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Rolling Stone confirmed that the Who will be the latest Rock and Roll Hall of Famers to perform during the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIV in Miami just hours the band’s “My Generation” was played on Monday Night Football ...
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Weekend Rock List: Phone Songs
Lady Gaga and Beyoncé teamed up recently to record not one but two songs dedicated to phones, “Video Phone (Remix)” and The Fame Monster ’s “Telephone,” which was then followed by actor Jason Segel turning his ...
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“Michael”: Rolling Stone’s Ultimate Jackson Book Is in Stores Now
When Michael Jackson died suddenly on June 25th, the stunned and saddened Rolling Stone team snapped to action and devoted a commemorative issue to the King of Pop. Now the magazine’s editors are proud to present an even bigger version of ...
Flashback: White Stripes Before Jack White’s Calendar Filled Up
Has any artist this decade been busier than Jack White? The past 10 years alone have seen White emerge from relative obscurity to front three marquee bands — the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather (with whom White is ...
The Roots’ ?uestlove on Life on “Jimmy Fallon” as Late Night’s Hottest House Band
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As Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O’Brien battle for late-night supremacy, one thing has become clear: Jimmy Fallon has the hottest house band. In their eight months on the air, the Roots have played with ...
Miley Cyrus’ Tour Bus Driver Killed in Virginia Accident
Miley Cyrus ‘ tour bus was reportedly involved in a fatal accident this morning at 8:15 a.m. ET, outside of Richmond, Virginia. Cyrus was not on the bus at the time of the crash. According to NBC 12 , the bus driver, whose identity has been ...
First Anthology for “Deep Blues” Author Robert Palmer
In 1980, music journalist Robert Palmer was invited to drop by the sessions for John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy in New York. When Palmer arrived, Lennon was adding background vocals to “(Just Like) Starting Over.” Palmer ...
Maroon 5’s Adam Levine on Actor Jason Segel’s Musical Endeavors
Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Jason Segel made a surprise appearance at the Swell Season’s November 18th concert at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, entertaining the ladies in the audience with a love song featuring his phone number as ...
Single Minded: Lady Gaga Mashed With David Bowie, Full Rihanna Set
Lady Gaga vs. David Bowie, “Let’s Just Dance” [ Mashup ]
DJ Terry Urban treats mashups like Cage treats composition, dropping just a micro-fragment of Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” behind Lady Gaga’s ...
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Website Selling Beatles Catalog Shut Down After Court Ruling
A federal court has issued a preliminary injunction against the digital music vendor Bluebeat after the site offered up high-quality MP3s of the Beatles’ catalog without permission. According to the Los Angeles Times , the judge overseeing ...
Rihanna’s Cabin Fever Led to Recording “Personal” “Rated R”
With Rihanna ’s new album Rated R out on Monday, November 23rd, the “Russian Roulette” singer discussed when she knew she was ready to record the LP after being assaulted by then-boyfriend Chris Brown on On-Air with Ryan ...
Green Day Record “21 Guns” With “American Idiot” Musical Cast
Photo: Shearer/WireImage Before the American Idiot musical travels cross-country from Berkeley to Broadway, Green Day will shoot a video for a new version of the 21st Century Breakdown single “21 Guns” with the cast of the ...
Top Stories: November 20, 2009
• News Ticker: Chris Brown, Roger Daltrey
• Bruce News: Darkness Box Set, Dream DVD
• Eminem Says Relapse: The Refill Due in Dec.
• STP Postpone Tour to Finish Album
• Jack White Says New Dead Weather ...
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News Ticker: Chris Brown, Susan Boyle, Roger Daltrey, Interpol
Yesterday a Los Angeles judge said Chris Brown is complying with the terms of his probation. The singer’s next legal check-in is February 18th, the L.A. Times reports , and there’s no worries about Brown running into Rihanna at ...
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Eminem Releasing “Relapse: The Refill” Instead of “Relapse 2 ” in December
Eminem will reportedly release Relapse: The Refill — and not Relapse 2 — on December 22nd. The Refill will include the entire Relapse , plus seven songs that didn’t make the album. The DJ Hero exclusive “Taking My ...
Alice in Chains Announce North American Tour
Alice in Chains are promising to play their classic hits and new tracks from Black Gives Way to Blue on a North American tour that starts February 2nd in Vancouver. Tickets for the trek — which stretches until late March — go on sale ...
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Bonnaroo Nails Down Dates for 2010 Festival: June 10-13th
The recession helped hasten the demise of a few festivals last year, but at least there’s one thing a music fan can count on: there will be a Bonnaroo in 2010. The ninth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival announced today it would once ...
