Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Shawn Mendes doesn’t hit the road for his “Wonder” world tour until 2022 but fans can get a sneak peek at what to expect with a special virtual concert on Messenger. “Shawn Mendes: A Wonder Concert & Conversation” is streaming now on Watch Together , on Instagram and Messenger, as well as on Mendes’ official Facebook Page . The hour-long show features Mendes performing songs from his latest album, Wonder , while also taking part in conversations about activism and change with special guests Miguel and King Princess. Related: Find Shawn Mendes “Wonder” Tour Tickets Here Mendes says he jumped at the opportunity to work with Messenger after they gave him a platform to not only perform a few songs, but to also bring awareness to causes close to his heart. …
Robert Durst Charged With 1982 Murder of First Wife Kathie
Millionaire skyscraper scion Robert Durst has been charged with the decades-old murder of his first wife, Kathie Durst, a medical student who went missing in New York in 1982, officials confirmed Friday. “The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office can confirm that a complaint charging Robert Durst with the murder of Kathleen Durst was filed in Lewisboro Town Court on October 19, 2021,” spokesperson Jess Vecchiarelli said in a statement. A source previously told Rolling Stone that a secret grand jury was empaneled last week to hear witness testimony in the case. “Robert Durst has now been formally charged with the murder of Kathleen McCormack Durst. We are very happy with this development. At this time however, we will not be making any further comments until the grand jury process is completed,” Bob Abrams, the lawyer representing Kathie’s surviving family members, told Rolling Stone on Friday. Last week, after Durst was sentenced to life with parole for the …
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11 Tips Any Business Can Use to Create More Engaging Videos
Opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of Rolling Stone editors or publishers. As more and more people turn to video as their choice format for content consumption, an increasing number of businesses are jumping on the video bandwagon as well. But savvy marketers should know that it isn’t enough to simply create video content in order to gain the attention of your customers — your videos have to be truly worth watching. To share their insights into creating engaging videos, a panel of Rolling Stone Culture Council members each detail their top tip below. Address Your Customers’ Needs and Wants Businesses need to remember that it’s about them, not you. You need to really spend time addressing the things your customer/viewer loves, hates, needs, desires, fears, dreams about, is passionate about or worries about. Do that well and people will engage with your content and share it with others and your brand will resonate with the right …
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Has Streaming Amplified the Culture of Instant Gratification?
Opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of Rolling Stone editors or publishers. There’s a dichotomy for almost every professional working in the music industry: the side of us that loves the evolution of streaming as a fan, and the side that knows how difficult streaming has made the music industry. As a fan, I can say with near 100% certainty that my life would be a lot more complicated and expensive without streaming. With services like Spotify, SoundCloud and Pandora at my fingertips, streaming has made music more accessible than ever before — but there’s a catch. Microsoft released a study in 2015 showing that the average human attention span had been reduced to just 8 seconds — shorter than the attention span of a goldfish. The worst part of it all is that we are on a downward trajectory. The same study proclaimed that the average human attention span was roughly 12 seconds in the year 2000. So, in just 15 years we lost about one-third …
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Andrew Leahey Damns the Loneliness of the Road in the Jangly Rocker ‘Good at Gone’
Andrew Leahey & the Homestead sell band T-shirts that read “Rock & Roll Makes You Feel Alright.” As far as credos go, it’s a solid one — and one that Leahey drives home in his song “Good at Gone.” “When the smoke’s all cleared , and it’s safe to breathe,” he sings in the jangly guitar and piano track, “You can find me here, because I still believe.” “Good at Gone” is a highlight of American Static, Vol. 1 , the Nashville singer-guitarist and occasional Rolling Stone contributor’s new album, and leans more soft rock than past Leahey songs like “Airwaves” or “Start the Dance.” (Think Tom Petty Wildflowers era, not Damn the Torpedoes .) It’s a tale of loneliness and leaving, and accepting that while the road may seem to go on forever, there are always reunions waiting at home. Even if they’re temporary. Along with fronting the Homestead, Leahey is lead guitarist in Elizabeth Cook’s band Gravy and he’s often away from his Nashville home base. “The …
