Rolling Stones guitarist Keith
Richards is reissuing his 1978 solo single "Run Rudolph Run" on
iTunes just in time for the holidays, his spokeswoman said on
Thursday.
The...
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Keith Richards joined about 15,000 people marching in southern England on Saturday against possible cuts in services at a hospital near his country home.
The 62-year-old...
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Guitarist Keith Richards has demanded
that two Swedish newspapers apologize to the Rolling Stones and
their fans in Sweden for stinging reviews of the band's
performance...
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Talk all the smack you want about Keith Richards and coconut trees. Just don't bring his musical prowess into the mix.
The Rolling Stones guitarist has lashed out at...
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Bosses of the O2 arena were cautioned
but escaped a fine on Wednesday after two members of the
Rolling Stones defied England's new anti-smoking law and lit up
on...
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Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has confirmed that he did snort his father's ashes, as he told NME.com earlier this year.
Richards originally claimed he was...
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Rolling Stones guitarist Keith
Richards has signed a deal reportedly worth more than $7
million to write his autobiography, a tome that will trace his
trek from cherubic...
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Rolling Stone Keith Richards, cigarette no doubt in hand, is working on a memoir, the object of a multimillion dollar bidding war that will be published by Little, Brown and...
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NEW YORK - Rolling Stone Keith Richards, cigarette no doubt in hand, is working on a memoir, the object of a multimillion dollar bidding war that will be published by...
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Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo
Diddley, hospitalized by a stroke on Sunday, was up and walking
around on Thursday but still struggling to communicate, his
longtime manager...
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The mother of the Rolling Stones' guitar legend Keith Richards has died.
Doris Richards, 91, passed away over the weekend after a battle with cancer.
The guitarist...
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Iggy Pop marked his 60th birthday
on Saturday just like any other respectable senior citizen
would.
The eerily athletic "Godfather of Punk" stripped down to a
tight pair...
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Keith Richards' comments to NME that he has snorted his dad's ashes has alarmed Disney, the company behind the forthcoming Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 film.
As previously...
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Not that the Yanomamo know who Keith Richards is, but, boy, can they identify.
Richards, the Rolling Stones legend, was busy distancing himself Wednesday from a report...
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Off the cuff or up the nose? That was the question Wednesday as Keith Richards said he was joking when he described snorting his father's ashes along with a hit of...
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The Rolling Stones' guitar legend Keith Richards has revealed that he once snorted a line of his own dad's ashes.
Speaking exclusively in this week's NME, the star,...
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As a son, Keith Richards blows.
The coconut-wrangling rock star has added another sordid chapter to his chemically enhanced legacy, telling Britain's NME magazine...
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The Rickenbacker Frying Pan, the world's
first commercially successful electric guitar, is on the road
again at the grand old age of 75.
The instrument, on display outside...
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We know that the Rolling Stones,
Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw/Faith Hill and Dave Matthews Band
will sell the heck out of tickets in 2007.
But there is always a dark horse...
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Moseying out onstage
Wednesday at Downtown Disney's House of Blues in Anaheim, Jerry Lee Lewis looked like, well, a slow-moving senior citizen. Then
he took a seat behind...
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British singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has fully recovered from breast cancer and plans to
resume her postponed world tour in Budapest in the spring, a
spokesman said...
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The Rolling Stones on Tuesday canceled
an upcoming concert in Hawaii and rescheduled three other
performances, while a fan sued the band for $51 million for
pulling out...
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Cartoon band Gorillaz has a busy
autumn in store, with plans to release a series of EPs, a book
and a DVD.
"Rise of the Ogres," the group's literary premiere, will...
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He's performed in front of millions
of people, but few of them know his name or his distinguished
rock 'n' roll history.
Now, Blondie Chaplin is stepping out from the...
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More than 40,000
Rolling Stones fans turned out as the four-decade-old band
kicked off its latest U.S. tour on Wednesday night, looking for
another chance to spend the night...
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Keith Richards has quit drugs, claiming they're not strong enough anymore.
The Rolling Stones guitarist is famed for a history of narcotic experimentation across a rock 'n'...
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Claims of Keith Richards breaking the law have gone up in
smoke.
Just a day after the Glasgow City Council
announced plans to investigate allegations that the Rolling...
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The Rolling Stones canceled their second
and final concert in Spain on Tuesday because lead singer Mick Jagger was suffering from laryngitis, a local government
official in...
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Looks like time was on Keith Richards' side after all.
It just took a little longer than expected.
The state of Arkansas is preparing to pardon the...
