DJ AM had prescription pills in his stomach and one in his throat when police found him dead in his apartment, a New York City official said Wednesday.
The official told The Associated Press that six pills were found in the celebrity disc jockey’s stomach and that the pill in his throat appeared to be the [...]
“American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert has landed the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, where he talks about sex, drugs and his “Idol” experiences.
The 27-year-old singer from San Diego acknowledges in an interview that he’s gay, and says it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone.
“I’m proud of my sexuality,” he says. “I embrace it. It’s [...]
Officials in Gainesville have renamed the city’s downtown plaza after rock ‘n’ roll legend and former Florida resident Bo Diddley.
Diddley died in June 2008. Officials honored him Friday by unveiling a mural and renaming the downtown space the Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Diddley lived in Archer, a few miles southwest of Gainesville, and played at [...]
Concert promoter Live Nation said on Monday it will waive service fees for general admission at hundreds of concerts on sale for a 24-hour stretch this week.
Live Nation’s no service fee offer will happen as a one-day-only event on Wednesday. The company said it plans other offers every Wednesday through the summer as a recession [...]
Nine Inch Nails‘ frontman Trent Reznor announced yesterday (May 7) that Apple has approved an update of the Nine Inch Nails iPhone application.
Earlier this week, Apple rejected the update, saying it was in violation of a policy that bans “obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind,” as previously reported.
Reznor responded with [...]
“LeftRightLeftRightLeft,” the free live album that Coldplay is giving away on CD to every fan who attends this summer’s “Viva La Vida” tour, is now available as a free download from the band’s website.
The giveaway begins as the band’s North American tour kicks off with a Friday night (May 15) show at the Cruzan Amphitheatre [...]
Rock music producer Phil Spector was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a film actress at his mansion six years ago, a verdict that will send him to prison for at least 18 years barring a successful appeal.
A Superior Court jury returned the verdict after about 30 hours of deliberations. The [...]
Hip Hop group Run-DMC, heavy metal band Metallica and musician/songwriter Bobby Womack are among nine nominees announced on Monday vying for five spots in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Guitarist Jeff Beck, disco and R&B band Chic, rock and roll singer Wanda Jackson, doo-wop group Little Anthony and the Imperials, rock band The Stooges, [...]
It may have seemed like a fad at first, but the resurgence of vinyl is now turning into a nice niche business for the major labels. With EMI’s announcement that it would reissue eight classic albums in the format, all four majors are now onboard the vinyl bandwagon.
EMI will release two Coldplay albums, four [...]
Publishers getting the band back together exclusively for the Xbox 360 in September; arrives on other platforms later in the year.
There’s nothing quite so rock and roll as a reunion tour, a fact underlined by today’s announcement of Rock Band 2, which will see MTV Games and Harmonix once again team up with Electronic Arts [...]
People were scratching their heads last month when Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler said he checked into rehab to recover from foot surgery.
Now, the 60-year-old rocker reveals that he was actually fighting a dependency on pain pills and sleep medication prescribed post-surgery.
“To have your feet done, to have your leg done, you have to be [...]
Coldplay’s new album is already living the life.
“Viva La Vida” will debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 album chart with over 720,000 copies sold in its first week, the second-best opening week of 2008, according to the trade magazine’s Web site. Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III” was the top album debut of [...]
Coldplay has been forced to postpone the start of its North American tour by two weeks because of unspecified “production delays which mean that the show simply won’t be ready” for its planned June 29 kickoff in Philadelphia.
The itinerary will now begin with a July 14-15 stand in Los Angeles; it was to close [...]
Bo Diddley’s funeral Saturday rocked and rolled with as much energy as his music.
For four hours, friends and relatives sang, danced and celebrated the life of the man who helped give birth to rock and roll with a signature beat that influenced Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and many others.
As family members [...]
Vintage concert performances by such acts as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix will soon join the nearly 500 recordings already available for download purchase at the music and memorabilia site Wolfgang’s Vault.
The additions were made possible through a deal between Universal Music Group (UMG) and Wolfgang’s Vault founder Bill Sagan. The recordings [...]
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