In the 1990s, after years of battling mental illness, Brian Wilson finally found the emotional stability to return to touring and start recording great music again. That comeback paved the way for another major accomplishment: In 2000, he brought his 1966 masterpiece Pet Sounds to the stage for the first …
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Producer Bob Rock has sold his production rights on Metallica‘s eponymous album and several Michael Bublé projectsto song investment company Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the company announced Thursday — the latest in a flurry of catalog acquisitions Merck Mercuriadis’s company has closed this month. Mercuriadis bought the production rights for an …
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Lady Gaga delivered a characteristically grand rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday, January 20th. The pop star met the occasion with a voluminous red dress, a giant dove broach, and a golden microphone, into which she belted the anthem. With the marching band accompaniment providing some …
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Tim McGraw and Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard have been added as performers on the primetime special Celebrating America, which will mark the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Hosted by Tom Hanks, the event airs January 20th at 8 p.m. ET on most major television …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Students of the school of life don’t need to enroll in obscure online universities and unaccredited diploma mills to level up on new skills. When it comes to …
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Last April, Marianne Faithfull had begun working on a new album, her first in several years, when disaster struck: Then 73, she tested positive for Covid-19 and was hospitalized. Miraculously, Faithfull not only recovered but completed the album, She Walks in Beauty, which has just been announced for release on …
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Mick Fleetwood, co-founder and drummer for Fleetwood Mac, is selling his entire recorded music catalog to BMG, the company tells Rolling Stone. BMG will receive the musician’s royalty share in a vaunted 300-song catalog that includes tracks like “The Chain,” “Go Your Own Way,” and “Dreams,” the last of which …
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AC/DC do what AC/DC do best in the video for the Power Up single “Realize.” The clip, filmed in black-and-white and through a guitar-distorting fisheye lens, shows the five musicians simply having a blast playing the no-frills rocker in a rehearsal studio. As the camera pans around, it reveals that …
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Sally Rooney will publish her new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You on September 7th via Faber. The plot follows four characters in Ireland: Alice, a novelist; Felix, a warehouse worker; Eileen, Alice’s best friend; and Simon, a man Eileen has known since she was a child. They engage in …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Office’s transition from Netflix to NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, has fans taking a much-appreciated trip back to Dunder Mifflin. This re-discovery of the Steve Carell hit series …
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