Beyoncé‘s new song “Be Alive” is featured in the new trailer for King Richard, the Venus and Serena Williams-executive produced biopic about the tennis champions’ lives featuring Will Smith as their father Richard. “Can’t nobody knock it if they try,” Beyoncé belts on the percussive piano ballad about taking pride …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Jonas Brothers Raise $77.5 Million for Charity in One Night
About 10 minutes into the annual Robin Hood Foundation benefit at New York’s Javits Center on Wednesday night, Bruce Springsteen took the stage following an introduction by host Cecily Strong. The crowd of around 3,000 had just taken their seats in a room roughly the side of an airplane hangar …
Read More »Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz Pleads Guilty to All Charges
UPDATE (10/20): Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, pleaded guilty to 17 counts each of murder and attempted murder Wednesday, October 20th. “I am very sorry for what I did, and I have to live with it …
Read More »Mental Health Nonprofit Declines Jamie Lynn Spears Donation Tied to Memoir
The mental health nonprofit, This Is My Brave, said it will decline a donation tied to the proceeds of Jamie Lynn Spears’ upcoming memoir, Things I Should Have Said. This Is My Brave announced the decision on Instagram, Monday, October 18th, writing: “We hear you. This Is My Brave was …
Read More »Jack White Returns With a Blast of Guitars on New Song 'Taking Me Back'
Jack White is back with his first new solo track in nearly four years, “Taking Me Back.” “Taking Me Back” finds White in his wheelhouse of percussive, blown-out rock & roll. The guitar riffs hitting as hard as the drums as White belts, “When I’m down on the floor, you’ll …
Read More »The 'Justice for J6' Rally Was a Flop But Taxpayers Still Got Stuck With a Hefty Bill
Even though Capitol Insurrection 2: Electric Boogaloo, also known as the “Justice for J6” rally, was a total flop with more media and law enforcement than attendees, taxpayers still got stuck with a hefty bill for the security around the event: $790,000. The Washington Post reported Saturday that local governments …
Read More »Acid-Assisted Weightlifting and Dance Floor Radicalism: Parquet Courts' Utopian New Groove
Leave it to Parquet Courts, the ever-inventive, erudite indie rock outfit, to make a pandemic record before the pandemic. The Brooklyn band’s seventh album, Sympathy for Life, out October 22nd, is a meditation on technology, alienation, and impersonal relationships; masks are a recurring theme, albeit in a more classic psychological …
Read More »Kesha, Who Once Had Sex With Ghost, to Continue to Explore the Supernatural on New Docuseries
Kesha, who once claimed she had sex with a ghost, will explore the supernatural and visit her “creepy bucket list” of mysterious places on an upcoming docuseries heading to Discovery+ in 2022. On Conjuring Kesha — an extension of the “Kesha and the Creepies” podcast —the singer, along with celebrity …
Read More »The iPhone Doesn't Have a Headphone Jack — Here's How to Connect a Wired Pair
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you haven’t upgraded your iPhone in a long time, you may be faced with a new challenge: Plugging in a pair of wired headphones. Apple removed the …
Read More »New Eddie Van Halen Book Hits Bestsellers List, a Year After Rock Legend's Death
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. A new book on Eddie Van Halen has debuted on the Amazon bestsellers list, almost a year to the day of the rock legend’s passing. Eruption: Conversations With …
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