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The New Issue: Bruce Springsteen Brings It All Back Home | ARTICLE
With Working on a Dream — his third great album this decade — a Golden Globe and the Super Bowl halftime show, Bruce Springsteen is hitting another career peak. He invited David Fricke into his...
January 21, 2009 8:45 AM ET -
Bruce Springsteen, U2 Prep for Special Visit From Barack Obama at Inaugural Kickoff Concert | ARTICLE
Washington, DC — Under a pale and frigid sky, 50 gospel singers found themselves in the crosshairs of four American icons. To the south, the Washington Monument sliced the horizon above an iced-over Reflecting Pool. To the...
January 18, 2009 9:30 AM ET -
At the Movies With Peter Travers: "Notorious," "Defiance" and "Hotel for Dogs" | BLOG ENTRY
One of the most anticipated music biopics in years hits theaters tomorrow: Notorious, which portrays the story of murdered Brooklyn MC Biggie Smalls' youth and rise from drug dealer to one of the most influential rappers of...
January 15, 2009 6:01 PM ET -
Barack Obama Selects the Dead for Inaugural Ball: "It Was Quite an Honor" | ARTICLE
Just a week after confirming their first tour in five years, the reunited Dead are booked to rock the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C. on January 20th. "A DJ will open up — it's a long,...
January 15, 2009 5:03 PM ET -
From the Issue: What Obama Must Do | BLOG ENTRY
Many presidents have been forced to deal with crises, but very few have inherited — on Day One — a country on the brink of catastrophe. What should Obama do? An open letter from Paul Krugman can...
January 14, 2009 4:24 PM ET -
Bobby Womack Reacts to Hall of Fame News: "I Wish I Could Call Sam Cooke" | ARTICLE
Bobby Womack says he is extremely happy to learn he'll be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the rest of the 2009 class (Metallica, Jeff Beck, Run-DMC and Little Anthony and the Imperials)....
January 14, 2009 3:32 PM ET -
Metallica, Run-DMC, Jeff Beck Lead the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2009 Inductees | ARTICLE
Run-DMC will become the second hip-hop group ever to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 4th, when they'll join Metallica and Jeff Beck as 2009 inductees. Fifties R&B vocal group Little Anthony and...
January 14, 2009 2:00 PM ET -
On the Charts: Nickelback Can't Catch Taylor Swift as Sales Continue Slump | ARTICLE
The Big News: If you thought last week's sales were slow, check out these numbers. Taylor Swift sold 72,000 copies of Fearless — 17,000 less than last week — to take Number One. Nickelback's Dark...
January 14, 2009 11:33 AM ET -
Metallica, Run-DMC, Jeff Beck Lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2009 | ARTICLE
Metallica, Run-DMC and Jeff Beck lead the diverse group of artists that will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. Other members of the class of 2009 include 1950s R&B vocal group...
January 14, 2009 9:45 AM ET -
President Bush, Thanks for the Memories | BLOG ENTRY
It feels like the end can't come quickly enough. George W. Bush — the lamest of ducks — will finally hand the keys to the White House to Barack Obama on January 20th. Even in Bush's waning days,...
January 12, 2009 6:05 PM ET -
Adele on Working With Jack White: "Even If He Slapped Me, It Would Have Been Cool" | ARTICLE
Never let it be said that Jack White has no soul — the White Stripe famously recorded the theme to Bond film Quantum of Solace with Alicia Keys, but before he did that he made plans to...
January 12, 2009 5:32 PM ET -
American Teen Turned War Criminal Chucky Taylor Sentenced to 97 Years for Torture | BLOG ENTRY
In RS 1061, we published a story, American Warlord, about Chucky Taylor and his journey from average American teenager to accused war criminal. Today, the latest chapter in Taylor's saga came to an end when...
January 9, 2009 3:28 PM ET -
Peter Travers Video Review: "Che" and "Bride Wars" | BLOG ENTRY
Peter Travers is ready for a fresh start, but the first movie from a major studio in 2009 is ... Bride Wars, a film that makes 27 Dresses look like Citizen Kane. Could this horrific bomb actually...
January 8, 2009 3:10 PM ET -
The New Issue: Bush Apologizes (We Wish) | BLOG ENTRY
Illustration by Tim O'Brien. Based on photograph by Shawn Thew/EPA/Corbis George W. finally leaves the White House on January 20th. But before he escapes, Rolling Stone nabbed an "interview" in which Bush came clean —...
January 8, 2009 11:26 AM ET -
Revisiting Ron Asheton's Influences: Guitarist on Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones and JFK | ARTICLE
In June 2004, photographer Peter Norrman shot Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton at the Weber Family Restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was the guitarist's favorite restaurant, which was just minutes from the home he grew up in...
January 7, 2009 6:35 PM ET -
The New Issue: Bush Apologizes (We Wish) | ARTICLE
George W. finally leaves the White House on January 20th. But before he escapes, Rolling Stone nabbed an "interview" in which Bush came clean — on his daddy issues, Condi's farts and the time Dick waterboarded the...
January 7, 2009 11:45 AM ET -
My Morning Jacket, Flaming Lips, Jonas Brothers Rock in 2009: New Year's Eve Photos | ARTICLE
Besides being the gateway to 2009, New Year's Eve was also arguably the biggest concert night of 2008, with hundreds of artists performing across the globe for a champagne-soaked night of revelry. (Check out all the big...
January 5, 2009 5:15 PM ET -
The Year in Breaking Artists: Fleet Foxes, Jamey Johnson and More | ARTICLE
We love it when Breaking Artists make good and wind up on our Best Albums of the Year list, like Fleet Foxes, Jamey Johnson, the Knux and Bon Iver did in 2008. Here's a look...
December 31, 2008 12:40 PM ET -
Peter Travers Video Review: The Best Movies - And Biggest Letdowns - Of 2008 | BLOG ENTRY
What were the...
December 30, 2008 4:43 PM ET -
Devendra Banhart's Megapuss Joins Fab Moretti's Little Joy for New Video | ARTICLE
Freak-folk icon Devendra Banhart's new project Megapuss pals around with Fab Moretti's (of the Strokes) side project Little Joy — who you may remember...
December 30, 2008 3:15 PM ET
