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Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments
Read full article: Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial commentsJann Wenner, a founder of both Rolling Stone magazine and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hallโs board of directors after making disparaging comments toward Black and female musicians.
Kelly Clarkson responds to report accusing her daytime talk show of being a toxic workplace
Read full article: Kelly Clarkson responds to report accusing her daytime talk show of being a toxic workplaceKelly Clarkson has responded to a Rolling Stone report accusing her daytime talk show of being a toxic workplace.
Documents show FBI tracked Aretha Franklin for 4 decades
Read full article: Documents show FBI tracked Aretha Franklin for 4 decadesDetroitโs Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, was tracked diligently by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for four decades, according to newly declassified documents obtained by Rolling Stone.
Rolling Stone names Aretha Franklinโs โRespectโ greatest song of all time
Read full article: Rolling Stone names Aretha Franklinโs โRespectโ greatest song of all timeRolling Stone has once again compiled a list of the โ500 Greatest Songs of all Time,โ and taking the top spot is non other than the Queen of Soulโs โRespect.โ
Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65
Read full article: Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65Members of Van Halen, from left, left, Michael Anthony, bass guitar, Sammy Hagar, lead singer, Alex Van Halen, drums, and Eddie Van Halen, lead guitar appear in Los Angeles on Jan. 17, 1993. Eddie Van Halen, who had battled cancer, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Added Lenny Kravitz: โHeaven will be electric tonight.โThe members of Van Halen โ the two Van Halen brothers, Eddie and Alex; vocalist David Lee Roth; and bassist Michael Anthony โ formed in 1974 in Pasadena, California. โWe showed up here with the equivalent of $50 and a piano,โ Eddie Van Halen told The Associated Press in 2015. Van Halen, sober since 2008, lost one-third of his tongue to a cancer that eventually drifted into his esophagus.
Mark Ronson isn't sapiosexual after all
Read full article: Mark Ronson isn't sapiosexual after all(CNN) - Hit maker Mark Ronson has walked back his comments about identifying as sapiosexual. "I do not consider myself part of any marginalized community, and I apologize if anybody misunderstood or took offense to it," Ronson told Rolling Stone. Ronson told ITV's "Good Morning Britain" last week: "I feel like I identify as sapiosexual." "And they were like basically like, 'OK, Mark Ronson identifies himself as sapiosexual, that's great,'" he told Rolling Stone, referring to the ITV anchors. Ronson told Rolling Stone that after the ITV interview, he realized his comments about sapiosexuality had generated headlines that didn't reflect what he'd intended.
Rolling Stone introduces daily music charts tracking artists, songs, albums
Read full article: Rolling Stone introduces daily music charts tracking artists, songs, albumsRolling Stone introduced music charts this week aimed at better tracking popular music on a day-to-day basis. The Rolling Stone Charts include the Top 100 Songs, Top 200 Albums, Artists 500, Trending 25 and Breakthrough 25. The charts are designed to provide an "impartial, in-depth and in-the-moment view of the biggest songs, albums and artists in music." According to Rolling Stone, the charts update daily, rather than weekly, like many charts. The entertainment outlet said it uses an independent analytics company, Alpha Data, to monitor music.