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Smoking Section: Kanye West, Linkin Park at the RS 40th Parties in Las Vegas

It’s VMAs weekend in Las Vegas, but this Saturday was Rolling Stone day. Celebrating our 40th anniversary, we took over the Hard Rock Hotel for a slew of parties and performances that were simply off the hook. Starting things off yesterday was the inaugural Rolling Stone poker showdown. With over 150 entrants, first prize was more than $20,000, and vying for that big money was an odd cross-section of stars. Rapper Nelly had a solid chip-stack early on, but squandered it by the fifth round. “I wish I could just keep buying in,” Nelly told the Smoking Section in the elevator, afterwards. “Then I’d be here all night.” Elsewhere, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme hung on until the bitter end, and later informed the S.S. of his VMA duties. He will be playing bass on the Violent Femmes classic “Gone Daddy Gone” joined by his bandmate Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar), Dave Grohl (drums) and Gnarls Barkley frontman Cee-Lo. Josh was pleased to be infiltrating the awards ceremony, and might have even scored a short slot on the show with his other band, Eagles of Death Metal, whose bassist, Brian O’Connor, mercilessly knocked the S.S. out of the poker tourney. Also doing well at the tables was pop tart Ryan Cabrera — who, with his greasy hair pulled into a ponytail, his hat, and his white v-neck T-shirt, and his white skin, looked exactly like a Pepsi-era Michael Jackson. Not doing well was svengali dad Joe Simpson, as well as every member of the Swedish trio, Peter, Bjorn and John. Last night Tom DeLonge’s band Angels and Airwaves put on a hot set at the Hard Rock’s legendary swimming pool. Also under the stars, thousands of Linkin Park fans crammed into the hotel’s outdoor venue to see the band rip through Minutes To Midnight cuts like “What I’ve Done,” “Hands Held High” and, their best song ever, the epic “The Little Things Give You Away,” a stinging epic th

Published: 2007-09-10
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Smoking Section, 40th Anniversary, 2007 MTV Video Music Awards

Rock Band: A First Look at the Biggest Thing Since Guitar Hero

The breakout hit of this year’s E3 video game conference is clearly Rock Band, which is essentially a four-person version of Guitar Hero. MTV Games is publishing the title, and its music-industry muscle has helped get Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Rush, Foo Fighters and the Hives on board. Metallica is making its entire catalog available for the next-gen karaoke treatment, and the game’s creators say that new music will be released every week as soon as the game launches in the fall. Even entire albums will be offered — first up is the Who’s Who’s Next. So what better way to celebrate this fusing of truly excellent bands with truly excellent game developers than with an intimate live concert, which took place last night in the cozy space that is L.A.’s Troubadour. (For more on the party and a first look at how Rock Band actually works, read on.) Though blogosphere rumors abounded that Slash would get up on stage and perform, the mystery musical guests turned out to be Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age, both of whom performed tight sets for an audience that included mostly video game journalists and bloggers, Xbox 360 execs and the typical assortment of B- and C-list Young Hollywood celebs like Scott Caan. The Queens ran through 40-minute set that ranged from “Hit of the Summer” and “Little Sister” to the new “Sick, Sick, Sick” off Era Vulgaris. Naturally, players will be able to get all of these songs and more when Rock Band comes out this fall. The game works like this: Each person takes an instrument in the form of a plastic video game controller shaped like a guitar, bass, drums and mic, respectively. When the music starts, each member of the band has to press certain buttons on the controllers (or sing correctly) in time with ever-changing symbols on the screen — typical Karaoke Revolution-meets-Guitar Hero gameplay style, only ingeniously designed to work with four instruments at once. Developed by Harmonix Systems, the same company behind the o

Published: 2007-07-13
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News