BTS took the virtual stage at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards for the first time to perform “Dynamite,” the K-pop band’s inaugural all-English release. BTS launched their “Dynamite” performance in front of the Brooklyn Bridge before taking over Times Square. The New York scenes continued changing as the supergroup …
Read More »Keith Urban Cranks Up the Hard Rock in New Song 'Tumbleweed'
Keith Urban cranks up and sings an ode to a free spirit in his new song “Tumbleweed,” released on Friday. It’s Urban’s latest offering from the forthcoming album The Speed of Now Part 1, due out September 18th. “Tumbleweed” — written by the Cadillac Three’s Jaren Johnston and Neil Mason, …
Read More »Tim McGraw, Restless Since the Nineties, Learns to Be Still on New Album
For a long time, Tim McGraw thought he could benefit from taking six months off. Even before music became his career, he had always had a job; when country stardom took over, his workload only increased. He was perpetually on the road, supporting his albums and hits like “My Best …
Read More »Tears for Fears Dig Deep for 'Seeds of Love' Box Set
Tears for Fears‘ third album, 1989’s The Seeds of Love — which contained the hits “Sowing the Seeds of Love” and “Woman in Chains” — will be expanded into a five-disc box set this fall. The record was one of the band’s most ambitious studio outings, as it followed up …
Read More »Watch Phoebe Bridgers Perform 'Punisher' Songs at L.A. Coliseum
Back in March, before Covid-19 put a hold on live music, Phoebe Bridgers participated in Versus Creative’s 50on50, a series where musicians perform for small crowds in stadium-sized venues. For their installment, Bridgers and her band performed “ICU” and “Halloween,” two songs off her latest album Punisher, for a tiny …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks: Week of August 17th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Drew Parker, “While You’re Gone” …
Read More »Dolly Parton on BLM: 'Of Course Black Lives Matter'
Dolly Parton is rarely political. But the country-music legend has expressed her support of the Black Lives Matter movement in light of recent protests over the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other unarmed black people. In a new interview with Billboard, Parton says she is “unequivocal in her …
Read More »See Footage from the World's First Socially Distanced Arena's Debut Show
The Virgin Money Unity Arena in Newcastle, England, which bills itself as the world’s first socially distanced concert venue, on Tuesday kicked off the first of several concerts with a show by English indie-rock act Sam Fender, who played a set for a couple thousand fans spread out across the …
Read More »Stevie Nicks Calls Covid-19 Pandemic a 'Real American Horror Story'
Stevie Nicks recounted an eerily prescient storyline from her time on American Horror Story in a journal entry shared to Twitter — she also urged people to wear masks as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread. The entry is dated August 10th, and Nicks posted it to Twitter Tuesday night, …
Read More »Watch Tom Morello's Video for Nat Turner-Inspired Song 'You Belong to Me'
Tom Morello draws parallels between slavery and the police state on his new song “You Belong to Me,” which the guitarist released Friday along with a music video for the track. “Our present is tethered to our past. The overseer’s whip & noose of history are today echoed in the …
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