Citing safety concerns from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the New York Metropolitan Opera announced on Wednesday that it is cancelling its 2020-2021 season. The decision carries ominous implications for the return of the live music industry, which has been battered since the pandemic almost completely stalled what was supposed to …
Read More »The CDC is Recommending These Touchless Trash Cans to Help Curb the Spread of COVID
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. From hand sanitizer to face coverings, the CDC has put together a comprehensive list of products to stock up on to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. …
Read More »New York Health Commissioner: Chainsmokers Show 'Mocks New Yorkers' Work to Flatten the Curve'
Last weekend, the Chainsmokers headlined an outdoor charity concert in the Hamptons that was touted as a drive-in show where guests would be allowed to sit outside their cars in designated areas that were at least six feet apart. Still, photos and videos from the event showing packed crowds with …
Read More »No MILFs, No Squirting, No Gang Bangs: How the Porn Industry Is Changing During COVID-19
As COVID-19 cases in California continue to skyrocket, Downtown Disney, the shopping district area of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, officially reopened late last week. The same week, another place that could arguably be referred to as the Happiest Place on Earth also opened its doors: a gay porn set, specifically …
Read More »COVID-19 Is Surging. Donald Trump's Response Is Shrinking
Dr. Peter Hotez tuned into last Friday’s White House Coronavirus Briefing hoping he might learn something new. Hotez is the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor’s College of Medicine and one of the leading vaccine researchers in the world. He and a team of scientists are …
Read More »New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on COVID, Protests and Not Being a Knucklehead
“Don’t Be a Knucklehead” — the signs glow above highways all over New Jersey like the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg in The Great Gatsby. Just as the faded optician sign stood in for God in the 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, the highway signs sub in for Governor …
Read More »Deftones Postpone Summer Tour Due to 'Uncertainty Surrounding COVID-19'
Deftones have postponed their North American summer tour due to the coronavirus pandemic. The nearly 30-date trek was slated to be the band’s first full U.S. summer tour since 2017. Originally scheduled to kick off on July 27th in Portland, Oregon at Theater of the Clouds at Moda Center and …
Read More »Michael McDonald Shares Live Rendition of 'What the World Needs Now'
Michael McDonald has released audio from his live rendition of “What the World Needs Now,” originally written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach in 1965. The timely concert recording premiered on Billboard alongside a lyric video, depicting heartwarming home videos of family and the outdoors. McDonald told Billboard that he likes …
Read More »Stephen King Apologizes to Colbert for Predicting COVID-19
Stephen Colbert had another Stephen, acclaimed author Stephen King, on The Late Show Tuesday night, where he asked King how he was able to so accurately predict the coronavirus crisis. “People have been telling me for years that I sort of foresaw Donald Trump,” King said. “I wrote a book called The …
Read More »'In My Room' With Sting
Earlier this week, Sting appeared with Shaggy on an installment ofRolling Stone’s In My Room IGTV series, and now, the artist and former Police frontman is back with his own video, where he called in from his home in Wiltshire, England. “I’m lucky enough to have a recording studio here, …
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