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For this year’s Icons & Influences issue, we asked 10 artists to pay tribute to the women who have shaped their sound, provided an example, and inspired them to break down barriers. Superstar-in-the-making Saweetie met Cher while doing a campaign for MAC Cosmetics. But the two artists’ connection — and …

Rolling Stone cover star Jennifer Lopez reflects on the early days of her career and the defining moments that cemented her status as an icon in The First Time. From her first film role to her first time performing live, which took place at Madison Square Garden, it’s clear that …

Bright Eyes are hitting the road in 2022 on a spring tour supporting their latest album Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was. The 13-date trek kicks off at St. Paul, Minnesota’s Palace Theatre on March 23 and wraps at the Norva in Norfolk, Virginia on April 10. …

Rolling Stone’sMusicians on Musicians franchise brings together artists of all kinds in conversation — from Taylor Swift sitting down with Paul McCartney in London to Erykah Badu and Summer Walker going deep on love, songwriting, and UFOs. Here, the artists ask the questions, making for intimate conversations about music, life, …

W elcome to Rolling Stone’s 2021 Musicians on Musicians package, the annual franchise where two great artists come together for a free, open conversation about life and music. Each story in this year’s series will appear in our November 2021 print issue, hitting stands on November 2nd. Damian Marley became …

The Kid Laroi will kick off a massive world tour next year. Dubbed the End of the World Tour, the North American leg will launch January 29th, 2022 at the Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, and wrap March 10th at the Coca-Cola Roxy in Atlanta, Georgia. A European tour …

When you’re executed in Oklahoma, the process begins 35 days before your death, according to inmate Richard Glossip. First, they take your belongings, then they transfer you to a block of four cells called Death Watch. If you’re the only one on the block, they put you in the first …

I t was supposed to be a quick hookup. Meet the guy, have sex, go back home. At around 5 p.m. on December 24th, 2019, in Swartz Creek, Michigan — a suburb about 20 minutes southwest of Flint — Kevin Bacon, a 25-year-old hairdresser, headed out to meet a guy …

The organizers for Outside Lands have announced that the 2021 festival will be held on Halloween weekend (October 29th through 31st) as opposed to its traditional August dates, in order to ensure the safest possible environment in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. “We have been eagerly anticipating our return to …

Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee recalls hearing Fiona Apple for the first time in a dance class.“We did a dance to the song ‘Paper Bag,’ and I remember immediately being like, ‘I’ve never heard anything like this,’ and immediately just clocked it,” she told Rolling Stone for ourIcons & Influences video …