The Rolling Stones have teamed with Boston Dynamics to recreate the band’s “Start Me Up” video with the tech company’s robot dogs. The tribute — released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the track and the album Tattoo You — features the original 1981 video alongside the somewhat-terrifying robots — …
Read More »Elvis Costello & the Imposters Preview 'The Boy Named If' LP With New Song
Elvis Costello & the Imposters have dropped the new song “Magnificent Hurt.” It’s the first single from their upcoming The Boy Named If, which arrives on January 14th via EMI/Capitol Records and is available for preorder. “The full title of this record is The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s …
Read More »Joss Stone and Corinne Bailey Rae Team Up for 2022 Co-Headlining Tour
U.K. singer-songwriters Joss Stone and Corinne Bailey Rae are teaming up for a co-headlining tour. The Grammy winners kick things off with a four-day Capital Jazz SuperCruise on January 19th-22nd. Tickets go on sale Friday. The rest of the tour comprises intimate theater dates that wind through the southern U.S. …
Read More »Wale Drops 'Folarin II' Featuring J. Cole, Rick Ross, Jamie Foxx
Wale has released new album, Folarin II. It follows 2019’s Wow… That’s Crazy, which included his hit “On Chill” featuring Jeremih. His Folarin mixtape came out in 2012. The 15-song set includes “Poke it Out,” where he reunites with J. Cole and it features the electric bass sample Q-Tip employed on his 1999 single …
Read More »Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian Dress Up as Famously Stable Couple Sid and Nancy
Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian did exactly the thing you’d expect them to do ahead of Halloween, dress up as famously dysfunctional couple Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Kardashian shared a photo series of the couple’s costume on Instagram with the caption, “Till death do us part.” Super cute, considering …
Read More »John Mayall Won't Tour Anymore, But He Has at Least One More Album in Him
There’s a growing list of veteran pop and rock acts who’ve announced an end to touring — Paul Simon, Joan Baez, Elton John — and we can now add another: John Mayall. The godfather of the British blues scene, who will turn 88 next month, has announced an end to …
Read More »Why Is Mariah Carey Teaming Up With the Winklevoss Twins? (Hint: It Has to Do With Financial Empowerment)
Mariah Carey is getting into the crypto game, teaming up with cryptocurrency platform Geminion a new campaign aimed at encouraging women to educate themselves about this new asset class. Carey appears in a new video that seeks to take the intimidation factor out of investing in bitcoin, with the singer …
Read More »Kanye West Has Changed His Name to Ye — Just Ye
Kanye West has a brand-new name. The artist formerly known as Kanye is now officially “Ye,” as the Los Angeles Superior Court confirms to Rolling Stone. Judge Michelle Williams Court signed off on the rapper’s petition for the name change. The petition was filed on August 24th with the musician …
Read More »Coldplay Travel to Space and Redeem Humanity (Again) on 'Music of the Spheres'
“You’ve got a higher power,” Chris Martin tells a brand new flame — and, by extension, each and every citizen of Earth — on Coldplay‘s ninth album, adding, “I’m so happy I’m alive.” He may be literally the only person who feels that way in 2021, and that, of course, …
Read More »Finneas Explores Grand Songwriterly Ambitions on 'Optimist'
As the producer and co-writer on his sister Billie Eilish‘s landmark 2019 album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, as well as her follow-up from earlier this year, Happier Than Ever, Finneas O’Connell has helped bring to life one of the most significant pop artists of this …
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