Thirty Years of Madonna; Carly Simon Joins Taylor Swift

Having trouble seeing this email? View online» Monday, July 29, 2013 Digital Access Thirty Years of Madonna's Debut: An Oral History It was "the first new wave disco music," as one of Madonna's friends says. Thirty years ago the world was introduced to Madonna Louise Ciccone, the future Queen of Pop. Her debut was the product of months of work by artists, photographers, executives and musicians.  Read More » Beck, Lumineers Anchor Newport Folk Festival After the Lumineers took their music into the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival Sunday, Beck closed the three-day affair with acoustic versions of his best-known songs. With sets from Feist, Jim James, after-parties hosted by Deer Tick and more, the scene was where it's at.  Read More » Singer-Songwriter JJ Cale Dead at 74 J.J. Cale, the laid-back Oklahoman who had fans in Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others who covered his songs, died of a heart attack on Friday at age 74. "I'm a background person," the author of "After Midnight," "Cocaine" and "Call Me the Breeze" once said.  Read More » Bret Easton Ellis: 'The Canyons' Is a 'Cold, Dead Movie' After plenty of hype, the feature film The Canyons - which marks Lindsay Lohan's first lead movie role in six years - comes out Friday. Writer Bret Easton Ellis says the rumors of the movie being an over-budget, out-of-control "trainwreck" are overblown: "It's pretty good."  Read More » Box Office Report: 'The Wolverine' Wins By Default Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine opened on just six screens, but it averaged a ridiculously high $102,000 per screen. In wide release, The Wolverine took first place by default, but it fell short of its projected opening, earning $55 million. Read More » SONG PREMIERE Polyphonic Spree: 'Hold Yourself Up' LISTEN » VIDEO Carly Simon Joins Taylor Swift Onstage WATCH » VIDEO Jay Z's 'Picasso Baby' Coming to HBO WATCH » • Michael Jackson Duets With Freddie Mercury Set for Release • 'Metallica Through the Never' Soundtrack Album Due This Fall • Lady Gaga: New Single Is 'Full of Happiness' • Jack White Donates $200,000 for Sound Preservation Effort • Hillary Clinton Miniseries to Air on NBC Jahar's World He was a charming kid with a bright future. But no one saw the pain he was hiding or the monster he would become. Read Janet Reitman's cover story. Read Full Issue » (Rolling Stone Archives) Subscribe to Magazine » Digital Access » You have received this email because you are a Rolling Stone newsletter subscriber. Click here to unsubscribe. View our online Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Wenner Media, LLC, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10104 © 2013 RollingStone.com All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.