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Lucy Dacus Covers Japanese Breakfast, Shares Previously Unreleased “No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye"

4:32 PM EDT on September 9, 2026 Lucy Dacus is celebrating 10 years of her debut album No Burden. The singer-songwriter announced an anniversary reissue today and shared the previously unreleased fan-favorite "No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye." No Burden came…

Great Outdoors Comedy Festival Postpones Mississauga Event With John Mulaney

The three-day festival was set to debut at Erindale Park this weekend, but organizers have postponed the event without explaining why. Billy Eff is the Content Director for Rolling Stone Canada. An award-winning journalist and columnist, he has previously cont…

‘SNL’ Season 52 Lineup Recruits Katseye, Turnstile, Jalen Brunson, Inde Navarrette

The series returns on Sept. 26 with Brunson and Kasteye, followed by appearances from Dakota Johnson, Shane Gillis, Rosalía, and Gracie Abrams Saturday Night Live will kick off its 52nd season with New York Knicks point guard and NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson …

Hayley Williams Makes Surprise Cameo As Herself In Netflix's 'DANG!'

2:45 PM EDT on September 9, 2026 DANG!, the new adult animated comedy series created by Hacks' Andrew Law, premiered on Netflix on Tuesday (Sept. 8). The second episode features a cameo from Hayley Williams. In the scene, Eunice Dang — voiced by Poppy Liu — ge…

Weezer Break Out Live Rarities At The Gathering Tour Kickoff: Watch

2:29 PM EDT on September 9, 2026 A couple of weeks ago, alt-rock institution Weezer released the Gold Album, which they recorded with producers Kenneth Blume and Klas Åhlund. Every new Weezer album seems like it's partly an excuse to kick off another big tour,…

Soul Glo Announce New Album Na I’m Gon Grab Allat

Soul Glo are gearing up to release their first album since 2022. Due out January 15 on Epitaph, Na I’m Gon Grab Allat follows 2022’s Diaspora Problems, and features contributions from MIKE, Bbymutha, TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, Eugene Robinson, and…

Neurosis Announce Fall Tour

1:59 PM EDT on September 9, 2026 If you ever saw underground metal greats Neurosis live, at really any point in the band's history, then you already know they were truly transcendent in person. Earlier this year, the band made an out-of-nowhere return, replaci…

Hear Dolly Parton’s First Posthumous Song — From a New Stanley Brothers Tribute Album

The all-star tribute to the Stanleys also features Willie Nelson, Sierra Ferrell, Jamey Johnson, Dierks Bentley, and many more Dolly Parton's rollicking version of "Bound to Ride" is her first new track to be released posthumously Almost all of the tracks on t…

Turnstile, Rosalía, KATSEYE Booked For 'SNL' Season 52

1:42 PM EDT on September 9, 2026 The 52nd season of SNL premieres later this month, and the lineup for the first four episodes has been announced. Turnstile and KATSEYE will be making debuts as musical guests on the show, and Rosalía and Gracie Abrams will be …

Bootsy Collins Is About to Reveal All in Upcoming Memoir

"If I'm lyin', I'm dyin'," bassist says of new book Funked Around, Found Out out next spring Bootsy Collins, 1970s. In his 74 years on this planet, funk bass hero Bootsy Collins has survived James Brown’s frivolous fines, kept it on the one with George Clinton…

Hundreds of Fans Potentially Scammed With Fake Céline Dion Tickets

Céline Dion’s return to the stage is becoming one of the biggest music events of the year. It’s also become a dream opportunity for ticket scammers. As thousands of fans prepare to descend on Paris for Céline Dion’s long-awaited concert comeback, fraud…

Conor Oberst Announces Directorial Debut 'Invention 13' Feat. Phoebe Bridgers

1:03 PM EDT on September 9, 2026 Conor Oberst is a filmmaker now. The longtime Bright Eyes frontman recently got together with fellow musician Shawn Foree, of Digital Leather, to direct Invention 13, a new short film that'll debut at LA's Beyond Fest later thi…

Nate Amos Is an Acclaimed Songwriter. He’s Not Sure How That Happened, Either

With a new album out as This Is Lorelei, he’s making sense of his newfound position as someone who gets covered by MJ Lenderman and Cameron Winter The first time Nate Amos refers to himself as a songwriter in conversation, he uses air quotes. “Now that I 

Bootsy Collins’ First Memoir is Called Funked Around, Found Out

Bootsy Collins has announced his first memoir, arriving March 23, 2027. Written with pop culture historian Caseen Gaines, the fittingly titled Funked Around, Found Out traces the 74-year-old funk legend’s storied five-decade career. The book will explore how…

Nirvana Are This Year's VMAs Video Vanguard Award Winners

12:35 PM EDT on September 9, 2026 Here's a funny one. This year, the MTV Video Music Awards have dropped a dedicated rock category for the first time in the show's 37-year history. But today, the folks at MTV have announced that the network's highest lifetime …

There Are Now Four Kinds of Bugs Named After Taylor Swift

The Swiftiephylus species are found in Australia — but that shouldn’t stop them from getting global fans, just like their namesake Taylor Swift has had many honors, but this appears to be the first bug named for her. Taylor Swift has become so popular that…

Meta Kicks Muse Off Their Social Handles To Launch New AI Agent

12:11 PM EDT on September 9, 2026 Things used to be so simple. The band Muse did not invent the word "muse," but they got to be the main "Muse" on the social media landscape. On both Facebook and Instagram, Muse were simply @Muse. But then yesterday Meta, the …

Connor Storrie Joins Billie Eilish in 'The Bell Jar' Adaptation

With production officially wrapped, the full cast has been announced. Billy Eff is the Content Director for Rolling Stone Canada. An award-winning journalist and columnist, he has previously contributed to outlets including VICE and Urbania. A passionate advoc…