One of the most feverishly anticipated reunion concerts in rock history kicked off Friday evening at Principality Stadium, in Cardiff, Wales, when Oasis took the stage and began their first show in 16 years by breaking out 1995’s “Hello.” They then ripped into “Acquiesce” and “Morning Glory.” The set then …
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This Fourth of July, musician Ben Folds has released a brand-new album recorded live at the sold-out Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The show took place before Trump seized the Center and Folds resigned from his leadership position there in …
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Lana Del Rey invited Addison Rae to the stage during her U.K. and Ireland stadium touron Thursday. The pair sang Rae’s nostalgic “Diet Pepsi,” herfirst official release last year on Columbia Records. The duo also sang “57.5,” the Spotify-featuring and unreleased songDel Rey debuted at Stagecoach in April. Rae is …
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Brent Faiyaz is back with two singles named for two very different, very famous fictional characters, but the singer tells Rolling Stone an important throughline connects them. “Everything I’m creating right now is about showing [a] range of concepts, principles, emotions, and experiences,” he said via email. “Innocence versus Indecency. …
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After 29 months, six distinct legs, and 130 concerts across practically every corner of Europe and North America, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band finally wrapped up their world tour Thursday evening at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, Italy. The setlist was largely standard for this final leg of …
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Four people have been pronounced dead following a drive-by shooting at Artis Restaurant and Lounge in Chicago, where the rapper Mello Buckzz was hosting an album release event. Fourteen others were transported to local hospitals with varying injuries. Authorities have not yet taken any suspects into custody after an unknown …
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We’re three years away from Sam Mendes‘ Beatles movie project, a massive undertaking in which he’ll direct four different films from each of the Fab Four’s perspective. As expected, it doesn’t come easy: Ringo Starr recently revealed he gave extensive notes to the director on his script, where he’s portrayed …
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The pseudonymous Andrew Frelon, who spoke to Rolling Stone on Wednesday as a spokesperson for the viral AI band The Velvet Sundown, and runs a Twitter account that purports to represent the band, was running an elaborate hoax aimed at the media, he now says in a Medium post. The …
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Flavor Flav has penned an op-ed urging lawmakers topass a total ban on firearms: “No civilian needs to possess semi-automatic weapons.” On the heels of Public Enemy’s latest single “March Madness” — “a powerful rebuke against crooked politicians and the ongoing crisis of gun violence,” the group said in a …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage When a jury of eight men and four women cleared Sean Combs of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges on Wednesday – the most severe charges leveled against him by federal prosecutors – reaction was decidedly mixed. Combs’ supporters cheered the news …
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