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Oasis brothers fight over drummer

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher objected to the band's new drummer - because he used to perform with pop star Robbie Williams.

Published: 2008-07-09 Provider: Canoe

News Ticker: DMX, Lady Gaga, Stars, The Doors

Photo: Kempin/FilmMagic DMX was arrested for violating the terms of his probation, admitting he’d used cocaine over the last nine months, Reuters reports. The rapper is currently in a Phoenix jail. Lady Gaga is coming to Rock Band: the pop star’s first track pack includes “Bad Romance,” “Just Dance,” “Monster” and “Poker Face” — and as a special bonus, the version of “Poker Face” Eric Cartman made famous on South Park will also be up for sale in the game’s Music Store next week. Canadian rocker

Published: 2010-03-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Morning News Roundup, Rock News

Heart, soul, Ann Wilson

Music & nightlifeAfter more than 30 years years of fronting that Seattle-based band with her sister Nancy, Ann Wilson is stepping out from that history with today's release of her first solo album, "Hope & Glory."

Published: 2007-09-11 Provider: Seattle Times

The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn: “Dylan’s Superhuman”

Craig Finn, the singer, guitarist and lyricist for Brooklyn band the Hold Steady, heard plenty of legends about Bob Dylan while growing up in Minnesota. “When you deal with Dylan, there’s a lot of legend, very much by his own design. When people meet celebrities they say, ‘Oh, he’s just a normal guy.’ Dylan’s not a normal guy. He’s superhuman.” Click below for more from Finn’s interview from the current issue, including which Replacement he used to dress like, how he embraced Led Zeppelin late and some of the secrets of the lyrics on Stay Positive. • Q&A: Craig Finn of the Hold Steady [Photo: Lucy Hamblin]

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

News Ticker: Abbey Road, Judas Priest, Jay-Z, Frank Lucas Jr.

Mary J. Blige, Panic at the Disco and Sheryl Crow will be among the artists that will perform on the second season of Sundance Channel series Live From Abbey Road. Metal icons Judas Priest will release their sixteenth album, a double-length entitled Nostradamus, on June 17th. The band’s first concept album will tell the story of the legendary sixteenth century prophet Michel de Nostradamus. Jay-Z will join Radiohead and My Bloody Valentine as a headliner at this year’s Roskilde Festival, to be held in July 3-6 in Denmark. Rapper Frank Lucas Jr., son of American Gangster focus Frank Lucas, is suing the NYPD for $25 million, claiming the police used excessive force and racially profiled him during an arrest in March.

Published: 2008-04-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

News Ticker: Green Day, Regeneration Tour, AC/DC, Big Boi

After months of dodging, Green Day finally admitted that they are the Foxboro Hot Tubs. Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that the band got its name from “a place we used to sneak booze and chicks into late at night.” Eighties mainstays the Human League, Dead Or Alive, A Flock of Seagulls and Belinda Carlisle will band their ridiculous hairstyles together for the inaugural Regeneration Tour. The country-crossing affair spans from August 1st to the 29th. AC/DC is currently in the studio with producer Brendan O’Brien working on their first album in eight years says, according to Supersuckers (whose own album has been delayed as their own producer engineers for O’Brien and AC/DC). OutKast’s Big Boi is set to debut his new ballet “big” for the first of six performances tonight at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. The rapper reportedly also plans to premiere his new solo single “Sir Lucious Leftfoot Saves the Day” to close out the evening.

Published: 2008-04-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

The Who Prep Covers Album

The Who are planning a collection of vintage R&B covers, similar to the Motown and James Brown songs they performed early on in their career. “We’re digging through lots of material and seeing what will work,” says producer T Bone Burnett, who expects to travel to London this fall to begin recording. “There’s an incredible treasury of songs in the mode of what they used to play. Not ‘Heat Wave’ [an early favorite of the band], but ones that people probably haven’t heard of.” Pete Townshend may also write new material for the project. “It might be a combination of both,” Burnett says. “We’re still turning it over.” In other Who news, the band will perform on July 12th in Los Angeles for VH1’s Rock Honors. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-04-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, The Who

