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Hamilton Leithauser is using downtime from his annual Café Carlyle residency to tour I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, his acclaimed 2016 joint album with Rostam. The 10th anniversary run kicks off November 5 in the duo’s shared hometown of Washington D.C. and ends in Los Angeles two weeks later. All dates are below, along with an unreleased piano version of the track “In A Black Out,” which they debuted with the announcement.Leithauser’s most recent album, This Side of the Island, dropped in 2025; Rostam’s third LP, American Stories, premiered in May.Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam TourHamilton Leithauser and…
“You guys are such fucking losers, like it’s crazy,” Swedish singer says has become the latest artist to have their hit song hijacked by the White House for an offensive TikTok video showcasing ICE. On Thursday, the Swedish singer blasted the Trump administration’s social media team for using her “Midnight Sun” to soundtrack clips of ICE agents arresting people alongside the caption “Never ending deportations.” “I’m just sad. My heart is heavy seeing that, because I wish I could speak to whoever made that video,” Larsson said in a video response posted on TikTok. “I wish I could talk to…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Four-time Grammy Award winner Lenny Kravitz can now add another accolade to his already stacked résumé: Joining the Barbie universe as an official Ken doll. The “American Woman” singer is the latest celebrity to turn into the toy, with his miniature counterpart dressed in some of Kravitz’s signature gear: A slinky tank, statement jewelry, and plenty of tattoos (and abs) on full display. Available from major retailers including Walmart and Amazon, the new Ken doll retails for $70.…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Even as monitors boast ever-faster refresh rates and laptops come loaded with all sorts of AI-powered features, one crucial factor has stayed stagnant (or even regressed) in personal computing: sound quality. Not all monitors come with built-in speakers, and the ones that do are often underwhelming. Laptop makers have likewise increasingly prioritized lightweight portability over powerful sound. Best Computer Speakers View more + That’s why the right pair of computer speakers can go a long way in making…
Death Cab for Cutie have unveiled a batch of shows behind I Built You a Tower early next year. Ben Gibbard and co. had already booked a string of dates in Europe, Japan, and Australia—appended by a one-off show in Chicago in November—and will head now out on a full North American trek starting in Nashville in March. With the news comes a video for “Stone Over Water” from musician and animator Sean Solomon, which you can watch below.The new dates run into the spring, with shows above, below, and—in the case of Niagara Falls—practically on the U.S./Canada border. There…
Hayley Williams has shown her support for the artists who dropped out of Ed Sheeran‘s tour by including them in her pre-show playlist. Sheeran’s upcoming ‘Loop’ shows are currently lacking any opening acts after Macklemore was dropped from the tour over his impassioned “free Palestine” speech made while opening for Sheeran at New Jersey’s Gillette Stadium. The speech prompted calls for Macklemore’s removal from figures like Pink and the Israeli American Council, and Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft later confirmed that he found Macklemore’s speech “deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community”, resulting in his dismissal. Since then, all of Sheeran’s support acts and backing band have dropped out of the tour,…
MTV has added several new artists to its lineup of performers for this year’s Video Music Awards. Gunna, Lisa, Raye, Shaboozey, Gener8ion, Sienna Spiro, and Yung Lean will now all perform at the ceremony, which will air on CBS and MTV at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sept. 26. The show will also be streaming on Paramount+ (premium) and available on Paramount+ and MTV on the 27th. Lisa will perform her new single, “SaWaDiKa,” at the event, previewing her upcoming EP, Press Play, due Oct. 23. Shaboozey, meanwhile, will perform “Cowgirl” and get an assist from Gunna for a rendition of…
Cover of Jimmy Reed’s blues classic is meant to evoke the “electric energy” of video game’s Vice City Keith Richards put his spin on Jimmy Reed’s 1961 blues classic, “Bright Lights, Big City,” for Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album. It’s one of 34 songs intended to “capture the electric energy of Grand Theft Auto VI’s world of Vice City and Leonida” on the video game’s soundtrack, due out Nov. 19. Reed took the original version at a medium tempo, imbuing Jimmy Reed, Jr.’s guitar line with swinging swagger, as he slurred the lyrics and let his voice tremble while…
POLITICAL STATEMENT Macklemore Free Palestine Shirt This T-shirt features the rapper’s name, image, and logo on the front, along with the words “Free Palestine.” The back of the T-shirt features quotes taken from Macklemore’s speech from the concert at MetLife Stadium. Among the words on the shirt, “To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters: criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide in no way is a criticism of you. My message is for peace; love for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality.”
The president remains laser-focused on desecrating Washington, D.C.’s most venerated structures The war against Iran is continuing, the affordability crisis is worsening, and the Republican Party’s chances to retain control of Congress in November are looking increasingly grim. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is laser-focused on renovating Washington, D.C. The president mused on Wednesday evening about “ripping down” the Kennedy Center if the courts don’t let him put his name on it, and a few hours later posted an image of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial surrounded by construction equipment and coated in gold. New media post from Donald J. Trump(…
