
Random Notes: Rage Against the Machine, Kanye West, Bon Jovi and the Week in Rock Fans were so anxious to get a look at Rage Against the Machine at Australia’s Big Day Out festival in Sydney that they scaled the speakers, forcing security to put the show on hold. In case you missed it, or Kanye West’s secret cameo in New York, Rivers Cuomo’s soccer game or Robert Plant’s relaxing evening at a Knicks game and much more, click here to catch up on the week in photos.
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Published: 2008-02-01 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Stooges, Rage Against the Machine, Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age Booked For Vegoose The initial lineup for this year’s Vegoose festival includes Rage Against the Machine, Daft Punk, the Shins, Queens of the Stone Age and Muse. Additional headliners Iggy & the Stooges will continue the hot trend of playing albums in their entirety with a performance of 1970’s landmark Fun House. Vegoose, which takes place October 26-28 in Las Vegas, will continue to feature outdoor festival-size shows during the day and more intimate indoor shows starring unexpected artist pairings at night. The festival will also draw on the local Vegas lifestyle by bringing back its Impersonators Cafe and a Wedding Chapel (though the vows are just for kicks). Tickets for the day performances are available starting July 28, and the night shows go on sale August 11. Photo: Dyson/Getty
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Published: 2007-07-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals
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Rage Against The Machine To Co-Headline Vegoose, Marilyn Manson May Sell You A Drink, And More Rage Against the Machine will continue their comeback by co-headlining the third annual Vegoose Music Festival. The full lineup is expected to be announced in mid-July for the event, which will be held October 28-29 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. Fergie, Fall Out Boy and Aerosmith are among the acts booked to play this year’s Fashion Rocks event on September 7. Al Gore will attend the Live Earth concert held at Giants Stadium in New Jersey on July 7. Beyoncé won Best Female R&B Artist as well as Video of the Year (for “Irreplaceable”) at last night’s BET Awards. Would you purchase beverages adored with the images of Marilyn Manson, Queens of the Stone Age, Eminem or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Thanks to Universal Music Group’s deal with Drinks Americas Holdings Ltd. you may soon be tempted to. [Photo:Getty]
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Published: 2007-06-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup
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Smashing Pumpkins and Rage Against the Machine Do Voodoo; Queen Readies New Album; Live Earth Istanbul Stumbles Smashing Pumpkins and Rage Against The Machine, will headline the fest, which will also feature Wilco, Fall Out Boy, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and M.I.A.. Queen + Paul Rodgers are nine songs into recording a new album, with more studio time scheduled for October. Rodgers anticipates the album will be released in 2008, with a tour likely to follow. We’re hoping by then they change their name from Queen + Paul Rodgers to Queen – Freddie Mercury. The Spice Girls have announced that they are making an announcement next week. Wishful thinking has it something to do with the paternity test results of Scary Spice’s baby. Live Earth Istanbul is dead, thanks to a lack of sponsor support. In other news, Enrique Iglesias has been added to the line-up of the Hamburg, Germany leg of the Live Earth series, with previously reported headliners Shakira, Snoop Dogg and Chris Cornell. When you’re done watching Peter Travers’ Sicko review, check out new videos from Bright Eyes (“Hot Knives”) and Rufus Wainwright (“Rules & Regulations”). There will be no new Britney Spears album (tentatively titled Omg is Like Lindsay Lohan Like Okay Like) until 2008. Photo:Textor / Getty
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Published: 2007-06-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup
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Best of Rock 2008 Artist Picks: Tom Morello Though he has been a part of some excellent damn-the-man tunes as a part of Rage Against the Machine and as a solo artist, guitar virtuoso Tom Morello turned to the Great White North for his pick for “Best Contemporary Protest Song.” What Canadian band topped his personal chart? Click here for Morello’s pick. • Best of Rock 2008 Artist Picks: Tom Morello • Best of Rock 2008 Artist Picks • Rolling Stone’s Best of Rock 2008
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Published: 2008-04-23 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Best of Rock
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Coachella Day One: The Breeders, Tegan and Sara, Black Kids and More While most attendees were still smuggling their stashes past security at the front gates on Coachella’s Day One, math-rock outfit Battles had a large, vocal crowd enraptured at the Gobi tent with their pounding single “Atlas.” Battles are more concerned with complex rhythms than melody, and with a pumped festival crowd feeding off their energy, the band effortlessly locked into curious, mind-blowing grooves, turning what can come off on record as slightly joyless exercises in syncopated songwriting into something spectacular and energetic, like a dancey, mutant Rage Against the Machine. A tent away, the Black Kids were proving that they’re rapidly growing into the band their early buzz promised they would become. The Jacksonville, Florida five-piece’s Motown-garage jangle came off as robust and charming in the mid-afternoon heat. The band got the crowd moving to single “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You,” a bit of poppy disco-rock that brings out the Robert Smith in frontman Reggie Young’s yelpy voice, and hit their peak on “Look at Me When I Rock With You” as Youngblood took a break from ripping out smooth-toned guitar flourishes to sling his instrument off his shoulder and boogie. Back at the Gobi tent, Dan Deacon took the stage — or rather, the floor just in front of it — and smashed away at his keyboard as walls of synth noise kept the kids jumping around to no particular rhythm, while at the Outdoor Theatre, Les Savy Fav frontman Tim Harrington scaled the scaffolding and threatened to jump, to the delight of his fans and dismay of security (he didn’t make the leap). Click here for photos from Day One of Coachella Meanwhile a modest (and slightly older) crowd gathered at the main stage to watch the Breeders play “some songs from Pod, some songs from Last Splash, Title TK and Mountain Battles,” as Kelley Deal put it. “I can feel it,” Kim Deal intoned as the band kicked into “Overglazed,” the triumphantly droning opening
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Published: 2008-04-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Coachella
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Best of Rock 2008 Artist Picks: Adam Levine Rolling Stone’s Best of Rock 2008 isn’t just about the magazine’s editors picking the finest bands, records and everything in between. We also asked a number of stars what their favorites were. First up: Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine makes his selections for the best make-out albums, which include Marvin Gaye and, strangely, Rage Against the Machine. “When I was sixteen, I made out with a girl in the back seat to this,” he explains. For more on Levine’s picks, click here. • Artist Picks: Adam Levine • Best of Rock 2008: Artist Picks • Best of Rock 2008 [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-04-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Best of Rock
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Smashing Pumpkins, Rage, M.I.A. Cast Spell on New Orleans at Voodoo Festival The Voodoo Music Experience descended on New Orleans this weekend, attracting a costumed mass of thousands to witness performances by re-release-happy Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine, Fall Out Boy, M.I.A. and many more. To see all the action from the annual Big Easy festival, check out our photo gallery.
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Published: 2007-10-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Pharcyde Lead Rock the Bells 2008 A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, De La Soul, Rakim and a reunited Pharcyde lead the 2008 Rock the Bells Festival, the annual touring hip-hop event that last year featured a reunited Rage Against the Machine. Other acts on the bill include Method Man and Redman, Raekwon, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Spank Rock, Santogold, Jay Electronica, Murs and more. Supernatural will host the main stage. “Some people don’t want to give hip-hop tours a chance, thinking it’s a violent art form,” Murs told Rock Daily. “But Guerilla Union found a way to make a real nice, peacful, hip hop festival that is like Heaven on Earth.” The ten-city tour kicks off July 19th in Chicago and wraps up at the end of August. The tour will also head to Europe and Japan for the first time. Check out the full tour dates after the jump. July 19 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre July 20 - Toronto, ON, Canada @ Molson Amphitheatre July 26 - Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center July 27 - New York, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheatre Aug 2 - Miami, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre Aug 3 - Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center Aug 9 - Denver, CO @ Coors Amphitheatre Aug 16 - San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre Aug 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Glen Helen Amphitheatre Aug 30 - Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Venue TBD [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-04-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Rage and Wilco to Play Lollapalooza? The latest Lollapalooza rumor has Rage Against the Machine and Wilco added to the bill alongside the already-rumored Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. C3 Presents, the Austin, TX-based company behind Lollapalooza, refuses to confirm or deny any rumors. The official line-up will not be announced until next month. If Rage and Wilco were added to the bill, Lollapalooza would immediately head to the front of the line as the definitive festival of the season. [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-03-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals
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News Ticker: Stone Temple Pilots, Paul Stanley, American Idol Stone Temple Pilots have added more dates to their summer reunion tour, with more to come soon. The current full itinerary is after the jump. KISS frontman Paul Stanley is rumored to be in talks to star as the titular character in a Las Vegas production of the musical The Phantom of the Opera. After six seasons, American Idol contestants are finally able to sing Beatles songs thanks to the show’s acquisition of rights to the joint Lennon/McCartney songbook. Mother Jones has compiled a playlist of tracks used during torture sessions in American military prisons, which includes songs by Metallica, Eminem, Christina Aguilera and Rage Against the Machine. Stone Temple Pilots Tour Dates May 17 - Columbus, OH @ Crew Stadium (Rock on the Range) May 18 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center May 23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 31 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center June 01 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center June 07 - Kansas City, MO [venue TBD] July 12 - Toronto, ON @ Downsview Park (Edgefest)
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Published: 2008-02-28 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, American Idol, Morning News Roundup, On Tour
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Paul McCartney Album “Should Be Ready By the Summer,” Morello Record Also Due Just seven months after the release of Memory Almost Full, Sir Paul McCartney is already brewing up a new album. According to his publicist, “Paul started recording last week, but he has been writing for a while. It should be ready by the summer.” McCartney is reportedly working with producer Youth, a founding member of the band Killing Joke and the producer of albums such as the Verve’s Urban Hymns and, in some capacity, Guns N’ Roses’ long-delayed Chinese Democracy. Not to be outdone by McCartney’s prolificacy is Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who released his first solo album as the Nightwatchman in April 2007. Despite touring as both a member of the reunited Rage and as a solo entity, a second solo album is already near completion, with the working title of The Fabled City in place. While no release date is set, Morello expects the album out later this year.
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Published: 2008-02-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, In the Studio
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Tom Morello’s Monster Jam: Slash, Serj Tankian, Wayne Kramer, Mick Mars and More Join Nightwatchman at Tiny L.A. Gig Tom Morello gave an early Christmas present to the 100-plus fans packed into Hollywood’s Hotel Café last night. As a send-off for his final gig of the year as the Nightwatchman, the Rage Against the Machine guitarist assembled an eclectic group of music legends that jammed on inspired covers and collaborations for more than four hours. Morello’s weekly appearances at the cozy venue serve as an opportunity to raise money and awareness for his social-action foundation Axis of Justice, which provides aid to the homeless and hungry. The evening began in the normal fashion with Morello playing a handful of acoustic songs. His small set complete, Morello recounted a story about a man with a great voice at a Woody Guthrie tribute. The man turned out to be Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins, who then climbed onstage and proved he was worthy of Morello’s praise with a solid, albeit lyrically altered rendition of Phil Ochs‘ classic protest tune “State of Mississippi” and the Christmas staple “Silent Night.” Serj Tankian, who along with Morello co-founded Axis of Justice, next appeared at the piano for two songs, then Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman, rising songwriter Elijah Forrest and Richard Patrick of Filter. It didn’t seem realistic when Morello took the microphone at this point and joked that the evening was just getting started, but two and half hours later it was clear he had been dead serious. Moments later Perry Farrell brought his Satellite Party onstage with Morello accompanying on electric guitar to play two songs before closing with a spot-on version of “Jane Says.” The evening then slipped into high gear when Morello introduced Alice in Chains which entailed Jerry Cantrell and new singer Will DuVall. The two played a brilliant version of “Nutshell” that was a deft replication of their MTV Unplugged performance and followed with a cover of the Who’s “Squeeze Box.” Most of the crowd, already stoked about the incredible lineup, had assumed the Alice in C
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Published: 2007-12-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows
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Rock Bloggin’: Fall Out Boy Breaks Upper Cankle, ‘Tween Girls Line Up To Sign Cast During Fall Out Boy’s performance at this weekend’s Voodoo Festival in New Orleans (see the gallery here), bassist Pete Wentz broke the bone that connects the foot to the shin. We’re assuming that’s the upper cankle, but there’s probably a more anatomically correct term for it. Wentz says the injury occurred while jumping around onstage, while other reports blame a posse of Rage Against the Machine fans sporting voodoo dolls. Either way, Wentz now has a good excuse to post pictures of his swollen Hobbit’s foot in his blog. “ive got good news and bad news, which do you want to hear first?” is the name of the post that is oddly lacking the promised good news. He does assuage fears of concert cancellations, assuring that FOB won’t miss any shows thanks to the “rocker boot” (cast) on Wentz’s “small car sized” foot. In other news, Fall Out Boy has easily defeated Matchbox Twenty in the “Fans’ Gender Divide” category. Matchbox Twenty set the bar last week with 233 ladies in 236 comments in response to their radio controversy, but FOB blows them away by operating at a slightly higher ninety-nine percent female quotient in comments. Wentz, the trophy is yours — that is, until Panic! At the Disco breaks something. Related Stories: Smashing Pumpkins, Rage, M.I.A. Cast Spell on New Orleans at Voodoo Festival Rock Bloggin’: God Speaks to Billy Corgan, Tells Him to Post Ramblings on Public Forum Pete Wentz Talks Fame, New Fall Out Boy Songs and One Hilarious Emo Gag
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Published: 2007-10-31 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Vegoose Festival Report: Rage Against the Machine, the Stooges, Shins, Daft Punk, More For three years now, the Vegoose festival has been bringing Las Vegas the sort of eclectic acts the city normally shuns: metal, hip-hop, politically motivated tunage and indie rock’s latest beloved. This year was no exception: the first day alone delivered Mastodon, Public Enemy, M.I.A. and the Shins. Throw in Saturday night performances by Iggy and the Stooges and Daft Punk, and you might just have the most musically diverse day in Sin City history. (For a full photo gallery from Vegoose, click here.) From the start great music was plentiful. Gogol Bordello opened the festival with one of the strongest sets of the weekend. Backed by two percussionist/dancers, ferocious fiddle playing and singer Eugene Hutz’s manic presence, the band won over an audience that seemed delightfully surprised by the band’s gypsy-punk attack. As with many of the afternoon bands, the Vegoose set was only the beginning of their Vegas trip. After performing, the band did a signing in a makeshift Zia Records tent in the Vegoose field, before heading to downtown Las Vegas where bandmembers spun discs at Beauty Bar until 3 AM. Not everything worked. Bands like the Shins (who wore costumes) and Blonde Redhead (who did not) found their more intricate music bleed away by the acoustics of a vast field and competing bands. Vegoose has three active stages and overlap between sets made it hard to see everything even for the most dedicated fans. Perhaps the biggest disappointment of Saturday was competing sets between Cypress Hill and Public Enemy (who arranged for that?). Still, some of the Cypress audience popped over long enough to join Chuck D for a rousing chant of “Fuck George Bush.” Other of Chuck D’s pronouncements on affairs of State might have been a bit over the crowd’s head: His complaints that the Euro and Pound were kicking American ass ellicited a collective “huh?” As night descended with dust filling the air from the dirt field, Iggy and the Stooges came out and gra
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Published: 2007-10-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows, Festivals
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Paul McCartney Plans Deluxe “Memory Almost Full,” Morrissey Hits the Studio, Rage and Arcade Fire to Rock Big Day Out Paul McCartney is brewing up a deluxe edition of his Starbucks-approved semi-new album Memory Almost Full. The reissue, out November 16th on the coffee giant’s Hear Music label, will be accompanied by a live DVD, plus three unreleased songs (“In Private,” “Why So Blue” and “222”). After his current tour ends, Morrissey plans to return to the studio to record the follow-up to 2006’s Ringleader of the Tormentors. Morrissey told BBC News that the album is “absolutely written and completely ready.” The ex-Smiths singer is currently without a record contract, but is weighing an offer from Warner Bros. This year’s Big Day Out Festival, to be held late January to early February in select cities in Australia and New Zealand, will feature performances by Rage Against the Machine, Arcade Fire, Björk, LCD Soundsystem and many more. While you wait anxiously for Matador Records to reissue Pavement’s Brighten the Corners, the label will help pass the time by releasing deluxe, expanded editions of Mission of Burma’s Vs. and The Horrible Truth About Burma in early 2008. Blur’s Alex James has declared that the not-quite-yet-reunited band is still capable of making their “best album ever.” The band, with guitarist Graham Coxon back in tow, had scheduled a lunch this week to discuss returning to the studio to record a follow-up to 2003’s Think Tank.
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Published: 2007-10-03 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup
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