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Janet Jackson Was “Shocked” By Michael’s Propofol Use
Janet Jackson admitted she was shocked when she learned her brother Michael’s drug addiction had spiraled into the use of the powerful sedative Propofol in an interview with ABC’s In the Spotlight that aired last night. ...
Big Star Rock “#1 Record,” “Radio City” Classics at Rare NYC Gig
The golden-pop aura that New Yorkers saw hovering in the night sky on November 18th was from a rare local landing, at Brooklyn Masonic Temple, of the Memphis Beatles, Big Star : singer-guitarist Alex Chilton and drummer Jody Stephens with their ...
What’s Next for Springsteen: “Darkness on the Edge of Town” Box Set, “Dream” Tour DVD
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This Sunday, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will wrap up their two-year tour by performing their 1973 debut album Greetings From Asbury Park in its entirety (stick with Rolling Stone for a full ...
Death Cab for Cutie, Dead Weather Rock mtvU’s Woodie Awards
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The Dead Weather and Death Cab for Cutie didn’t pick up any trophies last night at mtvU’s Woodie Awards — the college network’s sixth annual party — but they won the crowd over with two ...
Ringo Starr Recruits Paul McCartney for New Album “Y Not”
Ringo Starr grabbed a little help from his friends for his new album Y Not , due January 12th, 2010. The Beatles drummer will be joined by his Fab Four bandmate Paul McCartney on a couple of tracks, including first single “Walk With Me,” ...
Jack White Says Expect a New Dead Weather Disc in Early 2010
The Dead Weather’s debut Horehound isn’t even a year old, but they’re already plotting their next album. Earlier this week, the band told Rolling Stone they will hit the studio soon to work on their follow-up LP, which could be ...
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Hype Monitor: Tempo No Tempo, Dragonette, Sleigh Bells
The Band: Tempo No Tempo
The Buzz: A nervy, worked-up band from San Francisco, Tempo No Tempo have been kicking around for nearly four years now, getting steadily better while remaining stubbornly under the radar. Their latest EP should change ...
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“Anvil!,” “It Might Get Loud” Left Off Oscar Documentary Short List
Photo: Kravitz/FilmMagic There’s the old adage, “If it’s too loud, you’re too old.” Looks like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is older than we thought: two of the year’s best and most ...
Stone Temple Pilots Postpone Tour Dates to Finish New Album
Stone Temple Pilots will spend the rest of 2009 in the studio. Scott Weiland and Co. have postponed the remaining U.S. dates on their tour to get to work on “their highly anticipated record, which will be coming out in the early spring of ...
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Top Stories: November 19, 2009
• News Ticker: DJ AM, John Mayer
• Aerosmith Concerned About Tyler’s Sobriety
• Faces May Replace Rod Stewart for 2010 Tour
• Bon Jovi Tops the Charts With The Circle
• Beck, Gainsbourg Team for ...
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News Ticker: DJ AM, John Mayer, Imeem, Lil Wayne
From now until December 14th, you can bid on more than 800 pairs of sneakers from DJ AM’s collection on eBay . Proceeds from the auction will benefit the DJ AM Memorial Fund, which strives to help people struggling with addiction, the L.A. ...
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Tour Tracker: Michael Buble, Bebel Gilberto and Four Tet
Michael Bublé promises to spread Crazy Love throughout the U.S. starting in March 2010, Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto returns to the States for another tour and Four Tet plot out February club shows in support of their first album in four ...
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The Man on the “Moon”: Q&A With “Twilight Saga” Director Weitz
Rolling Stone witnessed the awe-inspiring power of Twilight last year, when we dared to ask whose fans were more passionate: those of Robert Pattinson or the Jonas Brothers? Then we dropped a Q&A with Pattinson that had Twihards ...
Video Sites Announce New Music Features: Hulu Adds Artist Pages, Vevo Sets Launch
Norah Jones, whose new album The Fall was released yesterday, is about to become a Web-music guinea pig. EMI has teamed with video-streaming site Hulu — itself a partnership between NBC, ABC and Fox — to establish artist pages for the ...
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New Music Report: Blakroc
This week’s New Music Report lasers in on the self-titled debut from supergroup Blakroc, a collaboration between the Akron blues-rock duo the Black Keys and a cast of guest rappers that includes Ludacris, Mos Def, RZA and Pharoahe Monch. ...
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Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Fox Tale
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Whenever Wes Anderson directs a movie, Rolling Stone pays attention: this is, after all, the guy who made one of the best film soundtracks of all time for his breakthrough, Rushmore . Peter Travers praises ...
