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Apple Originals Films is set to release a documentary featuring the rock band Fleetwood Mac and directed by Academy Award nominee Frank Marshall. Photo Credit: Apple TV+ Fleetwood Mac fans, rejoice! Apple Original Films is unveiling a new documentary that dives into the legacy of this legendary rock band. Helmed by Frank Marshall, known for his expert storytelling in music documentaries, this film offers an exclusive look at the band’s over 50-year journey. Featuring new interviews with Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks, viewers will gain personal insights into their careers. Archival interviews with the late Christine McVie will also be included to ensure her voice is heard. This documentary promises rare footage of recording sessions, live performances, and unseen behind-the-scenes moments, exploring the creative dynamics and enduring impact of their music. Beyond their musical achievements, Fleetwood Mac has left an indelible mark on popular culture,...

Fleetwood Mac will tell their story in their own words for the first time in an upcoming documentary from Apple Original Films.

Directed by five-time Academy Award nominee and Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Oscar winner Frank Marshall (The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart), the fully authorized doc will feature exclusive new interviews with band members Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, archival interviews of the late Christine McVie, and never-before-seen footage.

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A new documentary detailing the story of the legendary rock band Fleetwood Mac is in the works at Apple Original Films.

Billed as “fully authorized” by the band and directed by Frank Marshall, the film will look at both the origins and legacy of Fleetwood Mac. It’s also set to feature conversations with Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, as well as archival interviews with the late Christine McVie and never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage.

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“I am fascinated by how this incredible story of enormous musical achievement came about,” Marshall said in a statement. “Fleetwood Mac somehow managed to merge their often chaotic and almost operatic personal lives into their own tale in real time, which then became legend. This will be a film about the music and the people who created it.”

As of now, there is no set date for the release of the film,...

A new documentary detailing the story of the legendary rock band Fleetwood Mac is in the works at Apple Original Films.

Billed as “fully authorized” by the band and directed by Frank Marshall, the film will look at both the origins and legacy of Fleetwood Mac. It’s also set to feature conversations with Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, as well as archival interviews with the late Christine McVie and never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage.

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“I am fascinated by how this incredible story of enormous musical achievement came about,” Marshall said in a statement. “Fleetwood Mac somehow managed to merge their often chaotic and almost operatic personal lives into their own tale in real time, which then became legend. This will be a film about the music and the people who created it.”

As of now, there is no set date for the release of the film,...

The “Rumours” are true: Apple TV+ is making a Fleetwood Mac documentary.

The streaming service’s Apple Original Films unit announced Tuesday that director Frank Marshall is making a fully-authorized documentary in which the members of the iconic rock band will tell their story in their own words for the first time ever. The film will feature previously unseen footage, exclusive new interviews, and archival interviews with the late Christine McVie.

“I am fascinated by how this incredible story of enormous musical achievement came about,” Marshall said in a statement. “Fleetwood Mac somehow managed to merge their often chaotic and almost operatic personal lives into their own tale in real time, which then became legend. This will be a film about the music and the people who created it.”

Fleetwood Mac became one of the world’s biggest bands in the 1970s on the strength of era-defining songs like “Landslide,...

Fleetwood Mac will finally get the official documentary treatment, with filmmaker Frank Marshall set to helm the authorized feature-length project for Apple.

The film is currently untitled, and a release date has yet to be announced. The project is set to include new interviews with the four core surviving members of Fletwood Mac — Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie — as well as never-before-seen footage, and new and archival interviews with Christine McVie, who died in 2022.

The film will find Fleetwood Mac reflecting on their more than five decades together,...

After telling the stories of everyone from The Beach Boys to The Bee Gees, Carole King and James Taylor, Frank Marshall has set up another high-profile music documentary at Apple — the first fully authorized doc on Grammy-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Fleetwood Mac.

In the film, which is currently untitled, band members Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks reflect on their fortuitous meeting in 1974 and the uncompromising 50-plus-year history that’s followed, from their record-breaking recordings and tours — including never-before-seen footage, exclusive new interviews, and archival interviews of the late Christine McVie – through to today. The film will explore how the band’s trials and tribulations, personal resilience, and musical dexterity combined to create songs that have not only stood the test of time but are considered masterpieces.

Pic will take fans through the highs and lows of Fleetwood Mac’s career,...

Frank Marshall is directing an authorised documentary about the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac for Apple Original Films, the company announced on Tuesday.

