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Dr. Dre: Tupac Hologram Only for Coachella
April 23, 2012 10:35 AM ET| Rolling Stone
In a backstage video from Coachella, Dr. Dre has clarified that the Tupac hologram was specifically conceived for the festival and not as a first run for a future tour. "It was strictly for Coachella," says Dre in the video. "Get it right. I want to get rid of all the rumors out there. This was not done for a tour." Dre did leave the possibility of a tour open, adding, "If a tour happens, we'll see." Strong reactions to the Tupac hologram's debut performance last weekend fueled ru... | More »
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Video: Wild Flag Get Friendly at Coachella
April 22, 2012 12:30 PM ET
The all-female rock supergroup Wild Flag may be experimenting with "extreme tempo" on their recently debuted new material, as singer-guitarist Mary Timony joked at Rolling Stone's Coachella Rock Room party, but they're also taking time to bask in each other's company. She and keyboardist Rebecca Cole, both vanguard riot grrl musicians (along with current bandmates Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss), sport "Best Friends" split necklaces, that staple of teenage girls the world ov... | More »
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Video: Kaskade Debuts New Stage Spectacle
April 22, 2012 12:00 PM ET
The superstar house DJ Kaskade (real name: Ryan Raddon) is nearing the launch of his grandest tour ever. He'll play 50 cities, with many of the shows in arenas, and he'll also be taking a new toy on the road with him. "I've built and designed a new stage that's going to go out on tour with me this summer for the Freaks of Nature tour, and I decided to debut it here at Coachella," explained the Fire and Ice musician at Rolling Stone's Rock Room party, on the eve o... | More »
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Video: Squeeze Compete With Their Past
April 22, 2012 11:30 AM ET
As British New Wave legends Squeeze prepare to release a new album next year, lead singer Glenn Tilbrook is reveling in the recording process. "We're going to do a batch of recording when we get back and another batch in October," he explained. "I have a studio – it's one of the benefits of having been around for a while that you think, 'It'd be a good idea to get my own place,' and I have. I've had a studio now for nearly 20 years, and it's just great... | More »
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Diehard Coachella Fans Double Down on This Year's Fest
April 22, 2012 11:15 AM ET| Steve Appleford
For a certain breed of diehard Coachella fan, once is just not enough. And since 2012 is the first year that the epic desert music and arts festival is being mounted twice in Indio, California, it was inevitable that some of the most obsessed would find a way to attend both three-day weekends. "The Monday after the first one, I was kind of licking my wounds and I said, 'Hey, let's go again! I'm down. I get paid on Friday. It can happen," 28-year-old Carlos Morales, from Fuller... | More »
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Video: Kasabian Share Their Dinosaur Knowledge
April 22, 2012 11:00 AM ET
The anthemic English rockers Kasabian have enjoyed plenty of highlights in 2012 already: they were nominated for Best British Group at the Brit Awards (an honor they won in 2010), they perfected their pouts performing for America's fashion elite at New York Fashion Week and they delivered rambunctious sets during both weekends of Coachella. However, when guitarist-singer Sergio Pizzorno stopped by Rolling Stone's Rock Room party during the second weekend of the festival, he was hap... | More »
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Video: Fanfarlo Battle Car Trouble at Coachella
April 22, 2012 10:30 AM ET
During the first weekend of Coachella, Fanfarlo traveled all the way from their native London only to be felled by car trouble outside the event grounds. "We were gutted because there were so many good bands on Friday. We wanted to see Pulp and Mazzy Star and all these bands," lamented singer-guitarist Simon Balthazar at Rolling Stone's Rock Room party during the second weekend of the festival. "Then, five miles outside the festival, we hear this pshhhhhh and we keep driving…We�... | More »
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Video: Grouplove Play Matchmaker for Fans
April 22, 2012 10:00 AM ET
Grouplove singer Hannah Hooper may have been battling laryngitis by the second weekend of Coachella, but the band's festival experience was triumphant nonetheless. "Aside from losing our voices, I'd say the second weekend of Coachella was amazing," noted drummer Ryan Rabin backstage at Rolling Stone's Rock Room party. The pop-rockers, who are about to embark on a national tour in support of their 2011 album Never Trust a Happy Song, were also enthusiastic about Bloom, the ... | More »
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Video: The Hives Welcome Stage Wounds
April 22, 2012 9:30 AM ET
"If you have the perfect rock show, do you change it next week?" The Hives' guitarist, Nicholaus Arson, was not asking rhetorically; when the band gathered backstage at Rolling Stone’s Coachella Rock Room, they were one day away from performing during the second weekend of the festival. The Swedish garage rockers, who broke internationally with 2000’s Veni Vidi Vicious and its ubiquitous single "Hate to Say I Told You So," are preparing for the release of their self-produced... | More »
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Video: Gary Clark Jr. On His Hometown 'Holiday'
April 21, 2012 12:15 PM ET
Ladies, mark your calendars: May 3rd is your new favorite holiday. "I do have a day named after me," admitted the talented blues-rock guitarist Gary Clark Jr. backstage at Rolling Stone's Coachella Rock Room party. "When I was 17, the mayor called me up and had this presentation. He declared May 3rd Gary Clark Day in Austin. But I don't celebrate it or anything." The up-and-comer has another intriguing day on the horizon: he'll perform at Metallica's Orion Festival in New... | More »
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