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• U2, Jay-Z Team Up at MTV Europe Awards • Rihanna Details Chris Brown Assault on GMA • Zemeckis Wants Beatles for Yellow Submarine • Weekend Rock List: New York City Songs • Jackson Doctor Speaks About Star’s Drug Use • Hear the Lady Gaga Swine Flu Remix • News Ticker: The Beatles, Bunnymen, YYYs • Rihanna Breaks Her Silence on GMA • [...] […]

Photo: Astute/ABC Rihanna opened up for the first time about her altercation with Chris Brown, saying she was “ashamed” and Brown had “no soul in his eyes” during the assault. Rihanna also premiered her video for “Wait Your Turn,” unveiled new song “Hard” and revealed Slash guests on Rated R. Phish rocked the Rolling Stones’ Exile [...] […]

Just yesterday in Berlin, Jay-Z was rapping his ode to New York, “Empire State of Mind,” at the MTV Europe Music Awards (see photos here!) and today he was back in Manhattan doing his Blueprint 3 hit at the Yankees’ World Series victory parade. “Empire” has gone global, and Jay-Z and Keys’ song has not [...] […]

After 17 years, Nirvana’s incredible headlining set from the 1992 Reading Festival was finally (officially) released on CD/DVD as Live at Reading this week. As Rolling Stone previously reported, Kurt Cobain and Co. also played Reading in 1991, performing on the bottom third of the bill on the fest’s first day. Just one year later, [...] […]

As Rolling Stone previously reported, director Robert Zemeckis and Disney brokered a deal that would allow them to re-submerge the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, turning the 1968 animated film into a performance-capture 3-D digital production. What was at first a Hollywood rumor is now a fact as Zemeckis confirmed to MTV Movies Blog that he’s already [...] […]

We were absolutely thrilled when the dudes from Deer Tick recently dropped by the S.S. The quartet from Providence, Rhode Island -- led by John McCauley -- released Born On Flag Day in June, and it's definitely one of our favorite records of the year.For your pleasure they treated us to a cover of Eddie Cochran's '58 classic, "Summertime […]

Photograph by Dustin Rabin During Lollapalooza weekend in Chicago, most of the hottest shows in Chicago haven't been in Grant Park, but rather in the Chi-town clubs.Like Saturday night, when we made our maiden voyage to Schuba's Tavern, where Black Keys singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach slayed a lucky crowd with tunes from his solo debut, Keep It Hid.B […]

Poster by Joe NewtonWe are so goddam psyched to officially announce PETTYFEST '09!!! It's coming on September 3rd!!!This is our second annual PettyFest, which we added last year to compliment our annual DylanFest. In 2008, the inaugural PettyFest performance at Mercury Lounge was such a spectacle that this year we've been upgraded to Manhattan […]

We caught up with Kid Rock yesterday, who told us that wherever he goes, people are screaming "Twitter is gay"!!!If you have no idea what we're talking about, here's the story: In the last issue of Rolling Stone -- with MJ on the cover --- we did a Q+A with Kid, in which we discussed his huge summer tour, and his two humongous gigs at Det […]

We were extremely psyched that Sara Watkins -- the gorgeous voice and killer fiddle that makes Nickel Creek -- stopped by the Smoking Section to perform a few tunes from her solo debut album. But we almost lost it when we spotted Sara's keyboard player... the Heartbreakers' Benmont Tench!!!!!!! Holy shitballs! Tench sits in with Watkins on many of […]