Soon after Kiss announced their End of the Road tour, frontman Paul Stanley called into the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast for an in-depth interview, in which he explained why the band is retiring from the road, and much more. To hear the entire conversation, press play below or download …
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A decades-old rivalry is renewed in the latest trailer for Creed II, which finds Michael B. Jordan‘s Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed, head-to-head against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago. While the core of the sequel — the fight between the sons of Creed and Drago — was …
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As the U.S. Senate firms up a major decision this week about the Music Modernization Act — a piece of music legislation that was once guaranteed to sail smoothly into law, but has been waylaid by a series of surprising dissents from inside the music industry— a group of more …
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Throughout Pink Floyd‘s three-decade-plus history, the band employed only five full-time members. Three of those men had their turn helming the project, each one inflecting it with a unique flavor. Syd Barrett reigned over the madcap, bluesy space-rock era; Roger Waters ruled the proggy, introspective concept-album days; and David Gilmour …
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Texas congressman and Senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke visited Ellen for Wednesday’s episode, with the former punk rock bassist discussing his Election Day battle against Ted Cruz, his stance on the NFL players’ anthem protests and Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to Texas, where the president will voice his support for his …
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As President Trump continues to feel the heat from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, he’s taken refuge in touting America’s booming economy. “Consumer Confidence Index, just out, is the HIGHEST IN 18 YEARS!” the president tweeted on Wednesday. “Also, GDP revised upward to 4.2 from 4.1. Our country is …
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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, the co-stars of the upcoming musical drama A Star Is Born, announced the movie’s official soundtrack, out October 5th via Interscope Records. The two leads appear on the album’s 19 songs, either in solo or duet form. The LP traces the creative and romantic arc …
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It’s Streamageddon: On September 14th, what choice will you make? You’ve only got so many hours in a day for bingeing, so you’ll have to make a tough choice between a check-in on Bojack Horseman, Beau Willimon’s big-budget follow-up to House of Cards for Hulu (featuring Sean Penn and space …
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Soccer Mommy amplifies the melancholy in Bruce Springsteen‘s “I’m on Fire” in her mournful cover of the 1984 song. Sophie Allison reframes the soft-rock single in a ghostly indie-rock atmosphere, elongating every syllable over a strummed electric guitar. The revamped song, a longtime Soccer Mommy setlist staple, will highlight an …
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In the guise of a bouncy romcom about insanely gorgeous rich kids enjoying their privileges, Crazy Rich Asians is making history: It’s the first Hollywood film in 25 years to feature an all-Asian cast. (The last one: 1993’s The Joy Luck Club.) Singapore-born author Kevin Kwan has said that he …
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