If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country, government officials are now encouraging people to keep their faces covered at all times when they’re outside — even …
Read More »Watch a Jawa Play 'Eruption' in Fan-Made Tribute to Eddie Van Halen
A clever Star Wars and Van Halen fan has crafted a stop-motion animated video in which a Jawa pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen with a performance of “Eruption.” Animator Thomas J. Yagodinski made the clip, which he uploaded to YouTube on Saturday, January 23rd. In it a Jawa — …
Read More »Foo Fighters to Launch SiriusXM Station, Plot Special Live Performance
The Foo Fighters will curate a new limited-run SiriusXM station, which will launch February 3rd at 12 p.m. ET on channel 105 and wrap April 4th. The station will premiere a few days before the February 5th arrival of the Foo Fighters’ new album, Medicine at Midnight. To mark the …
Read More »Larry King, Veteran TV and Radio Host, Dead at 87
Larry King, the award-winning TV and radio host who became a household name with his long-running CNN show Larry King Live, died Saturday morning at the age of 87. “With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host, and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning …
Read More »Eric Church Is Releasing Three New Albums
Eric Church will follow up his 2018 album Desperate Man with three new albums. Collectively titled Heart & Soul and spanning 24 tracks, the albums will be released over a week in April: Heart on April 16th, one titled & on the 20th, and Soul on April 23rd. Preorders begin …
Read More »Hear Our Podcast on 2020's Best Albums
For a uniquely brutal year, 2020 had more than its share of fantastic music, and in our latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we look back at the year’s best albums, from Bad Bunny‘s Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gan to BruceSpringsteen’s Letter toYou. (The podcast previously …
Read More »Why Dolly Parton Doesn't Deserve a Nashville Statue — Yet
No one can dispute the artistic, humanitarian, and philanthropic legacy of Dolly Parton. Her $1 million donation last spring to Vanderbilt University to develop a Covid vaccine has all but helped save the world. But a recent proposal to honor the Sevierville, Tennessee, native with a statue on the capitol …
Read More »Alicia Keys, Khalid, More Artists Call for Racial Justice in New Video
Alicia Keys, Khalid, Mary J. Blige, Ty Dolla $ign, T.I. and Vic Mensa are among a dozen artists who appear in “17 More Ways You Could Be Killed if You Are Black in America.” The NowThis News video from Black Music Action Coalition and #breathewithme Revolution is part of a …
Read More »John Oliver Reveals 'Last Week Tonight' Return With New Season Trailer
John Oliver announced Friday that Last Week Tonight will return to HBO with a new season of episodes beginning February 14th. The premiere date was revealed alongside a highlight reel from the series’ seventh season, a year-in-review of the dismal 2020 that featured multiple segments on the coronavirus and the …
Read More »See Tom Holland as a PTSD-Suffering, Drug-Addicted Bank Robber in 'Cherry' Trailer
Tom Holland plays a young romantic/Army vet/bank robber in the genre-hopping new trailer for the upcoming film Cherry. “Cherry follows the wild journey of a disenfranchised young man from Ohio who meets the love of his life, only to risk losing her through a series of bad decisions and challenging …
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