How do we measure the impact of a musician in 2023? Streams can be bought. Awards can be finessed. Is it when demand for show tickets leads to a congressional hearing about Ticketmaster’s policies? Or when flight attendants shout out a fanbase making a pilgrimage to see a tour opener? …
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After a months-long tour that found him playing venues from Brooklyn to Boston with Vandoliers, slaying crowds aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise, and returning to the Grand Ole Opry stage, Joshua Ray Walker made his CBS Saturday Morning debut this weekend. The Dallas, Texas, songwriter delivered three songs off his …
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Whether or not Robert Smith intended it, the Cure’s ticketing on-sale this week became a worthy case study for anyone to learn about all the efforts, and the complications, that come with making the ticketing marketplace a more equitable experience for fans. Readying its first U.S. tour in seven years, …
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And then it was Friday. The arrival of the weekend coincided with St. Patrick’s Day to bring a huge influx of revelers to downtown Austin last night, as it does most years, leaving long lines of curious folks dressed in green queuing outside previously under-the-radar venues. There was still tons …
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The slogan “Keep Austin Weird” doesn’t make much sense. It implies that weirdness requires effort and upkeep, like laundry or a monthly bill. But on the fourth and final night of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music Showcase, the weird, awesome stuff was there in abundance. The mood at ACL Live …
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Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins, singer and original member of Parliament–Funkadelic and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, has died at the age of 81. P-Funk mastermind George Clinton announced Haskins’ death Saturday on social media. No cause of death was provided. “We are saddened to announce the passing of …
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When global audiences think about the most exciting acts from South Korea, their minds likely go first to blockbuster pop phenomenons like BTS and Blackpink. But there’s a thriving underground scene taking shape in Seoul, too, led by groups like Balming Tiger — a multimember, wildly eclectic-sounding collective that made …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Matchbox Twenty has debuted the first track off Where the Light Goes, out May 26 via Atlantic Records. The upbeat, optimistic song “Wild Dogs (Running In A Slow …
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Lady Gaga arrived at the 2023 Academy Awards in a silhouetted black Versace gown, but when she took the stage later in the night to perform her Best Original Song-nominated record “Hold My Hand,” she had swapped the dress for jeans and a t-shirt, with her makeup being wiped away, …
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Bailey Zimmerman was busy with a union job and tricking out pickup trucks in his spare time just three years ago. In less than one pandemic, the Louisville, Illinois, native is well on his way to becoming the biggest new country artist this side of Morgan Wallen, thanks to a …
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