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Readers’ Rock List: Color Bands

Photo: Mazur/WireImage Despite one street team’s attempt to ballot-stuff this weekend’s Rock List, echoing the Great “Killers-gate” of 2008, San Francisco punks and inspirers of musicals Green Day were voted the Best Color Band by the Rock Daily readers, edging out other colorful artists like the White Stripes, Pink Floyd and Black Flag. Our Top 20 reads like a rainbow, even if it is missing Agent Orange, the Silver Apples and the Indigo Girls, so check out the entire Rock List: Color Bands below: 1. Green Day 2. The White Stripes 3. Black Sabbath 4. Red Hot Chili Peppers 5. Pink Floyd 6. Deep Purple 7. Black Flag 8. Black Keys 9. James Brown 10. Black Lips 11. Al Green 12. Blue Oyster Cult 13. White Zombie 14. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 15. Black Kids 16. Frank Black 17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor 18. Yellowcard 19. Silversun Pickups 20.  The Red Krayola

Published: 2009-03-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Brandi Carlile Brings “Give Up the Ghost” to the Rolling Stone Studios

Rolling Stone recently welcomed onetime Artist to Watch Brandi Carlile to our studios to perform stripped-down acoustic versions of two tracks from her most recent disc Give Up the Ghost. Carlile, who logged time as a backup singer for an Elvis Presley impersonator at age 16, racked up a host of big-name collaborators on Ghost: Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray, and a little British singer-songwriter named Elton John, who joi

Published: 2009-12-23 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Live at Rolling Stone, Videos

Tour Tracker: The Bravery, Passion Pit and Indigo Girls

Photo: Legato/FilmMagic The Bravery plot a massive headlining tour in support of their still-untitled third album that’s due out November 10th. Plus, Passion Pit, one of 2009’s biggest breakout bands, continue to teach people Manners while the Indigo Girls schedule an autumn trek. Full dates for all three jaunts await after the jump. The Bravery Sept. 18 - Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Hotel Sept. 19 - Santa Barbara, CA @ West Beach Festival Sept. 20 - Tempe, AZ @ Tempe Beach Park Oct. 1 - Denver,

Published: 2009-08-19 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

Tour Tracker: M.I.A., the Hives and Indigo Girls

M.I.A. flies paper planes from venue to venue, the Hives coordinate their suits for another U.S. trek and the Indigo Girls map out their summer plans. The complete set of dates is after the jump. M.I.A. April 26 - Indio, CA @ Coachella Festival April 28 - San Diego, CA @ 4th & B May 1 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa May 2 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom May 5 - Nashville, TN @ City Hall May 8 - Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Detroit May 9 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom May 12 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom May 13 - Maplewood, MN @ Myth May 14 - Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall May 17 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium May 18 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot May 23 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre May 27 - Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Centre May 28 - Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall May 30 - Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre June 2 - Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy June 3 - Montreal, QC @ Metropolis June 6 - Brooklyn, NY @ McCarren Pool June 14 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo The Hives May 15 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage May 16 - Nashville, TN @ Wildhorse May 17 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre May 18 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave May 19 - Fargo, ND @ Playmaker’s May 20 - Winnipeg, Manitoba @ Burton Cummings Theatre May 21 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan @ The Odean May 22 - Calgary, Alberta @ MacEwan Hall May 24 - Edmonton, Alberta @ Edmonton Events Centre May 25 - Spokane, WA @ Big Easy Concert House May 26 - George, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre/Sasquatch Festival Indigo Girls May 31 - Richmond, VA @ The National June 1 - Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre June 3 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall June 4 - Toronto, Ontario @ Molson Amphitheatre June 6 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues June 8 - Milwaukee, WI @ Henry Maier Festival Park June 10 - Little Rock, AR @ Robinson Center Music Hall June 11 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s June 13 - Albuquerque, NM @ Rio Grande Zoo June 15 - Boulder, CO @ Chatauqua Auditorium June 16 - Denver, CO @ Denver Botanic Gardens June 1

Published: 2008-03-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

Blondie’s Debbie Harry Shows Her True Colors on Summer Tour

When the True Colors tour kicks off this Friday in Las Vegas, Debbie Harry will be performing solo for the first time since Blondie reunited a decade ago. “It’s sort of experimental for me,” she says. “I’m going to be doing it in a very stripped-down way. No big band.” Her reasons for working solo instead of under the Blondie name are simple: “Blondie doesn’t have a record deal,” she says. “I can do a solo project much more economically.” The sixteen-date tour, which also includes Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, The Dresden Dolls and The Gossip, will raise money for the Human Rights Campaign and the Matthews Shepherd Foundation. Rosie O’Donnell, Rufus Wainwright and The Indigo Girls are guesting on select dates. “The thing that startles and stuns me is that there are so many extreme Christian groups that are anti-gay,” Harry says. “I can’t understand how anyone who believes themselves to be a deeply religious person can have a prejudice like that. It’s just so destructive. This tour is going to unify people and give them a chance to celebrate their personal freedoms.” For more information check out our summer tour special and the True Colors website.

Published: 2007-06-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: General