The Kennedy/Marshall Company and White Horse Pictures are producing the untitled feature, which explores the highs and lows of the band’s career and looks at how they put trials and tribulations behind them to forge a hugely successful career and sell more than 200m records.

Fleetwood Mac sprung from a meeting in 1974 between Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The film includes new interviews, previously unseen footage, and archival interviews with the late Christine McVie.

They could only go their own way for so long (sorry). As has long seemed to be only a matter of time (and general stubbornness), iconic band Fleetwood Mac is finally getting their very own “fully authorized” documentary.

Apple Original Films announced on Tuesday the “definitive” and still-untitled new documentary, directed by five-time Academy Award nominee and Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Oscar winner Frank Marshall. And yes, as today’s press release tells us, “for the first time ever, Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Fleetwood Mac share their extraordinary story in their own words.” If they’ll share that story together in the same room at the same time, well, we’re not betting on it.

While the band has inspired a number of documentaries over the years, none have been fully authorized and with the participation of all the band’s living members. Fans eager...

Last year, the Prime Video streaming service released the ten episode series Daisy Jones & The Six (watch it Here), based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid – a novel that was partially inspired by the complicated issues Fleetwood Mac band members Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks dealt with behind the scenes. It isn’t directly the Fleetwood Mac story, but comparisons are unavoidable… and Steve Nicks soon let it be known that she loved the show and had watched its full run multiple times. She said, “It brought back memories that made me feel like a ghost watching my own story. It was very emotional for me,” and she joined many fans in hoping that there would be a second season. Since Daisy Jones & The Six covered the full story of Reid’s novel and was categorized as a limited series,...

After Christine McVie’s death in 2022, Stevie Nicks mourned the death of her “music soulmate.” She recalled the years they spent together touring with Fleetwood Mac, relying on one another amid band turmoil. Still, Nicks said that before McVie’s death, they hadn’t spoken in some time.

Stevie Nicks said she hadn’t talked to Christine McVie before her death

Nicks and McVie shared a close bond while they toured with Fleetwood Mac. Nicks admitted that when they weren’t on tour, though, they went for long periods of time without speaking. This felt like a great tragedy to her after McVie’s death.

“This is the tragedy of it: I had not talked to Chris for a long time,” she told Rolling Stone. “Fleetwood Mac would be together for two solid years and then we would stop. During that time, when I went to do my own thing and went on tour,...

No, Stevie Nicks has not seen Stereophonic, David Adjmi’s hit Broadway play about a fictional (but very Mac-like) ’70s band recording what will become its (very Rumours-like) masterpiece album.

In fact, the singer who shared vocals (and decades of triumphs and tribulations) with her Fleetwood Mac bandmates Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie has never even heard of the Broadway smash.

In a new Rolling Stone interview promoting her latest song “The Lighthouse” (which she performed on Saturday Night Live earlier this month – just four blocks from the home of Stereophonic), Nicks was asked whether she had seen the play, which, among other storylines, chronicles the crumbling of a relationship between a Stevie-like singer and a Lindsey-like guitarist.

Here’s the exchange:

Rolling Stone: Have you seen the Stereophonic play?

Nicks: What is that?

Rolling Stone: It’s an insanely successful Broadway play about a band on the cusp...

The wild saga of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s relationship has been the center of attraction for decades now. From their passionate romance to the breakup and years of creative friction, their infamous “beef” has delighted fans and inspired some of Fleetwood Mac’s most unforgettable tunes.

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Recently, the involvement of Harry Styles has emerged as a significant factor in their dynamic, potentially serving as the tipping point in a long-standing rift!

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The breaking point in Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s professional relationship hit unexpectedly during a MusiCares benefit concert. Nicks had planned to perform a song for him, but when he was cold not just to her but to everyone, including Harry Styles, it became crystal clear.

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Christine McVie had already spent several years in Fleetwood Mac when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined the band. In the Nicks-Buckingham era of the band, McVie wrote many of the band’s hits and frequently closed out their concerts with her song “Songbird.” Before they joined the group, though, McVie said she stuck to a background role. She attributed this to laziness on her part.

Christine McVie took a backseat role before Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac

Though McVie was always a singer and writer in Fleetwood Mac, she said she allowed guitarist Bob Welch to take the lead on most of the band’s songs in the early half of the 1970s. She became a background player in the band.

“You know, you’re the second person today who’s told me he thought Bob Welch was hogging the show,” McVie told a reporter for...

