R. Kelly‘s management responded to the organization Time’s Up’s call to boycott the R&B singer’s music because of the ways he has allegedly mistreated women. “R. Kelly supports the pro-women goals of the Time’s Up movement,” the statement read. “We understand criticizing a famous artist is a good way to draw This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: R. Kelly’s Team Calls Time’s Up Boycott ‘Lynching of a Black...

Suede will release their eighth studio album, The Blue Hour, on September 21st. The Alan Moulder-produced LP marks the final installment of a trilogy (following 2013’s Bloodsports and 2016’s Night Thoughts) since their 2010 reunion. In a mysterious statement about the album, This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Suede Prep New LP, ‘The Blue...

It’s tricky to call anything a crowning moment for Beyoncé – she somehow keeps ascending, no matter how high her previous peaks may have been. Consider that she won an MTV Video Vanguard Award – before Lemonade. But there’s little doubt that her groundbreaking, elaborately conceived, culture-shaking Coachella performances this month were major moments. On the latest episode of our This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear the Story of How Beyonce Conquered...

The former members of ‘NSync – Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick – reunited Monday during their ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Each member spoke thoughtfully about how the boy band changed their lives. Bass, in particular, talked poignantly This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch ‘NSync’s Poignant, Self-Deprecating Walk of Fame...

Part of why losing Prince still hurts so much is how timely his vision feels at this exact moment; and nowhere is his spirit more alive than in the work of Janelle Monáe. She’s birthed a label and cultivated a likeminded artist roster at Wondaland, her Paisley Park-styled creative basecamp in Atlanta. And on her latest LP, This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: Janelle Monae’s ‘Dirty Computer’ Is a Liberated Futurist Funk...

Robert Plant sings “The May Queen,” a lush acoustic number off his recent Carry Fire, amid dark blue lights in the song’s new live video. He leans into the microphone, tenses his shoulders during the courses, claps along and waltzes with the mic stand as his bandmates rock back and forth with their This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: See Robert Plant’s Dusky ‘May Queen’...

Parquet Courts search New Orleans for missing guitarist Austin Brown in a quirky video for their new song “Mardi Gras Beads.” The hazy clip, set in the same festive locale as their  This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Parquet Courts Search for Missing Guitarist in ‘Mardi Gras Beads’...

Mastodon and Dinosaur Jr. announced a joint North American summer tour. The prog-metal and alt-rock bands scheduled 13 dates for the U.S. and Canada – running from September 1st in Edmonton, Alberta through September 19th in This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Mastodon, Dinosaur Jr. Plot Joint Summer...

Jeff Beck extended his summer tour with seven new dates. The guitarist added four solo concerts (July 21st in Phoenix, July 26th in Austin, Texas; August 5th in York, Pennsylvania; and August 15th in Port Chester, New York) along with three shows alongside Heart’s Ann Wilson (August 7th in Lewiston, New York; This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Jeff Beck Plots New Summer Tour...

On Wednesday, U2 will take the stage at Tulsa’s BOK Center and kick off their Experience + Innocence world tour. It’s the culmination of months of rehearsal, though they originally envisioned the run taking place right after the Innocence + Experience Tour of 2015. But that was before they decided to take This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: U2’s Stage Director Breaks Down the Band’s New Experience + Innocence...

Lin-Manuel Miranda released a “first draft” of the Hamilton showstopper “Burn” for the April installment of the Tony winner’s Hamildrops series. “First Burn” features vocals by five of the actresses who have portrayed Eliza Schuyler, who sings “Burn” in the musical, in various Hamilton This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: ‘Hamilton’: Hear ‘First Draft’ Version of Showstopper,...

J. Cole recorded the biggest sales week of 2018 so far as the rapper’s surprise new LP KOD This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: On the Charts: J. Cole Scores Best-Selling Week of 2018 With...

Of all the records to emerge from the New York City music scene of the early 2000s, none was more giddily exciting than Fever to Tell, the full-length debut from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Released on April 29th, 2003, the album – produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek and mixed by Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails, Smashing This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Fever to Tell’: 10 Things You Didn’t...

“What else we got?” Willie Nelson asks. He’s sitting with his famous battered guitar Trigger at his recording studio, located on the Cut ‘N Putt golf course he owns in Spicewood, Texas. He’s deep into a session of Frank Sinatra covers for a future tribute album. Nelson’s producer Buddy Cannon has given him plenty of chances to call it a day (especially because the singer was up until 4 This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Willie Nelson at 85: A Visit...

Dave Grohl admitted in a new interview that he is “ashamed” of Donald Trump when the Foo Fighters are touring abroad. “Today, the American Dream is broken. I’ve probably travelled internationally more than our current president and the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Dave Grohl: Trump ‘Seems Like a Massive...

Bob Dylan revealed that he has launched his own signature line of whiskeys called Heaven’s Door. The legendary singer-songwriter teamed with bourbon makers Angel’s Envy to create a trio of small batch whiskeys: A straight rye, a double barrel whiskey and a Tennessee This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Bob Dylan Reveals ‘Heaven’s Door’ Signature Line of...

Thanks to Seoul megastars BTS, 2017 was the year K-pop finally broke in the United States. BTS made their American television debut that spring on the Billboard Music Awards, snagging the title of Top Social Artist – and breaking Justin Bieber’s six-year winning streak. In November, the band returned to perform at the 2017 American Music Awards, paying additional visits to Jimmy Kimmel This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 10 K-Pop Artists to Watch in...

Kanye West unveiled his new single “Ye Vs. The People,” a response to his controversial week on social media, on Los Angeles’ This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Kanye West Debates T.I. on New Song ‘Ye Vs. The...

George Clinton announced Friday that the Parliament-Funkadelic mastermind would retire from touring in May 2019. “This has been coming a long time,” Clinton said in a statement. “Anyone who has been to the shows over the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: George Clinton to Retire From Touring in...

Reggae stalwarts Toots and the Maytals will crisscross the U.S. this summer, playing a series of shows on the West Coast and the northeast. The tour begins April 28th in San Bernadino, California and wraps up August 24th in Arlington, Virginia. In between, the band stops at several festivals, including the New Orleans This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Toots and the Maytals Announce Summer...