When Pete Townshend’s management team came to him with a lucrative offer from Live Nation to spend much of 2019 on the road with the Who, he said he’d only agree to it under a single condition. “I said I was not going to sign any contracts unless we have …
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Paul McCartney‘s never-before-seen film, The Bruce McMouse Show, will play in select theaters around the world January 21st. The fabled project is a concert film crossed with an animated feature that centers around McCartney and Wings meeting Bruce McMouse, an animated mouse impresario. A teaser for the film is available …
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It’s been more than five years since Cassadee Pope released her country debut Frame by Frame, issued in the wake of her win on season 3 of The Voice. On February 1st, she’ll release its proper full-length follow-up, Stages, as an independent artist. Produced by Corey Crowder, who has also …
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Frenetic, intense and sobering, the “Cops Shot the Kid” video depicts the realities of police brutality and the way it exerts itself on the black community. The visual begins with Nas walking on a beach at sunset, as clips of police dogs barking, dead men lying in the street and …
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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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The music business is finishing 2018 with a spring in its step. Thanks to the growth of streaming services such as Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Music, the record industry has witnessed another 12 months of prosperity — suggesting that its post-Napster-era recovery is sustainable (for the time being, at …
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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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