Melanie C has released a brand-new single, “High Heels,” with an accompanying high-energy video. The Alex Metric-produced clip features the Spice Girl partying with the drag queen group Sink the Pink, who joined her on tour this past summer for Pride. It’s a glittery, over-the-top dance party that matches the …
Read More »Watch Lizzo Freak Out in a Haunted House on 'Ellen'
Lizzo agreed to brave a haunted house at Universal Studios for a segment on Ellen, but the pop singer turned be a lot jumpier than you’d expect. In the clip, Lizzo is joined by Ellen correspondent Average Andy, who also recently went through a Us-themed haunted house with Tiffany Haddish. …
Read More »Hear the Pixies on Their New Album and Alt-Rock's Golden Age
The Pixies — frontman Black Francis, bassist Paz Lenchantin, drummer David Lovering, and guitarist Joey Santiago — sit down with Andy Greene to discuss their new album Beneath the Eyrie and their whole career in a new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. Among many other topics, they …
Read More »Watch John Fogerty Play 'Fortunate Son' at Red Rocks From New Concert Film
John Fogerty celebrated the 50th anniversary of Woodstock this year by playing a series of special gigs packed with songs from the original 1969 festival. Many were by Creedence Clearwater Revival, but he also covered tunes by fellow Woodstock vets Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix and Sly & The Family Stone. …
Read More »Charly Bliss Surprise Release EP 'Supermoon'
When Charly Bliss entered Sunset Studios to begin work on their second album, the Brooklyn quartet already knew they had way too many songs for one album. So, the band has collected five of those songs together for a surprise EP, Supermoon. Supermoon more directly recalls the bubblegum-grunge of Guppy …
Read More »See Taylor Swift, Andrew Lloyd Webber Talk 'Cats' New Original Song, Hear Snippet
Taylor Swift is serving double duty in the forthcoming new film version of Cats. In addition to her role as Bombalurina, Swift collaborated with lauded composer Andrew Lloyd Webber for a new song called “Beautiful Ghosts.” In a video about the song, Swift, Lloyd Webber and director-screenwriter Tom Hooper discuss …
Read More »'The Who's Tommy' Returning to Broadway in 2021
The Who‘s Tommy is returning to Broadway in 2021. The musical adaptation of the Who’s 1969 rock opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind pinball wizard premiered on Broadway in 1993 and closed two years later after 889 performances. Along the way, it racked up five Tony Awards and proved …
Read More »See Bruce Springsteen Surprise 'Western Stars' Audience at New Jersey Movie Theater
Bruce Springsteen delivered a surprise introduction Saturday before two Western Stars screenings at a movie theater in his native Freehold, New Jersey. “We knew we weren’t going to tour, so I tried to figure out a way to get the music to you,” Springsteen told the awed audience at the …
Read More »Watch David Crosby, Steely Dan Team Up for Riveting 'Wooden Ships' Performance
For the past two nights, David Crosby has joined Steely Dan at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for special renditions of the Crosby, Stills and Nash tune “Wooden Ships” and the Steely Dan classic “Reelin’ In the Years.” One attendee, Joshua Goodman, posted a video on Facebook featuring …
Read More »Taylor Swift Plays Intimate Tiny Desk Concert, Details Inspiration for 'Lover' Songs
Taylor Swift joined NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series for an intimate acoustic set featuring three songs from her latest LP, Lover. The singer-songwriter — and recent Rolling Stone cover star — approached the mini-show like an episode of Behind the Music, detailing the inspirations behind “The Man,” “Lover,” “Death By …
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