Scott Weiland Responds to Velvet Revolver’s Overthrow, Recommends Sebastian Bach

Scott Weiland has issued a scathing statement in response to yesterday’s non-April Fool’s Joke that Velvet Revolver would continue on without its singer’s services. “I find it humorous that the so called four ‘founding members’ of Velvet Revolver would decide to move on without me after I had already claimed the group dead in the water on March 20 in Glasgow,” Weiland said. Weiland went on to remind everyone that he’s reuniting with Stone Temple Pilots, saying “I choose to look forward to the future and performing with a group of friends I have known my entire life. This also speaks to my commitment to the fans who I feel would much rather watch a group of musicians who enjoy being together as opposed to a handful of discontents who at one time used to call themselves a gang.” In one last parting shot, Weiland comments on the band’s upcoming search for a new lead singer. “Good hunting lads, I think Sebastian Bach would be a fantastic choice.” We personally cast a vote for Axl Rose, but that doesn’t seem likely. Related Stories: Velvet Revolver Part Ways With Scott Weiland Due to “Erratic Onstage Behavior,” “Personal Problems” Scott Weiland, Matt Sorum Fuel Velvet Revolver Breakup Rumors Velvet Revolver on the Verge of Breaking Up? [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-04-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Smashing Pumpkins Sue Virgin Records Over Pepsi Promotion

The Smashing Pumpkins filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Virgin Records after the label used the band’s name in a “Pepsi Stuff” promotion without permission. Billy Corgan and crew are alleging Virgin had no right to involve the band in promotional deals and that the only deal in place with Virgin is the label’s right to sell digital downloads of the band’s songs. In the lawsuit, the Pumpkins say they would “never grant such authority to Virgin, or any other entity” and that the Pepsi deal threatens their “artistic integrity.” Virgin, who has counted Smashing Pumpkins on its roster for seventeen years, have yet to comment on the suit. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-03-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Fall Out Boy to “Wild Things” Author: Oops, Sorry!

After completing nearly three-fourths of their current “Young Wild Things” Tour, Fall Out Boy came to a startling realization: The tour’s artwork, inspired by the children’s story Where the Wild Things Are, had infringed on the rights of Maurice Sendak, the book’s author. Each night of the tour, fans saw graphics depicting Pete Wentz and co. as characters from the book — Wentz as main character Max, and Patrick Stump, Andy Hurley and Joe Trohman as the imaginary creatures Max envisions within the story. The graphics were also used on t-shirts and other tour promo, some of which still appears on Fall Out Boy’s site. We’re not sure how that glaring legal problem managed to slip past Fall Out Boy and their handlers, but the band has since abandoned the imagery and posted an apology to Sendak on their official site yesterday, saying, “We have great respect and affection for his book and it was our intent only to pay homage to it, not to infringe any rights.” No word yet on whether or not Sendak has taken, or will take, legal action.

Published: 2007-11-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Slash Says Actual Rock Stardom Interferes With Fake Rock Stardom

Shockingly, the ability to rock doesn’t necessarily translate to rocking Guitar Hero. First we watched comedian David Cross beat Dinosaur Jr. god J Mascis at the game, and now comes news that Rolling Stone cover star Slash has spoken out about his problems adapting his sick guitar skills. “I’m not great at it,” the Guitar Hero III star admitted. “And a lot of that has to do with the fact that it’s hard for me to get rid of thirty years — whatever it is — twenty-some-odd years of playing in a certain way and then all of the sudden become accustomed to pressing some buttons and stuff. I have these little things that I’m so used to doing that when I’m playing Guitar Hero it sort of screws me up.” And if you thought Rock Band, the game going head-to-head with Guitar Hero III when they both hit stores in the fall, sounded good before, here’s even more info: Nirvana’s Nevermind will be fully downloadable and playable on the game after it’s released. And Guitar Legend, a sort of Guitar Hero title for mobile phones, will feature the band’s “Heart Shaped Box.” Photo: Getty

Published: 2007-08-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Nick Jonas' band nabs Critics' Choice gig

Nick Jonas is used to performing in front of screaming fans who know all the words to their favorite Jonas Brothers songs.

Published: 2009-12-16 Provider: USA Today