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Carly Pearce stopped by The Tonight Show to perform her song “Diamondback” and took the title literally, appearing with a rhinestone-studded dress and microphone. The country singer took the late night show stage alongside her band for a rousing rendition of the tune. “Diamondback” comes off Pearce’s expanded full-length version of her 2021 EP 29,

Grateful Dead drummer and founding member Bill Kreutzmann is sitting out Dead and Company’s upcoming Playing in the Sand concerts in Mexico, citing personal health concerns, Kreutzmann announced on Monday. “Playing in the Sand has become my favorite tour stop in recent years and there’s so much about it that’s just so great. And thus,

Elvis Presley had been dead for six months when the plastic-surgeon’s knife plunged into Dennis Wise. There Wise lay, on a table in an Orlando hospital, surrounded by photos of the King. He knew what was coming, but the reality of it didn’t really hit him until the doctor, who seemed like a nice enough

A&E and Lifetime have revealed that the first episode in their two-part documentary about Janet Jackson — made in cooperation with the singer herself — will premiere on Jan. 28. The documentary also shared a new three-minute trailer for Janet, an “intimate, honest, and unfiltered look” at Jackson’s life and career. As Jackson says early

Steve Earle & the Dukes have announced a tribute concert to his son Justin Townes Earle at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Jan. 4, on what would have been the late singer-songwriter’s 40th birthday. Titled “A Celebration of Justin Townes Earle,” the concert will feature artists like Jason Isbell, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Old

Miley Cyrus performed a pair of songs with Brandi Carlile, debuted a new track, and suffered a wardrobe malfunction after the ball dropped during her New Year’s Eve special in Miami. Together, both Carlile and Cyrus revived some of their earliest hits: They first performed “The Story,” Carlile’s first big single from 2007, and then

This piece was originally published on “Rolling Stone” India. The best thing about K-pop’s evolution, from its beginnings in the late Nineties to the powerhouse genre it is today, is the increasing attention to detail, production, and performance — right from an artist’s debut. This year was no exception, bringing us a great bunch of

On New Year’s Day 1964, Connie Smith — then still an aspiring singer — met Grand Ole Opry star Bill Anderson at a concert in Canton, Ohio. It was actually their second meeting: The first followed Smith’s victory in a talent show in Columbus, after which Anderson invited her to perform on the Ernest Tubb

The next season of the Netflix self-improvement series Queer Eye premieres Dec. 31 and takes the cast to Texas to continue their mission of encouragement and empowerment. Texas native Miranda Lambert has recorded a new song called “Y’all Means All” for the series, a snippet of which can be heard in the show’s teaser. While

In an era where social media is used to facilitate and exaggerate wealth, celebrity, and status, Mick Jagger has used it to position himself as one thing he’s never really seemed to be — a regular guy who loves taking a stroll and visiting tourist attractions.  Jagger’s been on Instagram since 2019, but this fall

LL Cool J will not be performing during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2022 on ABC after testing positive for Covid-19, Billboard reports. Chlöe, who was also set to appear on Friday, has pulled out of the show as well. “I know it’s disappointing to the millions of fans but my

Katy Perry and Alesso have dropped the new single “When I’m Gone,” a spacey electro-pop dance track that marks the first collaboration between the DJ and pop star. “When I’m Gone” is the second single Perry’s released this year, following “Electric,” which dropped in May as part of the Pokémon 25 soundtrack. This is Alesso’s fourth

One of Hollywood’s messiest divorces also will mark one of the industry’s most costly. Dr. Dre and ex-wife Nicole Young reached a massive divorce settlement Tuesday that will see Young walk away from their 24-year marriage with $100 million. Sources familiar with the settlement tell Rolling Stone that the two sides have finalized terms of

Phish fans were dealt a devastating (though understandable) blow last week when the group announced that its annual New Year’s Eve residency at Madison Square Garden was being pushed back to April because of the Omicron surge. “While Phish has played shows this year as the pandemic has continued, this variant’s ability for rapid transmission

Taylor Swift wants a federal judge to dump his recent ruling allowing a copyright infringement lawsuit over her hit song “Shake It Off” to proceed to trial. The singer argues in a new court filing that the judge failed to address something called the “extrinsic test” when he decided Dec. 9 that the two songwriters

Ozzy Osbourne has announced his first dive into the world of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) with the upcoming ‘Cryptobatz’ collection. The Prince of Darkness will unveil 9,666 unique NFT bats in January – a knowing nod to the infamous moment he bit the head off a bat during a 1982 performance in Des Moines, Iowa. Created

Throughout his career, bluegrass banjo master J.D. Crowe selflessly made room in his band the New South for innovators. Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, and Jerry Douglas all played in the group, which, under Crowe’s leadership, tested the limits of tradition-minded bluegrass culture by welcoming electric instruments and embracing songs from the folk and rock worlds.