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Who Still Buys CDs? Country Fans | ARTICLE

While the rest of the music business continues to crumble, one genre seems immune: country music. Four of the Top 10 albums in mid-October...
November 11, 2010 3:55 PM ET
Lady Gaga, Yoko Ono Pay Tribute to John Lennon | ARTICLE

Lady Gaga and I speak the same language," says Yoko Ono. "It's performance art. She's coming from the other side, but it's...
October 28, 2010 12:00 PM ET
Back to Mono: Dylan, Doors Reissues Unearth Classic Sound | ARTICLE

On a new nine-CD box set, fans will finally hear Bob Dylan's early music the way Dylan intended it to be heard. The...
September 30, 2010 4:25 PM ET
Lennon's Birthday Marked With Movies, Reissues, More | ARTICLE

John Lennon would be turning 70 years old on October 9. At first, Yoko Ono herself didn’t realize the significance of that date. “I don’t think about age so much,” she tells Rolling Stone. “But I was...
September 27, 2010 1:16 PM ET
'Glee' Premiere to Include Jay-Z, Gaga, Poison | ARTICLE

p>In its first season, Glee featured some weirdly eclectic song choices: Remember "Thong Song" and "Sweet Caroline" in the "Mash-Up" episode? But in the season-two premiere on September 21st, the show will outdo itself. Rolling Stone has...
September 8, 2010 8:00 AM ET
New Lennon Reissues, Celebration for 70th Birthday | ARTICLE

The celebrations for what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, on October 9th of this year, have begun to take shape. On October 5th, EMI will reissue freshened versions of Lennon’s solo albums, along with some...
August 31, 2010 6:03 PM ET
Inside Lady Gaga's Monster Ball, Summer's Biggest Tour | ARTICLE

For weeks before the kickoff of the North American leg of Lady Gaga's Monster Ball arena tour Gaga and her creative team frantically...
August 5, 2010 11:20 AM ET
Wyclef Jean Will Announce Run for Haiti President | ARTICLE

On Thursday night, Wyclef Jean will respond to rumors about a potential run to become the next president of Haiti by officially announcing his candidacy on Larry King Live. Jean traveled to his native Haiti in...
August 4, 2010 11:26 AM ET
Delaney & Bonnie's 'With Eric Clapton' Goes Deluxe | ARTICLE

For a brief moment in December 1969, Eric Clapton and George Harrison were in the same band — as backup players. Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, fronted by singer-guitarist Delaney Bramlett and his wife, Bonnie, was a...
July 8, 2010 11:14 AM ET
Jim James Raises Appalachian Voices Against Mining | ARTICLE

Jim James, who lives in Louisville, Kentucky, has heard all about mountaintop removal — extracting coal by blowing off the tops of mountains in Appalachian country. But he knows the rest of the country isn't very familiar...
June 3, 2010 11:55 AM ET
New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain Remembers Malcolm McLaren | ARTICLE

Recording artist, manager of the Sex Pistols, provocateur, fashion designer, impresario — Malcolm McLaren, who died of cancer April 8th at 64 was all those things. He was also, briefly, the manager of the New York...
April 12, 2010 3:27 PM ET
The Who's Townshend Reveals the Story Behind Big Super Bowl Set | ARTICLE

On Sunday, the Who became the latest in a growing list of classic rockers — along with the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Prince — to play a Super Bowl halftime. Why did they...
February 10, 2010 12:00 AM ET
OK Go Struggle With Label's Rules Banning Embedded Video | ARTICLE

If any band knows the power of viral videos, it's OK Go. Five years ago, the band broke through when...
February 2, 2010 12:00 AM ET
Pair of Dixie Chicks Plan Album, Tour as New Band Court Yard Hounds | ARTICLE

With Natalie Maines on an indefinite hiatus, the other two Dixie Chicks — guitarist-banjoist Emily Robison and her sister, fiddler Martie Maguire — have recorded an album on their own, as Court Yard Hounds (a reference to...
January 15, 2010 12:00 AM ET
Elvis Costello Jams With Bruce Springsteen, Chats With Bono | ARTICLE

"Iwasn't looking for a career in TV," says Elvis Costello. "It's some-thing I did as a side project from my real career." That...
December 10, 2009 12:55 PM ET
Corgan Talks Pumpkins' Plans: "I'd Rather Be Free Than Rich" | ARTICLE

For someone who once released a double CD, Billy Corgan has had it with the album. "I was never comfortable with the album format," Corgan tells Rolling Stone. "It always felt so forced and was obviously an...
October 15, 2009 12:15 PM ET
Mary Travers (1936-2009) | ARTICLE

Mary Travers, who died of complications from leukemia on September 16th at age 72, was best known as the visual focal point of folk icons Peter, Paul and Mary. With her fervent stage moves and long,...
September 17, 2009 7:21 AM ET
Roger Daltrey Promises New Takes on Who Tracks on Fall Solo Tour | ARTICLE

The Who won't be hitting the road again until next year, but as Rolling Stone reported, Roger Daltrey won't be staying home during their hiatus. "That's a long time for me," says Daltrey, "so I put...
September 8, 2009 2:57 PM ET
Pixies' "Doolittle" Turns 20: Frank Black on the Band's Return to the Road | ARTICLE

For a band that went 11 years between live performances, the Pixies are feeling awfully nostalgic this fall. The gargantuan box set Minotaur (which collects all their albums, plus extras like a concert DVD, art...
September 3, 2009 12:13 PM ET
Steven Tyler Speaks Out About Injury, State of Aerosmith: "We're One for All, All For One" | ARTICLE

"Do I sound fucked up or stoned?" Steven Tyler asks, calling from his home in New Hampshire on Monday. In his first comments to the press, Tyler wants to set the record straight about what happened when...
August 25, 2009 12:05 PM ET