The Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Pogues released their debut albums the same year, which allowed them to run in the same circles for a brief period. Chilis bassist Flea paid tribute to MacGowan on Thursday, a few hours after news broke of the former Pogues frontman’s death at …
Read More »Mariah the Scientist Unveils 2024 Tour: 'Ready to Eat You Alive'
Mariah the Scientist is bringing her sultry R&B on the road. Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that Mariah will be heading on a 45-stop tour to celebrate her recently released record, To Be Eaten Alive. “I miss hearing my fans scream my lyrics at the top of their lungs. I …
Read More »Vincent Neil Emerson Is Ready to Sing About His Indigenous Heritage and So Much More
Every April growing up in East Texas, Vincent Neil Emerson and his family traveled to Louisiana for their tribe’s annual powwow. For that one weekend of the year, the future singer-songwriter was immersed in the culture of his mother’s people, the Choctaw-Apache. He was dazzled by the spectacle of the …
Read More »Taylor Swift 'Devastated' After Fan Dies Before Show in Brazil
Taylor Swift took to social media and said she was “overwhelmed by grief” after a fan died before her Eras Tour show began in Brazil on Friday. “I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight …
Read More »Studios Can Now Make AI Clones of Your Favorite Actors
Last week when SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the details around the issue of artificial intelligence were at the top of everyone’s mind. Now, the union has released specific language around how AI provisions will appear …
Read More »Stop Thief! Why the British Museum Failed To Protect Its Collection, and How Decolonization Can Help
Stop Thief! Am I referring to the curator who allegedly stole a staggering 2,000 treasures from the British Museum collection over the last 30 years or the monumentally privileged white men who filled the collection with appropriated treasures in the first place? Well, both. Let’s start with the recently caught …
Read More »GOP Senator Defends White Nationalists: 'I Call Them Americans'
Tommy Tuberville, a United States senator from Alabama, defended white nationalism during an interview with a local NPR affiliate on Monday, AL.com has reported. WBHM Birmingham asked Tuberville if white nationalists should be allowed to serve in the military. “They call them that,” the senator responded. “I call them Americans.” …
Read More »'Star Trek: Picard' Series Finale Sets the Stage for a Big Spinoff
This post contains spoilers for the Picard series finale, “The Last Generation.” When this third and final season of Picard debuted earlier this year, I wrote that while on the one hand it was shameless fan service, on the other this was exactly what Star Trek fans wanted and needed …
Read More »Bad Bunny Sets the Record Straight on Harry Styles Coachella Tweet
Harry Styles stans took to social media after Bad Bunny appeared to throw shade at the “As It Was” singer at Coachella on Friday. Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Ocasio, became the first Latino to headline the music festival in Indio, California. While performing fan favorite “El Apagón” …
Read More »David Bowie's Greatest Album Is Getting a Must-Hear Reggae Overhaul
David Bowie‘s 1972 opus The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was his first truly classic album, and it remains one of the most important rock records of all time. Fifty-one years later, Ziggy‘s centerpiece “Starman” is being reimagined as the lead single off Ziggy …
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