Hear Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ New Version of 1971 Classic ‘Bitterblue’
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Yusuf/ Cat Stevens ’ 1971 LP Teaser and the Firecat , and he’s celebrating by releasing a super deluxe box set packed with previously unheard demos, alternative mixes, and live recordings from the era. He’s also re-recorded the album cut “Bitterblue” with the original Teaser and the Firecat team of producer Paul Samwell-Smith and guitarist Alun Davies. He’s called the new recording “Bitterblue²,” and you can hear it right here. Teaser and the Firecat was the follow-up to Stevens’ 1970 breakthrough LP Tea for the Tillerman . It features several of his most enduring songs, including “Moonshadow,” “Peace Train,” and “Morning Has Broken.” The new edition of Teaser and Firecat has 41 previously unreleased tracks, including BBC sessions, and a complete 1971 show from Montreux, Switzerland. The Blu-ray edition has footage of the Montreux show along with his appearance on the Old Grey Whistle Test and a BBC in Concert television …
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Guns N’ Roses Are Fully Back — But Slash Can’t Quit His Solo Career
Slash just finished the latest leg of a world tour with Guns N’ Roses, and they’ve got multiple new singles out — a sentence that would have seemed laughably implausible less than a decade ago. Even with hard-rock hell fully frozen over, though, Slash just can’t stop releasing solo material. The guitarist has just released a new single, “The River Is Rising,” with his solo band featuring journeyman vocalist Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators. In 2018, Slash explained his reasoning for keeping his solo fires burning even now that he’s back in GNR. “I wanna keep that going as something that I have outside of what Guns N’ Roses is doing,” he told Rolling Stone . “It’s a little crazy, but it’s way better for me to be fucking busy running around and doing that than for me just to be sitting around.” “The River Is Rising” will appear on 4 , the aptly titled upcoming fourth album from Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators. They recorded it live in the studio in …
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Cahoots
Run away — run away — it’s the restless age, sings the Band at the beginning of Cahoots (Capitol SMAS 651) and they mean it. They also mean it when they sing of the endlessness of the river, admonishing the listener that “You can ride on it or drink it,/Poison it or dam it,/Fish in it and wash in it,/Swim in it and you can die in it, run you river run …” Cahoots is about finding a place for yourself in the restless age. The mood of the album is filled with a “tinge of extinction.” As the chaos of the carnival is played off against the timelessness of the river, the Band mourns, always more in sorrow than in anger, the passing away of the things they have grown old with and the failure of anything of consequence to rise up in their place. “How you gonna replace human hands?” they ask us in “Last of the Blacksmiths.” And, “How can you sleep when the whistle don’t moan?” in “Where Do We Go From Here.” “Your neighborhood isn’t there anymore,” they jeer in “Smoke Signal.” “Run away …
Kundali Bhagya Spoiler: Preeta To Expose Prithvi; Sanjay Gagnani To Exit The Show?
Kundali Bhagya starring Shraddha Arya and Dheeraj Dhoopar in the lead roles, is one of the most popular shows on television. The makers of the show have been keeping the audiences glued to the show by introducing unexpected twists and turns. A few weeks ago, Mansi Srivastava had entered the show as Sonakshi and has been facing hard time to gain trust from Luthra's after major revelations. Currently, the track revolves around Rishabh's arrest in a hit and run case. As the viewers are aware, Prithvi is hell bent on ruining Luthra's reputation while Preeti is leaving no stone unturned to save her family. As per the latest promo, Preeta is successful in exposing Prithvi. In the latest promo, Prithvi will be seen trying to kill Sandeep. However, Preeta and other ladies of Luthra house catch him red handed. While the ladies try to trap him, he tries to kill Preeta, but the ladies save her and beat him black and blue. As the promo is shown, the background voice …