U.K.’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced Friday that indoor concerts can resume in the country beginning August 1st as long as audiences adhere to social distancing protocols. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and culture secretary Oliver Dowden announced that, as part of Phase 4 of England’s COVID-19 reopening …
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UPDATE (2/3/21):Migos have dropped their lawsuit against their former attorney Damien Granderson, Varietyreports. Their malpractice complaint, filed in July 2020, claimed they were “cheated out of millions of dollars.” The complaint was dismissed with prejudice on Wednesday. *** Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos are suing their longtime attorney, Damien Granderson, for …
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Toots and the Maytals have shared a new single, “Warning Warning,” following the group’s return to music earlier this year with the song “Got to Be Tough.” Just as Frederick “Toots” Hibbert issued political truths on songs like “Monkey Man” and “54-46 Was My Number,” he does so here on …
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Neil Young has again voiced his disapproval of his music featuring at Donald Trump rallies after the rocker’s “Like a Hurricane” and “Rockin’ in the Free World” were played during the president’s Mount Rushmore event Friday night. “This is NOT ok with me…,” Young tweeted after video of his music …
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Father John Misty will drop an EP of covers, Anthem +3, on Bandcamp this Friday for one day only as part of the music platform’s “No Share Revenue Day.” Misty, a.k.a. Josh Tillman, covers two Leonard Cohen songs on the EP — “Anthem” from 1992’s The Future and “One of …
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Kill Rock Stars have released Elliott Smith‘s “Some Song,” a track from the late songwriters’ previously unreleased live album,Live at Umbra Penumbra, out August 28th. “Some Song” first appeared on the “Needle in the Hay” seven-inch single in 1995. “Got a rock song I’d like to play,” Smith tells the …
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Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the White Stripes‘ De Stijl on Saturday, Third Man Records shared a 2000 performance of the duo playing “Death Letter.” The show took place on June 15th at Jay’s Upstairs in Missoula, Montana. The band is seen in their signature white and red outfits …
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A Spike Lee-directed concert film documenting David Byrne‘s unique American Utopia Broadway show will get its premiere on HBO later this year. “It is my honor and privilege that my art brother, Mr. David Byrne, asked me to join him in concert, to invite me into his magnificent world of …
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Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante has teamed up with DMC of Run-DMC for his latest quarantine performance, sharing a medley with one-half of the rap-rock duo. It was later released on Bandcamp for charity with all proceeds going to MusicUnites.org. Along with DMC, the medley features Suicidal Tendencies bassist Ra Diaz …
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The latest episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast revisits a wide-ranging 2015 cover-story interview with Ice Cube, where he looked back at the origins of “Fuck Tha Police” (which is currently seeing surging streaming numbers in the wake of worldwide Black Lives Matter protests), went deep on his childhood …
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