Archive | November, 2015

Kurt Cobain's 'Unplugged' Cardigan, Lost John Lennon Guitar Up for Auction

Kurt Cobain’s green cardigan from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged taping, the Beatles’ drumhead from their 1964 visit to the Ed Sullivan Show and a long-lost acoustic Gibson belonging to John Lennon are among the nearly 350 rock-related items that will hit the Julien’s Live auction block on November 7th. Cobain’s Manhattan brand sweater – “a… Source: RollingStone Link: Kurt […]

Flashback: Tom Jones, Dwight Yoakam Cover the Rolling Stones

Throughout the Sixties, Welsh-born singer Tom Jones scored huge pop hits on both sides of the pond with “It’s Not Unusual,” “Delilah” and “What’s New, Pussycat.” A wildly popular stage and TV star whose live concerts made grown women swoon (and willingly sacrifice their undergarments), Jones also turned the country… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Tom […]

Hundreds arrested at California electronic music festivals

Police in Pomona, some 30 miles east of Los Angeles, arrested 310 people at the two-day HARD Day of the Dead festival, headlined by popular artists including Deadmau5 and Skrillex. Another 30 miles east of Pomona, authorities in San Bernardino arrested about 180 people at the Escape: Psycho Circus, the Los Angeles Times reported. The […]

Chuck Wicks to Release New Album Eight Years in the Making

In 2007, Chuck Wicks’ debut single, “Stealing Cinderella,” waltzed all the way into the Top Five on the country chart. A few months later, the Delaware-born singer released his first album, Starting Now, on the RCA label. To say his follow-up LP has been long-awaited is an understatement. A full… Source: RollingStone Link: Chuck Wicks […]

Tim McGraw Talks World Series Memories, Famous Father Tug

As a small child in rural northeast Louisiana, Timothy Smith had a baseball card on his wall: Tug McGraw, star pitcher for the New York Mets and later the Philadelphia Phillies. He was “a big fan” of the hard-throwing left-hander McGraw, the man who would famously go on to coin… Source: RollingStone Link: Tim McGraw […]

See Sturgill Simpson Cover Orbison and Zeppelin, Break Up Fan Fight

“How the fuck can you guys possible be thinking about fighting when we’re singing this song?” So began Sturgill Simpson’s heated dismissal of two fans who’d begun arguing during his cover of Roy Orbison’s “Crying,” halfway through his sold-out Halloween homecoming at the Ryman Auditorium. Like Jason Isbell, who wrapped up a… Source: RollingStone Link: […]

Roger Waters on 'The Wall,' Socialism and His Next Concept Album

Interviewing Roger Waters can be a wild ride. If he likes a question, he’s happy to pontificate at length, but bore him with tired inquiries and angry Roger “If you don’t eat your meat, you won’t get any pudding!” Waters can come out, though usually only for a few frightening seconds. The occasion… Source: RollingStone Link: Roger Waters […]