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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. It’s no secret that the economics of touring are tough for musicians, particularly independent artists. With such slim margins, artists have increasingly depended on merchandise to make up the difference. From T-shirts and totes to physical media sales, including vinyl and CDs, the merch booth can make touring viable and profitable for musicians both big and small. Beyond the physical merch booth, setting up an online storefront connects fans who can’t make it to the gig. For indie…
‘Hunting Gary Glitter’ was set to premiere on Oct. 14 on the streamer Only a week after releasing the first trailer for Hunting Gary Glitter, streaming giant Netflix has postponed the docuseries‘ release indefinitely and removed the trailer from YouTube — all based on “new legal information.” Netflix did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment. But in a statement to Variety, a representative confirmed the news. “This follows new legal information we recently became aware of,” the statement said. “We’re not able to share further detail at this time.” Gary Glitter — real name Paul Gadd — was a…
Teenage Fanclub: Do Not Dare to Dream [Merge]Nearly four decades in, Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley still live and breathe the purifying air of power-pop, albeit the sort that swaps melodic brute force for softer power: jangly ditties that mosey into the dark and always find their way home. Despite excursions into autumnal folk and wintry kosmische, Do Not Dare to Dream primarily invests in their timeworn tropes of pillowy tone, dreamy harmony, and a sense of intra-band play that suggests their ’60s pop sandbox remains a haven from torpor and cynicism. —JMTinashe: Popstar [Atlantic]For any other artist, titling your…
Michael Kiwanuka has announced a new album called ‘FUDGE’ while revealing that he suffered a stroke earlier this year and is currently undergoing rehabilitation. The singer-songwriter shared the news in a letter posted to Instagram, explaining that the health problems he has experienced over recent months could have seriously affected his ability to continue making music. “I’m very happy to be announcing to you my new album FUDGE,” he wrote. “I’m especially happy because the last few months I’ve been battling some health problems which would heavily hinder and get in the way of me making music for the foreseeable…
Legendary D.C. punks Bad Brains are issuing their long sought-after first demo tape. Recorded in 1979 at Arlington, Virginia’s Inner Ear Studios and newly remastered by Ian MacKaye, Are You Ready: The First Studio Recording (Inner Ear – March 1979) will be available on vinyl LP, cassette, and digitally come November 6 via Trust Records. Below, hear the early studio version of Bad Brains’ debut 7”, “Pay to Cum,” accompanied by footage of the band performing at CBGB’s in October 1979.In a press statement, Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer said, “The riff for ‘Pay to Cum’ started as a stream…
The performance will mark the country singer’s first onstage appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards in five years Kacey Musgraves will honor and celebrate Dolly Parton with a special tribute performance set for the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. Set for Sept. 27, the performance will mark the country singer’s first onstage appearance at the VMAs in five years. “The world feels a lot less sparkly all of a sudden,” Kacey Musgraves wrote on X following Parton’s death in August. “Dolly. This really really hurts.” Musgraves found comfort in imagining Parton reuniting with her husband, Carl Dean, who died…
Roughly 70 percent of the country disapproves of President Donald Trump and his first two years of governance, but like an overindulgent mother, First Lady Melania Trump would like everyone to remember that her husband is trying his hardest. “I think he’s doing the best he can,” Trump told the hosts of Fox & Friends on Wednesday morning when she was asked how she felt her husband was doing in comparison to his first term. “He’s very focused, he has a lot on his plate,” she said. “It’s very different, what’s going on around the world now. But I think…
Neil Young has kept a low public profile this year, popping up only for a brief, unannounced performance at the 90th birthday party of Canadian environmental activist David Suzuki back in May after cancelling a planned summer tour of Europe. But Farm Aid is coming up on September 26, and Young booked two warm-up shows with Willie Nelson in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Philadelphia to shake off the rust and prep for the annual charity concert. Rusties (the preferred nomenclature for hardcore Neil Young fans) flocked to Bridgeport from around the globe for the first show on September 22, having no…
The hit horror film is getting a physical media release, including a Steelbook, although a release date has not yet been announced If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Zach Cregger has another hit on his hands with Resident Evil, the latest adaptation of the long-running video game series. The film has become a box office success — perhaps unsurprisingly, given its popular source material. But it was also a critical hit, earning the best reviews of the franchise thanks to the sure hands of…
Queens of the Stone Age are unveiling another single from Perfecth, their upcoming album, and this one seems right up Drake’s alley: “Where the Goth Girls At?” Waxing nostalgic about his teenage years in a Palm Desert suburb, Josh Homme sings about young love and the urge to impress others to win their affection. “Watching the goth girls working the counter at JCPenney and giving goth makeovers to the old ladies, that’s when I knew the only place I want to be is where the goth girls at,” he said in a press release. “Teenage love, ain’t it grand?”The song’s…