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As the bass guitarist for an obscure rock band, Mike Huckabee is unlikely ever to have the pleasure of giving the downbeat to world-famous Keith Richards, lead guitarist for...
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Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards
said he could not wait to get back on stage on Tuesday after
recovering from a head injury that had forced the band to delay
the...
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On the eve of relaunching the Rolling Stones European tour, guitarist Keith Richards said Monday that he has recovered completely from a head injury suffered in a fall...
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Keith Richards will star in the third Pirates Of The Caribbean film, it has been confirmed.
The Rolling Stones legend was scheduled to appear in the imminent second...
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Nicole Kidman was "overwhelmed" by the goodwill lavished upon her during her weekend nuptials at home in Australia, her publicist said, as the newlyweds reportedly began...
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Twenty years ago, a camera crew and
some of the world's biggest rock stars ventured to St. Louis to
help Chuck Berry celebrate his 60th birthday.
They were lucky to...
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The Black Eyed Peas will bring their "Monkey Business" tour to China next month.
The Grammy-winning hip-hop group will perform July 18 at Beijing's Exhibition Center...
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The Stones are finally rolling.
Temporarily
postponed after guitarist Keith Richards accidentally injured his head
in a fall while on holiday in Fiji, the Rolling...
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It looks like the Rolling Stones will have to start it up a
little later than they thought.
The World's Greatest
Rock and Roll Band have announced they are postponing...
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Keith Richards is all but over his big bang--now he's getting
ready for A Bigger Bang.
The Rolling Stone is back
in the U.S. after having been treated for a...
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Jerry Lee Lewis will inaugurate Time
Life's "Legends of American Music" with the three-disc boxed
set "Jerry Lee Lewis: A Half Century of Hits."
The June 13 release was...
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Fans can count on Keith Richards to not fade away.
The Rolling Stones guitarist was discharged from his New Zealand
hospital Wednesday, two days after undergoing...
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The Rolling Stones want everyone to know that Keith Richards has
suffered any brain damage--at least stemming from his latest
misadventure.
A rep for the rock band has...
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A bigger bang than previously thought for Keith Richards.
The Rolling Stones guitarist underwent minor surgery in a New
Zealand hospital on Monday for a "mild...
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Keith Richards is on the mend after injuring his melon while in
pursuit of coconuts.
The Rolling Stones guitarist was
released from the New Zealand hospital where he...
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At Fiji's pricey Wakaya Club, leisure activities include
snorkeling, golf, even "daydreaming." Resort guest Keith Richards
reportedly pursued a higher-elevation pastime:...
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Radney Foster, "This World We Live In" (Dualtone)
Many of these 10 tunes will likely show up on CDs by singers more famous than Radney Foster, but his masterful renditions...
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Gene Pitney memorably sang "Only Love Can Break a Heart," but
word of his death is proving equally saddening.
The
melodramatic crooner, who earned a spot in the Rock...
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U.S. singer Gene Pitney, 65, has died
while on tour in Britain, his agent said on Wednesday.
Jene Levy said Pitney had died on Wednesday morning in the
Welsh capital...
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The Rolling Stones got religion in
Los Angeles, returning for the first time in more than 30 years
to the Forum, a concert venue that now doubles as a church.
They...
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The Rolling Stones will hold their first-ever concert in China in April, Chinese promoters said Tuesday, three years after canceling a pair of shows on the mainland because...
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"Take me down to your
dance floor . . ."
No one was dancing as Gram Parsons' voice wafted over the
sound system at Hollywood's Harmony Gallery on Friday evening,
but the...
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Got the latest "Death Cab for Cutie" tune on your iPod phone?
That's so 2005.
With the new year about to begin, it's time to upgrade your electronics, reprogram your...
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One of country's hardest rock bands will open for one of rock's hardest country bands. Brooks & Dunn will warm up for the Rolling Stones in Omaha, Neb., Jan. 29.
"We've...
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Rock legends the Rolling
Stones will play a free concert on Rio de Janeiro's famed
Copacabana Beach in February, organizers said on Tuesday, and
up to 1.5 million people are...
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There have been times
when Shilah Morrow of Sin City Marketing has been maddened by
her nickname "Mama Shi," for actual mothers have to change
diapers and do other messy...
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You can't keep a good hustler down.
Former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, the
impresario who created the group's bad-boy image and produced
their early...
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Take it from Peter Frampton. Or from Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Peter Townsend or Jimmy Page — they all owe a debt to Les Paul, father of the electric guitar.
"They all...
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Talk about celebrating a birthday
in style.
