Entwistle Died From Cocaine Use
LOS ANGELES (Who Fans Website) - The Who bassist John Entwistle died after taking cocaine that caused his already diseased heart to fail, a coroner has ruled. The 57-year-old was found dead in a hotel room in Las Vegas in June as the band were about to embark on a US tour. The inquest at Tewkesbury ...
| Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil has quit
SYDNEY, Australia (Midnight Oil Fans Website) - Peter Garrett, the energetic lead singer of Australian rock band Midnight Oil, has quit. With his distinctive bald head, wild dancing and strident voice, Garrett was one of the most recognizable Australian singers of the last generation. "The last 25 years ...
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Springsteen & E Street Band were joined onstage by O'Brien (producer)
ATLANTA (B. Springsteen Fans Website) - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were joined onstage Monday night (December 1) in Atlanta by Brendan O'Brien, producer of The Rising. O'Brien came out during the concert's first encore, playing rhythm guitar for "Glory Days" and "Born To Run." "Should we ...
| Bono, Dave Stewart & Dion Join Springsteen In Miami
MIAMI, Fl. (B. Springsteen Fans Website) - Bono of U2, the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, and Dion joined Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band onstage in Miami Saturday (November 23) at American Airlines Arena. Bono and guitarist Stewart came out halfway through the show to sing on "Because The Night," ...
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Tom Petty plans to sing Beatles & Harrison's Songs
LONDON, UK (Tom Petty Fans Website) - Tom Petty is getting ready to honor his friend, the late George Harrison. Petty and the Heartbreakers are on the bill for Friday's (November 29) George Harrison tribute concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which marks the first anniversary of the singer-guitarist's ...
| Tom Petty In L.A.
LOS ANGELES (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers Fans Website) - The anti-corporate sentiments on Tom Petty's new record, The Last DJ, are necessary and noble, but the songs themselves sometimes suffer from a blunt message (best described as "Clear Channel Sucks!"), a lack of intensity, and a too-pervasive air ...
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Pink Floyd Will Remain Inactive For The Forseeable Future
NEW YORK (Pink Floyd Fans Website) - Pink Floyd leader David Gilmour is telling fans not to expect anything from the band in the near future, despite plenty of urging to reactivate it. Gilmour told that "the management sometimes rings me up and says, 'Hey, you should get out there and do some stuff.' ...
| Bob Dylan Collection Goes To His Hometown Library
HIBBING, Minn. (Bob Dylan Official Website) - Bob Dylan rarely visits his hometown. Still, the town's library has been putting together a collection of artifacts about the singer-songwriter, known as Robert Zimmerman in his Hibbing days. Dylan, whose songs include "Like a Rolling Stone,'' "Blowin' in ...
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Bono Talks On 'Oprah' About AIDS And Poverty Crises
NEW YORK (U2 Fans Website) - Bono's appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, which was taped Wednesday (September 18), is scheduled for broadcast Friday (September 20). The frontman of U2 didn't perform or flog the Irish band's upcoming best-of CD and DVD--he was on the show to talk about various causes ...
| Rolling Stones throw a special for HBO
NEW YORK (HBO Website) - The Rolling Stones will star in their first live TV concert special for HBO next January, the network announced today. The event will be broadcast on Jan. 18 from New York's Madison Square Garden - one of the last U.S. stops on the group's current Licks World Tour. "The Rolling ...
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Stones and Bono Together On Stage!
CHICAGO, Ill. (Rollng Stones & U2 Fans Websites) - The Rolling Stones were joined by U2 frontman Bono for a version of "It's Only Rock And Roll (But I Like It)" Monday night (September 16) at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Bono walked on stage unannounced; said nothing to the crowd of 5,000; sang on ...
| R.E.M. new album due next year
ATLANTA, Geo. (REM Fans Website) - R.E.M. are at work on their thirteenth studio album, which they plan to release next year. "We're writing zillions of songs and pieces of songs, and patching them all together," says singer Michael Stipe. "Themes are starting to emerge, and it sounds like it's taking ...
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Nirvana's Greatist Hists Compilation In October
Nirvana's Greatest Hits is set to hit stores October 22, according to a Universal Music release schedule. It's the first greatest hits package by the trio, and it's rumored to feature a previously unreleased track, "You Know You're Right". Although the song's inclusion hasn't been confirmed, it's ...
| The Rolling Stones Warm Up For World Tour In Toronto
The Rolling Stones played a surprise, warm-up gig Friday (Aug. 16) at the club Palais Royale in Toronto. Among the songs the group played were "Brown Sugar," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Wild Horses," "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," "Torn and Frayed," "Hot Stuff," "Happy," and "Can't Turn You Loose." The gig ...
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Springsteen, Bon Jovi vs Bar
Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi are suing the owners of a roadside theme bar in Pennsylvania because they say their songs are being played without a licence. Springsteen alleges that RPM's bar in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, keeps playing his 1984 classic Born in the USA without the relevant licence ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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