When Zakk Wylde came up with the idea for Zakk Sabbath — the Ozzy Osbourne guitarist and Black Label Society frontman’s all–Black Sabbath tribute group — he had a master plan. “If any of the guys in Black Sabbath get a gambling problem and go broke, then this band could …
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It’s been virtually impossible to avoid David Foster for close to five decades. No matter the era, he’s been part of your pop life. Grew up in the Seventies? You probably remember his first hit, “Wildflower,” when he was in Canadian pop-R&B band Skylark; the Tubes’ “She’s a Beauty,” which …
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Google has unveiled a new logo illustration (“Google Doodle”) for Marsha P. Johnson, the pioneering LGBTQ rights activist and self-identified drag queen who was a pivotal figure in the original Gay Liberation Front and the Stonewall Riots. Born on August 24th, 1945, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Johnson moved to New …
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Sacha Baron Cohen pranked a far-right rally Saturday in Olympia, Washington, with the actor — pretending to be a bluegrass artist — leading the crowd in a singalong to a tune with racist lyrics. Social media accounts first revealed, and Variety later confirmed, that Baron Cohen was behind the hijinks …
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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. Putting together a home theater system requires a few components: a TV or projector, stereo receiver, and a pair of speakers. There are two main types of home …
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The Prince estate has announced a massive, vault-raiding reissue for 1987’s Sign O’ the Times, featuring more than 45 unreleased studio recordings. The Super Deluxe Edition reissue — available either as a stacked eight-CD or 13-LP set on September 25th — boasts the remastered LP alongside three discs of unreleased …
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The Psychedelic Furs dropped a haunting new track “Come All Ye Faithful,” the latest single from their upcoming LP Made of Rain, out July 31st via Cooking Vinyl. Accompanied by a video that features the song’s lyrics and the Made of Rain vinyl over a purple hue, Richard Butler sings …
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Our elections have been melting down. Disastrous, spectacular collapses have become commonplace in this unimaginable year already filled with a pandemic, record unemployment, and civil unrest. While the failures are complex and manifold, many have been predictable and similar from state to state. The patterns are clear. There are not …
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John Oliver examined the conditions that have allowed COVID-19 to ravage prisons and jails across the United States — and called for a wave of inmate releases to prevent swaths of unnecessary deaths — on Last Week Tonight Sunday. Prisons and jails have been hotbeds for the virus for months, …
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One muggy, Friday afternoon in May, a trio of luxury yachts could be seen off the coast of Miami’s Normandy Isles, blasting Latin trap for dozens of passengers. Trailed by a few more revelers on jet skis, and an incoming Miami P.D. boat soon to pull them over, each yacht …
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