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Some Girls (Dance With Monsters) The musical theater project titled Playing With Fire will be out Oct. 25 JC Chasez is shifting gears for his first album in 20 years: He’s releasing a musical theater concept album inspired by Mary Shelly’s 1818 novel Frankenstein. Made in collaboration with Golden Globe-winning songwriter and composer Jimmy Harry,

The country star has been singing “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” for 12 seasons of NFL action It’s been 12 seasons and Carrie Underwood is still waiting for the end of the weekend. The country star kicked off the 2024 season of on NBC with a revamped opening that put new emphasis on the

“Impossible Future,” the new single from long-running New York queerpunks the Dead Betties, is all about striving for a better tomorrow. “My life is not about how good I look on paper,” frontman Joshua Ackley sings over driving guitars. “My life is not about how far I run from danger.” Where he and his bandmates

Will Jennings, the two-time Oscar-winning lyricist who co-wrote Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” along with chart-topping hits by Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and Whitney Houston, has died at the age of 80. Jennings’ caretaker confirmed the songwriter’s death to The Hollywood Reporter, adding that he died Friday at his home in Tyler, Texas.

A few weeks back, Barack Obama unveiled his yearly summer songs playlist, which mixed fresh hits like Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Beyonce’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” and Charli XCX’s “365” with old favorites like the Miracles’ “You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me,” the Supremes’ “Where Did Our Love Go,” and the Rolling Stones’ “(I

A JHud Christmas Holiday LP will feature Christmas classics, including a collaboration with Common on “Almost Christmas” Christmas carols from one of the greatest voices in music? Sign us up! On Friday, Jennifer Hudson announced that she’ll be releasing her first-ever holiday album, The Gift of Love, on Oct. 18. The project will feature renditions

Rapper’s long-awaited new album Don’t Be Dumb arriving this fall A$AP Rocky continues the lead-up to his much-anticipated new album Don’t Be Dumb with the LP’s latest single, “Ruby Rosary,” featuring J. Cole. The two rappers trade verses over a downtempo, piano-laden beat crafted by the Alchemist: [embedded content] A$AP Rocky has been teasing Don’t Be

Former president Barack Obama finally addressed skeptics who questioned if he really listens to every track on his 2024 Summer Playlist released last month. The annual list included a mix of classics, Nineties hits, indie rock, and current pop tracks like Billie Eilish’s “Chihiro,” Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” and Charli XCX’s “365.” During an appearance

There was at least some hubris in Weezer’s 30th anniversary Blue Album tour announcement. Openers the Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. are more than potential show-stealers, they’re established headliners in their own right. How do you follow that? You drop a giant curtain to reveal a Weezer-branded spacecraft. It seemed instantly clear at the tour

With her rapper husband T.I. watching from the gallery, Tameka “Tiny” Harris took the witness stand in a federal courtroom in California on Wednesday. In a measured voice, she denied staging a shakedown when she sued MGA Entertainment with claims that the toymaker stole the name, vibrant hair, and unique wardrobe of the couple’s teen

Twenty years ago, TV on the Radio released their celebrated debut album, Desperate Youths, Blood Thirsty Babes, which Rolling Stone described as “an immaculate album about disappointment in all its forms.” Yet somehow, its unique blend of indie rock, soul, and synth-rock felt fresh and uplifting. Now the group is reissuing the album with five

Rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris were back in a California courtroom Tuesday for their third attempt to demand millions of dollars from a toy company they claim ripped off the appearance and “total image” of the all-female musical act OMG Girlz that the couple created in 2009 and co-owned. In his opening

In an effort to embrace and be part of body positivity movements, the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan has opened up about the “port wine” birthmarks he’s had since he was a child. Corgan has rarely spoken publicly about his birthmarks but was inspired to do so by the model and influencer Carlotta Bertotti, who has a birthmark

Charli XCX is celebrating the end of Brat summer — and gearing up for Sweat tour fall! On Labor Day Monday, Charli XCX bid farewell to Summer 2024, which was musically defined by her iconic, chartreuse-colored pop album. “Goodbye forever brat summer,” Charli wrote on X. Following Brat’s success, Rolling Stone declared that “the world

Backstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival in North Carolina, Marty Stuart has just finished a whirlwind set on the Flint Hill Stage. A blitzkrieg of country, bluegrass, and rock, Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives are a living bridge between the tones and textures of the past and the evolution of those genres rushing headlong

Last year, back when the prospect of Oasis reuniting seemed about as likely as Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race, Noel Gallagher revealed on our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast that he’d written 40 songs during Covid lockdown. Some of those tracks were included on Council Skies, his most recent album with the

From Lagos, Nigeria to New York, New York, the corner is the corner. There’s a through line between the neighborhoods worldwide where money may be low but vibes are high, and as Asake recreated the gritty Lagos streets he came up on for his first headline show at Madison Square Garden, he used his budding

Missy Elliott, Ciara, Questlove, and Ludacris are among the artists paying tribute to New York rapper Fatman Scoop (given name Isaac Freeman III), who died on Saturday after suffering a medical emergency while onstage during an August 30 concert in Hamden, Connecticut. He was 53. Elliott, who tapped the “Be Faithful” rapper to feature on her

Tickets for the Oasis reunion shows in the U.K. went on sale to the public Saturday and, as expected given previous in-demand events, things did not go smoothly for many fans. Following a pre-sale Friday and a stern warning about reselling tickets on the secondary market, the majority of tickets for the reunion gigs went

💸💸💸 Manilow and his management company Stiletto Entertainment sued Hipgnosis four years after a $7.5 million deal to sell the rights to his master royalties Barry Manilow and his management company Stiletto Entertainment filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against Hipgnosis Songs Fund on Friday, alleging that the company has refused to pay out multiple bonus