Monthly Archives: February 2009

Growing up, I went to the Palisades Mall in Nyack, New York, all the time with my friends. In high school, it was our hangout on Friday nights. So, as you can imagine, going back there now, all these years later, to cover an assignment following the Jonas Brothers around for MTV News — the [...] Continue reading →

Growing up, I went to the Palisades Mall in Nyack, New York, all the time with my friends. In high school, it was our hangout on Friday nights. So, as you can imagine, going back there now, all these years later, to cover an assignment following the Jonas Brothers around for MTV News — the [...] Continue reading →

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Chris Brown enrolled in anger management classes as the fallout from his alleged altercation with Rihanna resulted in Brown’s role getting “erased” from the promotion of his upcoming film. Despite the backlash, Ne-Yo insisted Brown is “still my homeboy” while Kanye West showed some support for the beleaguered R&B singer.
Slumdog Millionaire and Sean [...] Continue reading →

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We are grinning ear to ear, ready to show you the week in photos. Apparently Madonna and Gwen are psyched too, as this picture from last Sunday’s Oscar party illustrates. Did you know that after this pic was taken, Maddy used those biceps to lift Gwen completely over her head… and both of [...] Continue reading →

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This week, hair metal staples Poison, stadium-rockers Def Leppard and classic power-poppers Cheap Trick announced they will be embarking on a huge arena tour this summer. In addition, alt-metal weirdos Faith No More announced that they too will be reuniting after 10 years for a trip around Europe. These four [...] Continue reading →

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As they do every Friday, our fearless interns navigated into the sordid depths we call our comments section to unearth the most thought-provoking statement from the Rock Daily readers. Following last weekend’s Oscars ceremony, our readers lamented Sean Penn’s win over Mickey Rourke, argued whether Slumdog Millionaire was deserving of its dominant performance [...] Continue reading →

Signed memorabilia donated by members of bands like Van Halen, KISS and Velvet Revolver are going to auction to help raise funds for Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Kevin Corrales, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia last April. Among the items up for bid is a drum head, signed by Eddie, Wolfgang and Alex [...] Continue reading →

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As they’ve done since 2005, the Allman Brothers Band will headline two nights at the fifth annual Wanee Music Festival in Live Oak, Florida, on June 5 and 6th. This year’s Wanee fest is especially noteworthy as it coincides with the band’s yearlong 40th anniversary extravaganza, which includes a 15-night run at New [...] Continue reading →

By Akshay Bhansali
NEW YORK — Jesse McCartney’s tour came through Times Square yesterday, so it wasn’t surprising to walk into the Nokia Theater and see a room packed tighter than a “tin” of sardines (that’s Brit Tim Kash wearing off on me). As the steamy sea of folks, growing impatient, began to push and pull, [...] Continue reading →

If a grown man who occasionally dresses up in women’s clothing, complete with a blonde wig and fake boobs (purely for comedic purposes of course), and who has a very unhealthy obsession with all things pop culture (”American Idol,” “The Hills,” “ABDC” … you name it, he loves it) asks you if he can borrow [...] Continue reading →

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For nearly 10 years now, Faith No More fans have mourned the demise of one of the most influential and under-appreciated rock acts of the 1990s — all with the firm understanding that there would be no return. And, well, they’ve never really been given much reason to believe a reunion could ever [...] Continue reading →

Rock Daily will be at the Radio City Music Hall this weekend to catch David Byrne’s Everything That Happens tour, featuring the fruits of Byrne’s collaboration with producer Brian Eno. Thus, this week’s Flashback visits Byrne’s oddball interview on the Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast show, with the Talking Heads singer laying down the blueprint [...] Continue reading →

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Axl Rose’s second official post-Chinese Democracy interview hit the internet today as the Guns n’ Roses frontman talked with Spinner about his new album, why the group’s original lineup dissolved and why he’ll never reunite with Slash. Even though the interview was conducted by Rose’s good friend and Guns road manager Del James, [...] Continue reading →

By Nicole Tahan
Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz approves of the Obamas’ first-dog choice. Portuguese water dog it is!
Jessica Simpson surprises her fans with her hot new bod while performing in Daisy Dukes but forgets her lyrics yet again! Find out what’s going on with the country/pop star.
“Gossip Girl” will rock out with No Doubt. [...] Continue reading →

It’s no secret that many citizens of indie-dom quietly wept on December 29, when it was revealed that quirky-cute actress/singer Zooey Deschanel was officially off the market, getting engaged to Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard.
In the wake of the announcement, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth … riots broke out in [...] Continue reading →

