John Mayer‘s first live performance in two years was briefly interrupted Wednesday night when the singer-songwriter noticed a member of the audience was in need of medical aid. In video captured by a staffer for The Hollywood Reporter, Mayer can be seen stopping his SiriusXM-Pandora “Small Stages Series” performance at …
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The new documentary Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is four-and-a-half-hours worth of revelatory footage of Kanye West — and directors Coodie and Chike cut it down from 330 hours, dating back to the early 2000s. Their first cut, they reveal on the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, …
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Wrestling fanatic Bad Bunny made his surprise return to the ring Saturday during the WWE‘s Royal Rumble event at the Dome in St. Louis. According to the WWE, Bad Bunny was the 27th person to enter the ring during the 30-wrestler event, with the reggaeton superstar eliminating a pair of …
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Swifties, rejoice: The Holy Swift podcast has created a new version of Wordle, Taylor Swift style. Taylordle premiered on Friday, with the podcast announcing it in a tweet. “Calling all Swifties who Wordle,” they wrote. Spoiler alert: Today’s answer will put your knowledge of the 10-minute version of “All Too …
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Kid Cudi, Halsey, and J. Cole will headline the 2022 Governors Ball Festival, which will return to Citi Field in New York City June 10 through 12. Cudi will headline the first day of the festival, which will also boast performances from Jack Harlow, Black Pumas, Louis the Child, Skepta, …
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Brooklyn’s Shea Stadium hosted more than 2,000 performances during its tenure from 2009 to 2017, when the inexorable tide of gentrification closed its doors. A warehouse/living space/music venue that exemplified old-school DIY, Shea hosted all manner of bands in their earliest of stages, including Speedy Ortiz, DIIV, Parquet Courts, Maggie …
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George Martin told the story of how he first encountered the Beatles in 1962 in countless interviews and lectures throughout his long life, not to mention the pages of his 1979 memoir All You Need Is Ears. But in newly released archival home movie footage by his son Giles Martin, …
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Slipknot are gearing up for the return of Knotfest Roadshow this spring as headliners on the two-part tour. Special guests In This Moment and Jinjer will join them on the first leg of the 38-date trek, and Cypress Hill and Ho99o9 on the second. The initial leg of the tour …
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Avril Lavigne has announced the impending arrival of Love Sux, the singer’s seventh studio album. Ahead of the LP’s Feb. 25 release, Lavigne also shared the album’s second single “Love It When You Hate Me,” featuring a verse from Blackbear. The pop-punk track follows Love Sux’s introductory single “Bite Me.” …
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Michael Lang, the concert impresario who helped conceive the landmark, generation-defining 1969 music festival Woodstock, died Saturday night at Sloan Kettering hospital in New York. He was 77. Michael Pagnotta, a rep for Lang and longtime family friend, confirmed the promoter’s death to Rolling Stone,adding that the cause was a …
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