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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Most of us have been doing our best to fend off the coronavirus (and its Delta and Omicron variants) by rocking a face mask and sanitizing as often …

It was many a roadie’s worst nightmare: On Oct. 17, 53-year-old Francis Stueber died in his hotel room, nearly 2,300 miles from home, according to Kiss and his fellow backstage crew. The longtime guitar tech had been with the band for more than 20 years and was a beloved figure …

One Miami private school is so far off the anti-vaxx deep end it’s forcing students who get vaccinated to stay home for 30 days following each dose. Yes, you read that correctly.Vaccinatedstudents will have to miss a month of school at Centner Academy over unfounded fears that vaccines are potentially …

What could have been a simple high school government lecture on civic duty and participation from a local congressman instead became a Covid-19 misinformation fest worthy of a primetime slot on Fox News. Congressman Bob Good (R-Va.) encouraged a group of high school students to defy a statewide school mask …

Less than two weeks before they were due in St. Paul, Minnesota, to launch a nearly sold-out, 27-date U.S. tour, British post-punk band Idles headed to the U.S. embassy in London to see if they’d have to cancel the whole thing. They’d spent the past 10 months desperately trying to …

On Saturday night, Eric Clapton took the stage at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. This event is notable not just because it alerted us to the fact that there is a music venue called “Smoothie King,” but because by doing so, the musician and public-health skeptic effectively undid …

On the surface, one would assume that most people suffering from QAnon boomer brain would not be fans of Nicki Minaj, a powerful member of the Hollywood establishment, and prominent ass-eating advocate. Yet in the Year of Our Lord 2021, it seems that the tides have changed. Following the rapper’s …

The mayor of Orlando, Fla., urged residents to cut down their use of water as supplies dwindle of the resource required to supply liquid oxygen to patients hospitalized with Covid-19. At a late Friday news conference, Mayor Buddy Dyer and other city officials said that if the city doesn’t cut …

UPDATE (8/13): More Nashville music venues have joined the original group of clubs requiring proof of Covid vaccination or a negative test for entry. On Friday, the Bluebird Cafe announced its updated policy. “We’re joining local venues in making health & safety our highest priority. Effective 8/20/21, all patrons artists …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is doing everything within his power to prevent school children from wearing masks in the fall. Even though one in every five new Covid-19 cases is in Florida, DeSantis continues to push his pro-Covid agenda as the state’s Department of Health issued an emergency rule allowing …