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rock bands stories: 27 news summaries

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 U2's Berlin Show Walled Off 

Ticketless fans will need to scale these city walls to peek

Nov 5, 09 7:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Outraged Berliners are complaining that building a new wall in the heart of their city is a less-than-ideal way of marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down. U2 will play a free concert in Berlin tonight as part of the weeklong anniversary celebrations, but organizer MTV has erected... More »

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Berlin • Bono • concert • Berlin Wall • rock bands • U2

 'Lost' Beatles 
 Song Finally 
 Finished 

Forgotten George Harrison lyrics turned into tune

Nov 3, 09 4:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Forty years after the Beatles split and eight after George Harrison died, a new Beatles song has been completed. Harrison gave the first ten lines of Silence (Is Its Own Reply) to a biographer in 1969, but they were put aside and forgotten until recently, the Telegraph reports. A BBC... More »

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John Lennon • song • Beatles • George Harrison • rock bands • songwriter

 Enter Tapman: 
 Metallica Debuts 
 iPhone App 

Rockers seek to stay relevant with finger-tapping game

Oct 27, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Metallica aims to turn a generation of finger-tappers into headbangers with a new iPhone application. Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica, a variant of the top-selling Tap Tap Revenge game, lets players tap their screens in time to hits like Enter Sandman. The game, priced at $4.99, is expected to make... More »

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iPhone • rock bands • smartphones • Metallica • heavy metal • iPhone applications • Lars Ulrich

 Stones Legend 
 Bashes Guitar Hero 

Real instruments gathering moss, Wyman complains

Sep 9, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The growth of video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band means fewer real guitar heros in the future, complains former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman. Playing the games "encourages kids not to learn, that's the trouble. It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and... More »

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Rolling Stones • Beatles • rock bands • Pink Floyd • Guitar Hero • Rock Band • rock music • video games • Jay-ZTV • Bill Wyman

 Best Rock Documentaries 


Aug 11, 09 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - In honor of Woodstock—which happened 40 years ago this weekend—and the “seminal documentary” that captured it, John Farr shares his list of the 10 best rock concert/performance films—all of which are “meant to be played loud,” he writes on the Huffington Post. “So... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • Bob Dylan • list • documentary • rock and roll • concert • Elvis Presley • Beatles • rock bands • Neil Young • Jay-ZTV

(AP) - Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler was taken to a hospital after falling from stage during a concert at a motorcycle rally in western South Dakota, the AP reports. A concertgoer told local journalists that Tyler, 61, fell while dancing around on a catwalk after the sound system failed during the song... More »

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South Dakota • hospital • rock and roll • concert • rock bands • Aerosmith • Steven Tyler

 Iranian Rockers 
 Won't Stay 
 Mute on Crisis 

Plan to get so famous they're unstoppable at home

Jun 19, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian band Hypernova arrived in the US in 2007 ready to rock—but not prepared to be caught condemning their home government. Now, as demonstrators flock to protest Iran’s election results, singer “King Raam” is turning up the political volume, the Global Post reports. “There are so... More »

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Iran • rock and roll • rock bands • rock music • Iranian election • Hypernova

 Supergroup Chickenfoot 
 Revives Classic Rock 

Supergroup is having fun, getting serious

Jun 11, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rock’s newest wave-makers aren’t so new, reports USA Today. Chickenfoot is a supergroup, but “not a pre-fab one. This all really grew out of friendships,” says bassist Michael Anthony. Anthony, along with fellow Van Halen alum Sammy Hagar, has been jamming with guitarist Joe Satriani and... More »

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entertainment • music • rock and roll • Van Halen • rock bands • classic rock • Joe Satriani • Jay-ZTV • Chickenfoot • Sammy Hagar • Michael Anthony • Chad Smith • Red Hot Chili Peppers

 Dave Matthews' 
 Album Debuts at No. 1 

'Big Whiskey' ends reign of Eminem's 'Relapse'

Jun 11, 09 1:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Dave Matthews Band's Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King has become its fifth straight album to shoot straight to the top of the Billboard 200 chart. The first-week sales of 424,000 albums have knocked Eminem's Relapse into second place in its third week. The new Matthews' album is... More »

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Eminem • rock bands • Billboard charts • Dave Matthews • Dave Matthews Band

Brits Offer Free Rehearsal Space to Tune Up Music Biz

Government gives cash-strapped young bands a helping hand

May 12, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British are hoping to give the next Beatles a helping hand by offering free rehearsal space, the Guardian reports. A government program spearheaded by former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey is opening centers around the country to assist cash-strapped young bands who could potentially blossom into big names—and lucrative... More »

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music industry • recession • Liverpool • Britain • rock bands • rehearsal • Jay-ZTV

