Long before BTS and One Direction, one of the biggest pop bands in the world was a 7-piece group from the UK whose sole purpose was to get the party started. S Club 7 formed in 1998 and went on to achieve huge success, in part due to a hit …
Read More »Kelela's Long-Awaited Return Is So Vulnerable It Scared Her
Language can be intuitive, starting somewhere in your gut before transfiguring into speech. Effective communication, however, is more complex. Feelings sometimes encompass more than words can offer, making for crossed wires and missed connections. Kelela Mizanekristos, the R&B visionary who performs under the name Kelela, is aware of her gifts …
Read More »Aaron Rodgers Is Floating Conspiracy Theories About the U.S. Downing UFOs
Aaron Rodgers, quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, is no stranger to right-wing talking points. He’s a proud anti-vaxxer and has railed against the “woke mob” coming to “cancel” him, all while insisting he’s not a conspiracy theorist — only a “free thinker.” Rodgers has apparently been thinking freely about …
Read More »Gunman Found Dead; 3 Killed, 5 Wounded in Michigan State Campus Shooting
At least three people were shot dead, and five were critically injured in an on-campus shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing on Monday night, campus police confirmed. The suspect in the shooting has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said in a news conference early Tuesday morning. …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce Summer Stadium Tour
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are five shows into their 2023 world tour, and they’ve just rolled out dates for a series of late summer stadium …
Read More »Netflix's 'My Dad the Bounty Hunter' Is an Afrofuturist Marvel
From Beyoncé’s Black Is King and the Hulu adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Kindred to the Black Panther films, Black science fiction — what scholars have coined Black Speculative Thought or Afrofuturism — has seen a steady rise over the past few decades. The latest entry, Netflix’s new animated series My …
Read More »Ron DeSantis Wants You to Know Trump Isn't the Only One With an Execution Fetish
The 2024 Republican primary for president is going to brutal. The current frontrunner, Donald Trump, has a penchant for executing people and, as Rolling Stone reported on Tuesday, is pushing to bring back firing squads and publicly broadcast executions. The only candidate who currently seems to have a reasonable chance …
Read More »Dianne Feinstein, Congress' Oldest Member, Won't Seek Reelection
Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old Democratic senator from California who has been mulling whether to run for another term in 2024, announced on Tuesday that she will, in fact, not be doing that. “I am announcing today I will not run for reelection in 2024 but intend to accomplish as much …
Read More »Rihanna's DGAF Energy Was Off the Charts at Her Super Bowl Halftime Show
No costume changes. No guests joining her onstage. No curveball surprises in her set list. Not even Tom Holland showing up for “Umbrella.” Nothing except Rihanna being a boss and a half on her flying stage, reigning supreme at her Super Bowl halftime show and crushing every possible prediction about …
Read More »Neil Young, Stephen Stills to Headline 'Light Up the Blues' Autism Fundraiser at the Greek Theatre
Neil Young has not stepped foot on a concert stage since September 2019, but that will change on April 22 when he headlines the Light Up the Blues charity show, which benefits Autism Speaks, at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles alongside Stephen Stills, Willie Nelson, Joe Walsh, Sharon Van …
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