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Paul McCartney: The Beatles Considered Reuniting | ARTICLE

The Beatles had considered getting back together while all four members were still alive, says Paul McCartney. "There was talk of re-forming the Beatles a couple of times," he tells Rolling Stone,...
February 15, 2012 5:05 PM ET
Cover Story Excerpt: Paul McCartney | ARTICLE

Twenty years ago, when Paul McCartney turned 50, he remembers his then-manager pushing the idea of retirement. "It's only right," he was told. "You really don't want to go beyond 50, it's going to get embarrassing."...
February 15, 2012 11:40 AM ET
Carson Daly on Embracing 'The Voice' | ARTICLE

The latest issue of Rolling Stone goes behind the scenes of NBC's hit singing competition The Voice, which returned last night for its second season after the Super Bowl. We caught up with the show's host, MTV...
February 6, 2012 11:05 AM ET
Cover Story Excerpt: 'The Voice' | ARTICLE

At its heart, The Voice is a game show, and the most essential rules that guide its coaches are unspoken: Try not to wince when blind auditions trick you into picking an unsightly singer; always declare it...
February 1, 2012 8:00 AM ET
The Rise of the Black Keys | ARTICLE

No one in this busy Hollywood organic coffee shop looks like they might have just sold out Madison Square Garden – least of all,...
January 19, 2012 5:00 PM ET
The Emancipation of Steven Tyler | ARTICLE

This story is from the May 12, 2011 issue of Rolling Stone. For a moment, Steven Tyler almost runs out of words. He's standing too close to the edge of a Laurel Canyon cliff, exulting in the panorama...
January 17, 2012 4:40 PM ET
Eddie Murphy Speaks: The Rolling Stone Interview | ARTICLE

It's a glorious thing, hearing Eddie Murphy say "fuck" again. Few people ever said it better – and down here in the basement of the stone-and-marble mansion he built on a Beverly Hills cliff, it's coming from...
November 9, 2011 4:45 PM ET
U2 Revisit ‘Achtung Baby’ – and Question Their Future | ARTICLE

Ask Bono a tough question and you might get a tougher answer. U2 are about to release their most expansive reissue project yet, for 1991's Achtung Baby – the album where they traded in earnest uplift for...
October 24, 2011 1:15 PM ET
Pink Floyd: Journey to the Dark Side | ARTICLE

It could be a new Pink Floyd song, if only that band still existed as anything more than a memory, more than a...
October 13, 2011 12:25 PM ET
Exclusive Q&A: Bono on Steve Jobs' Rock and Roll Spirit | ARTICLE

Steve Jobs came out of a Sixties rock and roll ethos, which is fascinating.That's the big story. If you asked in the Eighties, "Who is going to invent the 21st century," you'd probably have thought the...
October 7, 2011 6:10 PM ET
Back To The Wall: Rolling Stone's 2010 Profile of Pink Floyd's Roger Waters | ARTICLE

Roger Waters is about to launch a tour where a 36-foot-high wall will rise up each night between him and his fans – and right now, you wouldn't blame him for wishing the thing was a bit...
October 6, 2011 6:55 PM ET
George Harrison Hits the Big Screen in Scorsese Doc | ARTICLE

As Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison dug through their archives to assemble the Beatles Anthology documentary in the mid-Nineties, Harrison made a private vow to his wife, Olivia: "One day, I'll do my own anthology."...
August 24, 2011 11:00 AM ET
Grant Morrison: Psychedelic Superhero | ARTICLE

Grant Morrison is, at the moment, on deadline for five comic-book scripts – three Batmans, two Supermans – plus the first draft of a screenplay about heroic dinosaurs fighting rapacious space aliens. But he won't be getting...
August 22, 2011 2:30 PM ET
Grant Morrison on the Death of Comics | ARTICLE

Grant Morrison has created some of the world's coolest comic books over the past three decades, with a sprawling body of work that includes original works like The Invisibles, We3 and The Filth as well as fresh,...
August 22, 2011 2:30 PM ET
Comedian Susie Essman Explains Larry David's Genius | ARTICLE

The only marriage to survive the latest season of Curb Your Enthusiasm is that of Larry David's manager Jeff and his wife Susie – even though they have perhaps the least romantic chemistry of any television couple...
July 20, 2011 8:30 AM ET
Larry David's Fictional Wife on the End of their 'Marriage' | ARTICLE

Larry David has always insisted that TV Larry is different than real-life Larry – but when real-life Larry divorced his wife, he realized he couldn't remain married on TV. For Curb Your Enthusiasm fans, that means Cheryl...
July 20, 2011 8:30 AM ET
JB Smoove On Michael Richards, Larry David and a Possible 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Spin-Off | ARTICLE

Larry David's freeloading, endlessly profane roommate Leon Black may well be TV's single funniest character. Leon, played by comedian JB Smoove, arrived in season six of Curb Your Enthusiasm after Larry took in a family who lost...
July 20, 2011 8:30 AM ET
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Seinfeld' Writers Talk About the Legend of Larry David | ARTICLE

Comedy writers Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel began working with Larry David on Seinfeld, and rejoined him on Curb Your Enthusiasm beginning with season five. The trio (who also co-wrote the underrated teen comedy Eurotrip)...
July 20, 2011 8:30 AM ET
Richard Lewis on Stand-Up, Sobriety and Trusting Larry David | ARTICLE

Richard Lewis met Larry David at summer camp sometime around 1960. They were both Brooklyn Jews with working class parents, but they hated each other on sight. They became tight years later on the stand-up circuit, and...
July 20, 2011 8:30 AM ET
U2 Go Back to the Nineties With Massive 'Achtung Baby' Reissue | ARTICLE

On the most recent dates of U2's 360° Tour, the band members have been showing grainy footage of themselves hanging out in Berlin during the recording of Achtung Baby — a rare moment of unabashed nostalgia...
June 23, 2011 5:10 PM ET