FKA Twigs elaborated on her abuse allegations against actor and ex-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf in an interview with Elle published Wednesday, February 17th. Twigs, born Tahliah Barnett, filed a lawsuit against the actor in December 2020 alleging physical and mental abuse, and in the new article, she claimed LaBeouf also bragged …
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Cardi B‘s “Up” debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, earning 20.4 million streams and more than 34,000 downloads. By arriving at the top of the chart, Cardi B broke Olivia Rodrigo‘s month-long run at Number One. It was a close race — Cardi B’s …
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Roberta Freeman has worked with everyone from Guns N’ Roses and Pink Floyd to Cinderella and Weezer during her long career as a backup singer, but she points to a five-year stint with Mary Wilson of the Supremes as one of her greatest accomplishments. They traveled the globe in that …
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In the picture, Britney is smiling. She’s wearing a gray T-shirt and faded denim, with Pantene hair golden as her gaze. Her makeup is light and fresh-faced. There is no eyeliner. The photo appears in the December 11, 2008 issue of Rolling Stone, alongside a headline that triumphantly declares, “Britney …
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Michael McDonald turns 69 on Friday, February 12th, and to celebrate he’s hosting a livestream titled Home Alone 2, Birthday Bash: A Party of One. He teased the show on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday with a performance of the Doobie Brothers‘ 1978 track “What a Fool Believes.” Kitted out in …
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Ricky Powell, the revered hip-hop photographer best known for his association with Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 59, eliciting an outpouring of tributes from Q-Tip, Chuck D, Questlove, and more. Powell’s manager and business partner Tono Radvany confirmed his death to Complex Monday night, February 1st. “I …
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There’s something utterly unique about all the great new music from the awful year of 2020: Almost none of it has yet been performed in front of a live audience, which makes the recordings feel all the more precious. Our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast rounded up some of last …
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Pearl Jamm, a British Pearl Jam tribute act that has performed together for over five years, has responded to a recent legal request from the namesake band’s management and lawyers requesting a change in moniker. According to Pearl Jamm’s response to Pearl Jam, the original band’s management expressed gratitude for …
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While our feet were planted firmly in the U.S. in 2020, largely barred from international travel,streaming data shows us our ears, at least, were wandering the globe. Figures from Alpha Data, the analytics provider behind the Rolling Stone Charts, show that U.S. listeners gravitated more and more toward global genres …
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The tragic news came down on December 30th that Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band sax player Alto Reed died at the age of 72 after a battle with stage 4 colon cancer. “Alto has been a part of our musical family, on and off stage, for nearly 50 …
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