Mumford & Sons served as the secret Saturday night headliner at the Newport Folk Festival, where the British band played a 15-song set packed with unexpected covers and surprise guests. Midway through their set, Mumford & Sons deviated from their usual set list to debut their cover of Radiohead‘s In …

When the true crime docuseries “The Staircase” was released on Netflix last month, along with three new episodes, many followers of the case against Michael Peterson were hoping the new footage would finally address the long-running “owl theory.” Peterson had been convicted of murdering his wife, Kathleen Peterson, who was …

An impressive array of Grammy-winning artists, including Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Steve Earle and Graham Nash, will embark on a five-city tour this fall in an effort to end the Trump administration’s family separation policies. Organized by the Women’s Refugee Commission, which has been advocating ending the practice of detaining …

UPDATE: An anonymous bidder purchased “I Never Dreamed” for£39,360 ($51,239), according to Omega Auctions. Bowie’s promotional sketches, photographs and band documents sold for £17,130 ($22,299). *** David Bowie‘s earliest studio recording as a singer, long-lost but unearthed by a former band mate, will head to auction in September. The late …

Jerry Cantrell and Batman collide for the new song “Setting Sun.” It’s the Alice in Chains guitarist’s contribution to a series of tracks inspired by the DC Comics graphic novel Dark Nights: Metal: Deluxe Edition. Cantrell recorded the pounding track with producer Mike Elizondo and film composer and Marilyn Manson …

Following President Trump‘s attempt to clarify remarks from his controversial press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin by using the now-infamous “double negative” excuse, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert revived animated educational show Schoolhouse Rock! to offer a true definition of that grammatical concept. “Double negative, what’s your function?/ …

On July 26th,Rolling Stone will host 500 music industry insiders, influencers and a select group of fans at a raw industrial space in Brooklyn, as singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes headlines a special event presented by YouTube Music. Mendes, who has scored seven consecutive Platinum or Multi-Platinum singles (soon to be eight …

A central figure in Russia’s campaign to seduce the NRA – the subject of a Rolling Stone investigationin April – has been arrested in Washington, D.C. Maria Butina is charged with “conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States.” A supporting affidavit alleges a …

A new indictmenthanded down Friday by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein against a dozen Russian GRU military intelligence officersexposes new details of the hacking of high-level Clinton campaign officials as well as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). A result of the special counsel …

Last year represented something of a changing of the guard when it came to Emmy-nominated dramas. With Game of Thrones taking the year off, and other former nominees either being gone (Downton Abbey) or suffering through down years (Mr. Robot, Homeland), a whopping four new shows got Outstanding Drama Series …