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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| 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 ...
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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 ...
| Big tour, Big Money: Eagles Prepping For Major Outing Next Year
NEW YORK (Eagle Fans Website) - The recently concluded Eagles tour was a profitable venture for the band. Over the course of 32 shows in smaller markets, the Eagles performed for more than 400,000 fans and brought in some $38 million, according to manager Irving Azoff. Azoff said the Eagles outing ...
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Little Steven To Premiere New Bruce Springsteen Song On Radio Show This Weekend
NEW YORK (Little Steven Official Website) - A new song from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album The Rising will have its world premiere this weekend on Little Steven's syndicated radio program. The song, "Countin' On A Miracle," will be heard for the first time anywhere on Hard Rock Cafe Presents Little ...
| Springsteen Album Examines Attacks
NEW YORK (B. Springsteen Fans Website) - The events of Sept. 11 have found their way into Bruce Springsteen's latest album. The CD "The Rising" features 15 songs that are influenced by the terror attacks, offering individual stories from all sides. It is Springsteen's first studio recording with the ...
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U2's Second Greatest-Hits Set Coming In November
MONTREAL, Canada (U2 Fans Website) - U2 will release a second volume of greatest hits on November 12. Titled 'U2 - The Best Of 1990-2000', the album follows the multiplatinum first volume, 'U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990', which came out in 1998. The new album will draw tracks from the band's four studio ...
| Rock's power women celebrated in new exhibition
LONDON, UK (Britain National Portrait Gallery) - The rock world's top 20 female icons are celebrated in a photographic exhibition opening at Britain's National Portrait Gallery Monday. The exhibition, "She Bop", was inspired by former music journalist Lucy O'Brien's book "She Bop II: The Definitive ...
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Eagles guitarist suing band members over sacking
LOS ANGELES (Eagles Fans Website) - A hearing related to former Eagles guitarist Don Felder's lawsuit against the veteran rock band that ousted him will take place on July 5, court records and a lawyer for other members of the band said on Wednesday. The hearing on a motion to compel Felder to produce ...
| Bono Makes The Call To G8
DUBLIN, Ireland (U2 Fans Website) - There was talk that U2�s Bono was going to show up to the G8 summit in Kananaskis but due to scheduling conflicts he couldn�t make it. Bono did however make a call into Jean Chretien on Tuesday to talk about the Prime Minister�s efforts to get other G-8 leaders to ...
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