Olympic Playlists: What Johnny Weir, Gretchen Bleiler, Louie Vito and More Athletes Are SpinningPhoto: Lubin/NBC Photo The Winter Olympics began in Vancouver Friday night with performances from Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado, k.d. lang and Sarah McLachlan, as well as the debut of the “We Are the World” remake. But music at the world’s biggest sporting event won’t end there — Rolling Stone asked some of the games’ best athletes what songs keep them motivated and got a wide range of responses: Lady Gaga, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Clipse, Bob Dylan the Strokes and A Tribe Called Quest all have a spot on
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Published: 2010-02-16
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Rewind: The Week in Rock DailyPhoto: Halleran/Getty Images Rock Daily had Las Vegas panicked when we revealed the winning answer to all those Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show bets, forcing most gambling sites to shut down all Bruce-related betting. We have the full story on that plus much more at our Super Bowl Hub — Rock Daily will be in Tampa this weekend to root on the Steelers and witness the Springsteen set. The music world was saddened by the deaths of Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell and Solid Air singer-songwriter John Martyn. The Grammys hired every gun possible to ensure people will tune in to this year’s show: Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Kanye West, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake were all announced as 2009 Grammy performers on Monday, then yesterday U2, Kid Rock, Plant & Krauss and Rihanna were joined the Grammy bill. Speaking of Macca, Sir Paul will go from The Colbert Report to Coachella lineup. Weezy revealed he’s making the jump from beats to electric guitars with Lil Wayne’s “real rock album” Rebirth, due out April 7th. Wayne also debuted his new single “Prom Queen” and settled his lawsuit with the Rolling Stones.
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Published: 2009-01-31
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd Praise the Badass at “Rock and Rebels” Tour Opener in FloridaPhoto: Diamond/Getty About halfway through his set at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida, Friday night, Kid Rock saluted the Twisted Brown Trucker Band, the 10 excellent musicians backing him. “There’s no Pro Tools, no tapes, no trickery,” the man born Robert James Ritchie to a suburban Detroit auto dealer said. “This ain’t no American Idol bullshit; this is some American badass shit.” It’s true: Kid’s band, anchored by dynamo orange-’froed drummer Stephanie Eulinberg, kept the
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Published: 2009-06-29
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows
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Kid Rock, Peter Wolf, Lynyrd Skynyrd Raise the Roof at the Garden Last night at Madison Square Garden, Kid Rock brought his Rock and Roll Revival Tour north of the Mason-Dixon for a crowd-pleasing review that included guests Peter Wolf, Reverend Run and Lynyrd Skynyrd, who were playing the Garden for the first time in their forty year career. Click below for photos and stories from last night’s gig. • Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Peter Wolf Lead Rock and Roll Revival Tour at Madison Square Garden
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Published: 2008-05-16
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows
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