Liverpool University Offers First Masters in Beatles-ology

University provides ticket to write thesis on Fab Four

Mar 4, 09 3:02 AM CST
(Newser) - A university in the Fab Four's hometown is offering students on the long and winding road to a college degree a chance to take their master's in Beatles studies, reports Reuters. Liverpool Hope University says the "Beatles, Popular Music and Society" degree course is the first of its kind... More »

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university • Beatles • Liverpool • rock bands


 U2 Plays Surprise Rooftop Gig 

Rockers launch new album with London set on top of BBC headquarters

Feb 28, 09 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - U2 treated London fans to a surprise concert from the rooftop of BBC headquarters last night. The band, promoting the launch of new album No Line on the Horizon, played two new songs and two old ones as thousands of fans filled the street below. "This is the first... More »

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London • BBC • Bono • concert • rock bands • the Edge

Aerosmith to GOP:
Hands Off Our Song

House GOP's Back in the Saddle video yanked after copyright claim

Feb 18, 09 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Minority Whip Eric Cantor's effort to rally the House GOP with a video using Aerosmith's Back in the Saddle was swiftly bucked by the band, reports TPM. The company holding the song’s copyright requested that the video—which crowed about the House GOP's unified opposition to the stimulus package—... More »

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Congress • copyright • song • rock bands • classic rock • House Republicans • Aerosmith • Eric Cantor

Courtney Love Knocks Jews
... in Jewish Magazine

Singer utters a few colorful words on girl bands, actors and parenting, too

Jan 16, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Courtney Love says she’s sober, but her recent anti-Semitic remarks in a Jewish magazine might give some observers pause, the New York Post reports. “Every time you buy a Nirvana record, part of that money is not going to Kurt’s child, or to me, it’s going... More »

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music • Courtney Love • parenting • Nirvana • rock bands • Jewish • anti-Semitism • interview • celebrity interview

 China Nixes 
 Chinese Democracy 

Album title means new G'n'R record faces wall of Chinese censorship

Nov 22, 08 9:08 AM CST
(Newser) - China's government-owned music monopoly has told record stores not to waste their time trying to order the first new Guns N' Roses album in 17 years, the Wall Street Journal reports. Officials say the title alone—Chinese Democracy—would probably be enough to doom it, but a reference to the... More »

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China • censorship • Falun Gong • rock bands • Guns N' Roses • rock music • Chinese officials • Axl Rose • Chinese Democracy

 Blink-182 Makes Up 
 After Travis' Close Call 

No onstage reunion yet, but they don't rule it out

Nov 20, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The Blink-182 boys are hanging out again, ending a nearly 4-year hiatus after drummer Travis Barker dodged death in a fiery plane crash, E! reports. The trio met up for what vocalist Mark Hoppus calls “positive conversations,” deciding recent events trump the past. As for a reunion, “... More »

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plane crash • survivors • reunion • rock bands • rock music • Travis Barker • DJ AM • Blink-182 • Mark Hoppus • Tom Delonge • Adam Goldstein • Angels & Airwaves

 Black Ice Signals 
 New AC/DC Blitz 

Aussie power rock group gets back to roots with album you can only get at Wal-Mart

Sep 9, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - After an 8-year hiatus, AC/DC is back—in black, one might say, as their album Black Ice is poised to go on sale exclusively at Wal-Mart stores Oct. 20, Rolling Stone reports. In 2 months of studio work, the Aussie rock icons churned out 15 new songs (including four with... More »

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music • rock and roll • album release • rock bands • classic rock • Wal-Mart • AC/DC

 Oasis Star Attacked on Stage

Man storms the stage at Toronto gig, shoves Gallagher brother into speakers

Sep 9, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rogue fan attacked Oasis star Noel Gallagher during a concert in Toronto, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The man raced onto the stage and violently pushed the guitarist down into speakers as the band played What's the Story, Morning Glory? Gallagher's brother Liam and the band's bodyguards rushed the... More »

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rock stars • concert • assault • rock bands • Oasis • Toronto

Giggling
Fab 4 Tape
Discovered

Surprise song session recording to be auctioned off

Jul 26, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 1964 recording of the Beatles laughing too hard to finish a song is to be auctioned, reports the Daily Telegraph. The 30-minute tape captures the Fab Four repeatedly breaking down in giggling fits while trying to record the ballad "I'll Follow The Sun." The comical history tour... More »

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Paul McCartney • rock stars • John Lennon • record • Beatles • George Harrison • rock bands • Ringo Starr

 Green Bands 
 Can't Stop Fans 
 From Polluting 

Rock armies have to reach the show somehow

May 30, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's not easy being a green band. While touring musicians try to cut their carbon footprints with biodiesel buses and recycling, fans wreak environmental havoc, reports Rolling Stone. The venues arena rockers need sit miles outside of city centers, forcing concertgoers to gas up and hit the road. And... More »

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environment • pollution • rock bands • Radiohead • carbon emissions • concert tour

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