Archive for December 1st, 2009
Tour Tracker: Black Eyed Peas, Nick Jonas and the Administration and Henry Rollins
December 1st, 2009
Photo: Parra/WireImage The Black Eyed Peas announce the North American leg of what promises to be their The E.N.D. world tour, Nick Jonas leaves his Brothers back home as he and the Administration embark on their first tour this January and Henry Rollins sets out on his Frequent Flyer trek. Full dates for all three artists after the jump.
Black Eyed Peas
Feb. 4 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
Feb. 6 – Miami, FL – American Airlines ...
John Mellencamp’s Son Starts Facebook Group to Convince Dad to Stop Smoking
December 1st, 2009
Photo: Squires/WireImageJohn Mellencamp’s son Speck has taken to Facebook in an effort to convince his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame father to quit smoking. “I made a deal with my dad that if I get a 1,000,000 to join this group he will quit smoking,” Speck writes on the Facebook group page. That means it’ll only take a platinum plaque’s worth of fellow Facebookers to get Mellencamp to ditch the nicotine and live a ...
Enter to Win a Gibson Guitar and More in Rolling Stone’s Awesome Gift Guide Giveaway!
December 1st, 2009
To ring in the holiday spirit, Rolling Stone is offering three rock & roll giveaways over the next month. First up: a Gibson SG Zoot Suit Guitar (retails for $1,999), two photo books (Trust: Photographs by Jim Marshall and Sound Kapital), a pair of Converse AC/DC Sneakers and a Karmaloop x MTV Staying Alive Foundation Tee designed by Shepard Fairey.
Check out Rolling Stone’s Great Rock & Roll Gift Guide featuring over 100 of the season’s ...
Aerosmith in Turmoil: Inside the Band’s 40-Year War
December 1st, 2009
Photo: WireImageIn the new issue of Rolling Stone, we go inside the rift that threatens to tear Aerosmith apart, as Steven Tyler has openly stated he wants to take two years off to work on “Brand Tyler,” leaving the remaining members of the band to ponder recruiting a new lead singer for their upcoming 40th anniversary. In Aerosmith in Turmoil: Behind the Story, Rolling Stone interviews Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Brad Whitford and longtime A&R ...
New Reviews: R. Kelly, Allison Iraheta and the Bravery
December 1st, 2009
Photo: Vasquez/GettyThe Chocolate Factory is back in business today as R. Kelly releases his tenth — and possibly, horniest — album, Untitled. Boosted by first singles “Number One” and “Religious,” Kelly’s latest earned a three-and-a-half-star review from Rolling Stone as R.’s musicianship and production skills are on full display. “At this late date in history, listening to R. Kelly document his busy sex life is like listening to an old jazzman run through standards — ...
Paramore and Weezer to Headline The Bamboozle in May 2010
December 1st, 2009
Photo: Gershoff/WireImage(Paramore), Loccisano /Getty(Weezer)Paramore and Weezer have been recruited to headline The Bamboozle music festival, taking place May 1st and 2nd at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Paramore played at the first Bamboozle in 2005 as well as the following three years. The Brand New Eyes group also headlined the festival’s West Coast counterpart, Bamboozle Left (now called Bamboozle California), in 2008. As for Weezer, it’s the first time the Raditude ...
Snoop Dogg: Smooth Talking Navigator for Drivers Everywhere
December 1st, 2009
For Snoop Dogg’s latest collaboration he laid down some tracks for … a GPS? Turns out the rapper is the newest voice for TomTom’s navigation system. Though it might seem like a bizarre match, Snoop had his reasons for the partnership. “Really it was because I’d be riding in my car and I’d be hearing that boring ass lady doing it all the time,” he says in a promotional video on TomTom’s VoiceSkins site. “It ...
Pete Doherty Apologizes After Singing Nazi Anthem in Germany
December 1st, 2009
Photo: Lang/DDP/GettyPete Doherty has apologized to fans and Germans alike after the former Libertines frontman sang the controversial first verse of the German national anthem during a concert in Munich on November 28th. The crowd loudly booed Doherty after he included the verse — “Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles,” which translates to “Germany, Germany above everything” — in a rendition of “Hit the Road Jack.” Because of its connection to the Third Reich, Germans have disregarded ...
Charges in Michael Jackson’s Death Months Away, Source Says
December 1st, 2009
Photo: Diamond/WireImage Although the death of Michael Jackson has officially been ruled a homicide, investigators are still months away from filing any criminal charges in the case, a source tells the Los Angeles Times. Because of all the evidence gathered in the case as well as the toxicology reports and other “complex medical data,” the decision to file charges in the case are “months rather than weeks away.” Outside medical experts have reportedly been recruited ...
Ringo Starr, Linkin Park, Katy Perry to Present at Grammy Nominations Concert
December 1st, 2009
Photo: LaVeris/FilmMagicRingo Starr, Linkin Park, Katy Perry and Smokey Robinson will be among the artists on hand to reveal who will be up for Grammy Awards at tomorrow night’s Grammy Nominations Concert, airing live from Los Angeles’ Club Nokia on CBS. As Rolling Stone previously reported, LL Cool J will host the event, with performances by the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, Sugarland, French DJ David Guetta and, for the first time live, Nick Jonas and ...