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News Ticker: Phish, Ray Davies, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Janet Jackson

Photo: Flanigan/FilmMagic Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’s salute to the Rolling Stones’ reissued Exile on Main Street will feature a song by Phish, their first network TV performance since their reunion, Billboard reports (they performed at the Rock Hall induction on Fuse as well). Phish performed Exile in its entirety on Halloween at Festival 8, which will hit theaters as the live doc Phish 3D starting April 20th. The Kinks’ Ray Davies has joined the lineup for the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival.

Published: 2010-03-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Morning News Roundup, Rock News

Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

Photo: Getty The Rolling Stones stunned us with news they’ll include 10 never-before-heard tracks on their May 18th Exile on Main Street reissue. Says Keith Richards, “They still had that great basement sound.” INXS revealed they’ve recruited the Killers’ Brandon Flowers and Ben Harper to help reinterpret their songs for a new disc. Ironically, Ray Davies also asked Flowers, along with Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi, to contribute to his new Kinks covers project. Slash told us Velvet Revol

Published: 2010-02-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rewind

Ray Davies Nabs Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Killers to Redo Kinks Cuts

Photo: Kane/WireImage Ray Davies has recruited Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, the Killers and Lucinda Williams to help him re-record classic Kinks tracks for a new album due out late 2010, NJ.com reports (via Twenty Four Bit). The genesis of the project dates back to last year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts at Madison Square Garden, where Davies shared the stage with Metallica, who rocked out the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” and “All Day and All of the Night.” (NJ.com hints that Metallica

Published: 2010-02-24 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, The Kinks

Readers’ Rock List: Best Sibling Bands

Last week, in honor of the Jonas Brothers on the cover of the current issue, Rock Daily asked the readers for their favorite bands that include siblings. The Kinks ended up as the top vote getters, which should smooth things over between brothers Ray and Dave Davies. Other popular choices included Van Halen (brothers Alex and Eddie), Heart (Nancy and Ann Wilson) and Radiohead (Jonny and Colin Greenwood). Click below for the gallery of the winners. • Readers’ Rock List Gallery: Best Sibling Bands [Photo: Ivan Keeman/Redferns/Retna]

Published: 2008-07-28 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Rock Lists

Blogging “American Idol”: Mrs. Scarnato, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter

It could have been a recipe for disaster: The eleven remaining American Idol contestants covering songs from British Invasion bands including Gerry & The Pacemakers, the Kinks and the Zombies, all under the expert guidance of Herman’s Hermits singer Peter Noone and Invasion-era singer Lulu. Miraculously, the kids put on their game faces for last night’s episode, and achieved their most favorable ratio of competent-to-crappy so far this season. For instance, the heretofore milque

Published: 2007-03-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: American Idol

Kinks’ Ray Davies Pens New Musical “Come Dancing”

The Kinks’ Ray Davies has reportedly written a new musical based on one of the band’s biggest hits, “Come Dancing.” Davies wrote roughly 20 new songs for Come Dancing, which is set in a 1950s London dance hall. The only Kinks song to make the show is the title track. The new musical will start its six-week run at London’s Theatre Royal Stratford East on September 13th. Rumor has it that Davies himself will serve as narrator during that initial run. Davies joins the ranks of a bunch of other artists who have stage shows in the works. U2’s Bono and the Edge are currently at work on a Spider-man musical, and Fela!, a musical based on the life of Afrobeat innovator and political prisoner Fela Kuti, is set to debut Off-Broadway in September.

Published: 2008-07-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

News Ticker: Yoko Ono, Foxy Brown, Miley Cyrus, The Strokes

Yoko Ono is fighting in court to prevent a film of John Lennon smoking pot and talking about putting LSD in President Richard Nixon’s tea from being shown publicly. The footage was shot in 1970 — just weeks before the Beatles split up — by Ono’s previous husband Anthony Cox. Less than a week after being released from prison, Foxy Brown was back in court yesterday for a status hearing regarding her assault case from a 2007 incident at a Florida beauty salon. Brown attempted to plea deal without her attorney, which made her attorney resign, delaying the case for two more weeks. Fifteen-year-old Disney sensation Miley Cyrus will write about her ascension to stardom in a memoir that is set to published next spring. The Strokes are planning to start work on the follow-up to 2006’s First Impressions of Earth, bassist Nikolai Fraiture posted on the band’s website. “I’d like to say that I’m still looking very forward to a fourth album release. We just need to work out a few technical kinks,” Fraiture said. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-04-23 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Readers’ Rock List: Best “Green” Songs

