A decade after the release of Scott Weiland‘s memoir Not Dead and Not for Sale, Dark Pictures and Orian Williams have acquired the rights for a film about the late musician. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Paper Heart will be written by Dark Pictures’ co-founder Jennifer Erwin. It will chronicle …
Read More »Watch Dave Chappelle Belt Radiohead's 'Creep' With Foo Fighters at MSG Gig
Dave Chappelle helped Foo Fighters reopen Madison Square Garden for live music by making a surprise appearance and covering Radiohead’s “Creep.” A fan-shot video captured Chappelle sauntering onto the stage and delivering a casual and cool performance of the alt-rock standard. And although the comedian — reasonably enough — couldn’t …
Read More »Paris Jackson Performs New Song 'Freckles' on 'Red Table Talk'
Paris Jackson, daughter of the late Michael Jackson, appears on this week’s episode of Red Table Talk for an in-depth one-on-one conversation with Willow Smith. In an exclusive clip from the show, Jackson performs her song “Freckles,” which she wrote on acoustic guitar. Along with musical performances, Jackson and Smith …
Read More »'Censor': British Horror, Banned Movies and Madness
They were called “video nasties” — those 1980s slasher flicks and splatter films filled with sexual violence, graphic depictions of murder and gallons of Caro syrup that, for a brief moment, were considered the root of all evil in Thatcher-era Britain. For years, some of the genre’s most extreme examples, …
Read More »Ronnie James Dio's Cancer Charity Plans Star-Studded Virtual Fundraiser
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund will hold a star-studded virtual fundraiser on what would have been the heavy-metal firebrand’s 79th birthday, July 10th. In addition to archival footage of Dio from throughout his life, the event will feature guest performances, interviews, and birthday wishes from …
Read More »Justin Moore Is Country Music's Sleeper Hitmaker. He's Also the Genre's Biggest Fan
Not too long ago, Justin Moore and the Nineties country songwriter David Lee Murphy were sitting around Moore’s Florida beach house talking about trucks. After years trying to write hit songs on the road and during the requisite morning sessions in Nashville writing rooms, Moore had returned to the way …
Read More »Neil Young Is Five Songs Into His Next Record, But He's Unsure About Touring
Neil Young has spent much of the pandemic focusing on an ambitious slate of archival releases, but he’s recently started work on a follow-up to his 2019 LP Colorado. “I have five songs ready for the next album,” he recently wrote to fans on the Neil Young Archives, “so I …
Read More »John Mayer Announces New Album 'Sob Rock'
John Mayer announced on Tuesday that he’ll be releasing his eighth studio album, titled Sob Rock, on July 16th. The singer and guitarist released the news on Twitter, along with the album’s cover art. Rolling Stone has reached out to representatives for Mayer for further details. Sob Rock will mark Mayer’s first …
Read More »Patti Smith on the Return of Live Music and the First Time She Met Bob Dylan
Patti Smith isn’t one to get cabin fever, but this past year has been the exception, as the pandemic left her grounded in her home city. “I haven’t left New York in over a year, which is the longest I’ve been rooted since my children have grown,” she tells Rolling …
Read More »How Democrats Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nuking the Filibuster
WASHINGTON — Barbara Boxer will be the first to tell you how much she loved the filibuster. Boxer, a California Democrat, won her first election to the U.S. Senate in 1992. Two years later, the so-called Republican Revolution swept into Washington, D.C. Soon, Boxer and her fellow Senate Democrats found …
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