If you didn’t parade around your room in 1999 wearing blue eyeshadow while blasting “… Baby One More Time” on your stereo, you missed out. It was a golden age for girl groups and boy bands, a time when pop stars flourished and tabloids knew no bounds. The Internet was …
Read More »'RS Interview: Special Edition' With Jimmy Buffett
“I came to Key West [Florida] with a little bit of luggage and a lot of songs,” says Jimmy Buffett, who talks about his entire career, including its earliest days, in a wide-ranging conversation with senior writer Brian Hiatt on the latest episode of the Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition …
Read More »Ellie Goulding Announces Double-Sided Album 'Brightest Blue'
Ellie Goulding revealed on Wednesday that she will be releasing her fourth album, Brightest Blue, on July 17th via Interscope Records. The 18-track LP will have two sides, “Brightest Blue” and “EG.0,” and feature collaborations with serpentwithfeet, blackbear, Lauv, Diplo, Swae Lee and Juice WRLD. “[The album’s first half] reflects …
Read More »RS Charts: Future Takes Number One With 'High Off Life'
Future‘s High Off Life waltzed to Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The 21 songs on High Off Life amassed 155 million streams, led by the long-running hit “Life Is Good,” a collaboration with Drake. Future’s release also sold 26,000 copies — thanks to more …
Read More »Nashville's Ryman Auditorium Is Ready to Reopen, But When Remains Unclear
This is the 13th installment of Rolling Stone’sMusic in Crisisseries, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with thecoronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Nashville will enter Phase 2 of its COVID-19 reopening plan, allowing live music to resume in bars in a very limited capacity — …
Read More »Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande Team for Rejuvenating New Song 'Rain on Me'
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have teamed up for an uplifting song that looks at the bright side of things for their new collaboration “Rain On Me.” The single will appear on Lady Gaga’s Chromatica, which arrives on May 29th via Interscope. On the new track the pair take turns …
Read More »Queen Livestreams 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert to Raise Money for COVID-19 Relief
Queen is making the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness available on the band’s YouTube page this Friday, May 15th, to raise money for the World Health Organization and its COVID-19 relief efforts. The concert streams live at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT and will be available to …
Read More »Run the Jewels Share Release Date, Tracklist for New Album
Run the Jewels will release their long-awaited new album, Run the Jewels 4, June 5th. The 11-track record is available to preorder and will feature previously released songs “Yankee and the Brave (Ep. 4)” and “Ooh La La,” the latter of which features Greg Nice and DJ Premier. Other guests …
Read More »David Bowie's 'Earthling'-Era Live Shows Coming to Streaming
A trio of Nineties-era David Bowie live releases is set to roll out on streaming in the coming weeks, with LiveandWell.com set to drop May 15.Friday, Parlophone Records dropped a live recording of 1997’s “Little Wonder” (off of Earthling) from Radio City Music Hall in New York, October 15, 1997. …
Read More »Debbie Harry, Alice Cooper Appear in Suzi Quatro Documentary
Debbie Harry, Alice Cooper and more appear in the trailer for Suzi Q, a new film about pioneering female rock star Suzi Quatro, out this summer. Directed by Liam Firmager, the documentary chronicles Quatro’s career, from her beginnings in Detroit to her breakthrough in 1973. “She was the first, and …
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