Joe Walsh may be currently unable to tour with the Eagles this summer, but he’s found himself a new bandmate: 4-year-old Roy Orbison III, grandson of the late Roy Orbison. In the video above, Walsh performs with the child during a recent visit to Roy Orbison Jr.’s home in Nashville. …
Read More »The Edge on U2's New SiriusXM Channel, Band's Future Plans
U2‘s SiriusXM channel U2 X-Radio will go live on Wednesday, July 1st at 3:00 pm ET with an extensive programming slate that includes unheard offerings from the band’s vast music vault and new shows hosted by Bono and The Edge. The Edge’s show, Close to the Edge, will feature the …
Read More »DaBaby Channels George Floyd for Powerful 'Rockstar' Performance at BET Awards
DaBaby paid tribute to George Floyd and channeled the nationwide protests against police brutality in response to his death with his hit “Rockstar” at the 2020 BET Awards. The song first landed at Number One on RS Top 100 Songs chart in May. DaBaby launched his performance on the ground, …
Read More »'The First Time': Paul Scheer
Comedian Paul Scheer recalls the nerve-y process of auditioning for Black Monday with Don Cheadle, the time he made a shockingly dangerous Xbox commercial and more on the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The First Time. Ahead of the Season Two premiere of Black Monday, June 28th on Showtime, Scheer …
Read More »'I'll Be Gone in the Dark': A Golden State Killer Docuseries That Highlights Survivors
Retired detective Paul Holes has never read his friend Michelle McNamara’s New York Times-bestselling book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, about the hunt for the Golden State Killer — despite factoring heavily into its contents. First, he was too busy tracking down the man he and McNamara had teamed …
Read More »Stonewall Inn, Struggling Due to COVID-19, Launches Fundraiser to Save LGBTQ Landmark
Severely impacted by COVID-19, New York’s Stonewall Inn — the historic LGBTQ landmark and site of the Stonewall Riots in 1969 — has launched a fundraiser with the hopes of reopening post-pandemic. The new GoFundMe ties together a pair of Stonewall-associated fundraisers — one to provide funds to the bar’s …
Read More »British Execs Are Ruling Music. So What Can the U.S. Learn From the U.K.?
British executives are flying high in the global music business. The leaders of Universal Music Group (Sir Lucian Grainge) and Sony Music Group (Rob Stringer) are both Brits, as is the global head of recorded music at Warner Music Group (Max Lousada). Elsewhere — global A&R at Kobalt is run …
Read More »'He Made the World Bigger': Inside John Zorn's Jazz-Metal Multiverse
One day in the late Nineties, Dave Lombardo, the metal drumming powerhouse best known for bringing a tornado-like fury to Slayer‘s early thrash masterpieces, was driving from San Francisco to his home in Los Angeles. On the way, he threw on a recording of an unusual gig he’d just taken …
Read More »SiriusXM Marks Kris Kristofferson's Birthday With All-Star Concert Broadcast
Kris Kristofferson turns 84 on June 22nd, and SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country channel is gearing up for the occasion with two programs celebrating the Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter. For the Good Times: An Outlaw Country Cruise Tribute to Kris Kristofferson is a 90-minute live tribute concert recorded earlier this …
Read More »Haim's Brave New World
“I don’t know if I’m giving too much away right now, but fuck it,” says Este Haim. “We made puzzles out of our record!” Este, 34 — the eldest Haim sister and the only one who’s turned on her camera for this Zoom call — holds up a laptop-size jigsaw …
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