In a ruling designed to have far-reaching effects on the world’s largest oil companies, a Dutch court has held Royal Dutch Shell liable for its contributions to climate change, finding the massive energy company’s ongoing fossil-fuel operations undermine basic guaranteed human rights. The court ordered the company to act immediately …
Read More »Faster Horses Festival 2021: Luke Combs, Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett to Headline
Three of country music’s most popular male artists will headline the 2021 Faster Horses Festival. Luke Combs, Jason Aldean, and Thomas Rhett will each close out a night of the three-day Brooklyn, Michigan, country gathering. Set for July 16th through 18th, Faster Horses 2021 is essentially the 2020 edition, at …
Read More »David Kushner's New Podcast Looks Back at Brother's Murder, 48 Years Later
The last time David Kushner saw his older brother, it was 1973. He was only four years old, and he’d been hassling 11-year-old Jon to bring him back candy from the 7-Eleven near their Florida home — alligator candy, to be specific, gumballs packaged inside a plastic alligator head. Jon …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for Week of May 24th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.) …
Read More »Biden Signs Executive Order to Examine Financial Impact of Climate Change
President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing federal government agencies to assess the risks climate change brings to both public and private financial assets in the U.S., the White House announced on Thursday. The order, called the Climate-Related Financial Risk, mandates regulators including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who oversees …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Previews Upcoming LP 'Blue Banisters' With Three New Songs
Just two months after Lana Del Rey released her new album Chemtrails Over the Country Club, the singer has shared three new songs from her next LP Blue Banisters. Released quietly to streaming services without social media fanfare, the three songs are the title track “Blue Banisters” and “Text Book” …
Read More »Angels and Airwaves Return With New Song 'Euphoria'
Angels & Airwaves have released the video for their new song “Euphoria,” Tom DeLonge and company’s first new music in over a year. “In a music world that seems to be absent guitars, angst, and emotional authenticity, I felt it was important to lead with a song that mirrors the …
Read More »Blackberry Smoke Confirm New 'Spirit of the South' Tour Dates
Southern rockers Blackberry Smoke have announced new dates for an extensive tour giving praise to their musical heritage. The Georgia group’s headlining Spirit of the South Tour: A Celebration of Southern Rock N Roll will kick off July 30th and feature guests the Allman Betts Band, the Wild Feathers, and …
Read More »RS Charts: Moneybagg Yo's 'A Gangsta's Pain' Rebounds to Number One
Moneybagg Yo‘s A Gangsta’s Pain returned to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The 22-song set, which features contributions from Pharrell Williams, Future, and Jhene Aiko, among others, debuted at Number One two weeks ago. After being knocked out of the top spot by DJ Khaled‘s …
Read More »Chance the Rapper Talks Concert Film, 'Home Alone' Reboot on 'Fallon'
Chance the Rapper virtually visited The Tonight Show Friday to talk about his upcoming concert film and play a game called Auto-Tune Up with host Jimmy Fallon. A week after Chance announced that his Magnificent Coloring World concert film would premiere exclusively at AMC Theatres this summer, the rapper discussed …
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