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Flashback: Pumpkins Open '96 VMAs | VIDEO

The 1996 MTV Video Music Awards came at a very difficult time for the Smashing Pumpkins. The band was at the peak of their popularity, and they won seven awards, including Video of the Year for...
May 24, 2013 11:35 AM ET
Will Arnett on the New 'Arrested Development': 'Hammer Your Way Through Them Until Your Battery Dies' | ARTICLE

Will Arnett spent years toiling away on failed sitcom pilots before the script for Arrested Development came to him in 2003. "I instantly knew it was different," he tells Rolling Stone. "It was funny on the page....
May 24, 2013 9:00 AM ET
'Arrested Development' Producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer on the Show's Rebirth | ARTICLE

The genius of Arrested Development rests in the mind of creator Mitch Hurwitz – but if he didn't have the Hollywood power duo of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer behind the show, it probably wouldn't have been made....
May 23, 2013 9:00 AM ET
'Arrested Development' Star Tony Hale: 'Buster Lives in a State of Complete Fear' | ARTICLE

Before Tony Hale landed the role of Buster Bluth on Arrested Development in 2003, he was a largely unknown actor best remembered for dancing to Styx's "Mr. Roboto" in a 1999 Volkswagen commercial. He more than held his...
May 22, 2013 9:00 AM ET
Flashback: U2 Perform on Irish TV in 1978 | VIDEO

The four members of U2 were still in high school when they managed to scam their way onto the Irish children's show Youngline in March of 1978. Bono heard the program was looking to feature a...
May 21, 2013 12:10 PM ET
'Arrested Development' Star Jason Bateman: 'I Look Forward to Playing Michael Bluth Many More Times' | ARTICLE

Shortly before Jason Bateman landed the lead role of Michael Bluth on Arrested Development in 2003, he seriously thought about moving away from Los Angeles and retiring as an actor. "Things were really tough for me," he...
May 21, 2013 9:00 AM ET
Ray Manzarek, Doors Keyboardist, Dead at 74 | ARTICLE

Doors co-founder and keyboardist Ray Manzarek died today in Rosenheim, Germany, after a long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74. "I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend...
May 20, 2013 5:50 PM ET
'Arrested Development' Creator Mitch Hurwitz on His Two-Year Odyssey to Revive the Show | ARTICLE

Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz is a very, very tired man. For the past two years he's been working like a dog to pull off the impossible: bringing back a television series that was cancelled seven...
May 20, 2013 6:00 AM ET
Bono and Mary J. Blige Perform "One" | VIDEO

Earlier this week, Bono and Mary J. Blige took the stage at New York's Jacob Javits Center to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Robin Hood Foundation. They performed U2's "One" (which they recorded together...
May 17, 2013 12:20 PM ET
Huey Lewis on 30 Years of 'Sports': 'Our 15 Minutes Were a Real 15 Minutes' | ARTICLE

Huey Lewis was so famous in the mid-Eighties that when Pepsi signed Michael Jackson, Coke felt they had little choice but to reach out to Huey. "They had to play catch-up," says Lewis between bites from...
May 17, 2013 11:40 AM ET
Flashback: The Police Reunite in 2007 | VIDEO

The 2007 Grammy Awards began with 10 simple words: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are the Police, and we're back." With that, the Police launched into a four-minute rendition of "Roxanne" as millions of people around the...
May 16, 2013 11:50 AM ET
R.E.M. Bassist Mike Mills: 'There Are Zero Plans For a Reunion' | ARTICLE

When R.E.M. announced their breakup in September 2011, many fans thought it was only a matter of time until they announced a reunion. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills says that...
May 15, 2013 11:47 AM ET
Flashback: Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson Duet | VIDEO

Willie Nelson's 60th birthday concert in 1993 featured luminaries from Ray Charles and B.B. King to Bill Clinton and Gary Busey. Even Roseanne and Tom Arnold dropped by. The highlight of the night, however,...
May 15, 2013 11:15 AM ET
R.E.M. Reflect on 'Green' on the Album's 25th Anniversary | ARTICLE

Click to listen to R.E.M.'s 'Orange Crush (Live)' R.E.M. were feeling a little restless when they began recording Green in early 1988. During the...
May 10, 2013 9:00 AM ET
Flashback: Springsteen Revives a Classic | VIDEO

Near the end of Bruce Springsteen's 2009 Working on a Dream tour he began playing his early albums straight through. It was both an attempt to reward the diehard fans and a way to boost sales...
May 9, 2013 12:30 PM ET
Imagine Dragons Go 'Radioactive' on the Charts | ARTICLE

Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds' mind is fully blown. After years of grinding it out in half-empty clubs, the Las Vegas band is facing a sold-out world tour, appearances on Leno and Kimmel, and a single, "Radioactive,"...
May 8, 2013 12:00 PM ET
Lindsey Buckingham Talks Fleetwood Mac Tour, New EP | ARTICLE

It's been exactly a decade since Fleetwood Mac released a full album, but that hasn't stopped a new generation of fans from discovering the band. "We're doing the best business we've done in 20 years," guitarist...
May 7, 2013 1:10 PM ET
Flashback: AC/DC Revive Seventies Classic | VIDEO

AC/DC rarely play gigs outside of their standard album/tour cycle, but in 2003 they made a brief exception to that rule. It started in March when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Fall...
May 7, 2013 12:20 PM ET
Johnny Marr on His Solo Debut and All Those Smiths Reunion Rumors | ARTICLE

Johnny Marr was just 23 when the Smiths broke up, but it took him until he was nearly 50 to finally cut a solo record. "There were plenty of other things to do," Marr, who has...
May 3, 2013 8:00 AM ET
Flashback: Deep Purple's Onstage Meltdown | VIDEO

Deep Purple were on the verge of a complete meltdown when their 25th anniversary tour reached England in November of 1993. Frontman Ian Gillan and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore had been feuding for decades, but by this...
May 2, 2013 12:20 PM ET