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Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

6/27/08, 5:22 pm EST

While Coldplay was ruling the charts with Viva La Vida, the band’s label EMI started laying off employees. The band also turned to YouTube to recruit opening acts and played to the cheap seats at a free show at Madison Square Garden.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama graced the Rolling Stone for a second time. In addition to the complete cover story, we also revealed what’s playing on the huge Stevie Wonder fan’s iPod and explored Obama’s life in pictures.
Sebastian Bach came clean about the mysterious Axl Rose, telling us that Axl has a (funny) mean streak, that Sly Stone could be the key to a GNR reunion and Rose may be penning an autobiography. Meanwhile, the guy who leaked those Chinese Democracy tracks had a sobering week.
We pulled an all-nighter with Amy Winehouse, as the part-time singer/part-time train wreck opened up to us about her crack use and the rocky relationship with Blake Incarcerated. We also documented the Winehouse’s wild year in a photo gallery.