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Stones Near Decision on 50th Anniversary Shows | ARTICLE
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards will meet in December to decide how the Rolling Stones will celebrate next year's 50th anniversary, according to a top tour-industry source. "I don't see why in the world...
November 23, 2011 11:30 AM ET -
Rolling Stones Plan London Jam Session | ARTICLE
This month, Keith Richards will meet fellow Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts in a London studio. "We're just going to play a little together, because we haven't played for three or four years," Richards says....
November 9, 2011 10:30 AM ET -
Inside Sting's Birthday Blowout | ARTICLE
"Sixty feels comfortable," Sting told the sold-out crowd at New York's Beacon Theatre on October 1st. "I've always felt sort of old." But...
October 27, 2011 3:10 PM ET -
Tom Petty to Release Live Album, Play Benefit Concert | ARTICLE
Tom Petty famously railed against the corporate takeover of the record industry with his 2002 album The Last DJ, and he hasn’t stopped fighting. Rolling Stone has learned that to mark Record Store Day’s Black Friday...
October 12, 2011 12:05 PM ET -
Working in Tennessee | ALBUM REVIEW
It's been 42 years since Merle Haggard sung about fading American ideals in "Okie From Muskogee," and he's only gotten more obsessed with the subject. On his ninth disc in 11 years, the 74-year-old rails against...
October 4, 2011 12:10 AM ET -
Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Lady Gaga and More Celebrate Sting's 60th Birthday | ARTICLE
Toward the end of Sting's 60th birthday bash at New York's Beacon Theater last night, Bruce Springsteen took a moment from his set to joke about his friend. "I've known Sting for about 25 years,"...
October 2, 2011 11:35 AM ET -
Beach Boys Plan Anniversary Blowout With Likely Reunion Tour | ARTICLE
In Capitol Records' giant Studio A in Los Angeles this summer, the surviving Beach Boys – Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston – gathered around a microphone and, for the first time...
September 28, 2011 11:25 AM ET -
Reggae King Jimmy Cliff Takes Back His Crown | ARTICLE
When Rancid's Tim Armstrong first hit the studio with Jimmy Cliff to produce the reggae legend's new record in May, the two had never even met. "I had no idea how it was going to work out,"...
September 6, 2011 2:25 PM ET -
How Rockers Helped Free the West Memphis Three | ARTICLE
On a recent friday night in Memphis, 75 people gathered on a hotel rooftop overlooking the Mississippi River for a party hosted by Eddie Vedder. As the guests of honor – Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin, who...
September 1, 2011 4:50 PM ET -
Glen Campbell's Long Goodbye | ARTICLE
On a recent sunny afternoon in Malibu, California, Glen Campbell is sitting on a couch in the living room of his Tuscan-style home ...
September 1, 2011 12:50 PM ET -
Exclusive: Lady Gaga Says 'Amy Winehouse Deserved Better' | ARTICLE
Lady Gaga was "really devastated" to learn of Amy Winehouse's death on July 23rd, she told Rolling Stone on Sunday while taking a break from recording a jazz duet of "The Lady is a Tramp" with...
August 2, 2011 2:55 PM ET -
Allman Brothers Rock New York With Phil Lesh, Crosby and Nash | ARTICLE
Last summer, Gregg Allman was confined to his Savannah home, recovering from a transplant that became immediately necessary after his doctor found cancer on his liver. "It’s a painful thing," he told Rolling Stone last night at...
July 28, 2011 2:40 PM ET -
Inside Chickenfoot's 'Life-Changing' Second Album | ARTICLE
"It's the best record I've ever made," Sammy Hagar says of Chickenfoot's second album, which they're so pumped about they skipped right to calling it Chickenfoot III. The supergroup – featuring Hagar, guitar wizard Joe Satriani, ex-Van...
July 22, 2011 1:00 PM ET -
"I've Been Loving You Too Long" | SONG REVIEW
Jack and Meg have called it quits, but there's good news: Third Man Records plans to gradually roll out a load of unreleased White Stripes songs. The newest offerings — covers cut in 1997...
July 20, 2011 8:20 AM ET -
"Signed D.C." | SONG REVIEW
Jack and Meg have called it quits, but there's good news: Third Man Records plans to gradually roll out a load of unreleased White Stripes songs. The newest offerings — covers cut in 1997...
July 20, 2011 8:15 AM ET -
Paul McCartney and Billy Joel Rock Out at Yankee Stadium | ARTICLE
Thirty songs into his set at Yankee Stadium on Saturday night, Paul McCartney seemed like he was just getting started — and then he welcomed "a friend of New York and a friend of Yankee Stadium" onstage....
July 18, 2011 12:20 PM ET -
More Details Emerge on Coheed and Cambria Bassist's Drug Arrest | ARTICLE
Coheed and Cambria bassist Michael Todd was arraigned yesterday in Massachusetts on charges of armed robbery and drug possession after police say he robbed a Walgreens pharmacy on Sunday, hours before his band was set to...
July 12, 2011 3:25 PM ET -
More Bob Seger Shows Likely This Fall | ARTICLE
In March, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band hit arenas for the first time since 2007, playing long sets full of both the band's massive hits and rarely performed deep cuts. But it may not...
July 8, 2011 5:30 PM ET -
Kid Rock Planning New Album by Next Year | ARTICLE
Last weekend, Kid Rock kicked off the summer leg of his Born Free tour with a hits-filled set that included several duets with opener Sheryl Crow and a production that included giant American flags, four...
July 7, 2011 9:00 AM ET -
Trey Anastasio Says Phish Likely to Start Recording This Winter | ARTICLE
"Everything seems to be dialed in right now," Phish front man Trey Anastasio told Rolling Stone while on the road with the band. They're currently on a massive summer tour, and they're having a blast: At...
June 24, 2011 1:25 PM ET