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After selling out countless arenas this decade, U2 are heading outdoors this year with their first U.S. stadium tour since 1997’s PopMart Tour. The band members, who release No Line on the Horizon on March 3rd, haven’t yet announced dates for the tour or details about what they’ll play. But they hope to [...] Continue reading →

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Before embarking on their reunion tour, No Doubt will reuinite on an episode of Gossip Girl on May 11th. Why Gossip Girl? Probably because there’s no more TRL and that entire audience has emigrated to GG. According to the No Doubt website, Gwen Stefani and the rest of the gang will perform a [...] Continue reading →

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The Beatles, “Revolution 1 (Take 20)” [Unreleased Track]
Take 20? Really? 20 takes? That’s not revolution, that’s just procrastination. No wonder this rendition sounds so weary. Takes 15 – 17: all tuba. Nothing but tuba.
Kings of Leon, “Pistols of Fire”
[Mark Ronson Remix]
This is a Mark Ronson remix, so six guesses what it might sound [...] Continue reading →

By Nicole Tahan
Simon Cowell’s prayers for Nick Mitchell/Normund Gentle to get booted were answered Thursday night, much to our disappointment. And Megan Joy Corkrey, Jesse Langseth and Matt Brietzke also failed to make the top 12 cut. Is this the last we’ll see of these Idol wannabes? Who will get the wild card? Check out [...] Continue reading →

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If the material edited out of Kanye West’s VH1 Storytellers is any indication, what the rapper has to say promises to be just as entertaining as the performances themselves. Reuters reports that West spent three hours on a Los Angeles soundstage for the performance, airing this Saturday, February 28th, with only 90 minutes [...] Continue reading →

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After 25 million votes were cast, America picked the theatrical Adam Lambert, teenage belter Allison Iraheta and smooth vocalist Kris Allen to join Alexis Grace, Michael Sarver and Danny Gokey in the Top 12 of American Idol season 8. Once again we didn’t find out which male contestant came in first, but [...] Continue reading →

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Indie rock will get slathered in EVOO at Rachael Ray’s SXSW showcase this March, as the Hold Steady, the New York Dolls, Ra Ra Riot, Semi Precious Weapons and many more will help the 30 Minute Meals host party up in Austin, Texas. Rock Daily will be all over SXSW, bringing you video [...] Continue reading →

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Beatles fans still patiently waiting for Paul McCartney to release the band’s 1967 sound collage “Carnival of Light” were surprised by an even better gift this weekend as a 10-minute version of The White Album’s “Revolution 1″ leaked onto the internet, giving fans a never-before-heard listen of what the White Album sessions must [...] Continue reading →

By Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Melanie Wolfson
Most interns fetch coffee, file papers and do other mindless tasks, but here at MTV News, we have to be up for just about anything. Today, that meant dancing in front of a green screen. That’s right — we were asked (read: forced) to break it down “stanky leg”-style in [...] Continue reading →

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Willie Nelson is on the road again (again), Dinosaur Jr. are living all over America and Boyz II Men go well beyond the end of the road. Full details for all three treks, after the jump…
Willie Nelson
March 1 – Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre
March 11 – Lakeland, FL @ Lakeland Center Youkey Theatre
March 12 [...] Continue reading →

By Matt Wenzel
Is Normund Gentle the best American Idol contestant ever? Sound a little far-fetched? We’re not joking. OK, maybe a little bit.
Is Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus sending out secret messages through his blog? We talked to Mark about his mysterious Morse code message.
Hasn’t DMX ever been told not to play with his food? The jailed [...] Continue reading →

Fresh off the news that veteran jam institution Phish will be reuniting for a series of summer dates, Rhino is set to release the seven-DVD Phish box set, The Clifford Ball. The collection covers the two-day concert held in upstate New York in 1996, the first of seven huge outdoor music festivals thrown by the [...] Continue reading →

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Britney Spears’s restraining order against former manager Sam Lutfi and ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib has been extended, a judge ruled yesterday, February 25th. Also named on the restraining order is lawyer Jon Eardley, whom Britney allegedly contacted to fight father Jamie Spears’s conservatorship.
According to MTV, the court heard from both Jamie Spears and Britney’s hairdresser, [...] Continue reading →

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Singer Chris Isaak returned to television last night as his new show, The Chris Isaak Hour, made its debut on the A&E/Biography channel. Not to be confused with the situation comedy The Chris Isaak Show that was on Showtime a few years back, Isaak Hour shares a similar feel as fellow songwriter Elvis Costello’s [...] Continue reading →

By Angelique Smith
 
Bow Wow has never been a stranger to MTV. With more than six albums under his belt and now progressing into what he surprisingly loves the most — acting — Bow Wow has certainly grown up right before our eyes.
I was able to tag along on a shoot for the 21-year-old heartthrob to [...] Continue reading →