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Vampire Weekend, The National Rock Eclectic Big Ears Festival | ARTICLE
When you think of classic college towns, Knoxville, Tennessee doesn't exactly spring to mind. Unlike Athens, Georgia, or Chapel Hill, North Carolina, whose respective universities spill into the downtown streets creating a vibrant, eclectic social hub, the...
March 29, 2010 3:34 PM ET -
Phish Follow Halloween Show With First-Ever Acoustic Set At Fest 8 | ARTICLE
Free breakfast has become a hotel staple, but how can Phish fans be sated while camping in the middle of the scorching California desert for Festival 8? A Sunday high-noon acoustic set with gratis coffee and donuts,...
November 2, 2009 9:03 AM ET -
Friends, Admirers Honor Bo Diddley at Funeral in Gainesville | ARTICLE
Under a blazing sun, the life of rock pioneer Bo Diddley was celebrated with a four hour funeral in Gainesville, FL. While the music of Diddley was never far from the minds of the more than 500...
June 9, 2008 11:36 AM ET -
Green Day and the Palace of Wisdom | ARTICLE
"Let every redneck in America hear you," yells Green Day guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, and 5,000 British fans respond with a chant of "idiot America!" It is January, and Green Day are playing London's Brixton...
February 24, 2005 4:25 PM ET -
The Legendary Electric Ladyland Studios | ARTICLE
Located in New York's Greenwich Village, the building was once a supper club owned by Rudy Vallée. When Jimi Hendrix bought it in...
December 11, 2003 12:00 PM ET -
Jewel Gets Gritty | ARTICLE
For the first time in her career, Jewel actually enjoyed a recording session -- that of This Way, her first album of all-new material in three years. "Doing records has always been hard for me," she says....
October 12, 2001 12:00 AM ET -
DMB, Bush Talk 9/11 Changes | ARTICLE
In the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, artists with upcoming releases moved quickly to change album artwork or content that might offend. The cover art for Oakland-based hip-hop act the Coup's upcoming album, Party Music,...
September 26, 2001 12:00 AM ET -
Lifehouse Ready for the Road | ARTICLE
Being on the road for Lifehouse has always meant being a bridesmaid and never a bride; the Los Angeles threesome has spent the last year opening for the likes of Pearl Jam, Matchbox Twenty and 3 Doors...
September 10, 2001 12:00 AM ET -
Trey Hopeful About Phish | ARTICLE
Baseball, barbecues and Phish on the road. Few things are more reliable each summer. Until this year. For the first time in fifteen years, Phish are taking the summer off. Will they ever get back together? "Phish had...
May 24, 2001 12:00 AM ET -
Beck Is In the Studio, Recording 'Midnite Vultures' | ARTICLE
Beck is back, and he wants to sex you up. "This album is sex-capades in the biosphere," says Beck Hansen of his new...
October 14, 1999 6:20 PM ET -
Beasties Take Tibet Concert Global | ARTICLE
Get ready for some international flavor for the fourth annual Tibetan Freedom Concerts. Plans are in the works to hold four simultaneous concerts around...
February 18, 1999 12:00 PM ET -
Bruce Springsteen's Band Rides Again | ARTICLE
After months of rumors, Bruce Springsteen has confirmed that a world tour with the E Street Band is scheduled for the summer. The...
January 21, 1999 2:10 PM ET -
Q&A: Fatboy Slim | ARTICLE
The funk-soul brother known as Norman Cook has come a long way, indeed -- from Eighties pop star (he was once one-quarter of the Housemartins) to early-Nineties house-music maven, now reborn as Fatboy Slim. Slim's second album, You've Come a...
December 30, 1998 12:00 AM ET -
Rage Against The Machine's Revolution Rock | ARTICLE
Zack de la Rocha guns his black Ford Explorer through a red light, careening left on Los Feliz Boulevard into the hills east of...
September 4, 1997 10:55 AM ET -
Maladjusted | ALBUM REVIEW
Heaven knows Morrissey is still miserable. True to form on his sixth solo album, Maladjusted, the Mozz pens lyrics that range from laughably snide ("I don't get along with myself/And I'm not too keen on anyone else")...
August 14, 1997 12:00 AM ET -
Dylan Recovers From Heart Ailment | ARTICLE
Bob Dylan is recuperating at his Los Angeles home after being hospitalized in late May with severe chest pains. A statement...
July 10, 1997 12:05 PM ET -
The Who Revive 'Quadrophenia' for Prince's Trust Concert | ARTICLE
The Who's Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle are reuniting this summer for a live performance of their rock opera
June 13, 1996 2:55 PM ET -
Green Day: Price Busters | ARTICLE
With ticket prices for acts like the Eagles topping $100 and Pearl Jam canceling their tour because of their fight with Ticketmaster,...
December 15, 1994 1:25 PM ET
