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  • August 2008

    • Top Albums, Tours of 2008

      Rolling Stone  |  Aug 3, 08 1:39 PM CDT

      Top Albums, Tours of 2008

      (Newser) - A tough economy may be sending album sales toward a fourth straight year of decline, but tour sales are keeping pace with last year at the midway point, reports Rolling Stone. Here's a look at both categories. The top-selling albums so far: Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III , 1.52 million Jack Johnson, Sleep Through Static , 1.25 million Mariah Carey, E=MC2, 1.06 million More »

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      music sales  • Bruce Springsteen  • Van Halen  • Jon Bon Jovi  • Coldplay

  • June 2008

    • Rolling Stone 's Top Guitar Classics

      Rolling Stone  |  Jun 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT

      Rolling Stone 's Top Guitar Classics

      (Newser) - There are those tunes driven by the rhythm section, but nothing lights a fire in the blood quite like the power of the perfect guitar riff. Thus, Rolling Stone suggests its favorite guitar anthems, hitting all stops between BB King and King Crimson. The top five: Johnny B. Goode : Chuck Berry's "true story about how playing music on a guitar can change your life forever." Purple Haze : How Jimi Hendrix "opened a new age of expression." More »

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      music  • Beatles  • Rolling Stones  • Rolling Stone  • Led Zeppelin  • guitar  • Nirvana  • Jimi Hendrix  • Van Halen  • Chuck Berry

    • Sibling Rivalry Still Driving Van Halen

      Rolling Stone  |  Jun 1, 08 1:24 PM CDT

      Sibling Rivalry Still Driving Van Halen

      (Newser) - Eddie Van Halen took time out from touring to ruminate on the band and his guitar virtuosity with Rolling Stone . Turns out, the Van Halen brothers actually started out on opposite instruments: “I bought myself a drum kit, and my mom convinced my brother Alex to take flamenco-guitar lessons. I had a paper route to pay for the drum kit.” More »

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      rock and roll  • guitar  • tour  • guitarist  • Van Halen  • Eddie Van Halen

  • August 2007

    • Van Halen, Roth to Reunite

      E! Online  |  Aug 14, 07 4:42 PM CDT

      Van Halen, Roth to Reunite

      (Newser) - The iconic 80's Rock group Van Halen will set off on a comeback tour this fall—this time with original frontman David Lee Roth. Roth hasn't performed live with his former bandmates since leaving in a huff in 1985, but stresses it's a new era for the group. "This is not a reunion—this is a new band," Roth said Monday at a press conference. More »

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      music  • concert  • rock and roll  • tour  • Van Halen  • Eddie Van Halen

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