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UPDATE (8/3):The Weeknd is dropping a new song, “Take My Breath,” on Friday after teasing the track in a spot for the 2021 Olympics. https://www.instagram.com/p/CSGK3iEHcU7/ Abel Tesfaye has shed the red jacket and bandages of the Weeknd’s After Hours era to do a rare interview with GQ during which he …

The last time the Foo Fighters headlined Lollapalooza‘s flagship festival in Chicago in 2011, the band appeared to have the power to control the skies. During “My Hero,” every guitar stroke seemed dramatically timed to each torrential downpour, eliciting buoyant cheers from the crowd. Back then, weather was the typical …

Slipknot paid tribute to drummer Joey Jordison Friday, just days after the founding member’s sudden death at the age of 46. The metal act posted an eight-minute video tribute to Jordison on YouTube, featuring footage of the drummer on stage and in interviews, plus candid behind-the-scenes clips and home videos …

Fresh from winning a Song of the Year Grammy for “I Can’t Breathe” and an Academy Award for “Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah, H.E.R. appears on the latest episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast for an in-depth interview. She goes deep on the making of …

Young Thug performed a set on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series featuring songs from his upcoming album, Punk, backed by a live band including Travis Barker. Punk is Thug’s second proper studio release and follows 2019’s So Much Fun. Last weekend, Thug premiered a new song, “Tick Tock,” during his …

It all started in Vegas last Sunday, when Kanye West hosted an invite-only listening party for his 10th studio album, Donda. It came as a surprise to fans who have been eagerly awaiting the rapper’s next move ever since it was reported that he was recording new music in Mexico …

By the time Garth Brooks name-checked Chris LeDoux in his debut single, 1989’s “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old),” the real-life rodeo champ and balladeer was already a cult star. LeDoux wrote and sang detail-rich songs about the grueling rodeo circuit with a restless spirit and his own …

Continuing a tradition he started during his presidency, Barack Obama has shared his annual “Summer Playlist,” with Bob Dylan, Migos, the Rolling Stones, SZA and Brandi Carlile among the artists that Obama has on repeat. “With so many folks getting together with family and friends, there’s a lot to celebrate …

There’s a simple acoustic ballad called “Old Enough to Know” on Blackberry Smoke’s new album You Hear Georgia that captures that bittersweet moment when experience collides with age. Just when you’ve figured out the tricks to living life, you’re already past the point where they can help you. “They don’t …

Bootsy Collins has tapped G-funk super-producer FredWreck for a new remix of his Power of the One track, “Bewise.” FredWreck’s remix offers a streamlined take on the original, boosting the bubbling bass and letting the slick drums cruise beneath verses delivered by Robert “Bewise” Harding. “I called on one of …