Top Stories: March 11, 2010
• Conan O'Brien Announces Bonnaroo, Tour• Pearl Jam Plot May Tour Dates• Corgan on Mayer's Career-Destruction• Idol to Tackle Rolling Stones Songs• Pink Floyd Halt Single-Song Downloads• Strokes Confirm Lollapalooza Slot• News Ticker: Beck, Rock Band 3• Actor Corey Haim Dead at 38• Kate Nash Talks My Best Friend Is You• OK Go Split With [...]
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 [...]
"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 [...]
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 [...]
Conan O'Brien Joins Bonnaroo, Announces "Legally Prohibited" Tour
Photo: Brown/GettyNBC 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
News Ticker: Beck, "Rock Band 3," Phil Collins, Kings of Leon
Photo: GettyBeck'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 [...]
Secrets Behind the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street" Reissue
Photo: AFP/GettyWe told you about the Rolling Stones' upcoming Exile on Main Street reissue — which includes 10 never-before-heard Stones tracks — now read our Q&As with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and producer Don Was as they explain how they polished up gems from the vaults for the May disc and reevaluate their 1972 [...]
Video Roundup: Big Boi, She and Him, "The Runaways"
Fo Yo Sorrows VIDEO Big Boi Ft. Too Short and George Clinton from SNORT THIS TV on Vimeo.A whole battalion of new music videos has made their way onto the Web and for your viewing pleasure Rolling Stone has corralled them into this post. First up is Big Boi's latest single off his much-anticipated Sir [...]