Les Paul, the inventor of multitrack recording and the
solid-body electric guitar that bears his name, turned 90 this
year amid...
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Had Les Paul "only" invented the
solid-body electric guitar, he would be hailed as one of the
great pioneers of the music industry -- the guy who built the
engine that drove...
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Even when she's in love, Juliana Hatfield is miserable. Not that she always realizes it.
The durable singer-songwriter, who says she is "always
frustrated and anxious and...
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Alicia Keys has resurrected "MTV Unplugged."
"I've always been a very big fan of the show and when they stopped doing it I was like, what happened to 'MTV Unplugged?' I...
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Spin magazine has built a veritable rock star Frankenstein, composed of Michael Stipe's skull, Elvis Presley's pelvis and Madonna's bellybutton.
Spin charts the 25 "most...
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The Rolling Stones kicked off their
latest tour on Sunday with a flashy, high-energy concert at
Boston's Fenway Park that made no concession to the band's more
than four...
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PBS goes honky-tonk tonight when the "American Masters" series airs "Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues."
The one-hour documentary includes the first-ever on-camera interview...
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Buddy Guy has some interesting collaborators on his upcoming album. They include Carlos Santana, Tracy Chapman and Keith Richards.
Guy's new album is due out Sept. 27....
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The Rolling Stones are ready for some football--and not the
kind of football Americans call soccer.
The
legendary U.K. rockers have signed a deal with the National...
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Bob Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone"
topped a poll on Friday to find the 100 songs, movies, TV shows
and books that "changed the world" in the opinion of...
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Bob Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone"
topped a poll Friday to find the 100 songs, movies, TV shows
and books that "changed the world" in the opinion of musicians,
actors...
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The timing may be a bit off, but
saxophonist Tim Ries is still psyched about his new CD, "The
Rolling Stones Project" (Concord Jazz).
Originally scheduled for earlier this...
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Twenty years later, it is still considered one of the greatest rock 'n' roll concerts of all time. During Live Aid, top musicians played simultaneous shows in London and...
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Guitar legend Les Paul will
celebrate his 90th birthday with his first new studio album
since 1978's "Guitar Monsters," a collaboration with the late
Chet Atkins. Les Paul &...
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Starbucks Hear Music,
the record arm of the coffee retailer, is launching two
projects with Concord Records, its partner in the wildly
successful 2004 Ray Charles album...
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Time is apparently still on the Rolling Stones' side.
The
ageless wonders are once again ready to mount a massive world tour--that
may or may not be their last,...
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Rock 'n roll legend Chuck Berry had just returned from a European tour when he learned at Chicago's O'Hare Airport that his longtime friend and collaborator Johnnie Johnson...
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To paraphrase the old Chuck Berry tune, bye-bye, Johnnie.
Johnnie Johnson, the rhythm-and-blues piano wizard whose
pioneering partnership with Berry produced such...
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Johnnie Johnson, a rock 'n' roll pioneer who teamed with Chuck Berry for hits like "Roll Over Beethoven" and "No Particular Place to Go," died Wednesday. He was...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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A classic Gibson guitar played by George Harrison on the Beatles' "Revolver" album and by John Lennon during the recording of the "White Album" sold Friday to an anonymous...
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The soulful New
York-bred trio the Holmes Brothers lead the nominees for the
2005 W.C. Handy Blues Awards, presented annually by the
nonprofit Memphis-based Blues...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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The Rock and Roll Hall of fame has found what it's looking
for...and then some.
U2 leads the list of rock royalty
set for enshrinement next spring. Joining the Irish...
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U2, the Pretenders, Buddy Guy, Percy
Sledge, and the O'Jays will be inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame at its 20th annual induction ceremony, to be held
March 14...
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The Rolling Stones recently
concluded recording sessions for a new album in Paris with
producer Don Was, who worked with them on their two previous
studio releases.
The...
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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
Alicia Keys is calling on her peers in the music industry to
raise their voices to help millions suffering from AIDS in
Africa.
"Just for...
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Rock 'n' roll fans with deep pockets
can buy a Beatles guitar or a mugshot of the pop star formerly
known as Cat Stevens at what Christie's said on Wednesday was
its...
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Rock 'n' roll fans with deep pockets
can buy a Beatles guitar or a mugshot of the pop star formerly
known as Cat Stevens at what Christie's said on Wednesday was
its...
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With the bright lights of lower Manhattan shining on the stage, the band U2 played a surprise outdoor concert Monday in a waterfront park beneath the Brooklyn...
