Last year, Tom Petty’s daughter Adria was in the home studio of Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell, reviewing some of the material her father left behind. There, she first heard “For Real,” a plaintive, sparely arranged song written and recorded quickly in 2000 but never released. The song expressed her father’s …
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Luke Combs takes some comfort from a reliable old friend his new single “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” released on Wednesday. The song is the “Beautiful Crazy” singer’s first release from an upcoming second album. Combs had previously been testing “Beer Never Broke My Heart” with audiences at his live …
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Even for RZA, one of the Wu-Tang Clan’s most thoughtful members, 2019 is shaping up to be a particularly reflective year.Of Mics and Men, a four-hour documentary on the group directed by longtime hip-hop journalist turned director Sacha Jenkins, will premiere on Showtime May 10th. Getting every member to talk …
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Lenny Kravitz has extended his tour in support of his 2018 album Raise Vibration with a new slate of North American dates this summer. The next leg of Kravitz’s two-year jaunt begins August 21st in Vienna, Virginia and concludes 18 shows later at Los Angeles’ the Shrine Auditorium on September …
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On Friday night, after Moby told HBO’s Real Time host Bill Maher a story about how he rubbed his “flaccid penis” against Donald Trump at a party they both attended in 2001, the musician and the host demonstrated how they are coping with the insane political world of President Trump …
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Toby Keith follows up the poignant ballad “Don’t Let the Old Man In” with a raucous blast of country-music pride. “That’s Country Bro” is a classic list song, but instead of the usual run-through of rural imagery (trucks, bonfires and coolers), Keith ticks off a Hall of Fame-worthy roster of …
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In the fight to legalize pot, enthusiasts have largely pointed to the unjust demonization of the drug itself. Weed is no more harmful than alcohol, the argument goes, so why not tax it and regulate it the same way? That logic has carried the day in nearly a dozen pot-legal …
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Days after Woodstock 50‘s financial backer announced it was canceling the festival, its production partner has severed its ties with the event. The entertainment company Superfly, which co-produces Bonnaroo and Outside Lands, confirmed to Rolling Stone on Wednesday that it is no longer involved in the venture. “The producers of …
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Mac DeMarco took to the stage onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night to perform the song “All of Our Yesterdays,” from the upcoming albumHere Comes the Cowboy. The indie rock track follows DeMarco’s signature mellow style, but he injected the late-night performance with a warm, wistful stage …
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Willie Nelson turns 86 on Monday and his curated SiriusXM channel Willie’s Roadhouse is celebrating with four days of special programming this weekend. Dubbed “Willie Nelson’s 4-Day Birthday Weekend,” the one-hour block kicks off April 27th at 7:00 p.m./ET and airs at various times through Tuesday night. The special consists …
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