Christine and the Queens appeared on The Late Show to perform their recent song “To Be Honest.” The musician emerged onstage in a pair of angel wings, which they shed mid-track to give an impassioned, dynamic dance performance. “To Be Honest” comes off Christine and the Queens’ forthcoming LP, Paranoïa, …
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On May 13, 1975, Ray Benson, leader of the Western-swing heroes Asleep at the Wheel, was readying his band to make their stage debut at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas, when he received the news that Bob Wills, the “King of Western Swing,” had died that morning in nearby …
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, Madonna was due to perform one of the final shows on her Drowned World Tour at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. By noon, the show had been rescheduled and the world had changed irrevocably. After completing the tour, she wasted little time …
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Last month, Blink-182 postponed their Latin American tour dates due to an injury drummer Travis Barker suffered on his ring finger. He smashed the finger during rehearsal, leading to emergency surgery and a later-than-expected launch of the band’s first tour with singer and guitarist Tom DeLonge since 2014. Barker offered …
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Swifties still waiting for an official statement directly from Taylor Swift confirming her split from actor Joe Alwyn would be best directed to read the room. Resuming the Eras tour in Tampa, Florida, with her first concert back since the news broke over Easter weekend, Swift caught up with the …
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Max and Iggor Cavalera, who cofounded the Brazilian metal crew Sepultura but have since left the band, have re-recorded Sepultura’s death-metal–influenced first releases, Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions. The brothers, who have previously recorded as Cavalera Conspiracy, are dubbing their new project simply “Cavalera” and have stylized their name to …
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Reba McEntire will return to The Voice next week, serving as this season’s “Mega Mentor” as the artists and teams prepare for the knockout rounds, which begin Monday, April 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. A new Reba-centric teaser, shared exclusively with Rolling Stone, offers a preview of the …
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Neil Young always knew Tonight’s the Night was intense. “If you’re gonna put a record on at 11:00 in the morning, don’t put on Tonight’s the Night,” he warned Cameron Crowe in 1975. “Put on the Doobie Brothers.” Young’s point was evident without even hearing the music. Just look at …
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Last week, Netflix premiered the first six episodes of La Firma, the highly anticipated series in which the biggest names in urbano — and the major executives behind them — search for the next Latin superstar. Twelve hopeful artists from across Latin America and the U.S. have to impress a …
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Smashing Pumpkins‘ new “Empires” video essentially serves as a teaser for their upcoming The World Is a Vampire tour. In his finest Nosferatu attire, Billy Corgan bleats about the beginnings and ends of empires while playing an elastic heavy-metal guitar riff onstage. “You know that zero is one more than …
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