Rock Hall's 50th Anniversary Exhibit Features Items From Alice Cooper, Elvis Presley & More
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum in Cleveland will celebrate rock and roll's 50th anniversary with a new exhibition titled Fifty Years Of Rock And Roll, which opens Wednesday (May 1) in the Ahmet M. Ertegun Exhibition Hall. The first major overhaul of the display galleries ...
| Guns N' Roses, Morrissey To Headline Japan's Summer Sonic 2002
TOKYO, Jp. (Top40 Charts) - Guns N' Roses will come out of hiding once again this summer as the band has been confirmed to headline the third installment of Summer Sonic 2002, a two-day festival in Osaka, Japan on Aug. 17-18. GNR will handle the Outdoor Stage headlining duties, while Morrissey is set ...
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The Barenaked Ladies To Perform Free N.Y.C. Concert For Intel
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The Barenaked Ladies will headline a free concert in New York City's Bryant Park from 5 to 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday (April 23). The concert, presented by Intel, is just one of many events that the computer company is hosting in the city on Tuesday in celebration of the introduction ...
| Two Birthday Tributes Planned For Joey Ramone
NEW YORK (Officialramones.com) - Two New York tribute events are in the works for May 19, which would have been late Ramones frontman Joey Ramone's 51st birthday, Billboard.com has learned. Ramone's mother Charlotte Lesher and brother Mickey Leigh are organizing a benefit concert at the Bowery Ballroom, ...
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The Eagles Planning Summer US Tour
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - It appears that the Eagles are planning a multi-date summer tour of the U.S. this year. The band, which played Europe last year but hasn't mounted a proper North American outing in a couple of years, is putting together about 30 dates, and it should all kick off May 31 in Reno, ...
| David Bowie Reveals 'Heathen' Track Listing & Special Guests
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - David Bowie has enlisted the help of an old and a new rocker for his next album, Heathen. The Who's Pete Townshend has laid down lead guitar parts to the album's lead track, "Slow Burn," which also features the Borneo Horns. (The Horns were on Bowie's Serious Moonlight tour.) ...
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Canadians Rock On Soundtrack
TORONTO (Top40 Charts / Jam!) - Hot Canadian rockstars of today are honouring their predecessors on a new soundtrack for the indie film �Fubar.� Rumour has it; the guys in Sum 41 were so taken with the largely improvised feature length tribute to heavy metal that they convinced the creators to make ...
| Oasis' 'Heathen Chemistry' Set For July; World Tour Planned
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts) - After a two-year hiatus, Oasis is going to give it another go with the release of its fifth studio album, Heathen Chemistry, which has just been confirmed for a July release date. The album, produced by the band and mixed by Mark Spike Stent (U2, Madonna, Bjork), is the ...
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Van Morrison's 'Down The Road' Hits Record Stores May 14
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Van Morrison returns with a new album, Down the Road, slated for a May 14 release on Universal. The album includes 13 new songs, as well as covers of Hoagy Carmichael's classic "Georgia on My Mind," which Morrison has regularly performed live, and Acker Bilk's "Evening Shadows," ...
| Sheryl Crow Guests, Nirvana & Dylan Covered On New Steve Earle Collection
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - A guest appearance by Sheryl Crow and covers of songs by Nirvana and Bob Dylan are among the tracks compiled for Sidetracks, a collection of odds and ends from different parts of the career of alt-country maverick Steve Earle. The album is due April 9 from E-Squared/Artemis ...
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Billy Bob Thornton to take 'Private Radio' tour
LOS ANGELES (LA Times/Yahoo) - Actor Billy Bob Thornton , star of "The Man Who Wasn't There," will soon be the man behind the microphone as he launches a two-week rockabilly tour this spring to promote his debut album, "Private Radio." Thornton, who once earned a living as a drummer and opened for such ...
| Bono defends REM guitarist
LONDON, UK (Radio 1) - U2's Bono has told a jury of his shock at hearing that REM guitarist Peter Buck was accused of attacking two cabin crew on a plane. The singer, whose real name is Paul Hewson, made a surprise appearance at Isleworth Crown Court as a character witness for his friend of 17 years. ...
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Dusty Hill (ZZ Top Bassist) Weds In Houston
HOUSTON, Tx. (Top40 Charts) - ZZ Top took a break from the studio this weekend for the marriage of Dusty Hill to his longtime girlfriend, filmmaker-actress Charleen "Chuck" McCrory. Hill and McCrory married Saturday (March 23) in front of more than 200 guests at Tony's Ballroom in Houston, Texas, where ...
| Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Backstage...
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - It was more sedate backstage at this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony than in previous years, with Eddie Vedder, Jakob Dylan, Alicia Keys, Anthony Kiedis, Marty Stuart, Steve Cropper, Jim Stewart, and Brian Setzer avoiding the press. At New York's Waldorf ...
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Ted Nugent Joins Kid Rock Onstage In Detroit
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Michigan rocker Ted Nugent helped Kid Rock celebrate his return home this weekend at the Palace of Auburn Hills near Detroit. The Motor City Madman joined the rock-rapper for a medley of their home state's hits, including Nugent's "Cat Scratch Fever." Nugent stuck around for ...
| Courtney Love Addresses Issues, Tells Rock War Stories, & Entertains All At SXSW
AUSTIN, Tx. (Top40 Charts) - Arguably, Courtney Love's Q&A panel with Los Angeles Times' Chuck Phillips was one of the best performances at this year's South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Love - musician, actor, artist activist, and mother ? - entertained the standing room only crowd ...
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Can't Stop The Rock
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The fans traveled from all over. Screaming, cheering, and chanting, they lined up for hours for an autograph. Hard earned cash was spent on t-shirts, guides, and stuffed animals. This wasn't for *N SYNC or BSB. Wrestlemania X8 was in Toronto this weekend, and MuchNews checked ...
| Bono Meets Bush
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - U2�s Bono, now known as �The Pest� around the White House, met with President Bush last week to discuss the U.S. fight against world poverty and the AIDS epidemic worldwide. �It is much easier and hipper for me to be on the barricades with a handkerchief over my nose - it looks ...
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Robbie Robertson Reminisces In South By Southwest Keynote Speech
AUSTIN, Texas (Top40 Charts) - "I'm not a keynote kind of guy, really," admitted Robbie Robertson, singer, record executive, and legendary leader of the Band, before giving the keynote speech at the 16th Annual South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday (March 13). This year ...
| Tom Petty Pleased Heartbreakers Are Getting Into Rock Hall, Too
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - For Tom Petty, one of the special things about Monday's (March 18) Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction is that he's going in with his band, the Heartbreakers. Other performers, such as Bruce Springsteen, have been inducted independent of their bands. However, Petty tells that ...
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