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"Guitar Hero World Tour" Offers Deluxe Drum Kit, Studio Capabilities | ARTICLE

After Rock Band stole music game headlines last year with its drum kit and expanded options, the folks at Activision knew they had to strike back big. Guitar Hero World Tour marks a giant leap forward for...
September 17, 2008 5:55 PM ET
Go Behind the New Rolling Stone Cover: Metallica | ARTICLE

Death Magnetic is finally here, and so is the Metallica cover of Rolling Stone. Pick up the new issue today to find out what it took to make their heaviest record in decades, plus how they continue...
September 17, 2008 9:04 AM ET
Comedy Issue Smackdown! Who's the Unnamed Comic Criticizing Rolling Stone? | ARTICLE

Rolling Stone recently received a letter to the editor from someone claiming to be a comic who appears in our current What's So Funny? issue. The letter was typed (as was the envelope) to hide the author's...
September 16, 2008 2:37 PM ET
Queen Return With Paul Rodgers: "Imitating Freddie Would Be Pointless" | ARTICLE

Check out this awesome video of Queen with Paul Rodgers performing for more than 350,000 people last week in the...
September 16, 2008 11:55 AM ET
American Warlord: The Story of Chucky Taylor, American Teen Turned Torture Suspect | ARTICLE

Chucky Taylor was an ordinary suburban teenager — until he went to live with his father, one of Africa's most brutal dictators. How did a kid from Orlando end up as the first U.S. citizen on trial...
September 15, 2008 1:42 PM ET
Musicians Get Out the Vote: Sheryl Crow, T.I., The Dead Take Action | ARTICLE

With the two nominating conventions in the past, a bunch of musicians are leading the charge to register voters and rally support for the candidates. Here's a sampling: What It Is Sheryl Crow is giving...
September 15, 2008 8:50 AM ET
David Foster Wallace Dies at Age 46 | BLOG ENTRY

Infinite Jest author and Rolling Stone contributor David Foster Wallace was found dead in his Claremont, California home Friday night. His wife called police at 9:30 p.m. to report she had discovered Wallace hanged himself....
September 14, 2008 9:37 PM ET
David Foster Wallace Dies at 46 | ARTICLE

Infinite Jest author and Rolling Stone contributor David Foster Wallace was found dead in his Claremont, California home Friday night. His wife called police at 9:30 p.m. to report she had discovered Wallace hanged himself....
September 14, 2008 12:00 PM ET
Peter Travers Video Review: "Burn After Reading," "Righteous Kill," "The Women" | BLOG ENTRY

In his weekly...
September 11, 2008 3:43 PM ET
Long-Awaited MySpace Music Store Launching Soon | ARTICLE

Social-networking giant MySpace will open its long-promised music store later this month, allowing fans to download and stream millions of songs — including new music and back catalog — from three of the four major labels. In...
September 9, 2008 5:31 PM ET
VMAs Video: Are Panic at the Disco Depressed? Why Do Paramore Blog? | ARTICLE

September 9, 2008 5:11 PM ET
Kid Rock on the Red Carpet: "I Can Feel a Good Time Coming On" | ARTICLE

Kid Rock gets ready to party ("I can feel a good time coming on"), Linkin Park spill details on their next LP ("We've created a new designer drug") and Taylor Swift gets ready to be catty as...
September 8, 2008 4:37 PM ET
Peter Travers Video Review: Underrated Comedies | BLOG ENTRY

As a bonus compendium to the current issue of Rolling Stone, this week's video review features Peter Travers' list of comedy films that were tragically overlooked by the Academy at Oscar time. Click above for...
September 4, 2008 12:11 PM ET
Russell Brand: "I Dress Like a Superhero S&M Scarecrow" | ARTICLE

When MTV announced that British comedian Russell Brand would be hosting this year's Video Music Awards, the first response was mostly "Huh?" But then everybody remembered his hilarious performance as rock star Aldous Snow in Forgetting Sarah...
September 3, 2008 12:22 PM ET
Ben Folds Five Reuniting for One-Night-Only MySpace Show | ARTICLE

Ben Folds Five will reunite for a one-off show in two weeks for a performance of their final album, 1999's The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. The concert — the first by the ironically named trio since...
September 3, 2008 11:20 AM ET
Go Behind the New Rolling Stone Cover: What's So Funny? | ARTICLE

David Letterman, Tina Fey, Chris Rock and nine more comic titans grace our new issue's cover as Rolling Stone explores the new golden age of comedy. Inside the issue these comedy all-stars discuss their influences, favorite jokes...
September 3, 2008 8:40 AM ET
Michael Jackson at 50: His Four-Decade Career in Photos | ARTICLE

Michael Jackson turns 50 years old today. Jackson has spent most of those years under heavy scrutiny in one of the more intense public spotlights in music history. Click below for an in-depth gallery of Jackson images,...
August 29, 2008 4:06 PM ET
Judge Says Arrest of "Chinese Democracy" Leaker Was Excessive | ARTICLE

In his hearing this week, a judge questioned the necessity of arresting Guns N' Roses leaker Kevin Cogill, calling it unnecessary. The man who posted nine songs from the previously unheard sessions for...
August 29, 2008 12:48 PM ET
"Cho Show"'s Margaret Cho: Broken Social Scene's Newest Member? | ARTICLE

A new leg of Margaret Cho's "Beautiful" tour kicks off September 12th in Saratoga, California, but she may be onstage with a bunch of Canadians before then: "Broken Social Scene is the best thing happening in modern...
August 28, 2008 4:25 PM ET
Kanye West, Rage Against the Machine Energize DNC Crowds | BLOG ENTRY

At 1 a.m. Thursday, Jamie Foxx jumped on stage during Kanye West's private-party show at the Exdo Event Center in Denver, surprising even West himself, and the two did a roaring "broke . . . broke" version...
August 28, 2008 12:28 PM ET