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The Rolling Stones failed to force an audit of the books of Decca Music Group, which they say may not have paid them all the royalties from their "40 Licks" greatest hits...
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The Rolling Stones failed Friday to force an audit of the books of Decca Music Group, which they say may not have paid them all the royalties from their "40 Licks" greatest...
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DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD, DVD Plus
and the imminent DualDisc are among the cutting-edge music
delivery formats. But just as these carriers deliver
high-resolution audio, so...
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Veteran bluesman Bo Diddley has been having a tough time
getting back on his feet after his toe was amputated two months ago.
Diddley, 75, was forced to postpone a...
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Days after the official all-star
finale in Washington, D.C., Bruce Springsteen will steer the
Vote for Change tour homeward to host a concert at the
Continental Airlines...
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We're glad to see Charlie Watts got what he needed.
The Rolling Stones drummer has beaten his throat cancer and is now
ready to rejoin the group for another world tour,...
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has won a battle with throat cancer, lead singer Mick Jagger was quoted as telling a newspaper Saturday.
Watts, 63, was diagnosed...
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Apparently time is on Charlie Watts ' side.
The
Rolling Stones drummer is battling throat cancer, but his doctors expect
the rock vet to lick the disease.
"He is...
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For Keith Richards , it was "another
goodbye to another good friend" as the Rolling Stones guitarist
headlined a pair of Los Angeles-area tribute concerts over the
weekend...
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Keith Richards will pay tribute to
his late pal, country rock pioneer Gram Parsons , by performing
at two all-star charity concerts in California next month,
organizers...
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Bob Dylan , Keith Richards , Jerry
Lee Lewis , Kid Rock and Merle Haggard were among the "outlaws
and angels" that Willie Nelson brought out on Wednesday for his
third...
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A cottage industry within the
multibillion-dollar music products category, handmade guitars
and amplifiers are answering a rising demand for high-quality
gear.
Unit...
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Prince was crowned as musical royalty
on Monday as he joined the late George Harrison among eight
inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Also honored at the 19th...
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The forecast called for purple rain at the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame Monday, where inductee Prince's
electrifying performance was a highlight of the ceremony that...
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It was bound to happen. Music
talent-contest fever has been sweeping across TV networks, and
UPN finally has a series of its own.
UPN has teamed with Missy Elliott for a...
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Call it one generation of rock honoring another. That both men are Michigan natives and good friends is an added bonus.
On Monday night, before a black-tie crowd at...
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On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released "Maybe Baby" backed with "Tell Me How" by The Crickets.
In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her...
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Could Queen Elizabeth II be a rock 'n roll fan?
Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton and Kinks founder Ray Davies received royal honors Wednesday, becoming Commanders of...
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You can have Sir Mick, and Sir Elton, and Sir Paul, but you'll won't hear Sir David — as in Bowie. The veteran singer was one of the people The Sunday Times revealed as...
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Sir Mick Jagger was delighted to become a knight. Keith Richards called it a disgrace.
As with the Rolling Stones, so with British society: Some crave titles, some...
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He's 60, still singing, and now he's Sir Mick. That pouting, posturing icon of rock rebelliousness Mick Jagger officially joined the British establishment upon accepting a...
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Mick Jagger sealed his place among Britain's establishment Friday, accepting a knighthood from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.
"It's very nice to have honors given...
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An online report of a feud between the Rolling Stones and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is "a total fabrication," according to a Stones spokesperson and Bloomberg's...
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Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards made a surprise guest appearance at a Los Angeles club on Monday (October 28). The show, which took place at the 100-seat the Joint,...
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Willie Nelson and his friends Keith Richards, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Sheryl Crow, the Dixie Chicks, Rob Thomas and Matchbox Twenty, Ryan Adams, Brian McKnight, Ray...
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The tributes to John Lee Hooker keep rolling in, and the latest to voice his sadness over the passing of the 83-year-old bluesman on Thursday (June 21) is Rolling Stones...
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What would a Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony be without a show-closing jam session? As in years past, many of the Monday (March 19) night's presenters,...
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Rolling Stones axeman Keith Richards will do the induction honors for two sidemen, guitarist James Burton and pianist Johnnie Johnson, at the 16th annual Rock And Roll Hall...
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The Rolling Stones delayed the start of their European tour Monday after lead guitarist Keith Richards, 53, injured his chest and ribs after falling off a ladder at his...
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Journalist Dominick Dunne, who was in the courtroom every single day of the O.J. Simpson trial and wrote a regular column about the case for Vanity Fair, is writing a...
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