Dan + Shay deliver a heartfelt show of gratitude with their new song “Glad You Exist,” which was released on Friday. It’s the follow-up to their chart-topping hit “I Should Probably Goes to Bed” and latest from an upcoming project. Built around a percussive acoustic guitar part that could have …
Read More »How MAG Helped Bad Bunny Craft a Revolutionary New Sound
Working with Bad Bunny as the executive producer of El Último Tour del Mundo, Marco “MAG” Borrero had a simple goal in mind: “We intended to break boundaries and do something different,” he says. The album, which arrived the day after Thanksgiving 2020, sums up the surreal and apocalyptic tone …
Read More »After Racial Slur, Morgan Wallen Swiftly Loses Country Industry Support
UPDATE (2/4): Performing rights organization BMI has issued a statement condemning Morgan Wallen‘s use of a racial slur and says they’ve asked their diversity advisor, the gospel singer BeBe Winans, to “reach out to Morgan to help him understand the gravity and impact of his words. Our hope is that …
Read More »Flashback: The Killers Play 'All These Things That I've Done' at the Royal Albert Hall
Late last month, the Killers posted an Instagram Live video that sent their fan community into a state of hysteria. It not only shows them at work on a follow-up to their 2020 LP Imploding the Mirage, but it reveals that estranged guitarist Dave Keuning is back in the fold. …
Read More »RS Charts: Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous' Enjoys Third Week at Number One
Another week, another easy win for Morgan Wallen: The country singer’s Dangerous: The Double Album once again took the Number One spot on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with 139 million streams. The 30-song set — plus three bonus cuts for the hardcore fans — has been there …
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 »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 »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 »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 …
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