If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Anthony Kiedis is sitting on top of a camper in Napa Valley. It’s a sunny afternoon in May at the annual BottleRock Music Festival and fans down below …
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There was an odd symmetry to the near-simultaneous deaths of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson at age 82 last week. “Both of them poets of summer,” Rob Sheffield says in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. “Both chroniclers of the American dream in California. Both from pretty much …
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Josh Klinghoffer, the former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist who recently toured with Pearl Jam, accepted a no-jail plea deal today to resolve allegations he failed to yield while driving and accidentally struck and killed a pedestrian last year. The musician appeared in a courtroom in Alhambra, California, and pleaded …
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A couple of decades ago, Nick Cave offered his opinion of the state of music at the time in an interview, taking unexpected aim at another band. “I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always ‘The Red Hot Chili Peppers.’” The …
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Shortly after Nirvana’s surprise reunion at FireAid, the Red Hot Chili Peppers came together for the first time since the 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony. They opened up with “Dani California,” and then launched into “Californication” and “Black Summer” before wrapping up with a singalong rendition of “Under The Bridge.” “Love …
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Nearly 30 of the biggest stars of the past half-century came together on Jan. 30 to deliver a five-and-a-half-hour love letter to Los Angeles, offering the city a much-needed musical catharsis following this month’s devastating, destructive wildfires. The FireAid show was a huge undertaking: With so many artists eager to …
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Taylor Swift will take the stage at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday. The singer is set to present during the awards ceremony, as announced by the Recording Academy last night. Other confirmed presenters include Cardi B, Gloria Estefan, Olivia Rodrigo, Queen Latifah, SZA, Victoria Monét, Will Smith, and the …
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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. Table of Contents How to Watch FireAid Benefit Concert Online What Time Is the FireAid Benefit Concert Livestream? Who’s Performing at FireAid? How to Donate to FireAid How …
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A California judge has sided with former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer and struck down major portions of a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Klinghoffer was on his cell phone “mere seconds before” he piloted his GMC Yukon into a crosswalk and fatally struck a man last March. …
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Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Olympics correspondent Snoop Dogg — all Los Angeles-based artists — will perform at the 2024 Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony Sunday night as part of the “handover celebration” looking ahead to the LA28 games. H.E.R. was also deliver the National Anthem live from Paris …
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