Mick Jagger is facing the pandemic head-on in a newsreel clip he shared on Twitter Tuesday to benefit Save the Children. The clip orignally appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “In times of international crisis every man, woman and child must pull their weight,” a mid-Atlantic accent intones …
Read More »Tina Fey to Host Robin Hood's Star-Studded 'Rise Up New York!' Benefit
Tina Fey will be the master of ceremonies for a virtual benefit called Rise Up New York! to support New Yorkers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The May 11th telethon is hosted by the poverty-fighting organization Robin Hood in conjunction with iHeartMedia. Joining Fey will be a mix of public …
Read More »Weyes Blood on Why She's Focused Her Attention on Saving Our Oceans
In honor of Rolling Stone’sClimate Crisis Issue, we asked artists to contribute messages about what they, their governments, and everyday people can do to stand up to the threat of climate change. From England to Jamaica to the United States, we are hearing from artists and activists around the world …
Read More »Colbert, Fallon, Meyers Imagine Dr. Fauci's Brave New World of No Handshakes
Earlier this week, Dr. Anthony Fauci — head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — offered a blunt but not unrealistic opinion about how modern society will have to reshape itself following the coronavirus: “I don’t think we ever should ever shake hands ever again,” he said, …
Read More »The RS Politics 2020 Democratic Primary Leaderboard
Using South Carolina as a springboard, Joe Biden has won resounding victories across three weeks of primary contests that have put him on track to win the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Bernie Sanders, lagging far behind in delegates, is not done just yet. He’s a hit with voters under 50, …
Read More »'The Hunt' Review: Red vs. Blue, Predators vs. Prey in Twitter's America
A riff on The Most Dangerous Game‘s well-worn premise, the Blumhouse blockbuster-to-be The Hunt was supposed to be just another project coming off a prolific production company’s assembly line, a tweaked take on class warfare that was part tongue-in-cheek transgressiveness and part tongue-ripped-from-mouth shock treatment. Then word got out that …
Read More »Billie Eilish Addresses Body Shaming in Concert Interlude
Billie Eilish kicked off the North American leg of her Where Do We Go? World Touron Monday night at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. Prior to performing “All the Good Girls Go to Hell,” the 18-year-old singer appeared in a video interlude in which she addressed her experiences with …
Read More »Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings Announce First U.S. Tour Together in a Decade
Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings will celebrate the music of the Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive and more on their first United States tour together in 10 years. The Together Again, Live in Concert trek will kick off June 13th at the Rose Music Center at the Heights in Huber Heights, …
Read More »Watch Chris and Rich Robinson Cover R.E.M. With Peter Buck
While performing an intimate acoustic show as Brothers of a Feather, the Black Crowes‘ Chris and Rich Robinson were joined by Peter Buck for a cover of R.E.M.‘s “7 Chinese Bros.” in Portland on Wednesday. They performed the song, off 1984’s Reckoning, during the duo’s encore. Rich and Buck plucked …
Read More »Dierks Bentley's Hot Country Knights Detail Debut Album 'The K Is Silent'
Dierks Bentley and his faux-real Nineties-country band Hot Country Knights are dressed like they’re about to charge into a medieval battle in space on the cover of their debut album The K Is Silent. Produced by Bentley, the music-meets-comedy project comes out via Universal Music Nashville on May 1st. In …
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