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 »Gunna Drips By With a Little Help From His Friends on 'Wunna'
Is Gunna a rapper or an Avenger? On Spotify’s amazing poster promoting his new album Wunna, a computerized Gunna stands in reverse-V formation with his musical godfather Young Thug and the album’s principal producers: Wheezy, Turbo, Taurus, and Aviator Keyz. They all wear matching iridescent black vinyl bodysuits. A burning …
Read More »XTC's Andy Partridge on COVID-19, Valium and 20 Years of 'Wasp Star Apple Venus (Vol. 2)'
Andy Partridge is having some particularly bad luck lately. He’s pretty sure he had the coronavirus a few months back — plus, due to a rainy winter, his studio door is busted. Now, he can’t record without bothering the neighbors, who are outside a bit more than usual in light …
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 »Brenda Lee on Little Richard's Last-Ever Public Appearance
Little Richard’s music has been a part of Brenda Lee’s life for more than 60 years. When Lee arrived with the first wave of rock & roll as a child star in the mid-Fifties, Richard had just begun recording his revolutionary singles with Specialty Records. ”For a lot of us …
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