Roger Taylor‘s original plans for 2020 called for him to spend the evening of June 29th drumming with Queen and Adam Lambert at the 15,000-seat Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany, as part of their ongoing Rhapsody world tour. Instead, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he spent that night watching the Netflix …
Read More »Ben Folds, Stuck in Australia, Is Writing a New Album During Quarantine
Ben Folds has been living in Sydney, Australia, since the COVID-19 pandemic started sweeping the globe entonths back. And he’s probably going to be there for a while; the number of U.S. cases has ratcheted up recently in states that attempted to reopen prematurely. Folds isn’t despairing, though — at …
Read More »'Hamilton' Review: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Live and in Your Living Room
No, it’s not really a “movie” in the sense of an all-out, bells-and-whistles Hollywood extravaganza. The Hamilton that debuts on Disney+ starting July 3rd is a live-performance film of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s ground-breaking, history-making Broadway musical that told the story of Alexander Hamilton (“the ten-dollar Founding Father”) in an electrifying, hip-hop …
Read More »'RS Interview: Special Edition' With Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr‘s 80th birthday is coming up on July 7th, and we’re celebrating with an in-depth conversation on the latest episode of the Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition video series.“Man, I’m only 24 in here,” Starr says, pointing to his head. “And I’m still doing what I love to do. …
Read More »RS Charts: DaBaby's 'Rockstar' Repeats at Number One, Beyoncé Debuts
DaBaby‘s “Rockstar,” a sinewy collaboration with Roddy Ricch, spent another week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The single earned more than 26 million streams, allowing it to repeat at Number One without breaking a sweat. The contest for the runner-up spot was far more …
Read More »Why the Fireworks Conspiracy Theories Are So Damn Believable
Just past midnight on Tuesday, June 23rd, a man stepped outside his apartment building in the Grand Concourse neighborhood of the Bronx to retrieve the wallet he’d left in his car when he saw what he believes was a police officer in street clothes handing out fireworks to teens. The …
Read More »BTS' Most Beloved Songs Come to Life in New Illustrated Book Series
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The guys in BTS are giving their fans a new way to experience their songs, with the release of a new book project entitled GRAPHIC LYRICS. As the …
Read More »Eric Church Demands Substance in Furious 'Stick That in Your Country Song'
Eric Church makes a case for more serious material in country songwriting with the furious new single “Stick That in Your Country Song.” Opening with an ominous acoustic guitar riff, Church outlines social issues plaguing people in cities like Detroit and Baltimore, along with veterans returning from combat and underpaid …
Read More »Music Industry Supports Justice in Policing Act in Open Letter
Members of the music and entertainment industries have released an open letter to Congress calling for major police reforms and voicing support for the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 in the House of Representatives. The letter’s signees include more than 450 artists and actors — including high-profile names such …
Read More »Joel Schumacher, Director of 'Batman & Robin,' 'St. Elmo's Fire,' Dead at 80
Joel Schumacher, the director, screenwriter and costume designer with a wide-ranging filmography that includes St. Elmo’s Fire, The Lost Boys, several John Grisham movies and two Nineties Batman films, died Monday after a year-long battle with cancer, Variety reports. He was 80. Schumacher’s publicist confirmed the filmmaker’s death, though did …
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