Lee Kerslake, the longtime drummer for the metal band Uriah Heep who also played on Ozzy Osbourne’s first two solo albums, died Saturday at the age of 73 following a long battle with prostate cancer. Kerslake’s former Uriah Heep bandmate Ken Hensley confirmed the drummer’s death in a statement (via …
Read More »Welcome to Grammy Season
Sign up to receive your free exclusive Grammy Preview magazine for next year The 63rd annual Grammy Awards, set to take place on January 31st, 2021, will be like no Grammys show ever before. For one thing, the red carpet, all-star performances, and celebrity-filled audience we’ve come to expect from …
Read More »Hear Prince's Unreleased 'I Need a Man' From 'Sign O' the Times' Reissue
Prince’s “I Need a Man,” which the late icon wrote and recorded for an unrealized Bonnie Raitt collaboration, has been released for the first time as part of the massive Sign O’ the Times reissue. Originally recorded by Prince’s pre-Vanity 6 offshoot the Hookers in August 1981, Prince revived the …
Read More »Bassist Guy Pratt on Touring With Pink Floyd and the Time He Nearly Joined the Smiths
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »The Best Headset Holders and Headphone Mounts for Your Desk
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If keeping your workspace relatively tidy is important to you and you need to find a place to stow your large headphones without taking up an absurd about …
Read More »'In My Room' With Black Pumas
Black Pumas perform a trio of songs from their self-titled debut on the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s In My Room series. Eric Burton and Adrian Quesada recorded their set in a room at the Hotel Saint Cecilia in their hometown of Austin, Texas, bringing just their guitars and a …
Read More »The No Lives Matter President
Oregon governor Kate Brown, until Friday, could not get President Donald Trump on the phone. She noted this the day before, when she also revealed her state has never seen this amount of uncontained wildfire. The skies have turned into a literal hellscape and more than one million acres have …
Read More »'The First Time' With Jason Scott Lee
Jason Scott Lee discusses his intense training regimen for Mulan, the lessons he learned from playing Bruce Lee and more in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The First Time. In the new live-action remake of Mulan, Lee plays the main villain, Bori Khan, and his training included a week …
Read More »Hear Tom Petty's Previously Unreleased 1994 Song 'Confusion Wheel'
Tom Petty‘s “Confusion Wheel” may have been written in 1994, but the late musician’s track resonates in our uncertain times with uncanny prescience. The track will appear on the Petty-named All the Rest, a collection of unreleased songs culled during the Wildflowers sessions housed in the Wildflowers & All the …
Read More »Watch Dan + Shay's Stunning Live 'I Should Probably Go to Bed'
Dan + Shay’s latest single “I Should Probably Go to Bed” is one of their most ornate yet — layers upon layers of dense Beach Boys-meet-ELO harmonies mix it up with big strings and hold their own against the powerful vocals of Shay Mooney. On Wednesday, the country duo released …
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