Ariana Grande is set to host Saturday Night Live this weekend. Today, fans got an exciting sneak peek. In a fun promo, the pop star teamed up with musical guest Stevie Nicks and SNL cast member Bowen Yang, as the Fleetwood Mac icon joined Grande for a playful preview. In it, Yang and Grande trick Nicks into singing a line from her double-platinum single “Landslide.” The clip whet our appetites and made us wonder, “Have Grande and Nicks ever sang a duet together?”

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Fans took to Reddit after NBC posted the video on Youtube. “I wish they would actually sing together as that would be amazing,” one user commented. “I would very much like to see them sing together,” another Reddit user wrote. Grande...

A former sound engineer who coauthored a 2012 memoir about his days working on the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours has filed a lawsuit, along with his coauthor of the book Making Rumours, against the makers of Broadway’s smash hit play Stereophonic, alleging that playwright David Adjmi relied on portions of Making Rumours in the creation of the similarly themed Broadway play.

Stereophonic, the suit states, “copies the heart and soul of Making Rumours, and is substantially similar.”

Stereophonic is perhaps best described as a roman a clef of Fleetwood Mac and the mid-’70s making of what would be their 1977 masterpiece Rumours. The play, which does not use the band members’ names or songs, fashions its characters and situations in ways that align closely to Mac’s classic line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. The troubled recording of their seminal album, which endured months of romantic break-ups,...

In the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Manhunt", Betazoid ambassador Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett) hitches a ride on the Enterprise-d, partly to visit her daughter Deanna (Marina Sirtis), but mostly to flirt with Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart). It seems that Lwaxana is going through the Betazoid equivalent of menopause, and her libido is skyrocketing. As such, she seems determined to arrive at her destination with a husband in tow, and she doesn't really care who it might be. 

Lwaxana Troi is a fun character for "Star Trek," as she is outspoken, charismatic, and tends to flout the buttoned-up formality that Starfleet officers abide by. Barrett played the role on six episodes of "Next Generation," and returned for three episodes of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." Her flippant demeanor allowed her to solve mysteries without thinking about it, and her stories tended to be personally dramatic rather than highfalutin sci-fi.

A casual Thursday night for guests at the Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua turned into a once-in-a-lifetime moment they won’t soon forget, as Mick Fleetwood took over the hotel lobby bar for an impromptu performance of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide.”

The musician — and longtime Maui resident — was among a small group of guests who had gathered at the hotel bar to watch American Idol finalist Oliver Steele perform. Part of the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua’s weekly musical offerings, Steele was playing the second of two nights at the luxury property, and was...

Fleetwood Mac have announced Mirage Tour ’82, a new live album containing recordings from the band’s two concerts at The Forum in Los Angeles that year. Available in 3xLP vinyl, 2xCD, and digital formats, the collection will be out on September 20th. Pre-orders for the vinyl and CD sets are now ongoing.

The 22-track album includes six previously unreleased recordings from Fleetwood Mac’s show on October 21st, 1982, including “Landslide,” “Dreams,” and “Don’t Stop.” Stream the latter track below. The tour marked the band’s final outing with Lyndsey Buckingham in the fold until 1997.

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In the liner notes, music journalist Bill DeMain describes Mirage Tour ’82 as a “riveting listen” and a reminder of when rock shows “were platforms to expand and reinvent songs for the stage, to let them breathe, to unleash different, wilder sides of a band.”

Last year, Fleetwood Mac released a...

Mick Fleetwood, once a member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, paid tribute to the British blues legend who died Tuesday at the age of 90.

Although Fleetwood’s stint in the Bluesbreakers lasted less than a year, the drummer’s tenure in the band had a lasting impact on music history as he and two fellow members of Mayall’s group — bassist John McVie and guitarist Peter Green — would soon form their own group, Fleetwood Mac.

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Eric Clapton paid tribute to his friend and “mentor” John Mayall on social media Wednesday following news of the Bluesbreakers legend’s death at the age of 90.

The guitar god dubbed “Slowhand” was notably one of the many renowned musicians who received tutelage under Mayall’s stewardship as frontman of the Bluesbreakers. Clapton joined the group as lead guitarist following his exit from the Yardbirds when he was at a personal crossroads in his life.

“I want to say thank you chiefly for rescuing me from oblivion, and god knows what.

