Ahead of the release of Cheap Trick’s new album In Another World, guitarist Rick Nielsen reminisces about meeting John Lennon, his first performance with Robin Zander, and the first album he ever bought in this installment of Rolling Stone’s The First Time interview series. Although Nielsen is a Rock and …

Phil Elverum’s the Microphones perform a portion of their 44-minute opus, “Microphones in 2020,” in a new clip from a recent live set for Bandsintown Plus. The performance first aired March 27th and a replay is scheduled for April 22nd at 9 p.m. ET (RSVP for that here). Elverum and …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Blake Shelton may have sung about a “couple of cold ones” in his hit song, “The More I Drink,” but the country star is jumping on the hard …

Long before it was fashionable to embrace environmental causes, Robert Redford was fighting the good fight, using his celebrity status to bring attention to causes ranging from keeping power plants out of Southeastern Utah to the use of “clean energy” to combat carbon pollution. He’s been on the board of …

DMX was taken to a New York hospital Friday night following a reported drug overdose. The rapper’s attorney confirmed to Rolling Stone that he is currently hospitalized and on life support. TMZ first reported Saturday that DMX was in “grave condition” — two sources said the rapper is in a …

In the early 1990s, Stuart Matthewman, the writer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in Sade, heard a remarkable demo: a ballad that stretched out over nearly seven minutes, making room for daredevil falsetto and a bass line as elegant as a spiral staircase, building to a description of …

Lil Nas X and FKA Twigs have resolved a spat over the similarities between the former’s new “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” video and the latter’s 2019 clip for “Cellophane.” The similarities were pointed out almost immediately upon the release of “Montero” last week, with fans noting not just …

Nikki Lane first toured with Lana Del Rey back in 2019, when Del Rey was on the road in support of her album Norman Fucking Rockwell! “It was really cool, because I saw that Robert Ellis went out, and Lukas Nelson went out, and Weyes Blood and Zella Day,” Lane …

Pete Davidson, Chris Redd and musical guest Jack Harlow delivered an Eminem-inspired rap about non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. Riffing on Eminem’s “Without Me” video — right down to the Robin costume — Davidson first questions U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin (Kate McKinnon) …

“I’m a West Coast junkie from a Texas town,” Billy Gibbons growls in his new song “West Coast Junkie.” The surf-rock jam announces the new solo album from the ZZ Top guitarist: Hardware, his third solo project, arrives June 4th. Along with the song, Gibbons released a video for “West …