Bey tops the list, earning an estimated $115 million in the past year Beyoncé is already the queen of pop music, but now she’s the queen of pop culture. The singer has claimed the top spot on Forbes’ new Celebrity 100 list, which ranks the most successful celebrities from “movies, TV, music, sports, books and
READ MOREInside the Foo Fighters’ wildly ambitious new album and HBO series This is the most terrifying part – the last day of the week,” Dave Grohl says over the phone one morning from New Orleans, in a voice actually more heavy with excitement than fear. The Foo Fighters’ singer-guitarist-leader is about to go to a
READ MORECat Power, Willy Mason and Sarah Blasko perform in Cape Town. The upcoming Rolling Stone Original Voices festival in Cape Town gives Mother City music lovers the chance to experience Cat Power, Willy Mason and Sarah Blasko before the trio head inland to play Oppikoppi. Presented by Hilltop Live and taking place at the (warmer,
READ MOREJack White makes heavy, turbulent modern-blues records the same way he pursues his other passion, furniture restoration: with a decisive attention to contour, colour scheme and cagey, durable detail. “Three Women,” the opening rumble on Lazaretto, is based (with a co-writing credit) on Blind Willie McTell’s 1928 recording “Three Women Blues.” But White’s spin on McTell’s
READ MOREFour-sheet draft includes scratched-out ideas, rhymes and doodles A draft of Bob Dylan’s lyrics for his groundbreaking 1965 song “Like a Rolling Stone” sold for $2.045 million at auction Tuesday afternoon. 10 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs: Bono on “Like a Rolling Stone” The lyrics were sold to an unidentified bidder at auction house Sotheby’s, who called the
READ MOREThree years ago, Lana Del Rey seemed to hatch into existence as a fully formed provocateur: She has introduced previously untasted flavors to pop music (her slow, torchy genre of choice might best be described as “Calvin Klein Eternity commercial”) and shaped herself into as crafty a video star as Lady Gaga, making her racy,
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