Blues and rock musician John Mayall, the “godfather of British blues” whose bands included some of the most well-known and virtuosic rock musicians of the past 50 years, died on Monday at the age of 90.

“It is with heavy hearts that we bear the news that John Mayall passed away peacefully in his California home yesterday, July 22, 2024, surrounded by his loving family,” his family confirmed in a statement Tuesday. “Health issues that forced John to end his epic touring career have finally led to peace for one of this world’s greatest road warriors.

John Mayall, the pioneering British blues rock legend, has died at the age of 90.

“It is with heavy hearts that we bear the news that John Mayall passed away peacefully in his California home yesterday, July 22, 2024, surrounded by his loving family,” a statement from the musician’s family read. “Health issues that forced John to end his epic touring career have finally led to peace for one of this world’s greatest road warriors.”

Born in 1933 in Cheshire, England, Mayall developed a love for the blues at an early age. Influenced by his guitar-playing father, he became well-versed in American jazz and blues artists, and taught himself guitar and harmonica. In the late 1950s, he began performing with bands, and by 1963, he had relocated to London and earned a place in the local music scene.

From there, he became the leader of a band known as the Bluesbreakers, which would...

John Mayall, the newly minted Rock and Roll Hall of Famer whose group the Blues Breakers helped nurture many British music legends including Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and several future members of Fleetwood Mac, died Monday in California. He was 90.

His family released a statement on social media confirming the news but gave few details other than citing “health issues.”

“It is with heavy hearts that we bear the news that John Mayall passed away peacefully in his California home yesterday, July 22, 2024, surrounded by his loving family,” the Instagram post reads. “Health issues that forced John to end his epic touring career have finally led to peace for one of this world’s greatest road warriors.”

Heralded as “The Godfather of British Blues,” singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mayall had a love of American blues and jazz — and a gift for spotting young talent. In a 2014 interview with The Guardian, he...

Edgar Wright is officially making The Running Man, a new version of Stephen King’s novel last adapted in 1987. Here’s how it could differ from that earlier one:

Most readers would likely agree that The Running Man isn’t the best of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cycle of action movie vehicles from the 1980s and early 1990s, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t memorable. If you’ve seen it, you can probably quote a line or two (“Sub-Zero… now plain zero!”), or remember Richard Dawson’s captivatingly oily turn as game show host, Jack Killian.

You might recall the almost musical note that one of the villains, Buzzsaw (Gus Rethwisch), manages to hit when a chainsaw’s applied to his nether regions. Or even remember the bafflement of seeing rockers Mick Fleetwood and Dweezil Zappa show up.

Directed by Paul Michael Glaser and written by Steven E de Souza,...

Like practically every musician of her generation, Stevie Nicks was a fan of The Beatles. She wrote a song inspired by John Lennon’s death and enjoyed spending time with George Harrison. She also forged a very personal connection to the band when she had an affair with one of their longtime associates. Nicks wrote a song about their fleeting relationship.

Stevie Nicks wrote a song about an affair with a long-time Beatles associate

For the 1979 Fleetwood Mac album Tusk, Nicks wrote the song “Beautiful Child.” In it, she sang about her affair with The Beatles’ press officer, Derek Taylor. Taylor was such an important part of the band’s dynamic and day-to-day functioning that he became known as the Fifth Beatle.

“‘Beautiful Child’ was about a relationship I had with the royal road manager of The Beatles, whose name was Derek Taylor,” Nicks said in a Q&a at...

In 2018, after decades of tumult, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, and John McVie decided to continue Fleetwood Mac without Lindsey Buckingham. Nicks and Buckingham’s relationship had been fraught since they joined the band. Their rift grew seemingly impassable when Nicks decided she could no longer work with him, though. Six years after Buckingham’s firing, Fleetwood expressed hope that his former bandmates can heal their relationship.

Mick Fleetwood hopes Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham can have a friendlier relationship

Several years after Fleetwood Mac moved forward without Buckingham, he spoke out about their decision, pinning it primarily on Nicks. He told the LA Times she wanted to remake the band “more in the Stevie Nicks vein,” something she fiercely denied.

“His version of events is factually inaccurate and while I’ve never spoken publicly on the matter, certainly it feels the time has come to shine a light on the truth,...

