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The Rolling Stones Release a New Single as “The Cockroaches,” But It's Only On Vinyl
The Rolling Stones drop a vinyl-only blues stomp under a pseudonym, announce a July album, and remind everyone why they refuse to go away They put up posters first. Cryptic flyposters appeared around Camden Town and throughout London with no explanation beyond a name, “The Cockroaches,” and a QR code directing curious passersby to a…
After 20 Years, Billy Idol Is Entering the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
The second time is always sweeter when the first time stings. Billy Idol, who watched his debut Rock Hall nomination in 2025 come and go without the result he was hoping for, is now a confirmed member of the class of 2026. Hours before Monday night's announcement went public on American Idol, he got on…
Iron Maiden's Troubled History With the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, And What Their Nomination Means
After two decades of eligibility, three nominations, and one of the most memorably hostile relationships in Rock Hall history, Iron Maiden are in Bruce Dickinson once said that rock and roll music does not belong in a mausoleum in Cleveland. He said other things too, none of them particularly diplomatic. And yet, as of Monday…
Phil Collins, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Question Nobody Wants to Answer
A long-overdue solo induction lands against a backdrop of years of health struggles, a quiet comeback signal, and serious doubt about what November 14 will actually look like When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame called Phil Collins' name Monday night, the 75-year-old Londoner became one of only a handful of artists ever inducted…
The Class of 2026: Rock Hall Swings Wide and Lands Big
Iron Maiden, Oasis, Wu-Tang Clan, and Phil Collins headline a sprawling 18-honoree class that reflects the genre's elastic identity The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has never been particularly good at playing it safe, and the class of 2026 makes that abundantly clear. Announced Monday night on a Hall of Fame-themed episode of American…
Britney Spears Checks Into Rehab After DUI Arrest, and Nobody Should Be Surprised
There is a moment in every slow-motion tragedy where the crash finally becomes loud enough for the room to stop talking. For Britney Spears, that moment arrived on the night of March 4, when California Highway Patrol officers spotted a black BMW 430i tearing erratically down the 101 Freeway in Ventura County. The driver was…
Yes Refuses to Stop Being Yes, and “Aurora” Is the Proof
There is something almost stubbornly beautiful about a band releasing its twenty-fourth studio album. Not a greatest hits repackage. Not a cash-grab orchestral reworking. A proper, new, full-length studio record with original material, a thirteen-minute centerpiece, and artwork by Roger Dean. Yes, the band that has outlived most of its founding members and nearly all…
Peter Frampton and Tom Morello Release New Single “Lions at the Gate”
On paper, it should not work. Peter Frampton, the man who made the talk box a household sound effect and sold roughly fourteen million copies of an album recorded live in front of a crowd that clearly loved him, teaming up with Tom Morello, the guy who turned a guitar into a political weapon and…
Foo Fighters Drop “Of All People,” and It Sounds Like Dave Grohl Raided His Record Collection
There are exactly two modes Foo Fighters operate in at their best. The first is the arena-filling singalong, the kind of song built to make 60,000 strangers feel like they're all in the same band. The second is the feral, punk-adjacent burner where Dave Grohl sounds like he's trying to outrun something he can't name.…
Queen and Bowie Just Woke Up the First Moon Crew in 50 Years
There are alarm clocks, and then there is “Under Pressure” blasting through the speakers of a spacecraft 250,000 miles from home. On Wednesday morning, the four astronauts aboard NASA's Orion capsule started their eighth day in space with one of the greatest rock collaborations ever recorded. Queen and David Bowie's 1981 masterpiece served as the…
