In the ever-evolving youth-culture carnival that was MTV in the late Eighties and Nineties, MTV News anchor Kurt Loder was the one constant, as well as the network’s only indicator that being a grown-up might actually be cool. With MTV News officially ending its 36-year run last week, Loder —also …
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Minnesota lawmakers voted Thursday to rename State Highway 5 — which accommodates Little Red Corvettes along a seven-mile stretch past Paisley Park, the home studio the late artist Prince built — the “Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway.” The signs, of course, would be purple. Fifty of the state’s senators voted …
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Prince‘s private estate Paisley Park will crack open his vault of unreleased music during the location’s annual event, Celebration. Scheduled for June 9 through 11, the gathering at the late musician’s famous recording studio, museum, and concert venue in Chanhassen, Minnesota will host an exclusive presentation of the music he …
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Thanks to contractual obligations, burnout, bandwagon-jumping, over-ambition, or all of the above, it can be surprisingly easy for some of the most talented artists ever to release truly dire work. In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we dive into the first half of Andy Greene’s recent “50 …
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Lil Yachty‘s ambitious new album, Let’s Start Here, is an out-of-nowhere dive into psychedelic rock from an artist who formerly described his genre of choice as “bubblegum trap.” Say what you will about the project — critical reaction has ranged from marveling at his boldly realized transformation to umbrage over …
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Looks like a “Purple Rain” flavor of Bang Energy Drink just isn’t in the cards. A panel of judges in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled in favor of Prince’s estate last week, preventing Bang’s 2020 attempt to trademark the phrase for a line of energy drinks and dietary …
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The six-year battle over Prince’s estate has finally ended following the approval of an agreement between parties over the late singer’s $156 million estate. Comerica Bank & Trust — the estate’s administrator — and the IRS revealed the valuation at a hearing in Jan. 2022, a figure that encompasses both …
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When consideringRolling Stone’slist of the 200 Greatest Dance Songs All Time, one name kept popping up while examining decade-after-decade of hits: producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers. The Chic leader says he owes his entire dance-music career to three songs. One night in the mid Seventies, he went to a club …
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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. Just in time for what would have been Prince‘s 64th birthday, access to the late singer’s former Turks and Caicos beach house is being made available to the …
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Looking back on his years with everyone from the Replacements to Guns N’ Roses, Tommy Stinson admits he’s played some “strange places.” But a 2010 show with GN’R — a private gig in Moscow for a Russian energy company — still leaps out. “I can’t even believe we did it,” …
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