Well, I warned you. Kind of. While today’s story is released with Stephen King’s name plastered all over it, at the time of its release The Running Man was under the name of Richard Bachman, who had some dark stories attached to him. I was planning on doing this for a while but with the news that Edgar Wright is going to tackle the story in a new version that hopefully is closer to the book, it makes too much sense to talk about this dystopian horror now. While it’s a stalwart of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s catalogue of action, especially that range from 1987 to 1991, it’s not often looked at as a premiere Stephen King adaptation. It’s not expressly seen as horror but when it gets boiled down, both book and film, it’s horrific what happens in both stories and what’s going on in the worlds of both medias.

Fleetwood Mac fans were delivered rather somber news Monday when Stevie Nicks told Mojo that there was “no chance” of the band reuniting at any future point. “Without Christine [McVie], no can do,” she said. “Without her, it just couldn’t work.” By the end of the day, the intro to their Wikipedia page changed from “Fleetwood Mac are a band” to “Fleetwood Mac were a band.”

Just 10 years ago, they were in a radically different place. After 16 years of touring as a quartet, McVie suddenly returned to the fold, and...

Steve Nicks has confirmed that Fleetwood Mac are officially broken up for good, explaining that following the death of Christine McVie in 2022, “there’s no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together in any way. Without her, it just couldn’t work.”

Nicks and fellow Fleetwood Mac bandmate Mick Fleetwood have expressed similar sentiments since McVie’s tragic passing from a stroke on November 30th, 2022. However, in a new interview with Mojo, Nicks made her most explicit proclamation to date: “Without Christine [McVie], no can do.”

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Nicks also noted that Lindsey Buckingham, who left the band in 2018 after the two had a falling out, has been dealing with his own health issues. Even if the two were to reconcile, she doubts he would be able to “do the kind of touring that Fleetwood Mac does, where you go out for a year and half. It’s so demanding.

The six decades of the Fleetwood Mac saga has come to an end. In a new interview with Mojo, Stevie Nicks dashed any hopes of possible reformation due to the death of Christine McVie. “Without Christine [McVie], no can do,” she said. “There is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together in any way. Without her, it just couldn’t work.”

The singer-keyboardist died in 2022 following a stroke. “It was all stunningly strange, because there wasn’t any lead up to it,” Nick said. “We got a call, and I...

Master of horror Wes Craven gave our favorite genre one of its greatest icons when he introduced Freddy Krueger in 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, but he had very little to do with what happened to Freddy after that. As his character’s story continued, Craven had zero creative control over the Nightmares – aside from when he co-wrote the third film and wrote and directed the seventh film – and didn’t see much money from them. As he told Fangoria, creating Freddy gave him great credibility, but not a great payday. So when Alive Films asked him to create a new horror franchise that he would have control over and a financial stake in, he jumped at the chance. Alive gave him complete creative freedom, and he gave them Shocker (Watch It Here), mixing ideas from some of his previous films, like A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Last House on the Left,...

Arguably the best new American drama since Annie Baker’s The Flick, David Adjmi’s Stereophonic shares both a hyper-naturalistic style and a sprawling three-hour running time with that 2013 masterwork. But the similarities end there. Chronicling a turbulent year in California recording studios during which a fictional 1970s rock band labors over the follow-up to their breakthrough album, this is an immersive plunge into the fraught process of artistic collaboration as pressures mount and interpersonal harmony dissolves into acrimony.

Funny, raw and poignant in equal measure, this expertly sculpted play has the feel of both a behind-the-music docudrama and a lost Robert Altman film, with its astute microcosmic focus, its frequent wash of overlapping dialogue and its sly nudges toward satire. In fact, while the music — fabulous original songs written by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire — is pop-rock rather than country, Stereophonic could almost be an expanded vignette lifted right out of Nashville.

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For several of the most popular leading frontmen and musicians from the heavy rock days of “turn it up to eleven”, the question of developing hearing loss was not an if, but a when. Eric Clapton, famous for that proverbial blasting of his guitar tube amp, now cites this as the reason why he’s going deaf. Ozzy Osbourne also performed at such extremely high volumes in Black...

Welcome to the Beatles Cinematic Universe. Continuing the current wave of music biopics — which just saw its most recent box-office triumph with Bob Marley: One Love — director Sam Mendes (Skyfall) has signed on to helm not one, but four separate Beatles biopics, all due in 2027. The movies, set to begin production next year, will each focus a single Beatle’s perspective, so John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and even Ringo Starr each get a turn in the spotlight.

It might seem like overkill, but as we discuss on the...

From J Noa’s speed-rapping to Gale’s polished pop-rock songwriting to Ralph Choo’s electronic experiments, 2023 was packed with incredible Spanish-language music from artists who aren’t superstars — at least not yet. In the last of our four Rolling Stone Music Now podcast episodes on under-the-radar albums from last year, we dig through multiple nations and genres to find the best lesser-known gems.

Rolling Stone‘s Julyssa Lopez joins host Brian Hiatt for the discussion, picking her favorites from our recent comprehensive list of the year’s top Spanish-language albums,...

Dolly Parton is celebrating her birthday Friday, January 19th, with a new deluxe edition of her November album Rockstar that includes fresh tracks.

“It’s my Birthday so I’m going to give you a present!” our November cover star wrote on Twitter. “I’m releasing four never released songs for my birthday, to go with the Rockstar album, and a few others that you may have heard before that were not on the album. I hope you enjoy them, and I hope you all have a happy birthday for me! Lol.”

Rockstar primarily comprised Parton’s renditions of rock classics like “Magic Man,” “Purple Rain,” “Stairway to Heaven,” and many more, plus a who’s-who of guest features. The deluxe edition of Rockstar continues the fun with originals “Mama Never Said” and a live version of “Rockin’ It,” plus the Sylvester Stallone-featuring “Stay Out of My Bedroom,” lifted...

Kali Uchis’ genre-jumping career has so far been evenly divided between Spanish- and English-language albums, which feels about right for an artist who was born in Virginia but spent chunks of her childhood in her father’s native Colombia. “When you aren’t just one thing and you are as multidimensional of an artist as I am,” she says, “I think it’s a lot harder for people to figure out how to sell me as a product. But I think they don’t realize that being multidimensional is a...

Fifty-six years and 49 albums into her music career, Dolly Parton has a new milestone to celebrate. The country legend’s album Rockstar recently became the singer’s highest-charting LP ever, debuting at Number Three on the Billboard 200 chart.

“Wow, this is a big thrill!” Parton said in a statement. “I owe a thank you to the fans who have always been there for me. Their support made this achievement possible.”

“I’d also like to thank my producer Kent Wells, all the wonderful artists, musicians, and engineers who brought their talents to this project,...

Dolly Parton isn’t done rocking yet. After sharing her new album Rockstar last week, our November cover star has returned with two new bonus tracks: Her rendition of the Eddie Money’s “Two Tickets to Paradise,” plus a new version of her classic “Jolene” featuring Måneskin.

The Måneskin-assisted version of “Jolene” is available exclusively with the digital download version of Rockstar on Parton’s website, though the country icon did share a preview of the duet on Instagram. It sounds like the new recording stays fairly faithful to the original, with Måneskin’s Damiano David taking on co-lead vocals with Parton.

“Jolene” appears on the deluxe edition of Rockstar, which also features guest features from Sting, Steve Perry, Joan Jett, Mick Fleetwood, Pat Benatar, Brandi Carlile, and many, many more. See a preview clip of Måneskin’s take on “Jolene” below.

Måneskin bassist Victoria De Angelis also recently teamed...

Dolly Parton couldn’t wait more than a weekend to start expanding her new rock album, Rockstar, quipping on Instagram yesterday, “Surprise! Did you all think I was done?”

As part of the “download exclusive version” of the album, Parton has tacked on two extra tracks: A new rendition of her classic “Jolene” featuring Måneskin, as well as a cover of Eddie Money’s 1977 hit, “Two Tickets To Paradise.

As it stands, the two bonus cuts are only available if you purchase the downloadable version of Rockstar on Parton’s website.

Rockstar, the star-studded rock’n’roll album by our November cover star, Dolly Parton, has arrived. Stream it below.

Inspired by her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, Rockstar is the 49th full-length release from Parton, and features a variety of new originals and classic rock covers, as well as a heap of guest appearances by artists like Paul McCartney, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Ringo Starr, Miley Cyrus, Chris Stapleton, Debbie Harry, Nikki Sixx, and many more.

Speaking with Paramore’s Hayley Williams for Consequence’s most recent cover story, Parton explained that when she found out she was voted into the Rock Hall, she “didn’t feel like [she’d] earned it.” To make up for that, she got into the studio and cut a proper rock album, without cutting any corners. “That was important to me: not to half-ass do a record that’s a country girl singing some rock,...

