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Midway through Weezer's set at the Mile High Festival in Colorado Sunday, Rivers Cuomo threw on a long blond wig and launched into a cover of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face," hoisting his mic stand as he sang the lyric, "I won't tell you that I love you/Kiss and hug you/ ...

After announcing their split from the label Nonesuch in July, Wilco took another step in celebrating their newfound independence: organizing a three-day festival, Solid Sound, at the Massachusetts art gallery Mass MOCA. Wilco recruited a diverse lineup of more than a dozen acts (Mavis Staples, Autumn Defense, Vetiver) for what ...

Today marks the 33rd anniversary of Elvis Presley's death — but had he still been alive, Presley would have celebrated his 75th birthday in January. To mark this landmark occasion, Warner Home Video has released DVD and Blu-Ray versions of classic Elvis films and Rolling Stone is giving away a ...

Outside Lands in photos: Furthur, My Morning Jacket, Kings of Leon and more. Mike Ness of Social Distortion had a message for the thousands gathered yesterday afternoon for the second and final day of the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park: "If you missed Al Green today, ...

Outside Lands in Photos: Furthur, My Morning Jacket, the Strokes, Cat Power and more. At Saturday's opening of the Outside Lands fest in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, fans witnessed a collision of styles and generations, from Cat Power, My Morning Jacket and Tokyo Police Club to the old-school Americana ...

One year ago today, Les Paul, the father of the electric guitar, passed away at age 94. He's not forgotten: The New York jazz club Iridium — where Paul had weekly performances — continues to host tribute nights once a week. And on August 26th, CNN International will pay tribute ...

Shania Twain is reportedly the latest contender for a seat at American Idol's new judges table. This follows news that talks between Idol producers and Jennifer Lopez have broken down, due to Lopez's contract demands. Twain was well-received as a guest judge and mentor on last season's Idol. Executive producer ...

At last night's American Carnage gig at New Jersey's Izod Center, thrash-metal mainstays Slayer and Megadeth tore through complete versions of some of their most beloved albums: Seasons in the Abyss and Rust in Peace, respectively. Unlike the flash and pyrotechnics associated with most arena metal bands, the two kept ...

Julian Casablancas has been on the road with the Strokes and prepping a new album with his band, but he's already thinking about his next project: writing a TV theme song for the New York Mets. "I'm totally serious," he tells Rolling Stone in our latest issue. "I have some ...

The forthcoming Bruce Springsteen documentary The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town opens with spare but powerful imagery: black and white footage of a young Springsteen working in the studio on his landmark 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town. The film will air on ...

Kanye West's new album won't hit stores until November 16th, the rapper revealed yesterday, but he's dropping new details about his fifth disc left and right. Last night, during a surprise performance at a New York club, the MC debuted a new track, "Mama's Boyfriends," which borrows a piano riff ...

After taking 2009 off, Ozzfest has recruited Mötley Crüe, Judas Priest singer Rob Halford's solo band Halford, Black Label Society and others to join its namesake Ozzy Osbourne for six U.S. dates. (The tour starts Saturday, August 14th at San Bernadino's San Manuel Amphitheater.) "People fly in from all over ...

With the fall semester fast approaching, breakthrough summer star and recent Duke University graduate Mike Posner stopped by the Rolling Stone studios to provide our campus-bound readers with a tutorial on the three main fraternity and three main sorority archetypes. From the intramural flag-football captain to "Tiffany the Tease," from ...

U2's Spider-man Musical Announces Cast After announcing its opening night on Broadway last week, producers have rounded out the cast for U2's Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark musical. Broadway vets Isabel Keating, Michael Mulheren and Gideon Glick have signed on for the play. (Their roles have not been announced.) Spider-man, ...

Ronnie Wood sauntered onto a small stage at London's British Music Experience last night and asked the 400-odd guests, "Are you ready to hear some experimentations in rock and roll?" Faces then launched immediately into "Miss Judy's Farm," officially kicking off one of rock's most anticipated reunion tours — albeit ...

Indie rock is back atop the Billboard 200: Arcade Fire's third album, The Suburbs, debuted at Number One with 156,000 copies sold. That puts the Montreal collective on par with Vampire Weekend, whose indie-released Contra grabbed Number One in January of this year. Sales of The Suburbs were greatly aided ...

David Bowie Denies Lady Gaga Collabo David Bowie denies that he's ending his semi-retirement to collaborate with Lady Gaga after an alleged record label document, which circulated last week, suggested he would appear on some songs on Gaga's next album. "The suggestion that David Bowie is producing and participating in ...

•The Beatles' classic greatest hits collections — 1962-1966 (better known as the Red Album) and 1967-1970 (the Blue Album) — will be reissued on October 19th. The new editions will be digitally remastered to match the sound of the original analog recordings and feature rare photos of the band. [Press ...

David Garrett is a classically-trained violinist with rock & roll as his inspiration. On his new disc, Rock Symphonies, the German-born musician offers deft, imaginative takes on rock classics like Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Guns n' Roses' "November Rain," Metallica's "Master of Puppets" and Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir." Garrett recently ...

Yesterday's Stone Temple Pilots show at Red Rocks literally left frontman Scott Weiland breathless. "The altitude in this place is very interesting," he wheezed after a sprint across the stage, which sits more than a mile above sea level in Morrison, Colorado. At the opening gig on STP's first major ...