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UPDATE (9/28): Britney Spears’ lawyer, Mathew S. Rosengart, fired back at Jamie Spears after the singer’s father objected to anyone replacing him as a temporary conservator as the conservatorship winds down. The comments were contained in a footnote of a legal filing that was otherwise objecting to another Jamie filing …

After a four year hiatus, Alt-J are back with a new song, “U&ME,” from their upcoming album, The Dream, set to arrive February 11th, 2022 via Canvasback/Infectious Music. “U&ME” is a serene, slightly woozy tune carried by bustling percussion and cut open in the middle by a keening guitar riff. …

Rod Stewart has been off the road since the pandemic shut down his Las Vegas residency and world tour plans early last year, but he’s clearly been busy during the forced downtime. He just announced that his 31st album, The Tears of Hercules, will arrive on November 12th. Check out …

Doja Cat took a timeout from hosting the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards to perform “Been Like This” and “You Right” at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Floating mid-air in the middle of a neon halo, Doja Cat sang her ethereal pop track “Been Like This” from her debut album Planet Her. …

Today is the Met Gala, the annual high fashion event that is still apparently a thing. After cancelling last year’s festivities on account of the pandemic, this year’s event will require attendees to be fully vaccinated and to wear a mask. The new rules have a number of rumors circulating …

Pink Floyd will break out the streamlined remix of their 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, that recently appeared on their box set, The Later Years, as its own release this fall. For the release, frontman David Gilmour and engineer Andy Jackson reconfigured the album from scratch, with help …

Britney Spears’ lawyer has accused the pop star’s father, James “Jamie” Spears of trying to “extort” $2 million to step down from her conservatorship. Mathew S. Rosengart made this claim in a new filing Monday, August 31st, weeks after Jamie Spears said he was willing to step down from his …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. UPDATE (8/31):Bonnaroo 2021 has been canceled due to flooding and other weather-related problems that have made the camp and festival grounds unsafe. ** Bonnaroo, returning full speed as …

Japanese Breakfast have dropped the ethereal song “Glider,” from the soundtrack to the video game Sable. The track clocks in at two-and-a-half minutes, as Michelle Zauner’s voice looms in and out over layers of synths and piano. “I was so lucky Daniel Fineberg and Gregorios Kythreotis from Shedworks invited me …

Two of the key albums of the classic-rock era, The Who‘s Who’s Next and Led Zeppelin‘s Led Zeppelin IV, came out within months of each other back in 1971, and their legacy is the subject of the latest episode of our weekly podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now. The episode grapples with the …