Last week, in honor of tomorrow’s Earth Day and yesterday’s “Sit on the couch and watch The Big Lebowski repeatedly” Day, we asked our readers to pick their favorite Earth-friendly/colorful/wake n’ bake songs. With bloodshot eyes we tallied the picks, and the double entendre that is Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf” was deemed the Best “Green” Song. Without further ado, here’s our Readers’ Top Ten picks. Why only ten? We’re trying to decrease our carbon footprint. 1. Black Sabbath – “Sweet Leaf” 2. Booker T. and the MG’s – “Green Onions” 3. Gorillaz – “O Green World” 4. Weezer – “Hash Pipe” 5. Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Green River” 6. Coldplay – “Green Eyes” 7. The Kinks – “The Village Green Preservation Society” 8. Sublime – “Smoke Two Joints” 9. Joni Mitchell – “Big Yellow Taxi” 10. Elvis Costello – “Green Shirt” [Photo: Retna]

Published: 2008-04-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Rock List: Readers’ Best Drinking Songs

To honor St. Patrick’s Day, we asked our readers to tell us their favorite drankin’ tunes. We went through the picks and came up with the top ten, because $3 will buy you ten songs on any respectable jukebox. Without further pregaming, here are your picks for the Best Drinking Songs: 1. Tom Petty – “Free Fallin’” 2. Guns N Roses – “Paradise City” 3. Billy Joel – “Piano Man” 4. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Sweet Home Alabama” 5. Beastie Boys – “Fight For Your Right” 6. The Kinks – “Lola” 7. Elton John – “Tiny Dancer” 8. Journey – “Don’t Stop Believin’” 9. Bon Jovi – “Livin’ On a Prayer” 10. Jerry Lee Lewis – “What Made Milwaukee Famous”

Published: 2008-03-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists, Rock Daily

Wes Anderson’s ‘The Darjeeling Limited’: First Look at the Film’s Soundtrack

Last night Rock Daily got a first look at the latest film from Rushmore director Wes Anderson, The Darjeeling Limited, which follows three brothers — Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman and Adrien Brody — on a spiritual train journey across India following their father’s death. Since his first feature was released more than ten years ago, Anderson has become known for his soundtracks, which have featured psych-rock, British invasion hits and bossa nova renditions of David Bowie songs. When the Darjeeling trailer hit the Web last month, fans noted the Kinks’ “This Time Tomorrow” and “Strangers,” which both appear in the film, as does “Powerman.” The Peter Starstedt tune “Where Do You Go To My Lovely” is a recurring theme, but the most stunning use of music comes near the movie’s conclusion, where a particularly poignant slow camera pan is accompanied by the Rolling Stones’ “Play With Fire.” The movie also features classical tracks like Debussy’s “Clair de Lune,” but overall, the soundtrack made less of an impact on us than the tunes from The Royal Tenenbaums did.

Published: 2007-08-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust Turns 35, Beck Hits the Studio, Ray Davies Loses His Day in Court

Everyone’s going milestone crazy. Rolling Stone is honoring Appetite for Destruction’s 20th birthday, the Sex Pistols are getting ready for Never Mind the Bollocks to hit the three-decade mark, and everyone can celebrate the 35th anniversary of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust by voting in the new album cover contest on his Web site. Our favorite: number thirty-nine’s post-modern take on the iconic Bowie image. Comedian Zack Galifianakis reminisces about that time he and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy went down to the farm and lip-synched to Kanye West. The man who shot the Kinks’ Ray Davies in New Orleans in 2004 has had the charges against him dropped due to Davies’ failure to make it to court (Davies says the district attorney didn’t notify him in time). Beck and Jamie Lidell are sharing studio time while recording on a direct-to-disc device. To honor Gene Simmons’ birthday, the minor league baseball team Brockton Rox will pay homage to his band Kiss on August 25. The team will don Kiss-inspired uniforms and, if we’re lucky, the starting pitcher will paint his face like Ace Frehley.

Published: 2007-07-28 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Weekend Rock List: Color Songs

This weekend’s rock list pays homage to one of music’s most celebrated subjects: Roy G. Biv. Let us know which song with a color in its title you prefer, and on Monday we’ll tally the votes to a form a rainbow we’ll call “‘Rock List: Readers’ Best Color Songs.” Before you go consorting the Crayola box, here are our preliminary picks: Prince – “Purple Rain” Weezer – “Pink Triangle” The Velvet Underground – “White Light, White Heat” The Kinks – “The Village Green Preservation Society” New Order – “Blue Monday”

Published: 2008-02-29 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists