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Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

• We spent last weekend at the Pemberton Festival, catching performances by Nine Inch Nails, Coldplay, Jay-Z and many more. We also hung out with the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, My Morning Jacket, Pharrell and Matisyahu. Check out the full coverage here. This weekend, we’re back on the festival circuit with reports from Lollapalooza, so check here for all the news. • Musicians continued to get political, as Ludacris joined Team Obama with his track “Politics” (which the Obama campaign swiftly disowned) while Big & Rich’s John Rich penned an anthem to McCain’s time in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp with “Raising McCain.” • In movie news, Howard Stern plotted a remake of the Ramones’ Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, Alicia Keys made good on her prediction and will record the new James Bond theme with Jack White, we took a look back at our favorite stoner movies and Peter Travers reviewed the new Mummy and American Teen. Plus, Cheech & Chong are going back on tour! • Lawyers were busy as the Black Crowes sued Gretchen Wilson for ripping off verses of “Jealous Again” and Billy Corgan sued a videographer for not being a very good videographer. [Photo: Nilina Mason-Campbell]

Published: 2008-08-01 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Black Crowes Sue Gretchen Wilson Over “Saving Grace” Commercial

Cross-genre lawsuit! The Black Crowes are suing rednecked woman Gretchen Wilson for copyright infringement, accusing Wilson of ripping off their song “Jealous Again” in her promo song “Work Hard Play Harder.” Television channel TNT is also named in the suit, as it broadcasts Wilson’s “Work Hard” in their commercials for Saving Grace. Also named in the suit were Wilson’s publisher and label Sony BMG (way to kick Sony BMG when they’re down guys). “We find the musical verses of Wilson’s song to be such an obvious example of copyright infringement that I expect all parties to reach a relatively quick resolution to avoid litigation,” said Black Crowes manager Pete Angelus. The verses of “Work Hard Play Harder” do bear a striking resemblance to that of 1991’s “Jealous Again,” but the choruses veers in separate directions. So is it enough to file a lawsuit over? Check out the two songs after the jump and decide for yourself. Gretchen Wilson - “Work Hard, Play Harder” Black Crowes - “Jealous Again” [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-07-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Beck, Black Crowes to Headline San Diego’s Street Scene

Beck and the Black Crowes will headline the twenty-fourth annual San Diego Street Scene, to be held on September 19-20. Also among the thirty bands that will rock four stages throughout San Diego’s East Village neighborhood are TV On the Radio, Tegan and Sara, Justice, Spoon and Cat Power. Tickets for the festival are on sale now. Check after the jump for the complete Street Scene lineup. The 2008 San Diego Street Scene Beck The Black Crowes Justice STS9 Michael Franti & Spearhead The National Spoon TV on The Radio Atmosphere Cat Power Hot Chip Tegan and Sara The New Pornographers X Vampire Weekend The Hives Cold War Kids Ghostland Observatory Spiritualized Antibalas Man Man The Mother Hips Tokyo Police Club DeVotchKa The Night Marchers Nortec Collective presents Bostich + Fussible Does it Offend You, Yeah? Del The Funky Homosapien Eagles of Death Metal Foals The Muslims Dengue Fever MGMT Sea Wolf West Indian Girl Chester French [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-06-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals

Festival Roundup: Bumbershoot, Virgin Calgary Announces Lineups

Another pair of summer festivals unveiled their lineups yesterday, and strangely neither included Jack Johnson. At Seattle’s three-day Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival, to be held August 30-September 1, the headliners are Beck, the reunited Stone Temple Pilots, Lucinda Williams and Neko Case. Also on the bill are Jakob Dylan, Lee “Scratch” Perry, the Walkmen, Ingrid Michaelson and more. Tickets are on sale now for that event. A few hundred miles northeast in Calgary, the city’s version of the Virgin Festival will feature headliners STP and the Tragically Hip, with the Flaming Lips, the New Pornographers and a parade of Canadian bands round out the bill. Tickets for that fest, which will be held June 21 and 22, go on sale Saturday. It was previously announced that the Baltimore Virgin would get the Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails and STP, while Toronto’s headliners were Oasis and Spiritualized. The lineup for Vancouver’s Virgin Festival still has yet to be announced. Related Stories: Virgin Festival Recruits Foos, STP, NIN, Kanye and Jack Johnson Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West Lead Full Lollapalooza Lineup Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, Fergie, Black Crowes Join Southeast U.S. Festival Circuit

Published: 2008-04-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals

Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, Fergie, Black Crowes Join Southeast U.S. Festival Circuit

A trio of festivals announced their headliners today as festival season is about to kick off with next week’s SXSW in Austin, TX. The Essence Music Festival in New Orleans revealed that Kanye West will headline this year’s three-day event on the July 4th weekend. Essence also boasts performances by Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown, Chris Rock and Jill Scott. Approximately 200,000 people attended last year’s fest. In other festival news, Fergie, Sheryl Crow and Santana are among the performers at the 32nd annual Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, TN, on the weekend of May 2-4. Lou Reed, Cat Power, Aretha Franklin, the Black Crowes, Jerry Lee Lewis are also among the sixty acts performing. Sheryl Crow, the Black Crowes and Fergie have also been recruited to play at SunFest in West Palm Beach, FL, from April 30th to May 4th. Also playing: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Morris Day & the Time, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Academy Is, Natasha Bedingfield and many more. We’ll kick festival season with on-the-spot coverage of SXSW, bringing you the best showcases, hottest new bands and video of live performances and interviews from Austin.

Published: 2008-03-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals

Jimmy Page Testifies in Bootlegging Trial, Alice in Chains Announce Acoustic Gigs, Sebastian Bach Gets a New Deal

Led Zeppelin/Yardbirds/Black Crowes guitarist Jimmy Page has a new gig … as a prosecution witness in a Scottish bootlegging trial being held this week. Page has been recruited to provide evidence against Robert Langley, a businessman accused of trying to sell over 2,400 pirated CDs and DVDs, many of which were of Led Zeppelin. Sharon Osbourne’s father Don Arden, who helped foster the careers of Black Sabbath, Small Faces and ELO, has passed away at the age of 81. Now that there are no more episodes of the Gilmore Girls to star in, Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach is spending his free time working on a new album and record label. Alice in Chains will play four acoustic-only shows during the off days of their upcoming tour with Velvet Revolver. Check out the trailer for Wes Anderson’s new film The Darjeeling Limited. It’s like Rushmore, but in India. Photo: Wilson/Getty

Published: 2007-07-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup