Soft Cell have teamed up with Pet Shop Boys for a new song, “Purple Zone,” along with a vibrant music video for the track. The song will appear on Soft Cell’s fifth studio album Happiness Not Included, out May 6. The collaboration came out of a Soft Cell concert in …
Read More »Yeat's 'Rackz Got Më' is a Mosh-Pit Anthem — and Another Sign He's Headed for the Big Time
After a steady barrage of albums, mixtapes and EPs in the past three years, Yeat is making the leap from the underground to the mainstream. The 22-year-old Portland, Oregon MC has been leading the way toward a new era in Soundcloud-rap, thanks especially to his 2021 breakout project 4L and …
Read More »Luke Combs and Ed Sheeran Surprise Fans With 'Dive' Duet at C2C Festival
Luke Combs has been covering Ed Sheeran’s hit “Dive” in his shows for a while now. He even recorded his own studio version back in 2018. But on Sunday night at the U.K.’s Country to Country Festival in London, Combs had an assist from Sheeran himself. “We usually do this …
Read More »Rubén Blades Jumps Into the J Balvin-Residente Fight With a Surprise Rap
Rubén Blades, the award-winning salsa composer, singer, songwriter, and activist, has been inadvertently pulled into the J Balvin-Residente feud. On Thursday night, he delivered some words of advice to Residente and spectators watching the fight unfold with a quick, minute-long rap that appeared on his YouTube channel. Residente recently shared …
Read More »Can't Make It to Seoul? Here's How to Watch BTS' Permission to Dance on Stage Concert Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Scoring tickets to a BTS concert is hard enough, but nabbing a seat at shows in their home concert can be even more difficult for international fans. Especially …
Read More »NBA YoungBoy Gets Trial Date After Video Evidence Victory: '100 Percent Convinced of His Innocence'
YoungBoy Never Broke Again finally has a trial date in his federal firearms case, and his defense is eager to get started, one of his lawyers tells Rolling Stone. The rap prodigy is set to face a jury May 16 in Louisiana’s Middle District, the court announced Monday, a little …
Read More »Hear Bob Dylan Debut 'Crossing the Rubicon' at First Concert of 2022
Bob Dylan resumed his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour Thursday night at the Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. It was essentially the same show he brought around the States late last year, but he dropped “Early Roman Kings” and replaced it with the live debut of the Rough and …
Read More »Saweetie on Cher: 'What I Love Is That She Doesn't Give a F-k!'
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 …
Read More »Bartees Strange Bears the Brunt of His 'Heavy Heart'
Bartees Strange has returned with “Heavy Heart,” his debut single on 4AD. The video features Strange paying tribute to his father and grandfather by wearing their clothes — a floral button-down and cardigan — as the track builds to a crushing guitar riff. He’s accompanied by clowns and floral arrangements …
Read More »Andre 3000 Brings His Flute to the 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Soundtrack
Nearly 50 songs make up the soundtrack for A24‘s next film, Everything Everywhere All at Once — and Andre 3000‘s flute is featured on four of them. On Wednesday, Feb. 23, the experimental trio Son Lux detailed the soundtrack album they helmed for the sci-fi comedy, which is set to …
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