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Green Day’s Soul Survival • Billie Joe Armstrong was desperate for a new sound. He had to return to the roots of rock & roll to find it
RARE SHOTS FROM A PHOTO LEGEND
Elton John’s Final Goodbye • One year into his three-year Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, we crunched the numbers for Captain Fantastic’s global victory lap
PLAYLIST • OUR FAVORITE SONGS AND VIDEOS RIGHT NOW
MY FIVE TOP WOODSTOCK SONGS
Finding Linda Ronstadt • After decades of privacy, the queen of 1970s country rock opens up about her trailblazing talent, legacy, and struggles in an epic new documentary
Tyler Childers’ Country Climb
A New Vision for ‘Watchmen’ • Damon Lindelof, polarizing co-creator of ‘Lost’ and ‘The Leftovers,’ has reinvented the iconic dark comic — for an even darker age
The Hottest Songs • Breaking down top tracks from May 3rd to August 22nd. Rarely if ever has the song of the summer been so clear
Summer’s Top Artists • The most popular artists of the season, ranked by their total audio streams from May 3rd to August 22nd
Robert Smith • The Cure singer talks recording on acid, not inventing goth, and being happier and more depressed at the same time
Kanye Takes It to Church
The Man Who Sold America • After 40 years of scorched-earth politics and bowing to special interests, will Mitch McConnell finally pay the price?
The Last Manson Mystery • Fifty years ago, Bobby Beausoleil murdered a man. Did he set in motion the Manson killings and the myth of Helter Skelter?
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THE FUTURE 25 • The music business is thriving again — and reinventing itself every day. Meet the A&R wizards, tech gurus, publishing execs, and other innovators leading the charge
THE DEADLIEST CROSSING • On the front lines of the border crisis as migrants take their chances with Arizona’s perilous Sonoran Desert to avoid Trump’s crackdown
MAKING WAVES • Ahead of surfing’s 2020 Olympic debut, the boarders of the World Surf League hit Brazil, where the only thing bigger than the swells is the audience
THE BEATLES’ LAST MOMENT IN THE SUN • A deluxe edition offers a fascinating new way to experience their final masterpiece
070 SHAKE’S EMO-SOUL TRIP • After getting noticed working with Kanye, a vital new singer makes her debut
A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE • Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix series, ‘The Politician,’ a satire of the electoral process, leans hard on irony but lacks humanity
WATCH LIST • What to stream, what to skip this month
THE ‘JOKER’ IS INDEED WILD • Joaquin Phoenix brings a unique approach to an iconic role and puts a horrifically human face on a comic-book villain
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THE CONTENDERS • Seven hopefuls reflect on past Grammy experiences, look ahead to the future, and break down the albums and singles that could earn them a statue come February
GRAMMYS FORECAST 2020 • As this year’s nomination process gets underway, here are our picks for all the biggest...