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High Winds Shut Down Electric Daisy Carnival
June 10, 2012 1:00 PM ET| Rolling Stone
The Electric Daisy Carnival was forced to shut down early on Saturday night as high winds whipped through the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Shortly before 1 a.m., halfway through Calvin Harris' set, the festival's producers called a halt to the show and asked the audience to back up out of the main stage area and head toward the elevated grand stands. "We cannot control Mother Nature and we are taking every precaution while high winds continue, and have cleared the stage areas tempora... | More »
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Three Deaths Surround RockNess Festival
June 10, 2012 11:46 AM ET| Miriam Coleman
A 19-year-old man collapsed at Scotland's RockNess Festival on Saturday night and died in the hospital early Sunday morning, the BBC reports. Two others were hospitalized on Sunday morning, and police say that drugs were likely involved in the three incidents. According to the BBC, the police are making inquiries into a stimulant known as Benzo Fury. "If anyone has the tablets described or any other drug, whether controlled or a 'legal high,' in their possession, they are advi... | More »
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Lady Gaga Suffers Concussion During Auckland Concert
June 10, 2012 11:13 AM ET| Miriam Coleman
Lady Gaga received a concussion in the middle of her Born This Way Ball show in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday. During the song "Judas," one of the dancers accidentally hit the singer on the head with a pole. According to fan site Gagamedia.net, Gaga continued with the performance for another 16 songs. "I want to apologize," she told the crowd. "I did hit my head and I think I may have a concussion but don’t you worry I will finish this show." Lady Gaga's makeup artist later conf... | More »
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The Avett Brothers Get Messy at Bonnaroo
June 10, 2012 10:54 AM ET| Adam Gold
The Avett Brothers were in a joking mood three hours before they took the main stage at Bonnaroo on Friday evening, a few hours before headliners Radiohead. "It'll certainly be a mess," the band's Scott Avett told Rolling Stone. "[Cellist Joe Kwon] will definitely fall on his face at some point during the show." Added his brother, Seth, "Festivals are a good venue because it is kinda such a mess and there's so much going on, so much color. It's a good place to make some m... | More »
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Kick Out the Jams at Bonnaroo
June 10, 2012 10:30 AM ET| Adam Gold
The Red Hot Chili Peppers ruled Day Three of Bonnaroo last night in Manchester, Tennesee, topping a bill stacked with old-school rock acts ranging from Bad Brains to Alice Cooper, dubstep superstar Skrillex and a suprise performance by re-emerging soul singer D'Angelo. The aesthetic antidote to Radiohead, who stuck mostly to their moodier, more recent material on Friday night, the Chili Peppers aimed simply to please, treating the party-ready Bonnaroo faithful to an onslaught of h... | More »
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Photos: Electric Daisy Carnival 2012
June 9, 2012 2:12 PM ET
Afrojack, Sebastian Ingrosso, Kaskade and more hit the Las Vegas Motor Speedway | More »
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Radiohead Push Boundaries at Bonnaroo
June 9, 2012 9:55 AM ET| Adam Gold
When Radiohead first played Bonnaroo in 2006, they did it with a set full of back-catalog staples and a handful of new songs. Never ones to repeat themselves, the band flipped that script on Friday night when they returned to headline the Manchester, Tennessee festival, turning in an epic 25-song set that slanted heavily towards new material. While Thom Yorke and Co. weeded out a few thousand hit chasers in the crowd by eschewing well-known favorites like "Fake Plastic Trees" and "No S... | More »
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Alabama Shakes Lead the Charge at Bonnaroo
June 8, 2012 12:13 PM ET| Adam Gold
Bonnaroo 2012 will boast Radiohead, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Skrillex and more as main stage headliners in the coming days, but on Thursday in Manchester, Tennesee, the festival kicked off with a day full of up-and-comers. Leading the charge were Southern rockers Alabama Shakes, who in less than a year have gone from virtual unknowns to the festival's de facto Day One headliners, making them one of rock & roll's biggest breakthrough stories of the year. As a thousands-upon-tho... | More »
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Def Leppard Rip Through Intimate Los Angeles Gig
June 7, 2012 12:55 PM ET| Mikael Wood
Def Leppard have a big summer in store, with a prominent role in the Rock of Ages movie (premiering on June 15th) and an arena tour with Poison and Lita Ford set to launch on June 20th in Salt Lake City. On Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles, though, the hard-rock hitmakers went small at the House of Blues, where they taped a performance for YouTube that will premiere online today at 3 p.m. ET. It was Def Leppard's first gig of 2012, according to frontman Joe Elliott. "Be gentle with us,... | More »
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The Clean Make Steamy U.S. Return at Austin's Chaos in Tejas Festival
June 5, 2012 9:55 AM ET| Jason Cohen
"It's not the heat, it's the humidity" was literally true for influential New Zealand band the Clean in Austin this past weekend: Going from the air conditioning of the band’s hotel room to steamy outdoor Texas venue Club DeVille played some tricks on frontman David Kilgour’s guitar. "I've never, ever experienced a guitar go out of tune so much," Kilgour says. "It should have been sitting at the venue for a couple of hours to get used to the atmosphere. But i... | More »
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