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NEWS ABOUT: bands

bands stories: 16 news summaries

 Music Biz Drops 
 Concert Camera Bans 

Bands give up trying to control images

Nov 11, 09 1:22 AM CST
(Newser) - As camera phones held aloft become as common as lighters in the air used to be at rock-and-roll concerts, the music industry is starting to give in to reality and drop camera bans. Most bands are allowed to choose their own photo policy, and a growing number are letting fans... More »

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music industry • camera • photography • digital photography • concert • camera phones • bands

NOT-SO-SWEET EMOTION

 Steven Tyler Quits 
 Aerosmith: Band 

Move follows missed tour dates and apparent dissension

Nov 9, 09 11:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has left the band, according to rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford and lead guitarist Joe Perry, who have suggested that they're looking for a new singer. The news comes after a disastrous summer tour in which Tyler broke his shoulder in a stage fall and canceled many... More »

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entertainment • rock and roll • rock music • Aerosmith • Steven Tyler • bands • quitting • Joe Perry • falling out

 San Fran Returns to 
 Its Psychedelic Roots 

Not that any band there would say they knew of a scene

Sep 5, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco seems to have had something of a psychedelic rock resurgence, though don’t ask any of the bands involved to identify themselves that way. “People are so aware of everything and don't really separate it that much,” a man whose band has the telltale brooding drones... More »

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San Francisco • rock and roll • Grateful Dead • 1960s • bands • psychedelic • Jefferson Airplane • scene

(Newser) - After the departure of longtime—well, come-and-go—Smashing Pumpkin Jimmy Chamberlin and the audition of 1,000 hopefuls, frontman Billy Corgan has named a new drummer, the Chicago Tribune reports. And the kid’s 19. Oregon native Mike Byrne played with local groups before receiving the honor from the Chicago-based... More »

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rock and roll • Billy Corgan • bands • Jimmy Chamberlin • Smashing Pumpkins • drummer • Mike Byrne

(Newser) - Cybraphon mimics a neurotic indie band by obsessing over its online presence and knocking out tunes to express its fluctuating moods, Wired reports. Designed by three UK artists, Cybraphon is a musical robot stuffed with an organ, cymbals, a Macbook Pro—and a highly volatile emotion meter. "The Cybraphon... More »

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robot • robotics • indie pop • bands

OPINION

 Rock's Worst Comebacks 


Jul 7, 09 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some bands just shouldn’t—or couldn’t successfully—get back together. The Independent takes a look at the 10 most ill-conceived rock reunions.
  • The Sex Pistols: Sure, the punk progenitors honestly named their 1994 comeback tour "Filthy Lucre," but still "tarnished their own lawless
... More »

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entertainment • rock and roll • Van Halen • reunion • The Doors • Limp Bizkit • comeback • Sex Pistols • bands • Smashing Pumpkins • Jay-ZTV • Motley Crue

 Big Bands Make  
 Big Comeback 

Popular 1940s art form experiences fan resurgence

Jun 3, 09 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Big bands are back—if not the same ones your grandparents went to see in the 1940s. Today’s big bands play in cafés instead of ballrooms, and instead of waltzers, their audience is made up of music aficionados who want to enjoy the dense, textured sounds. In trendy... More »

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music • trend • bands • Jay-ZTV • big band


 SXSW's Best 
 New Bands 

Expect to see these acts on the mainstream after this year

Mar 16, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Austin's SXSW music festival is known for producing hot new hit bands, and with Esquire's pick of the 10 best up-and-comers, you can skip the plane ride to Texas and start the iTunes downloading instead:
  • White Lies: Reminiscent of the Killers, they already have a Letterman gig.
... More »

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music • list • SXSW • bands

MOVIE REVIEW

 3D Concert Strictly 
 for Jonas Junkies 

Bubblegum rockumentary only works in fans' dimension

Feb 27, 09 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The band's tweener fans will swoon for the new Jonas Brothers concert movie, say critics, but Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience has little to offer the uninitiated.
  • Mark Olsen, Chicago Tribune: The movie is "awkwardly stitched together from candy-gloss arena concert footage and somewhat grimier-looking backstage/limo/hotel room
... More »

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Disney • movie review • concert • Jonas Brothers • bands

GLOSSIES

Van Halen: Roth Reunion Solid, New Music on Way


Feb 8, 09 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - After grossing $93 million on tour with former frontman David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen tells Rolling Stone he wants the band back together permanently: “Dave was a blast. And next time we go out, we’re going to have some new stuff, too.” He plans a summer... More »

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shoes • guitar • website • Van Halen • Eddie Van Halen • rock music • bands • David Lee Roth • Wolfgang Van Halen

UC Davis Band Marches Into Trouble

Director blows whistle on students' stripping, boozy debauchery

Oct 7, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - At a trumpet player's cry of "naked van", unruly band members at the University of California Davis stripped to their skivvies on a trip, ignoring their director's orders to get dressed, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The prank fell so flat with the director that he's filed a complaint... More »

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University of California • University of California Davis • bands • marching bands

 Phish Goes Back on Tour

Jam band will play three shows in Virginia in 2009; more to come

Oct 1, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Phish is getting back together. The Vermont-bred jam band, which disbanded in 2004, is planning three dates next March in Hampton, Virginia. A notice posted on the band's website says Phish will play March 6-8 at the Hampton Coliseum and that more 2009 dates will be announced later. More »

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Virginia • Phish • reunion concert • bands

GLOSSIES

 Future Sounds Like These Acts 

Rolling Stone tracks down six up-and-comers

Sep 1, 08 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maybe you've heard of them, maybe you haven't, but six up-and-coming bands are defining rock and pop this year, according to Rolling Stone. Next big things or one-disc wonders? Check them out, then listen up by clicking the link below:
  • Low Vs Diamond: cinematic rockers from Los Angeles go
... More »

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music • Rolling Stone • list • bands

 'Grateful' Symphony Debuts  

Baltimore to unveil work based on various Dead classics

Jul 27, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will debut this week an opera derived from the music of the Grateful Dead, on what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 66th birthday. Titled Dead Symphony No. 6, each movement goes truckin' on a different Dead song. The Grateful Dead is “long overdue to... More »

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music • opera • composer • Baltimore • Grateful Dead • Baltimore Symphony • bands

Steaming Coldplay Denies Stealing Song

Brooklyn band claims Brit rockers lifted
Viva la Vida tune

Jun 19, 08 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Coldplay is hotly denying allegations of plagiarism from a Brooklyn-based indie band, the Independent reports. Members of the Creaky Boards say the melody of the British band's new album's title track Viva la Vida was lifted from a tune of theirs called The Songs I Didn't Write. Coldplay members insist... More »

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plagiarism • song • Coldplay • rock music • bands • Chris Martin

Celeb Kids Raise Indie Bands' Profiles

Sarandon-Robbins, Byrne-Barkin offspring take the stage

Jun 2, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The indie music scene abounds with newcomers, but few have the A-list relations the Ellis Unit does. The group includes the 18-year-old son of Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkin and Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner's 17-year-old son. Gus Wenner has jammed with Bob Dylan, and his connections have landed his... More »

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music • celebrity • Ellen Barkin • Susan Sarandon • Jann Wenner • Ellis Unit • Tim Robbins • Gabriel Byrne • bands

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