Archive for March 15th, 2010
The Stooges, Genesis, Abba Prep for Historic Rock Hall Induction
March 15th, 2010
Tonight at New York’s Waldorf Astoria, the Stooges, Genesis and Abba will join the esteemed Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with the Hollies and Jimmy Cliff. Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Phish’s Trey Anastasio, the E Street Band’s Steven Van Zandt and Wyclef Jean will induct the honorees, and Chris Isaak, Faith Hill, Ronnie Spector and members of Maroon 5 are scheduled to take the stage to cap with the ceremony with live ...
Kings of Leon “Stoked” To Hit the Road on Huge Summer Tour
March 15th, 2010
Photo: Loud/Getty
In addition to headlining Bonnaroo for the first time, Kings of Leon will hit the road this summer for a tour of mostly outdoor amphitheaters and sheds. The Followill boys will kick off a 31-date trek on June 5th in Atlantic City, New Jersey, before crossing the country to perform in most American cities ranging from San Diego and Phoenix to Hartford, Connecticut, and Pittsburgh. The tour wraps up on September 23rd in Dallas; ...
Help the Editors of Rolling Stone!
March 15th, 2010
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Readers’ Rock List: Songs About Sleep
March 15th, 2010
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty
Last week, while daydreaming about the sleep we’d be losing thanks to the swap to Daylight Savings Time, we asked you for your favorite tunes about sleep. When we tallied up the votes, the Beatles scored the most reader picks with “I’m Only Sleeping,” beating out tracks by Metallica, Aerosmith and yes, the Cranberries:
1. The Beatles – “I’m Only Sleeping”
2. Nirvana – “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?”
3. Beastie Boys- “No Sleep ...
Guess the Next Cover of Rolling Stone: The First Hint
March 15th, 2010
Someone — or several someones — will be rocking this wild print on the cover of the next issue of Rolling Stone, which hits newsstands this Wednesday. Who will we welcome to the cover when we bid farewell to Shaun White? Your guesses are welcome in the comments.
Warren Haynes Talks Allmans and Gov’t Mule, Plus Watch His Live at Rolling Stone Set
March 15th, 2010
Just before kicking off the Allman Brothers’ annual New York run, Warren Haynes dropped by the Rolling Stone offices to warm up with a couple tunes. The virtuoso guitarist delivered solo acoustic versions of the Allman’s track “Old Friend” (watch it above) as well as “Railroad Boy,” a haunting, traditional blues song that Haynes covers on the latest Gov’t Mule’s new record, By a Thread (see it after the jump!).
For years, the Allman Brothers rocked ...
New Book Captures Ryan Adams’ Private Life on the Road: Photos
March 15th, 2010
Photograph by Neal Casal courtesy of Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: A View of Other Windows available through Abrams Image
For four years, photographer Neal Casal played with Ryan Adams as part of his band the Cardinals, touring the country and cutting three records with the singer-songwriter before the band split in early 2009. In that time, Casal snapped thousands of candid pictures of Adams in the studio, backstage and on the road. Those images have ...
Allman Brothers Band Refresh Classics With New Jams in NYC
March 15th, 2010
The weather was lousy — cold, wet and windy — and the location was new, about a dozen subway stops north. But the Allman Brothers Band brought the springtime — sunshine, peaches and robust harmony guitars — to New York, as they have virtually every March since 1989, on the second night of their 2010 residency at the United Palace Theater in Harlem on Friday.
Watch Warren Haynes rock an acoustic set and get the lowdown ...
Fricke’s Picks: The Kristofferson Vaults
March 15th, 2010
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty
In her new memoir, Just Kids, Patti Smith tells of a night in New York when she saw Kris Kristofferson — an Oxford-educated, ex-Army songwriter struggling to make it in Nashville — sing his tune “Me and Bobby McGee” for Janis Joplin, who soon recorded it. His own first take on Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72 (Light in the Attic) starts out as Smith surely ...
Pearl Jam, Casablancas Bring Double Dose of Rock to “SNL”
March 15th, 2010
Six months after releasing their latest disc Backspacer, Pearl Jam returned to Saturday Night Live this weekend as musical guest, performing two tracks from the record: the hushed ballad “Just Breathe,” which featured a string quartet, and the up-tempo rocker “Unthought Known” (watch them both after the jump). The band seemed to be in a good mood throughout — Eddie Vedder was all smiles after wrapping up their second performance — and the group took ...