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Springsteen’s Epic Decade: Bruce on “The Rising” to the “Dream”

Photo: Kambouris/WireImage.com The Rolling Stone editors picked eight stars — from Bruce and Beyoncé to Radiohead and U2 — who not only made the best music but also led the way as Artists of the Decade in our new issue, which also includes our best albums and songs of the 2000s. Here’s more of our conversation with Bruce Springsteen from our interview backstage in Buffalo, New York, on the final date of the E Street Band’s two-year tour. Springsteen opens up about the making of The Rising (”I wa

Published: 2009-12-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Bruce Springsteen, Rock News

The Decade in U2: The Edge Q&A

Photo: Mazur/WireImage The Rolling Stone editors picked eight stars — from Bruce and Beyoncé to Radiohead and U2 — who not only made the best music but also led the way as Artists of the Decade in our new issue. Grab a copy to read why these acts earned the honor, and check out more of David Fricke’s conversation with U2’s the Edge — where the guitarist tells us, “We are still capable of potentially doing our best-ever album” and shares what’s next for the world’s biggest band — right here: • Th

Published: 2009-12-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Talking With The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir

For our fortieth anniversary, the editors of Rolling Stone have interviewed twenty artists and leaders who helped shape our time. Over the next four weeks, every day, we’ll be debuting exclusive audio clips from the Q&As, giving you unparalleled access to some of the most important personalities in history. Today we present the Grateful Dead guitarist and Haight-Ashbury homeowner Bob Weir. Besides being a key member of the greatest nomadic band ever, Weir and Co. forever changed how l

Published: 2007-05-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Audio Interviews, 40th Anniversary

Paul McCartney: A Giant Among Rock Immortals

For our fortieth anniversary, the editors of Rolling Stone interviewed twenty artists and leaders who helped shape our time. Over the next four weeks, every day, we’ll be debuting exclusive audio clips from the Q&As, giving you unparalleled access to some of the most important personalities in history. It’s been almost forty years ago today since Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play, and we’re marking the occasion (as well as our own 40th anniversary) by bringing you this i

Published: 2007-04-23 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Audio Interviews, 40th Anniversary

Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

Coldplay revealed to us that the title of their new album was Viva la Vida, which you all found to be amusing. Chris Martin and Co. later changed the album title to Viva la Vida or Death And All His Friends, which you all still found to be amusing. We also went inside the studio with the band to hear and preview their opus. We predicted the Raconteurs would release their second album next week, ruining the surprise when it was confirmed later that day by the band. Although we were all supposed to be greeted by the album on Tuesday, iTunes accidentally leaked the thing this morning before turning off the faucets. We’re listening to Consolers of the Lonely right now. Are you? The LA Times implicated some Diddy associates in the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur. Diddy denied the accusation, but the story’s scribe stuck to his guns. We finally made it back from SXSW with videos of Perez Hilton, Sara Bareilles, Pharrell and Paramore in tow. We also reminisced about our favorite new bands, talked with Tom Morello and got way too little sleep. Check out all our coverage here. Over in the editors’ ultra-swank Capri Lounge blog, we asked chef David Chang what is it about his food that inspired Elvis Costello to name his new album after it, re-analyzed a forgotten LL Cool J classic and complained about the problematic lack of hoverboards.

Published: 2008-03-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News