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Beck Team in Trippy “Heaven Can Wait” Video
We thought Lars von Trier’s Antichrist would be the strangest thing we saw this year that starred Charlotte Gainsbourg. Turns out, we were wrong. Up top is the new video for “Heaven Can Wait,” the first from ...
Nick Jonas’ Administration to Debut at Grammy Nominations Concert in Los Angeles
Nick Jonas & The Administration, the youngest of the Jonas Brothers’ new side project, will make their live debut at “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!” in Los Angeles on December 2nd. To demonstrate Jonas solidarity, Kevin ...
Vampire Weekend on the Birth of New “Contra” Single “Cousins”
Last month, Vampire Weekend gave fans new tune “Horchata” gratis. Yesterday, they released their official first single from Contra (due January 12th), the frenetic, bouncy “Cousins.” VW’s Rostam Batmanglij ...
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Aerosmith on Steven Tyler: “He Doesn’t Act Like a Sober Person”
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Last week, Steven Tyler surprised Joe Perry at a New York solo gig and announced onstage he wasn’t quitting Aerosmith . In new interviews with Rolling Stone , members of the group say that they not only ...
On the Charts: Bon Jovi Put “The Circle” Around Number One
The Big News: It took 23 years for a Bon Jovi album to debut atop the Billboard Top 200, a feat the group finally accomplished with 2007’s Lost Highway , but it only took two years to do it a second time — the Jersey band’s ...
Breaking: Harper Simon
Who: The 37-year-old son of Paul Simon, who’s casting out under his own name for the first time with his fall debut (read the RS review ). Simon says the process of becoming a solo artist was a “journey of discovery” and ...
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MTV Locks Up TV Rights for Jackson’s “This Is It”
MTV, VH1 and all the other music-related channels under the Viacom umbrella have acquired the exclusive television rights to air Michael Jackson’s concert rehearsal documentary This Is It starting in 2011. Terms of the deal were not ...
Faces May Replace Rod Stewart With Simply Red Singer for Tour
The surviving members of the Faces are planning to embark on a reunion tour in 2010, with or without singer Rod Stewart. Like Aerosmith, who are openly discussing replacing Steven Tyler should he depart to pursue solo opportunities, the Faces are ...
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Top Stories: November 18, 2009
• News Ticker: Maroon 5, Jennifer Hudson
• Who Booked For Super Bowl, Source Tells RS
• Watch Beyoncé, Gaga’s “Video Phone” Clip
• Aerosmith’s Kramer on Singer Search
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News Ticker: Maroon 5, Jennifer Hudson, Bono and Wyclef Jean, Velvet Underground
Maroons 5 have announced they’ll be performing a New Year’s Eve show at Las Vegas’ the Pearl that will also feature a set from actor Jason Segal, who promises to perform “Dracula’s Lament” from Forgetting Sarah Marshall and more ...
Tour Tracker: Motion City Soundtrack, Magnetic Fields and 3OH!3
Photo: Gordon/WireImage Motion City Soundtrack embark on a headlining trek in support of their major label debut My Dinosaur Life , the Magnetic Fields plans some Realism dates starting in February 2010 and 3OH!3 wrap up their successful ...
Aerosmith’s Kramer Speaks Out About Aerosmith Singer Search
Photo: Barket/Getty At a book signing Saturday afternoon at Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer confirmed the band is experiencing “personal differences,” and will seek a new singer should Steven ...
New Reviews: John Mayer, Norah Jones and Leona Lewis
In this week’s New Reviews, John Mayer takes a look at the war-torn landscape of relationships with Battle Studies , an album that finds the singer trying to balance both his serious and comedic sides. “He’s a tabloid fixture who ...
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The Who Booked for Super Bowl XLIV, Source Tells Rolling Stone
The Who have signed to play during halftime at Super Bowl XLIV, a source close to the performance confirms to Rolling Stone . “It’s 100 percent the Who,” the source says. “They signed a long time ago.” The official announcement from the band and the ...
In the Studio With Courtney Love: Exclusive Photos
Last week, Rolling Stone brought you highlights from our Courtney Love story in the November 26, 2009 issue (on stands now). We caught up with the Hole leader in the studio, where she revealed her long-in-the-works Nobody’s Daughter ...
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The Who Played on “Monday Night Football,” But Will They Rock the Super Bowl?
During last night’s Monday Night Football game, just after the Baltimore Ravens intercepted a tipped Cleveland Browns pass for a touchdown in the third quarter, ESPN cunningly used the Who’s “My Generation” as the musical bed ...
John Mayer Debuts “Battle Studies” at Intimate New York Gig
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As John Mayer strummed the opening riff of his 2003 hit “Why Georgia” at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, last night, he reassured the crowd of several hundred, “If you were ...
