Archive for November, 2012
Watch Live: World AIDS Day Stereosonic Festival Set Featuring Tiesto
November 30th, 2012
Recognizing EDM's powerful ability to unite the masses Tiësto has teamed with the (RED) charity for the benefit compilation Dance (RED) Save Lives to help fight AIDS in Africa The compliation features Calvin Harris Avicii Diplo and U2's Bono In conjunction with the release Tiësto is also curating Australia's Stereosonic Festival for World...
Coheed And Cambria Silence Superheroes At Comic Con – Yahoo! Crash Concerts
November 30th, 2012
It's hard to compete for attention when one is in a crowd filled with people dressed up like Marvel superheroes wizards and furry ogres However rockers Coheed and Cambria managed to do just that when they played an impromptu set at New York Comic Con as part of Yahoo!'s Crash...
Weekend Rock Question: What Is Billy Joel’s Best Song?
November 30th, 2012
Billy Joel has stayed largely off the stage for the better part of three years but on December 12th he's playing a 45-minute set at the 12-12-12 Sandy relief concert at Madison Square Garden Last month he resurfaced on NBC's Sandy telethon to perform "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go...
Flashback: Peter Gabriel-Era Genesis Performs on Belgian TV in 1972
November 30th, 2012
There's not a whole lot of video of Genesis performing with Peter Gabriel The legendary 1974/1975 Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour ran for 102 dates but only minuscule fragments of film survive "I think it's largely my fault" Peter Gabriel told Rolling Stone in 2011 "I was a major...
Chris Brown Not Charged in Cell Phone Tussle
November 30th, 2012
Chris Brown won't face criminal charges stemming from a February incident in which a woman claimed the singer grabbed her cell phone when she tried to snap his picture outside a Miami club The Associated Press reports A memo from the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's office indicates there was no...
Radiohead Teams With Fans to Create Concert Video for Charity
November 30th, 2012
Radiohead's two-night stand at New York's Roseland Ballroom in September 2011 was a major event for the band's army of super-fans It was the first opportunity for an American audience to see the group perform with drummer Clive Deamer and the first chance to hear new songs from The King...
Led Zeppelin to Visit ‘Letterman’
November 30th, 2012
John Paul Jones Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin will visit the Late Show With David Letterman when the show broadcasts from Washington DC on December 3rd The rockers along with Letterman are among the recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors which take place December 2nd There's no...
Johnny Depp Joins Alice Cooper Onstage in L.A.
November 30th, 2012
No rocker has had more wild fun in the dark than Alice Cooper who unveiled a renewed nightmare last night at LA's Orpheum Theatre an old vaudevillian palace befitting this master horror-rock showman Cooper was joined by actor Johnny Depp on guitar for several songs as he delivered 90 fast...
Metallica Launch New Record Label
November 30th, 2012
Metallica has launched a new record label Blackened Recordings in conjunction with the band taking ownership of all their master recordings including music and videos as part of a contract provision Metallica negotiated with Warner Bros in 1994 The move means the end of the band's 28-year relationship with the...
Guitarist Mickey Baker Dead at 87
November 30th, 2012
Guitarist Mickey Baker whose signature riffs helped push rhythm & blues into rock & roll died Tuesday at his home in France of heart and kidney failure The New York Times reports He was 87 Baker most notably recorded the hit 1956 single "Love Is Strange" with Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson as...