2020 was a year of painful losses, and the music world was no exception. Our weekly Rolling Stone Music Now podcast spotlighted the lives of some of the many musicians we lost this year, including one of rock & roll’s founders and two of rock’s greatest-ever virtuosos. Press play on …

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A monument honoring the traitor Robert E. Lee was removed overnight from the U.S. Capitol. The statue of Lee, who commanded Confederate forces in the rebellion waged to preserve the institution of slavery in the South, had been a fixture in the federal Statuary Hall collection for more than a …

Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday that members of the Space Force — the Trump administration’s oft-criticized celestial addition to the military — would henceforth be known as “Guardians.” Having already infringed on the Star Trek brand for the Space Force logo, the name Guardians also treads on another popular …

Paul McCartney was interviewed onThe Howard Stern Show earlier this week, where he revealed that he and Taylor Swift made sure that their respective albums — Swift’s Evermore and McCartney’s McCartney III — didn’t come out on the same day. “I did the Rolling Stone cover with Taylor Swift, and …

Glamorous holiday parties aren’t happening this year (or they shouldn’t be!), but a collection of Nashville artists are filling that void with an elegant online concert. A One Mic Christmas, streaming December 17th at 8 p.m. ET on aonemicchristmas.com, assembles charismatic vocalists like Maggie Rose, Liz Longley, Ty Herndon, Meghan …

Public Enemy have released a new music video for “Grid,” their collaboration with Cypress Hill and George Clinton from their most recent album, What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? Directed by David C. Snyder, the clip finds Chuck D and Flavor Flav embracing the post-apocalyptic vibes of …

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed a pair of Letter to You songs live together for the first time as musical guest on the latest Saturday Night Live. Springsteen and company opened their SNL appearance with a rousing, enthusiastic rendition of “Ghosts”; earlier in the week, Springsteen told …

Ahead of the E Street Band’s return to Saturday Night Live this weekend, Bruce Springsteen visited the Tonight Show Thursday to talk about Letter to You, the song that changed his life, his teenaged gigs, and why he’s never made a Christmas album. “I always liked music where the singer …

Ariana Grande has released the trailer for her concert film, Excuse Me, I Love You, set to arrive on Netflix December 21st. Although clocking in at just a minute, the clip offers a solid overview of what to expect from the film — a mix of exuberant live performance footage …