Less than two weeks after the Rolling Stones arrived in America for the first time back in June 1964, they headed to The Mike Douglas Show to perform their cover of Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away.” This was the pinnacle of Beatlemania, and the segment features predictable interview questions (“Do …
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Things got heated (or, shall we say, brutal) last week when Olivia Rodrigo announced her Sour Prom concert film, which featured a photo of her as a Gen Z Carriewearing a tiara while holding a bouquet of roses. But as her mascara-streaked eyes gazed into the distance, trouble loomed ahead. …
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame righted a lot of past wrongs yesterday by finally inducting Tina Turner and Carole King separate from their former partners, and bringing in LL Cool J, Kraftwerk, and Todd Rundgren years after they should have, considering those artists’ vast accomplishments. “I never put …
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In the least surprising news of the year, the organizers behind Woodstock 50 gave into the inevitable on Wednesday and announced that the festival would not be taking place. “Unfortunately, we ran out of time,” Michael Lang told Rolling Stone shortly after the news broke. “[It] was an unfortunate venture, …
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Blink-182 announced yesterday that they’re going to perform their 1999 LP Enema of the State straight through on their summer amphitheater tour with Lil Wayne. This may seem like a sweet gesture to their longtime fans and a great way to celebrate the albums 20th anniversary, but this tour was …
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Fifty years ago this month, a new album appeared in British record shops with a black cover and four words written in tiny gold lettering on the front: From Genesis to Revelation. There was no mention of a band, and according to legend, most stores dumped the LP into the …
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