Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians Event 2026: The Best Photos
The sold-out Musicians on Musicians event in downtown Los Angeles brought Malcolm Todd, Don Toliver, Alex Warren and Megan Moroney together for conversations and live performances. The evening highlighted how musicians influence one another, with discussion of songwriting, personal inspiration and a possible future collaboration.
Hundreds attended the Friday event at the historic United Theater, a 1927 Art Deco venue. Moroney opened with three songs, Toliver performed six and brought Todd onstage to play a riff he sampled for “E85”; Warren closed with Moroney joining him on “Ordinary”. Warren also spoke about writing songs shaped by the deaths of his parents and how listeners connect with his grief.
In short
- Four musicians met for conversations and performances in Los Angeles.
- Toliver brought Todd onstage to play a sampled riff.
- Warren and Moroney closed the night with “Ordinary”.
Explained simply
Musicians on Musicians is a Rolling Stone event that brings artists together to talk about their work and influences. It focuses on how musicians shape one another’s ideas, from songwriting and performance to the experiences behind their songs.
The artists named here work in different parts of contemporary music: Megan Moroney is a country singer-songwriter, while Don Toliver, Malcolm Todd and Alex Warren make music across pop and hip-hop. The event’s conversations and performances offered a chance to hear how their approaches and personal experiences intersect, and how one artist’s work can become part of another’s.