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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Leon Thomas is no stranger to the spotlight. He may have risen to prominence through Nickelodeon’s hit TV show Victorious during the early 2010s, but his work in the entertainment industry goes all the way back to playing Young Simba in the Broadway production of The Lion King at only 10 years old. But after decades of hard work (and three Grammys), this singer, songwriter, and producer is just getting started. Thomas starts with gratitude toward his team…
Erykah Badu and the Alchemist have been gearing up to release their debut collaborative album since the spring of 2025. It appears they have finally run out of gears. The duo has revealed an official release date of August 28. With the announcement comes an unannouncement. Despite Alchemist revealing the title Abi & Alan in 2025, today’s news elides a project name altogether. (A Bandcamp listing is titled, “Sorry, we don’t have an album title yet …”) The announcement does, however, feature a new song, “Witch Doctor,” which you can hear below.Badu and the Alchemist, aka Alan Maman, co-produced the…
Elastica are set to reissue their seminal self-titled debut album – check out all the details below. Read More: ‘The Rise And Fall Of Britpop’: what happened to the key players next The Britpop band split up in 2001, but appeared to tease something late last month on social media. At the time, they didn’t say if this would involve new music, live performances or archive re-releases. However, the group did confirm that the project would represent their first significant action since they released the remastered version of their debut for Record Store Day 2017. After winning the Best New Band prize at the 1994 NME Awards, that…
Sean “Diddy” Combs is countersuing Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones—a music producer who sued the rap mogul for sexual assault, grooming, and more in 2024—for allegedly stealing his private footage and selling it to Netflix. In a complaint filed on August 11 and obtained by Pitchfork, Combs also accuses Jones of making defamatory statements in the 50 Cent-produced documentary series Sean Combs: The Reckoning.Combs, who is serving a four-plus year prison sentence on charges of transporting to engage in prostitution, is seeking an undisclosed sum of damages from Jones. He also calls for Jones to return the footage and destroy any…
I t’s their only day off at home in months, and the members of Westside Cowboy are doing the thing they enjoy the least: staring at a screen. Just one member of the Manchester, U.K. band owns a smartphone. Singer-guitarist Reuben Haycocks used to have a flip phone, but he lost it some time ago, and he’s in no hurry to find it. “We are not very phone-y people, generally, “ says Haycocks, squeezed into a Zoom frame with vocalist-guitarist Jimmy Bradbury, vocalist-bassist Aoife Anson O’Connell, and drummer Paddy Murphy. “As in, phony in the English sense, or in the…
With Michael on everyone’s TVs, the King of Pop’s trading card collection from earlier this year is selling fast If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. On the heels of Michael coming to streaming, Michael Jackson trading cards are back on Amazon’s bestseller charts. Released earlier this year, the Michael Jackson Bad World Tour Keepsake Premiere Collection comprises 123 cards (for his 123 Bad World Tour concerts), each featuring a different image of the King of Pop. With parallels, inserts, relics, and the cut signature…
In 2008, when The X-Files: I Want to Believe came out, movie critics rolled their eyes, calling the film a tame version of a long “Monster of the Week” X-Files episode. The TV show’s creator, Chris Carter, who also co-wrote and directed the PG-13 film, agreed with them. “The movie that was released was not the movie I had intended to release,” Carter, 69, tells Rolling Stone now over Zoom. What those critics and X-Philes saw onscreen, Carter says, was more what the movie’s financiers wanted than his vision. So now he’s releasing a gory director’s cut, retitled The X-Files:…
Global Citizen has invited Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean to Central Park’s Great Lawn to headline its 2026 festival. Hosted by Hugh Jackman, the event will include the duo’s 30th anniversary show for Fugees’ The Score, along with a support bill that includes Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey, and Tomorrow X Together.Jackman, who is this year’s Global Citizen ambassador, said in a press release, “It’s time to gather once again on the Great Lawn, in the middle of New York City, to tell the world an end to extreme poverty is possible. There’s something every one of…
Saturday Night Live has parted ways with music booker Brian Siedlecki, who has been with the show for nearly 30 years. The long-running sketch show is known for iconic music performances and being one of the most coveted performing spots on television. Siedlecki has been a big part of that success, rising from an intern role on the show in 1996 to booking his first act, Nelly Furtado, in 2001. Since then, he has been responsible for bringing some of the biggest names in music to their famous stage. Recent notable appearances include Paul McCartney performing Beatles hits with Will…
Global Citizen Festival will return to Central Park’s Great Lawn on Saturday, Sept. 26, with a full day of performances from Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey, and Tomorrow x Together. Hill and Jean will headline the free event with an anniversary celebration of the Fugees‘ second and final album, The Score. The instant classic record included their signature cover of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly,” alongside the singles “Ready or Not” and “Fu-Gee-La.” The Fugees celebrated the 25th anniversary of the album as a trio in 2021 with plans for an expansive tour…
