Rolling Stones Greatest Hits, 'Forty Licks', Due Oct. 1 - Four New Songs Included
NEW YORK (Rolling Stones Fans Website) - The Rolling Stones greatest hits collection, the two-disc Forty Licks, is set for an Oct. 1 release on EMI's Virgin Records. Four new songs have been recorded with producer Don Was for inclusion on the set as well. Each disc (the first CD includes hits released ...
| Big Canadian Stars in cancer charity
VANCOUVER, Canada (Canadian Press) - Sarah McLachlan, like some of the other big stars in Canada's music pantheon, says the timing of a benefit concert planned to raise money for cancer research is particularly appropriate for her. "My mother passed away just before Christmas last year of cancer and ...
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Springsteen Begins Tour in N.J.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (B. Springsteen Fans Website) - Bruce Springsteen opened a concert tour at an arena within sight of New York City's changed skyline Wednesday, offering songs inspired by the terrorist attacks to a hometown audience. Standing in near darkness bathed only from a soft light from ...
| Jimmy Hendrix, the greatest guitarist!
LONDON, UK (Guitar News Magazine) - Rock icon Jimi Hendrix has been voted the greatest guitarist of all time in a poll by a leading European guitar magazine Tuesday. The legendary American rocker, famed for his searing performances on his trademark Fender Stratocaster, blew away the competition in ...
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Bruce Springsteen Draws 10,000 Fans To Energetic 'Today' Show Performance
Asbiury Park, NJ (Boss Fans Website) - You might not have heard, but Bruce Springsteen has a new album out. In celebration of the release of The Rising, his first album with the E Street Band since 1984's Born in the U.S.A.>, Springsteen took to the stage at the Asbury Park Convention Center to perform ...
| Big tour, Big Money: Eagles Prepping For Major Outing Next Year
NEW YORK (Eagle Fans Website) - The recently concluded Eagles tour was a profitable venture for the band. Over the course of 32 shows in smaller markets, the Eagles performed for more than 400,000 fans and brought in some $38 million, according to manager Irving Azoff. Azoff said the Eagles outing ...
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Little Steven To Premiere New Bruce Springsteen Song On Radio Show This Weekend
NEW YORK (Little Steven Official Website) - A new song from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album The Rising will have its world premiere this weekend on Little Steven's syndicated radio program. The song, "Countin' On A Miracle," will be heard for the first time anywhere on Hard Rock Cafe Presents Little ...
| Springsteen Album Examines Attacks
NEW YORK (B. Springsteen Fans Website) - The events of Sept. 11 have found their way into Bruce Springsteen's latest album. The CD "The Rising" features 15 songs that are influenced by the terror attacks, offering individual stories from all sides. It is Springsteen's first studio recording with the ...
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U2's Second Greatest-Hits Set Coming In November
MONTREAL, Canada (U2 Fans Website) - U2 will release a second volume of greatest hits on November 12. Titled 'U2 - The Best Of 1990-2000', the album follows the multiplatinum first volume, 'U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990', which came out in 1998. The new album will draw tracks from the band's four studio ...
| Rock's power women celebrated in new exhibition
LONDON, UK (Britain National Portrait Gallery) - The rock world's top 20 female icons are celebrated in a photographic exhibition opening at Britain's National Portrait Gallery Monday. The exhibition, "She Bop", was inspired by former music journalist Lucy O'Brien's book "She Bop II: The Definitive ...
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Eagles guitarist suing band members over sacking
LOS ANGELES (Eagles Fans Website) - A hearing related to former Eagles guitarist Don Felder's lawsuit against the veteran rock band that ousted him will take place on July 5, court records and a lawyer for other members of the band said on Wednesday. The hearing on a motion to compel Felder to produce ...
| Bono Makes The Call To G8
DUBLIN, Ireland (U2 Fans Website) - There was talk that U2�s Bono was going to show up to the G8 summit in Kananaskis but due to scheduling conflicts he couldn�t make it. Bono did however make a call into Jean Chretien on Tuesday to talk about the Prime Minister�s efforts to get other G-8 leaders to ...
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Springsteen 'Rising' Album Art Posted On Official Website
NEW YORK (Official Fans Website) - The official Bruce Springsteen website (brucespringsteen.net) has posted the album cover art for The Rising, due in stores July 30. The cover shows the title placed vertically in large block yellow-gold letters, with Springsteen's name in white, positioned horizontally ...
| U2 Previews New Song On Official Website!
NEW YORK (U2 Official Website/Top40 Charts) - U2 is now previewing a new song, "The Hands That Built America," on the band's official website, u2.com. The site offers a video clip of the group in the studio at work on what is reportedly the foursome's first recording since the end of the All That You ...
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Dee Dee Ramone Dies Of Apparent Drug Overdose At LA Home
LOS ANGELES (Ramones Official Website) - Dee Dee Ramone (real name Douglas Glenn Colvin) died of an apparent drug overdose at 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday (June 5) at his home in Los Angeles. He was 49. According to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Ramone was found by his wife, ...
| ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Thrilled With New Tribute Album
NASHVILLE, tenn. (ZZ Top Official Website) - One of the latest tribute album releases is Sharp Dressed Men - A Tribute To ZZ Top on RCA Records, featuring new interpretations of ZZ Top classics by leading stars in country music. Reporters asked the man who co-wrote all the songs and sang on many of ...
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Bruce Springsteen to release new album July 30
NEW YORK (Bruce Springsteen Fans & Top40 Charts) - Bruce Springsteen will release his first all-new studio recording with the E Street Band in 18 years July 30, a 14-song compilation titled " The Rising." "The Rising" will be Springsteen's first studio rock album since 1992, and his first effort with ...
| Springsteen Says No To Candidacy
TRENTON, NJ (Top40 Charts) - Bruce Springsteen decided he wasn't born to run for political office after all. Doug Friedline, a consultant who helped professional wrestler Jesse Ventura win the Minnesota governor's race in 1998, had hoped to recruit Springsteen to run as an independent in November's ...
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Bruce Springsteen for Senate!
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ (Drafttheboss2002.com/Top40 Charts) - Sure, Bruce Springsteen was born to run. But was he born to run for office? Political consultant Doug Friedline thinks so. He's leading a campaign to get the Boss elected as New Jersey's next U.S. senator. A coalition calling itself "The Independence ...
| Tour Bites: Tom Petty, Santana, & Rusted Root
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will tour North America this summer with an opening act to be announced. Check out the official Web site for ticket presale information. Here are the confirmed dates for Tom Petty tour: June 27, Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena June 28, Cleveland, ...
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