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Andrew W.K. has surprised released his first album in five years, ‘Temptation to Exist’ – check it out below. The ‘Party Hard’ artist has dropped a 10 track jazz noir LP that “marks one of the most unexpected transformations in the career of an artist who has spent more than two and a half decades defying expectations,” according to a press release. It adds: “Trading the maximalist hard rock associated with much of his career for a sprawling instrumental landscape of piano, brass, woodwinds, cello, percussion, vibraphone, organ, synthesizers, and more, the album reveals another dimension to an artist whose…
Following the conclusion of the tour, Grande plans “step back” from public life During Ariana Grande‘s final stop of her headlining Eternal Sunshine tour, the star paused the London show to reflect on the moment and thank her fans for joining her along the way. Grande, who was healing from a minor foot injury, addressed the crowd from the stage while sitting on a stool overlooking the thousands gathered at O2 Arena. “I just want to say thank you so much. This has been such an extraordinary experience. Thank you for 10 beautiful London shows and for 41 incredible Eternal Sunshine…
Greg Kading paced the floor of his Southern California living room Monday, a bottle of champagne at the ready, as he waited for a courtroom livestream to carry the verdict in the Tupac Shakur murder trial. The former Los Angeles police detective led a task force that investigated the unsolved killings of Shakur and Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace, and he’s widely credited with helping crack the decades-old Shakur case. When jurors returned after just three hours and convicted former Compton gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis of first-degree murder in the 1996 drive-by shooting of Shakur, Kading popped the cork…
A woman in Arizona has been charged with stealing and crashing an ambulance that was parked outside an Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte gig. The incident took place outside Talking Sticks Amphitheatre and Resort in Phoenix on Thursday night (August 27), around 11pm. Local police were called to the scene when a 24-year-old named Grace Vicente reportedly got into an ambulance that was parked outside the venue and drove it a short distance before crashing into another vehicle. Vicente was detained by police after the collision, and later charged with DUI and theft of a vehicle. The ambulance was parked…
Miley Cyrus has announced her tenth studio album, ‘Bass Persuades’, alongside two headline shows at the Hollywood Bowl. The record is set to arrive on September 18 and will mark her first release through Atlantic Records. Pre-order/pre-save your copy here. It comes alongside the news that the singer will now be billed simply as Miley, and announcing the record, she wrote on social media: “My tenth studio album, ‘Bass Persuades’, is yours September 18th. Music takes hold of us. We feel it, sing it, sometimes dance to it, let it out and carry on. It is powerful, vulnerable, sweet and strong.” “Heart full, heartache,…
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced the release of their new live album, ‘Hidden In Pieces Live At The Royal Albert Hall’. The album is available to stream now, with an expanded digital edition, as well as vinyl and CD versions, set to follow on October 23. Fans can pre-order those here. The first 250 vinyl orders will also receive a photograph signed by all three band members. ‘Hidden In Pieces Live At The Royal Albert Hall’ primarily draws from the band’s two nights at the London venue in June last year, alongside recordings captured in San Diego, Chicago and New York during their intimate 25th-anniversary theatre tour. Announcing the release, Karen O has said…
Alanis Morissette is accusing her former tour manager of making “extortionate” threats to falsely implicate the singer in airport drug possession and trafficking allegations unless Morissette agreed to hire her under a 15-year contract. “Plaintiff Alanis Morissette is the victim of a calculated blackmail campaign orchestrated by a disgruntled former tour manager,” the new lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court and obtained by Rolling Stone reads. “Morissette will not agree to work with an incompetent blackmailer for the next fifteen years or pay her a ransom under the gun.” The six-page filing alleges that tour manager Keren Urinov…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The push for the postseason is here for Major League Baseball and there are plenty of intriguing storylines on the field, including the battle for the remaining Wild Card spots, and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ push for a World Series three-peat. But one of the biggest stories of the season took place last month — and it didn’t have anything to do with baseball at all. Oakland Athletics star Lawrence Butler became the first known Major League Baseball…
Nearly 30 years after the death of Tupac Shakur, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, former Compton gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty of orchestrating his murder. Davis’ conviction marks the first in a case that has gone unsolved for decades. Davis was convicted on Monday of first-degree murder by a Las Vegas jury and faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In his closing argument, Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal accused Davis of organizing the Sept. 7, 1996, shooting as “gang retaliation” for a beating that…
I t’s late August, and Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano is relaxed in a spaghetti strap tank, makeup-less and wearing a delicate gold necklace that says “Villana,” her real name. This is who she is at heart: a laidback, private, homebody. And these days, home is on an entirely new continent. Antillano is now living in Madrid. While she has a close group of friends in Spain, she admits the move has been tough. “I am the only one from my immediate family who has left Puerto Rico,” she says. She goes back often, but she’s honest about the issues…
