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Kings of Leon Top Day Two of Outside Lands Fest | ARTICLE

Outside Lands in photos: Furthur, My Morning Jacket, Kings of Leon and more. Mike Ness of Social Distortion had a message for the thousands gathered yesterday afternoon for the second and final day of the Outside...
August 16, 2010 1:35 PM ET
Strokes, Furthur Lead S.F. Rock Fest Outside Lands | ARTICLE

Outside Lands in Photos: Furthur, My Morning Jacket, the Strokes, Cat Power and more. At Saturday's opening of the Outside Lands fest in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, fans witnessed a collision of styles...
August 15, 2010 5:39 PM ET
Yoko Ono Discusses New John Lennon Documentary | ARTICLE

John Lennon spent the last decade of his life in New York City, finding freedom, inspiration and tragedy there before his death in 1980. Those years and his relationship with what his widow Yoko Ono calls "the...
August 6, 2010 4:18 PM ET
Rage Against the Machine Rock for Immigrants' Rights | ARTICLE

Rage Against the Machine have always been a band of intense purpose, and the quartet erupted with a furious new mission on Friday at a show protesting Arizona's new anti-immigration law at L.A.'s Hollywood Palladium. The night...
July 26, 2010 10:02 AM ET
Jane's Addiction Play First Full Show With Duff McKagan | ARTICLE

At their best, a Jane's Addiction performance is about much more than music, as frontman Perry Farrell tests his philosophy that "nothing's shocking" as often as possible. He is a ringmaster of the epic and perverse, orchestrating...
July 6, 2010 1:19 PM ET
Warped Tour Takes Off in California | ARTICLE

Punk-rock fans got another lesson in endurance on the Warped Tour's opening weekend, landing Sunday at its usual spot at Seaside Park in Ventura, California. More than 90 bands erupted beneath an overcast sky, as new acts...
June 28, 2010 3:50 PM ET
Eminem, Jane's Addiction Rock Massive E3 Party | ARTICLE

Backstage at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday, Pharrell Williams was in deep concentration, tapping a piano keyboard plugged into his laptop. He wore headphones with his Gucci shades, but anyone in the room could hear...
June 15, 2010 2:26 PM ET
Anarchy in Florida: Against Me! Return With Raging Political Record | ARTICLE

May 21, 2010 12:22 PM ET
Jane's Addiction Debut New Song, Duff McKagan at Intimate L.A. Gig | ARTICLE

Jane's Addiction had special reason to celebrate Cinco de Mayo on Wednesday night, performing for the first time with new bassist Duff McKagan for an intimate crowd of fans and friends in Hollywood. The quick seven-song set...
May 6, 2010 10:58 AM ET
Thom Yorke, Gorillaz's All-Star Bands Wrap Coachella 2010: Full Day Three Report | ARTICLE

"You've had a long weekend, and you need to freak out," Thom Yorke declared to the many thousands gathered for the final night of this year's Coachella Music and Arts Festival. In moments, Yorke and his solo...
April 19, 2010 8:33 AM ET
Muse, MGMT Cap Eclectic Day in Coachella Heat: Full Day Two Report | ARTICLE

Coachella is a fest of many sounds and sizes, a setting for grand gestures and insurgent new music, and Saturday's crowded roster made for impossible choices. Muse and Faith No More delivered big, muscular rock on the...
April 18, 2010 10:21 AM ET
Jay-Z Blasts Coachella With Huge Headlining Set: Full Day One Report | ARTICLE

It was a cool and cloudless desert night at the Coachella Music and Arts festival Friday the moment Jay-Z emerged suddenly from the floor of the main stage in cool shades and black leather. He shouted, "Everybody...
April 17, 2010 7:25 PM ET
Public Image Ltd. Return to the U.S. Stage With a Sneer in L.A. | ARTICLE

"Proper fucking noise!" John Lydon declared with a crooked grin on Tuesday, facing a crowd at Club Nokia in Los Angeles for the opening night of Public Image Ltd.'s first U.S. tour in 18 years. "If you...
April 14, 2010 3:23 PM ET
Muse Pack Arena-Size Anthems Into Surprise SXSW Show | ARTICLE

Muse are a band that like things on a massive scale, igniting big sounds on the biggest stages, with the kind of big visual effects known only to the likes of Pink Floyd and Daft Punk. That's...
March 20, 2010 11:40 AM ET
Stone Temple Pilots Debut Songs, Rock With Robby Krieger at SXSW | ARTICLE

Stone Temple Pilots are not a band many could have expected to survive two full decades. Even acts without the internal wounds of serious addiction and ongoing conflict rarely make it this long, but when STP emerged...
March 19, 2010 10:34 AM ET
Ringo Starr Reflects on Beatles' "Beautiful" Bond at Walk of Fame Star Ceremony | ARTICLE

Ringo Starr returned to the iconic Capitol Records Tower and a gathering of several hundred Beatles fans to celebrate the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday night. "I want to thank...
February 9, 2010 12:00 AM ET
Tankian Focuses on "Symphony" as System of a Down Weigh Return | ARTICLE

Serj Tankian remains one of the most compelling singers of hard rock, best-known for his soaring, emotional vocals within the complex noise and melody of System of a Down. But he had another dream, which finally came...
January 29, 2010 12:00 AM ET
Radiohead Rock For Haiti at Small Los Angeles Benefit Show | ARTICLE

Even Radiohead can be surprised by the difference a rock band can make. On Sunday, the forward-looking Oxford quintet took a break from recording sessions for its next album to perform at the Henry Fonda Theatre in...
January 25, 2010 12:00 AM ET
Pixies Celebrate 20 Years of "Doolittle" at L.A. Tour Launch | ARTICLE

There are drawbacks to performing an entire album live in concert — even for the Pixies, who unfurled 1989's groundbreaking Doolittle on Wednesday in the first of three sold-out nights at the Hollywood Palladium. "You can't...
November 5, 2009 12:16 PM ET
Weezer Riff Like Metal Gods, Party With a Hip-Hop Star at Tour Launch | ARTICLE

Rivers Cuomo loves his job. It wasn't always so for the Weezer frontman, who was visibly wary of the spotlight in his earliest days on the Los Angeles music scene, even after he became a consistent craftsman...
October 26, 2009 11:54 AM ET