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In early May, Sammy Hagar spoke to Rolling Stone about his life in quarantine. He told us that he was respecting the lockdown measures and taking them very seriously, but was anxious to return to the stage as soon as it was safe. “I’m not going to go around spreading …

“I’m hopeful seeing this moment, because I see the conversation moving leaps and bounds from where it was before,” John Legend says on the latest episode of the Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition video series. But it’s taken too long, he adds, for white America to acknowledge the reality of …

Steve Martin teamed up with the Philadelphia Orchestra to put a symphonic spin on his bluegrass tune, “Office Supplies.” Martin and the Philly Orchestra recorded the socially distanced performance for the HearNOW: At-Home Gala, which the orchestra hosted digitally over the weekend. The performance opened with Martin introducing the song, …

My Chemical Romance have announced their rescheduled tour dates, which were pushed to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The band had been set to play a string of reunion shows in 2020, before the coronavirus reached the U.S. “We would never want to distract from the challenges we …

Michael Stipe has officially released his stunning new song “No Time for Love Like Now” with Big Red Machine, a collaboration between the National’s Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. Written by Stipe and Dessner, the clip features the former R.E.M. singer in a white v-neck shirt, singing …

Yes guitarist Steve Howe has released “The Headlands,” the first offering from his latest solo album Love Is, out July 31st via BMG. Clocking in at just over three minutes, the lively instrumental track features Howe on nearly every instrument — acoustic, electric, and steel guitar, bass, keyboards and percussion …

Soul Asylum have shared a pair of tracks — including their cover of Dead Kennedys’ classic “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” — as free downloads to encourage fans both to register to vote and sign a petition demanding justice for George Floyd, who was killed by police in the band’s hometown …

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, released a passionate, timely new video for “What We Want,” the title track to his 2019 EP. Directed by Ayana Stafford-Morris and produced by Udi Aloni, the clip features Baraka onstage at Newark Symphony Hall, accompanied by a bongo drummer. He sends his …

A few years before Roy Thomas Baker gained fame as the producer for some of the greatest albums by Queen and the Cars, he was one of several engineers to work with the ever-prolific Frank Zappa. A new four-disc box set, The Mothers 1970, spotlights some of the work Baker …

UPDATE 6/9/2020:Primavera Sound have finalized the lineup for their 2021 festival, with new additions including Kim Gordon, Khruangbin, Kurt Vile, Slowthai, Beach Bunny, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Lingua Ignota and more. Tickets purchased for the 2020 festival can still be used for 2021; full festival tickets on sale now, with …