Lizzo said she was told to cancel her shows in Tennessee in light of the state’s anti-drag law, which bans “adult cabaret entertainment” in public spaces and where it might be seen by minors. Instead, she decided to invite drag performers, including RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni, to perform with her …

Frank Ocean’s polarizing Coachella set and subsequent cancellation just days before the festival’s second weekend have garnered a flurry of negative reactions from festival attendees and fans. With still little known about what transpired, several sources involved with the performance now tell Rolling Stone that aside from Ocean’s ankle injury …

Bad Bunny was his own opening act — in a way — before his Friday night headlining gig at Coachella as the singer made a surprise appearance during Gorillaz’ set to perform their collaboration “Tormenta” together for the first time. Damon Albarn and Gorillaz — who for the past two …

Florence and the Machine has shared a new song, “Mermaids,” which is part of the “universe” of the group’s recent LP Dance Fever. The track, produced by Dave Bayley, is a darkly layered pop tune that sees Florence Welch singing about the grey English weather, Britney Spears and “cheerful oblivion.” …