Dolly Parton is arguably the most beloved living American. How many people are alive today because Dolly told them to get the Covid vaccine back in early 2021? Of course, she’s a paragon of country music, but her reach goes far beyond Nashville, from the disco pop of her working-woman masterpiece “9 to 5” to the soft-rock bliss of her classic Kenny Rogers duet “Islands in the Stream.” And the crossover love has been reflected back; one of the most popular cover songs of all time is Whitney Houston’s...

Everybody loves Dolly Parton.

The icon — who in wide-ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter discusses her new rock album, all-star collaborations and more — is your favorite singer’s favorite singer. And those singers, from Ringo Starr to Sting to Carrie Underwood, tell us why they’ll always love Dolly Parton.

Ringo Starr

“I’ve known Dolly since the ’70s — we would bump into her over the years. She has always been so great, and I’ve admired how much good she does in the world. I first got the call through Mick Fleetwood that Dolly was trying to reach me and ask if I would play on ‘Let It Be.‘ She sent me the files and it was my pleasure to play on it for her. I think it’s great it has topped the charts! Well done and peace and love to you, Dolly!”

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Dolly Parton will officially launch her Rockstar era with a special “first listen event” for her new rock album, set to screen in movie theaters on Nov. 15.

Dolly Parton Rockstar: The Global First Listen Event will offer fans the chance to hear a selection of songs from Parton’s new album, Rockstar, a couple of days before its official release on Nov. 17. The music will be accompanied by an exclusive interview with Parton, behind-the-scenes footage, a previously unseen performance of a holiday song “Circle of Love,” and a rare performance of Parton’s classic,...

Christine McVie’s estate and Pat Benatar have both closed deals to sell rights to their music to the acquisition firm HarbourView Equity Partners, the company tells Rolling Stone.

McVie’s estate has sold her stake in Fleetwood Mac’s recorded music, which includes shares in hits like the McVie-sung tracks “Songbird” and “Say You Love Me,” along with other band staples “Go Your Own Way,” “The Chain” and “Dreams.” Benatar — as well as her longtime musical partner and husband Neil Giraldo — sold an unspecified stake in both their recorded music and publishing rights.

Stevie Nicks has echoed previous comments from Mick Fleetwood, saying “there’s no reason” for a Fleetwood Mac reunion after the tragic death of her bandmate and friend Christine McVie.

Nicks was asked about the possibility of Fleetwood Mac touring again in an interview with Vulture about her new Barbie doll, and explained why the band couldn’t “go any further with this” after getting together in 2018 and 2019 for a 50th anniversary tour with Neil Finn and Mike Campbell standing in for Lindsey Buckingham.

“When Christine died, I felt like you can’t replace her,” Nicks said. “Without her, what is it? You know what I mean? She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my best friend that I spent more time with than any of my other best friends outside of Fleetwood Mac. Christine was my best friend.”

Once again mentioning how Taylor Swift’s “You’re on Your Own,...

Dolly Parton has released the latest cover from her upcoming rock album, a rendition of the ’90s staple “What’s Up?” by 4 Non Blondes. As with many of the reimagined hits on Rockstar, Parton recruited one of the original artists: vocalist Linda Perry. Stream the track below.

Rather than trying to mimic Perry’s original vocals, Parton leans into her strengths on “What’s Up?” and sings “from the top of my lungs” as only she can. Three decades later, the song’s theme of intense societal pressures remains universal. Directed by Steve Summers, the video for the song was filmed at Eakin Elementary School in downtown Nashville. Check it out below.

“First of all, I love Linda Perry. Second of all, I love this song written by Linda,” the always gracious Parton said in a statement. “Third of all, I love being a part of this video to try...

“Con permiso, Capitan,” the godlike being Q tells Captain Picard. “The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It’s now time to see if you can dance.”

Part warning and part explanation, Q’s statement tests Picard’s insistence that the Enterprise does not need his help, that humanity is fully prepared for whatever difficulties they encounter while exploring deep space. Yes, they can deal with Romulans, Klingons, and even that fishhead alien that Mick Fleetwood played in “Manhunt.” But were they prepared for the new enemy that Q sent them to meet? Were they prepared for the Borg?

The excellent season two episode “Q Who?” effectively introduces the Borg as the defining villain of Star Trek: The Next Generation, whose influence continues in later series, especially Voyager and Picard. The conquering hivemind represents everything that Starfleet is not, a demand for sameness and no respect for other cultures or variety.