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Pearl Jam Announce May U.S. Tour Capped By Two MSG Gigs
Missed Pearl Jam live during the band’s run of Backspacer tour dates last year? Eddie Vedder and company are giving you another chance to see their legendary live show in action with a month-long slate of U.S. shows that kick off in May. The trek launches at New Orleans’ Jazz Festival on May 1st and [...]
Conan O’Brien Joins Bonnaroo, Announces “Legally Prohibited” Tour
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NBC may have stripped Conan O’Brien of his Tonight Show and contractually barred him from temporarily appearing on television, but the red-headed host has found another way to get in front of his legion of fans: Bonnaroo. O’Brien posted on his newborn Twitter page today to reveal he’s hitting the road. “Hey [...]
Billy Corgan on John Mayer: “He’s Trying to Destroy His Career”
Photo: Bedder/WireImage (Mayer), Mayer/WireImage(Corgan)After reading John Mayer’s controversial recent interviews, Billy Corgan is convinced Mayer is trying to self-destruct. “He’s trying to destroy his career,” Corgan told Rolling Stone’s Brian Hiatt in an interview outtake from RS‘ revealing new Corgan feature in the new issue, on sale now. “Rather than take a year off or [...]
“American Idol” Set to Tackle Songs By the Rolling Stones
Two years ago American Idol celebrated the music of the Fab Four, and next week the show’s Top 12 will pick up that rockin’ tradition by belting out songs by “the Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World,” the Rolling Stones. Host Ryan Seacrest made the announcement of next week’s musical theme on a [...]
News Ticker: Beck, “Rock Band 3,” Phil Collins, Kings of Leon
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Beck’s next Record Club project will feature St. Vincent, the Liars and Os Mutantes, Pitchfork reports, though it’s unclear which classic album they’ve tackled.
If you’ve already mastered Rock Band 2, there’s good news on the horizon: Rock Band 3 will be out in time for the 2010 holidays. A statement on the game’s Facebook [...]
Pink Floyd Win Battle to Halt Single-Song Download Sales
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Pink Floyd have won their lawsuit over single-song downloads against EMI, effectively halting the digital sale of the band’s individual tracks. As Rolling Stone reported yesterday, under the terms of a 1999 contract that predated iTunes and other digital-music retailers, the band mandated its songs could not be offered outside the [...]
The Strokes Confirm Lollapalooza Slot, Report In on Next Album
Photo: Bedder/Getty With the Strokes in the studio hard at work on their long-awaited follow-up to First Impressions of Earth, frontman Julian Casablancas has reiterated drummer Fab Moretti’s prediction about when the album will be released, telling the Chicago Tribune, “I think it’ll be out in September.” Casablancas added, “I’ve written a lot of melodies [...]
Interview: Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights — “A lot of rock bands nowadays don’t really understand the R&B side of rock ‘n’ roll…”
Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights have got the power to revive rock ‘n’ roll.
There’s an energy surging through their Atlantic Records debut, Pardon Me (Due out April 27), that’s simply uncontainable. Bluesy riffs ricochet around anthemic rockers like “Gypsy Woman,” and Jonathan Tyler’s
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Live Review: Little Boots — The El Rey Theater, Los Angeles
Lady Gaga needs to be dethroned.
Little Boots is just the right girl for the job. Little Boots’ path to pop dominance saw her perform a fantastic set to a packed Los Angeles crowd at The El Rey Theater last night. Little Boots’ energy cackled frenetically for nearly an hour as she played one
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No Busted reunion
http://l.yimg.com/i/i/eu/ne/ukp.gif Busted will not be reforming, a statement from the band’s management announced today.
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