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On the Charts: Reba McEntire Scores Second Number One Album

Photo: Barnard/Getty The Big News: For the second time in her three-decade career, Reba McEntire claimed Number One on the Top 200, as her latest album Keep On Loving You outpaced the competition with 95,000 copies sold. It was McEntire’s second consecutive album to top the charts after 2007’s Reba: Duets with 300,000 sold in its first week. The Top Five was country-tinged, as last week’s champ, George Strait’s Twang, dropped to second with an additional 61,000 in sales. Third Eye Blind’s first

Published: 2009-08-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Chart Roundup

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy To Play Barack Obama Benefit, John C. Reilly to Tour for “Walk Hard,” More

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy will perform at “Change Rocks,” a Chicago concert/campaign fundraiser to benefit hometown hero and Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The concert goes down December 7th at the Windy City’s Riviera Theatre. Also on the bill are the Cool Kids (a Rolling Stone Artist to Watch), Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins and Jill Sobule. John C. Reilly, the star of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story will appear in character as Cox at a series of concerts. Cox/Reilly will kick off the seven-show tour at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, before heading off to Chicago, Austin, Nashville, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City. “Not since Duran Duran toured America in 1984 have people been so excited about a rock star,” producer Judd Apatow said. A New York judge threw out an antitrust lawsuit filed against a coalition of record labels by the operator of file-sharing program LimeWire. Understanding they shouldn’t put all their eggs in one pop star, Jive Records had a Plan B in case Britney Spears didn’t show up at the expensive video shoot for her next single “Piece of Me” so that the production wouldn’t go to waste. Brit did eventually show up on set twelve hours late. Artists such as Radiohead are now seeking to get a percentage of concert tickets resold on auction sites like eBay.

Published: 2007-12-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell Pay Tribute to the Who at Kennedy Center

Photo: Getty Last night’s Kennedy Center Honors was easily the strangest in its 31-year history. In a first, Washington’s most glitzy event celebrated a legendary rock act. Along with musicians George Jones and Barbra Streisand, actor Morgan Freeman and choreographer Twyla Tharp, the event gave the honorable nod to the Who. And the crowd of 2,300 in the capitol’s Opera House reflected that odd mix. Dressed in formal black tie, Newt Gringrich, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, Madeleine Albright, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Daniel Patrick Leahey and Patrick Kennedy streamed down the red carpet with Dave Grohl, Jack Black, Rob Thomas, and the Who’s Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, who earlier in the day made the traditional visit to the White House for a chat with President Bush. Is George W. a fan? “Let’s just say he appreciates them,” said a West Wing staffer. First, Denzel Washington presented a warm salute to Morgan Freeman, a longtime fan of the Mississippi Delta Blues. Onstage, a gathering of legendary blues musicians including Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Honeyboy Edwards and Pinetop Perkins arrived, each one shuffling onstage slower than the first. With Coco Taylor taking vocals, the band slipped into “Everything is Going to be Alright” with startlingly crisp, clear sound. Later, looking sagely and stoic, Freeman watched and mouthed the words to B.B. King playing “Let the Good Times Roll” as his wife dabbed her tears. Next up was Lilly Tomlin who celebrated legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp, who has created dances to music of Bob Dylan and Billy Joel and collaborated with David Byrne. Then there was Jack Black introducing the Who. “When I was 10, I fell in love with the Who,” he said. “I saw Tommy and was deeply moved. I wasn’t deaf, dumb or blind, but I wanted to be felt, seen, heard and healed. Seriously, I’m not going for laughs here … When I first heard them in 1979, it hit me like a torpedo in my third eye. It was a collection of ass-kic

Published: 2008-12-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows, The Who