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rock and roll stories: 61 news summaries

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 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

 Cobain Play 
 Hits London 


Jun 9, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Teen spirit has hit a London stage in a play that involves the troubled life of rocker Kurt Cobain, reports the Independent. The production, Nevermind, features a struggling music critic, John, visited by Cobain's ghost. "Cobain appears as his alter ego: a success who couldn't deal with... More »

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suicide • theater • Kurt Cobain • London • Nirvana • rock and roll • Nevermind • Smells Like Teen Spirit • celebrity suicide

(Newser) - Jimi Hendrix's manager murdered the legendary rocker to cash in on a $2 million life insurance policy, an aide reveals in a new book. Hendrix was "worth more dead to him than alive," according to roadie James Wright. Wright said manager Michael Jeffrey confessed to him that he... More »

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music • drugs • crime • wine • Jimi Hendrix • overdose • rock and roll • life insurance • roadie

NY Exhibit Features
Lennon's Bloody Death Duds

Memorabilia displayed in city he loved

May 13, 09 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new exhibit of John Lennon memorabilia includes a bloodied hospital bag holding the clothes he wore the night he was shot to death, reports the Guardian. The bag is the most jolting display of the new show launched by Lennon's widow at the Manhattan annex of the Rock and... More »

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entertainment • music • New York City • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • rock and roll • Beatles • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • the Dakota

(Newser) - Prince’s new album, Lotusflow3r, is actually three separate discs: two by the Purple One and one by his protégé, Bria Valente, all for sale exclusively at Target for $11.98. And depending on who you ask, that’s a good deal—or not.
  • Jody Rosen is thrilled
... More »

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Minneapolis • rock and roll • Prince • music review • album • funk • Lotusflow3r • Bria Valente

 Sir Paul's 
 Vegas Gig 
 Sold Out 
 in 7 Seconds 

Must be some kind of record

Mar 11, 09 3:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A spring gig at a Las Vegas casino featuring Sir Paul MCartney sold out in a blink-of-an-eye seven seconds, reports the Telegraph. The former Beatle will rock the rafters for 4,000 fans next month at the opening of the New Joint at the Hardrock Hotel and Casino. The hurricane... More »

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Paul McCartney • Las Vegas • casino • rock and roll • concert • Beatles

 Bono: Fans 
 Wish I'd 
 Die Young 

Singer rails against rock star 'mythology'

Feb 24, 09 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Sorry, U2 fans: Bono is sticking around for a while. The frontman discussed the mystique of rock stars dying young with a BBC TV show, claiming “people do want you to die on a cross age 33, with a Jack Daniels in your hand,” the Mirror reports. But... More »

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rock stars • Bono • U2 • celebrity • rock and roll

glossies

 Spinal Tap Admits 
 Where They've Been 


Feb 9, 09 8:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Having announced their reunion tour, Spinal Tap sits down with Vanity Fair to explain where they've been for the past 25 years. "Breeding miniature horses," says Nigel, who struggled "to find jockeys that are basically 26, 28 inches tall." David, inspired by female tribute bands like... More »

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comedy • rock and roll • This Is Spinal Tap

 Plant Rules Out
 Led Zep Reunion 

Frontman explains why he won't do reunion tour

Feb 4, 09 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Led Zeppelin isn't Led Zeppelin without the late John Bonham, Robert Plant says, and a reunion tour will only disappoint. Plant, who took part in a single concert in 2007 with Jason Bonham filling in for his dad, elaborated in an interview with Absolute Radio, NME reports: "The comparisons... More »

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rock and roll • Led Zeppelin • Robert Plant • Alison Krauss • reunion concert

commentary

 'American Pie' 
 Singer Recalls 
 His Hero: 
 Buddy Holly 

No rock act can top Buddy Holly: Don McLean

Feb 3, 09 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Don McLean is forever linked to Buddy Holly because of his "American Pie" tribute, and he wouldn't have it any other way. Fifty years after Holly's untimely death, McLean calls his song about the "day the music died" the proudest accomplishment of his career. "Long before I... More »

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music • death • plane crash • rock and roll • Buddy Holly • Don McLean

OPINION

 Best Overlooked Albums of '08 

Catfish Haven and El Perro Del Mar in top 10

Dec 26, 08 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Catfish Haven's Devastator tops Spin's year-end list of overlooked albums. George Hunter's "old-soul blues exposes other rock'n'roll kings as pretenders to the crown." The top 10:
  1. Catfish Haven, Devastator: Hunter's voice is "a husky amalgam of Joe Cocker's world-weary croon and Bill Medley's baritone bombast."
... More »

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music • Brazil • rock and roll • blues • album • Best of 2008 • El Perro Del Mar

 Cher to Turn 
 Back Time in 
 '60s Cover Album 

'60s hits will be focus of singer's next effort, she tells Page Six

Dec 3, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Cher's next album will hark back to the era that spawned Sonny and Cher, reports the New York Post. The singer plans to cover songs of the 1960s, “a time when I used to listen to music on my AM radio in my Ford Mustang.” She mentions artists... More »

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music • Cher • celebrity • rock and roll • Sixties • 1960s

REVIEW

 At Long Last, 
 Chinese Democracy 

15-year wait is over for GN'R fans

Nov 11, 08 12:53 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s been 15 years since the last Guns N’ Roses album, but loyal fans can rest assured, Chinese Democracy “sounds a lot like the Guns n' Roses you know,” writes David Fricke for Rolling Stone. Axl Rose and his army of supporting players, from Buckethead to Nine... More »

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Rolling Stone • rock and roll • reviews • Guns N' Roses • rock music • Axl Rose • Chinese Democracy

TRAVEL

 9 Hotels Haunted by Celebs 


Oct 31, 08 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the mood for upscale Halloween chills? If a plain old haunted house isn't swanky enough for your tastes, consider checking into a room from Travel and Leisure's list of hotels that come complete with a resident celeb spook:
  1. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles: Marilyn 
... More »

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Anna Nicole Smith • Hollywood • rock stars • Las Vegas • mob • celebrity • Marilyn Monroe • rock and roll • Elvis Presley • Sex Pistols • gangsters • Frank Sinatra

Glossies

Chronicler of Heartbreak
Gets Happy

Lucinda Williams hits high note after giving
up 'bad boy' rockers

Oct 30, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having written more than 20 songs at the end of yet another troubled relationship, Lucinda Williams had doubts when she found love with a former music executive. She worried that her songwriting skills depended on ties to bad boys, but her new disc, Little Honey, proves that fear unfounded, writes... More »

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Hollywood • love • country music • rock and roll • musician • Lucinda Williams • Tom Overby

 AC/DC Is No. 1? 
 Must Be a Recession 

When the band's record sales go up, the economy goes down

Oct 28, 08 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget complicated economic indicators—the surest sign that recession looms is that AC/DC is back on top of the charts after 28 years, writes Alexis Petridis in the Guardian. It seems that whenever the Aussie rockers have a best-selling album, at least in Britain, the economy's in the tank. See... More »

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music • rock and roll • Britain • economy • AC/DC

GLOSSIES

Pumpkins Want 20th Anniversary to Be a Smash

Corgan hopes to be seen as more than a 'reunion band'

Oct 18, 08 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The re-formed Smashing Pumpkins start their 20th-anniversary tour next month, shrugging off the blasé reception that met their 2006 tour. Frontman Billy Corgan—who admits the group's breakup in 2000 was "a total mistake"—tells Rolling Stone that fans who attend multiple shows in some cities will be... More »

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music • rock and roll • Reunion • Billy Corgan • Guitar Hero: World Tour • Alternative rock • Smashing Pumpkins

 It Might Get Loud Hits 
 Guitar Hero Trifecta 

Jimmy Page, U2's Edge and Jack White get their axe grind on in new documentary

Sep 19, 08 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - There's no Behind the Music-style debauchery to be found in It Might Get Loud, Rolling Stone reports. Rather, the documentary more resembles “having three carpenters talk about a radial-arm saw,” quips Jack White, who along with the Edge (of U2) and Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), form the heart... More »

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film • U2 • rock and roll • guitar • Led Zeppelin • Jimmy Page • documentary film • White Stripes • Jack White • the Edge

 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

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