Keith Richards says 'Jagger's knighthood sends wrong messages'!
LONDON, UK (Rolling Stones Fan Websites) - Is knighthood something good for the image of the most revolutionary rock band of the 60s? It's not what the Stones is about, is it? Yesterday, Keith Richards has launched a scathing attack on Mick Jagger for accepting a knighthood. Richards dismissed the honour ...
| Chris Martin takes to the Streets
NEW YORK (Coldplay Fans Website) - Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has been busy in the studio with Brit rapper, The Streets. They have collaborated on a Streets track expected to appear on next year's follow up to "Original Pirate Material." Lead singer Chris Martin confirms he has made a track with ...
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George Harrison, Prince, ZZ Top, Seger leads Rock Hall 2004
NEW YORK (RNRHF Website) - Two years after his death, former Beatle George Harrison is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Harrison leads a class of 2004 inductees, announced today, that includes Prince, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger, Traffic, ZZ Top and the Dells. The class of 2004 will ...
| Meat Loaf collapses in stage drama
LONDON, UK (Meat Loaf Fans Website) - Meat Loaf is in hospital after collapsing on stage in London last night. The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust said the 56-year-old collapsed from exhaustion due to a prolonged viral infection. The singer tried to continue his gig at the Wembley Arena last night ...
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Steel guitarist Speedy West dies
BROKEN BOW, Oklahoma (Top 40 Charts) - The prolific and pioneering steel guitarist Speedy West died on Saturday (Nov.15) in Broken Bow, Okla. He was 79. West's explosive playing and his crash-bar technique attracted many fans and imitators. His playing, especially on hits by Tennessee Ernie Ford and ...
| 'Radiohead 6': Radiohead will run BBC radio station!
LONDON, UK (BBC/Radiohead Official Website) - Radiohead are to become BBC radio station bosses for a week! Members of Radiohead are set to take over BBC's digital service, Radio 6, during the Christmas holidays. Between December 22nd and 26th, the group will choose all the music and programming on the ...
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Moby in 30 seconds
NEW YORK (Moveon.org) - Moby, Jack Black, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Stipe and Michael Moore are among the judges of "Bush In 30 Seconds" a U.S. competition to create at best anti-George Bush commercial. Contestants don't have to be formally trained in the art of filmmaking, just ready, willing and able ...
| Bono and Gavin Friday works on illustrations for the new Peter and the Wolf book
NEW YORK (U2 Fans Website) - Since its debut in 1936, stars from Shakespearean actor John Gielgud to horror master Boris Karloff to rock legend David Bowie have narrated Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Add Irish musician and performance artist Gavin Friday and his famous lifelong friend, U2 lead ...
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Bruce Springsteen offers to save NY's 'Bottom Line' club!
NEW YORK (Bruce Springsteen Fans Website) - Bruce Springsteen wants The Bottom Line to relive its glory days - and he's offering a river of money to get the club rising again, the nightspot's lawyer revealed yesterday. The rock icon and Viacom president Mel Karmazin have offered "several hundred thousand ...
| An open letter from John & Elaine Mellencamp
NEW YORK (John Mellencamp Official Website) - John Mellencamp has lashed out at President George W. Bush and America's foreign policy. In an open letter he co-wrote with his wife Elaine, Mellencamp blasts the powers that be for demonizing as "anti-American and unpatriotic" anyone who questions the policies ...
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Bob Dylan and Gary US Bonds were among surprise guests during Bruce Springsteen's Shea Stadium performance!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Bruce Springsteen ended a 14-month concert tour near where he began geographically - a quick pink Cadillac ride from his New Jersey home - but in a markedly different political climate. Springsteen and his E Street Band, with Bob Dylan as a one-song guest, wrapped it up Saturday ...
| 'According to the Rolling Stones': the band tells everything on their book
NEW YORK (R. Stones Official Website) - Each member of the Rolling Stones took part in the making of a recently released tell-all book called According To The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood reveal the inside story about the history of their band. The book ...
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Robert Palmer died aged 54
PARIS, France (R. Palmer Fans Forums) - Robert Palmer, the well-tailored British rock singer who created one of the first iconic music videos with the look-alike models of "Addicted to Love," died today of a heart attack. He was 54. A two-time Grammy winner in the 1980s, the star behind the hit "Simply ...
| Townshend and Daltrey are to begin working for a new Who album
NEW YORK (Townshead Official/Who Fans Website) - Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, the only surviving members of the Who, are to begin working on material for a new studio album. It would be released under the name of The Who and be the group's first new material in 21 years. According to Townshend's ...
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Johnny Cash died at 71
Gillingham, Kent, UK (By Mikey) - Country music legend Johnny Cash died this morning (Sept 12) at the age of 71. According to hospital officials in Nashville, Tennessee, the musician suffered complications from diabetes that resulted in respiratory failure. A press release issued by Baptist Hospital ...
| Simon & Garfunkel back together!
NEW YORK (Paul Simon Fans Website) - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have confirmed they are reuniting for their first tour together in nearly a decade. The couple ended months of speculation, making the announcement at a New York nightclub, and performing their hit The Boxer. The duo, who had hits with ...
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Warren Zevon has died of lung cancer aged 56
NEW YORK (W.Zevon Fans Website) - Warren Zevon, the US singer-songwriter who worked with REM, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, has died of lung cancer aged 56. Zevon, who released his latest album The Wind only two weeks ago, died on Sunday afternoon in the United States. During a 30-year recording ...
| Rolling Stones on a special edition of 'Mojo'
LONDON, UK (R. Stones Fans/Mojo magazine) - The Rolling Stones have barely made a memorable track in the past 30 years - and that is the view of their fans. Only a tiny handful of songs from that vast chunk of the band's 40-year life make it into a top 50 of the band's, greatest tunes compiled for a ...
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Toto's 25th Anniversary - Live In Amsterdam DVD is coming!
NEW YORK (EagleRockent press release) - Toto's "25th Anniversary Live in Amsterdam" is a musical celebration of the band's career. It was shot live at the Heineken Arena, in Amsterdam on February 25th, 2003. Toto was formed in Los Angeles in 1978 by David Paich, Steve Lukather, Bobby Kimball, Steve ...
| The Allman Brothers Band to release their first full-length Live DVD!
NEW YORK (Peach/Sanctuary press release) - Fans of the Allman Brothers Band who weren't able to make it to New York City this past March to catch any of their 13 shows at the Beacon Theatre will now be able to see what they missed. On September 23, the group will release "Live At The Beacon Theatre," ...
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