Metallica will celebrate their 40th anniversary this December with a pair of fan club-only concerts in the band’s native San Francisco. Set for December 17th and 19th at San Francisco’s Chase Center — where Metallica staged the arena’s first-ever concerts in 2019 with their S&M2 shows — both gigs will …
Read More »Biden Says U.S. Stands with Cuban People, Does Not Lift U.S. Sanctions Hurting Cuban People
After thousands demonstrated in cities and towns across Cuba on Sunday, President Joe Biden released a statement on Monday saying the U.S. stands with the Cuban people. The president called the protests a “clarion call for freedom and relief” while offering his support, but the president has not taken substantive …
Read More »Damon Albarn Debuts New Song 'Polaris' With Live Performance Video
Damon Albarn has released “Polaris,” the lead single from his upcoming solo albumThe Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows, out November 12th via Transgressive Records. The song arrived on Tuesday with an accompanying live performance video featuring Albarn on piano as he leads his band and a string …
Read More »Goldie and the Gingerbreads Were One of Rock's First All-Women Bands. Why Are They Still So Obscure?
“Do you see this poster?” the veteran female musician says, proudly pointing toward a framed club ad in her home in Woodstock, New York. “What does it say? ‘Beauty and the Beat’!” The woman doing the talking — in a casual white blouse, reddish-blond hair framing her ruddy face — …
Read More »Fourth Accuser Sues Marilyn Manson for Rape, Human Trafficking, Unlawful Imprisonment
Model Ashley Morgan Smithline has filed a lawsuit against Marilyn Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, claiming sexual assault, sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, human trafficking, and unlawful imprisonment, among other allegations. Smithline is the fourth woman to sue the shock rocker, following suits by Game of …
Read More »Flashback: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Play 'Fire' in 1978
Bruce Springsteen revived his Springsteen on Broadway residency on Saturday night. It was his first post-pandemic public performance, and the first Broadway show of any sort since theaters were shuttered in March 2020. That meant it was a very hot ticket that attracted the likes of Secretary of Transportation Pete …
Read More »'F9': A Long-Overdue Family Reunion Brings Lots of Drama
F9: a computer key whose purpose I cannot, off the top of my head, properly justify or describe — and also a movie which, for everything that’s genuinely fun about it, suffers much the same fate. It’s a Fast & Furious movie, so, at minimum, you know what you’re going …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for Week of June 14th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.) …
Read More »The Righteous Anger of Annie Murphy
The morning after the 2020 Emmy Awards, Annie Murphy woke up with a nasty hangover. She had just won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Alexis Rose on Schitt’s Creek, but she didn’t have time to let it soak in. “I dragged my corpse onto …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Reprising 'Springsteen on Broadway' for Encore Run
Bruce Springsteen is bringing his acclaimed Springsteen on Broadway show back to the St. James Theatre for an encore run. The residency will begin June 26th and run through September 4th. Tickets go on sale Thursday via SeatGeek. “I loved doing Springsteen on Broadway,” Springsteen says in a statement, “and …
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