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U2: Hymns for the Future | ARTICLE

Below is an excerpt of an article that originally appeared in 1074 from March 19, 2009. This issue and the rest of the Rolling Stone archives are available via Rolling Stone Plus, Rolling Stone's premium subscription...
March 19, 2009 12:00 AM ET
U2 in Their Own Words | ARTICLE

As they reclaim their position as the world's biggest band, U2 open up about their internal bond and how Pop led them to their new Horizon. Here are key outtakes from our cover-story interviews with Bono, the...
March 13, 2009 3:04 PM ET
Guns n' Roses Planning Summer Stadium Tour | ARTICLE

Axl Rose intends to follow last November's release of Chinese Democracy with a worldwide Guns n' Roses stadium tour this summer, according to industry insiders. If it comes to pass, the tour would mark the first U.S....
March 4, 2009 6:36 PM ET
Eddie Van Halen on Son Wolfgang: "He Is a Part of Van Halen. Permanently." | ARTICLE

Even Jeff Spicoli couldn't have imagined a life this awesome: Wolfgang Van Halen, 17, spent last year on the road with his dad's band Van Halen, playing bass on "Runnin' With the Devil" and "Panama"...
February 6, 2009 2:55 PM ET
Eddie Vedder Joins John Doe and Exene Cervenka's Knitters to Party for Obama in Seattle | ARTICLE

The country's best inauguration party Tuesday night turned out to be in the other Washington: At Seattle's tiny Tractor Tavern club, the Knitters (the rootsy side band led by X's John Doe and Exene Cervenka) played a...
January 21, 2009 1:19 PM ET
Working On A Dream | ALBUM REVIEW

To understand the romantic sweep and swaggering musical ambition that define Bruce Springsteen's first album of the Obama era, you have to go all the way back to an artifact of the Ford administration: 1975's Born to...
January 21, 2009 12:00 AM ET
In the Studio: Franz Ferdinand Returns to the Dance Floor | ARTICLE

Earlier this year, Franz Ferdinand offered an online preview of a new song called "Lucid Dreams" — its danceable beat and crunchy guitars suggested that the Scottish foursome's third album wouldn't wander far from their established sound....
November 3, 2008 12:50 PM ET
Black Ice | ALBUM REVIEW

In the world according to AC/DC, sex, money, politics and other trappings of adulthood are a sick joke — but rock is sacred. No one this side of Chuck Berry has written so many great rock &...
October 30, 2008 12:00 AM ET
Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl Plans | ARTICLE

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are set to perform during Super Bowl XLIII's halftime show on February 1st, 2009, in Tampa,...
October 16, 2008 4:40 PM ET
"Swagga Like Us" | SONG REVIEW

This late entry for hip-hop anthem of the summer (slated for T.I.'s new album) comes down to a four-way braggadocio battle – and with a beat this hooky, everybody wins. Still, Kanye West scores the...
October 2, 2008 5:05 PM ET
Bruce Springsteen Will Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show | ARTICLE

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are set to perform during Super Bowl XLIII's halftime show on February 1st, 2009, in Tampa, Florida. Springsteen will be the fifth veteran act in a row at the Super...
September 29, 2008 10:48 AM ET
Death Magnetic | ALBUM REVIEW

In the Eighties, thrash metal wasn't a scene, it was an arms race: riffs kept speeding up, drum kits got bigger. But with 1991's Black Album, Metallica opted for unilateral disarmament, slowing their tempos, shortening their songs...
September 18, 2008 12:00 AM ET
In the Studio: Killers Fight Back With "Stripped-Down" Third CD | ARTICLE

After four years of nonstop touring and recording, the Killers finally took some time off before beginning work on their third album — but frontman Brandon Flowers wasn't ready to relax. He wound up using the three...
August 12, 2008 8:45 AM ET
Hendrix Comes to Guitar Hero | ARTICLE

The ultimate guitar hero, Jimi Hendrix, is finally coming to the Guitar Hero game franchise, according to Janie Hendrix, who oversees his estate. The Hendrix estate, which had difficulty locating the original masters until now, has delivered...
July 17, 2008 4:01 PM ET
Artists Lend Voices to Obama Campaign, From Bob Dylan to Lil Wayne | ARTICLE

The night Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination for president, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong found himself experiencing an unfamiliar emotion: hope. "After...
July 10, 2008 5:05 PM ET
In the Studio: B.B. King Cuts Fifties-Style Set | ARTICLE

When producer T Bone Burnett first met with B.B. King, he presented the blues legend with a simple mission statement: "I'd like for you to go back to the Fifties and do some of the stuff as...
July 3, 2008 11:45 AM ET
Artists Fight for New Hi-Fi Formats | ARTICLE

High-fidelity audio may be endangered in the age of MP3, but a growing number of artists are refusing to see it die without a...
May 29, 2008 4:30 PM ET
Trey Anastasio Hints at Phish Reunion | ARTICLE

Nearly four years after their break-up, the four members of Phish may have some unfinished business together. In an interview with Rolling Stone last week, Trey Anastasio didn't exactly say the band has talked about a reunion,...
May 28, 2008 8:03 AM ET
Artists Fight for New Hi-Fi Formats | ARTICLE

High-fidelity audio may be endangered in the age of MP3, but a growing number of artists are refusing to see it die without a fight: Neil Young, Trent Reznor, John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett have all...
May 20, 2008 8:50 AM ET
Mick Jagger: On the Challenge of Live Performance and the Problem With Film Directors | ARTICLE

In your mind, what's the difference between the Stones we see in this movie versus the Stones in, say, 1972?Much older [laughs]!...
April 17, 2008 3:35 PM ET