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The Provo, Utah boarding school where Paris Hilton alleged she was abused as a teenager is losing its license, according to the BBC. “For more than fifty years, children came forward with stories of abuse, neglect, and trauma,” Hilton tells Rolling Stone in a statement. “Today, the state confirmed what survivors have known all along: Provo Canyon School failed the children in its care. I was one of those children. I know what it feels like to cry for help and believe no one is coming. Today, children still inside that facility know someone is finally coming to protect them.”…
A new Madonna photo book is on the way. Madonna: Into the Groove is set for release this October, and will feature images by famed rock & roll photographer Ken Regan, plus accompanying text by former Rolling Stone staff writer Tomás Mier. Madonna: Into the Groove features images of the Queen of Pop from 1985. That year found her on the Virgin Tour, performing at Live Aid, and starring in the screwball comedy Desperately Seeking Susan. Across approximately 200-pages, the new photo book features portraits of the rising star as she became a global icon. Per a press release, the…
Devendra Banhart has unveiled a new band with guitarist Gyan Riley and producer/multi-instrumentalist Noah Georgeson called Hug. The trio will release their self-titled debut album on September 11, via David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label. Check out their fall tour dates below, along with lead single “Cow With Half Moon Parasol.”Banhart and Georgeson are longtime collaborators, including on the 2021 ambient album Refuge. Riley, the son of minimalist composer Terry, and Georgeson were childhood friends. Riley said in a press release, “Being thirteen and completely obsessed with classical guitar, there were few people I could bond with over that…. Basically just…
Ed Sheeran is set to switch labels after 15 years, with the singer-songwriter on track to ink a new deal with Interscope Records, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The news was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The change is a big one for Sheeran, who's spent the entirety of his career so far at Atlantic, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. His deal with WMG ended earlier this year, and by jumping to Interscope, he'll now be under the umbrella of Universal Music Group, the largest major label in the world. The terms of Sheeran's Interscope deal were not disclosed.…
Brace yourselves, folks, as you're about to officially find yourselves in the middle of Hot Olivia Summer™. Director and actor Olivia Wilde stopped by the Rolling Stone Studio for a chat about not one but two movies she has coming out over the next month. The first, The Invite, is currently in select theaters and goes wide on July 10; it's a remake of the 2020 Spanish movie The People Upstairs, which centers on two couples and a dinner party gone awry. Wilde directed the film and plays the party's host, co-starring with Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, and Penélope Cruz.…
vote6.5 Bands: STORMHAMMER Duration: 00:42:13 Available from: 07/17/2026 Label: Reigning Phoenix Music Streaming not yet available. Those who follow the German power metal scene will surely have stumbled upon the name of Stormhammer at some point: the formation led by bassist Horst Tessmann, over the years, has collected many lows and few highs, due to an uninspiring songwriting and a production of the records that is decidedly out of time, too crude and anachronistic, to the point of not being good even for those who love the sounds of the past.The quintet, who can at least be given the credit…
Without Cri he posted on Instagram a shirtless photo, accompanied by a few words: “A stormy mind, but a clean heart, this is me. I can't wait to see you on stage”. Alongside that image, the artist placed another, taken last summer, in which he cries after removing the tape used for binding. It is he himself, a non-binary artist, who explains the meaning of that comparison: “The photo in which I am crying corresponds to last summer, I had just destroyed myself with the tape. I send a hug to all the wonderful people who every day tailor their…
After an uncharacteristically long break of 13 months since their last studio LP, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have announced a new album. Set to arrive “later in the summer” (sure, who needs release dates), Alien Metal marks the band’s foray into EDM, a press release notes. A new song, “Level 5,” presents compelling evidence for the claim. Watch the Hayden Somerville-directed video, in which some sort of cult cabal performs freaky electronic surgery on an unsuspecting patient, below.Today’s news is pegged to the Melbourne sextet’s forthcoming three-night stint at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium next month. The last…
L’Rain will embark on a cross-country trek this fall in support of her forthcoming LP. Accompanying the news is a new song from Fata Morgana, the album she is releasing on August 14. “Borderline,” a slightly less hectic offering than the salvo of “Soulless Cycle,” comes with a Mackai Sharp-directed, time-lapse video that features the chain-sawing of an ice sculpture. If that sounds appealing to you, check it out below.Guests in the video include Arooj Aftab, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tasha, Rena Anakwe, and E. Jane. The video is dedicated to L’Rain’s mother, Lorraine, “who loved chewing on ice and for…
The Womack Sisters will release their eponymous debut album later this summer When a group calling themselves the Womack Sisters announce a throwback soul album, the first thing they have to contend with is their legacy. Zeimani, Kucha, and BG Womack are the daughters of Linda and Cecil Womack, who made R&B records in the Eighties. Their grandfather (Linda’s dad) is Sam Cooke. And their uncle is Cecil’s older brother, R&B legend Bobby Womack. In August, the trio will release The Womack Sisters, their self-titled debut, on Daptone Records. Fans of the label will recognize the textured harmonies and vintage…
