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Patti Smith, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame firebrand, punk-rock poet laureate and award-winning author, reminded the world of her legend status Monday night with a stunning, stirring mini-concert at New York’s Beacon Theatre with assists from Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe. The gig followed the world premiere of …

Ariana Grande made a surprise appearance at Coachella to deliver the live debut of “No Tears Left to Cry” Friday night during Kygo‘s set. Hours after the single and video’s premiere, Grande hopped in a helicopter to Indio, California to perform her new single live during the festival’s second weekend. …

Khalid joined budding singer-songwriter Billie Eilish on “Lovely.” The smoldering ballad builds with a potent mix of piano, strings and sparse percussion. Khalid and Eilish sing with a sense of urgency and yearning: “Oh, I hope some day I’ll make it out of here/ Even if it takes all night …

Courtney Love and Dave Navarro covered the Velvet Underground‘s “I’m Waiting for the Man” during the Above Ground benefit concert Monday night in Los Angeles, Spin reports. The event raised funds for MusiCares, the Recording Academy charity that assists musicians financially during medical or personal crises. The former Hole singer …

UPDATE: Drake has released the tracklist for Scorpion. The rapper’s latest album will feature two “sides” and feature a total of 25 songs. *** Drake teased a new album via Instagram on Monday, posting a photo of him in a jacket reading “Scorpion” and “June Twenty-Eighteen.” Rolling Stone has confirmed …

Following a heartfelt induction speech from Brandon Flowers, the Cars reunited for the first time in seven years at Saturday’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in Cleveland. Rolling Stone caught up with members Ric Ocasek, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes and David Robinson backstage to get their thoughts on …

Jana Kramer isn’t burdened by needing to show anyone that she’s squeaky-clean and perfectly composed. The singer-actress, whose most recent single “I’ve Done Love” slotted romantic entanglement alongside a host of illicit drugs, makes messy into a hook by mining the detached anguish of heartbreak with her latest single “Dammit” …

Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington unveiled two new songs, “Fists of Fury” and “The Space Travelers Lullaby,” from his forthcoming double-LP, Heaven and Earth, out June 22nd via Young Turks. “The Space Travelers Lullaby” and “Fists of Fury” – which is a new arrangement of the theme song from the classic …

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birdsreleased a retro new video for “She Taught Me How to Fly,” the third single off the former Oasis guitarist’s latest LP,Who Built the Moon? “She Taught Me How to Fly” follows Gallagher’s Who Built the Moon? videos for “Holy Mountain” and “It’s a Beautiful World.” …

David Lee Murphy, whose upbeat mid-Nineties hits included “Dust on the Bottle” and “Party Crowd,” has made a triumphant return to the charts with another positive affirmation as “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright,” the singer-songwriter’s duet with Kenny Chesney, climbs into the Top 20. While it marks Murphy’s first hit as …