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Katy Perry closed out the Inauguration DayCelebrating America concert with a surprise performance of her 2010 hit “Firework.” Other performances at the special included Demi Lovato, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Justin Timberlake, and more in honor of Joe Biden becoming the 46th President of the United States. …

This review was originally published in the April 17, 1980 issue of Rolling Stone. The other four New York Dolls usually looked like they’d been sentenced to be in the world’s weirdest band, but Sylvain Sylvain always seemed as if he were there by choice. He might have been you …

Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat have joined forces for a new remix of Grande’s Positions track “34+35.” The pop star began teasing the song this week on social media, with a clip featuring a television broadcasting three unidentified figures. Hours before releasing the track, she revealed her …

May 14th will see the release of a new Gang of Four tribute album,The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four, in honor of the post-punk band’s pioneering lead guitarist who died in February 2020. On Wednesday, the full tracklist for the compilation was announced, …

W e’re standing next to a 15-ton meteorite when it occurs to Dua Lipa that, for maybe one of the first times in many months, her life is back to an approximation of what it might be in that very moment if the coronavirus pandemic had never happened. That is …

UPDATE (1/12): Mammoth WVH and Dirty Honey are rescheduling a chunk of their upcoming Young Guns tour due to concerns over the the spread of Covid-19. Performances that were originally scheduled between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20, have now been moved to start after March 5 (only a Jan. 28 …

In the Seventies — or any other decade, in fact — it would have been hard to imagine less-likely duet partners than Bob Dylan and Bette Midler. In the fall of 1975, Dylan was newly invigorated, coming off Blood on the Tracks, and Midler was the midst of her first …

Next month marks the 40th anniversary of Duran Duran‘s debut single “Planet Earth.” It was the start of an incredible run of hits that made them the defining group of England’s New Romantic scene. And that term was first heard by many people in the lyrics to “Planet Earth.” “I …

Following reports that he was hospitalized in Los Angeles, Dr. Dre issued an optimistic statement saying he would be “back home soon.” “Thanks to my family, friends and fans for their interest and well-wishes,” the hip-hop mogul said in a statement via his lawyer. “I’m doing great and getting excellent …

Alice Cooper penned a charming song for Harry Nilsson’s son, Zak Nilsson, who is suffering from end-stage colon cancer and chose to enter hospice instead of continuing treatment. Cooper’s song appeared on a recent episode of Coffee Talk With ADIKA Live, a YouTube Live show hosted by bassist Stefan Adika …