Gary Oldman narrates a visual history of David Bowie‘s 1974 Diamond Dogs Tour in this exclusive clip from the upcoming David Bowie Ismobile app that turns the acclaimed museum exhibit into an augmented reality experience. The 1974 trek featured an amalgamation of “contemporary music and theatre several years ahead of …
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Our first-ever podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, hosted by Brian Hiatt, featured an eclectic collection of in-depth interviews this year. Here are some of the best of 2018: Julian Casablancas and the Voidz:Casablancas explained exactly why he needs another band, delved into his radical politics and more. Elvis Costello:The singer/songwriter …
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Cyndi Lauper and Adam Lambert took turns paying tribute to Cher with covers of “If I Could Turn Back Time,” “Believe” and “I Got You Babe” as part of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C. The event took place on December 2nd and aired Wednesday the 26th on CBS. …
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Two nights before Christmas Eve, Thom Yorke got into the holiday spirit Saturday by delivering an unexpected rendition of “Silent Night” during the singer’s concert at Las Vegas’ The Chelsea. For his version – which begins at the 45-second mark of the above video – Yorke used the music of …
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Public Enemy‘s Chuck D has been named chairman of the forthcoming Universal Hip Hop Museum’s celebrity board, Billboard reports. The museum, whose mission “celebrates and preserves the history of local and global hip-hop music and culture to inspire, empower and promote understanding,” is slated to break ground in the Bronx …
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The Pretty Things played what they called their “final bow” – their last-ever concert – at London’s O2 last week, and the show featured some high-profile guests. David Gilmour came out for five songs during the band’s second set, playing on a handful of songs from their S.F. Sorrow LP, …
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Kanye West called out Ariana Grande and opened up about his “mental disorder” during an early Saturday morning string of tweets. On Thursday, after West reignited his feud with Drake during another Twitter airing, Grande tweeted prior to the arrival of her new single “Imagine,” “Guys, i know there are …
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On the same night Miley Cyrus released her new cover of John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” the singer dropped by The Tonight Show to play the “Name That Song Challenge” with Jimmy Fallon. In the game, Tonight Show house band the Roots played a popular song one instrument …
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Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing’s 1967 Flying V has sold in a London auction for approximately $189,000, as Blabbermouth notes. It was on of 11 of Downing’s guitars the International auction house Bonhams sold in their Entertainment Memorabilia auction, which concluded on December 11th. The guitar was used on …
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Around 20 minutes into Tuesday night’s screening for Lifetime’s upcoming R. Kelly documentaryat New York’s NeueHouse Madison Square, the house lights came up as the film, Surviving R. Kelly, abruptly turned off. Approximately 100 people, including seven survivors who appear in the movie, had filled the room to see an …
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