U2?s 360 Tour Named Top North American Trek of 2009 December 31, 2009
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: Kane/WireImage.comU2’s massive 360° Tour wasn’t just the biggest trek this year in terms of sheer size: the band’s latest jaunt supporting No Line on the Horizon has also been named the year’s most successful show by concert tracker Pollstar. Their research also revealed that despite the recession, concert ticket sales for the top 50 […]
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Death Cab for Cutie, Pete Wentz, 3OH!3?s Favorite Albums of 2009
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: Bedder/Getty Images; Ach/Getty Images; LaVeris/FilmMagic Rolling Stone unveiled our Best Albums and Best Songs of 2009 — now it’s the artists’ turn. Check out who Death Cab for Cutie, Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and 3OH!3 had on repeat this year (and read Kings of Leon’s Jared Followill’s picks):Death Cab for CutieBrand New […]
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Rock Daily By the Numbers: The Official 2009 Blog-Down
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: McCormack/WireImage.com; SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images;Kravitz/FilmMagic; Kempin/WireImage.comAs we say farewell to 2009 and welcome a new decade, Rolling Stone looks back at the biggest stories, funniest headlines and “all the news that fit” in 2009. It was the year we lost the King of Pop, the year Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga exploded, the year U2 cemented […]
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Weekend Rock List: Party Songs
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: Time Life Pictures/Getty ImagesIt’s the end of the year and the end of the decade, and as our New Year’s Eve guide demonstrates, everyone in the rock universe from Lady Gaga to Phish will be doing one thing tonight: partying. So for those about to party, we salute you. Tell us your favorite songs […]
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2007/2008 Flashback: M.I.A., Bruce, TV on the Radio and the Best Music of the Year
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: Araya Diaz/WireImage.com; FilmMagicFor the past two weeks, we’ve been looking back at the decade in music — the top albums and songs as sweated over by the Rolling Stone editors. Before you dive into our Best Albums and Songs of the 2000s, check out the final two years of our flashback: 2007 and 2008. […]
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Ke$ha Makes Digital Sales History as ?TiK ToK? Explodes
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: Bedder/Getty ImagesKe$ha made digital sales history last week when her debut single “TiK ToK” was downloaded 610,000 times, the highest digital total for a female artist in one week since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking the figures. The current record holder for most downloads in a week, Flo Rida’s “Right Round,” also happens to feature […]
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A7X Drummer Dies At 28
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsJimmy “The Rev” Sullivan, drummer for “Avenged Sevenfold”, was found dead on Monday in his Huntington Beach home.
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Top Stories: December 31, 2009
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No Tags• News Ticker: Drake, Roland Howard• Bruce Honored by Vedder at Kennedy Center• Mary J. Blige Can’t Outsell Powerhouse Boyle• Avenged Sevenfold Autopsy Inconclusive• Vedder Sued Over “Hard Sun” Lyric Changes• 2006 Flashback: Top Albums and Songs• James Blunt Rules U.K.’s Decade-End Charts• Breaking: 2009’s Best New Artists• News Ticker: Michael Jackson, Thom Yorke• The […]
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News Ticker: Drake, Rowland Howard, NSFW Videos, Diddy
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsPhoto: Shearer/WireImage.com; Djansezian/Getty ImagesDrake tells MTV News his next collaboration with Jay-Z, “Light Up,” is in the can. The MC says of the track, destined for his March full-length debut Thank Me Later, “When I heard that beat, the drums that they had come up with, it was like, ‘Man, this is a moment.’ ”Rowland […]
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2006 Flashback: ?Modern Times,??Crazy? and the Year?s Best Music December 30, 2009
Posted by shredguitar in : Latest Guitar News , add a comment Tag:No TagsIt was the year that gave us our Number One single of the entire decade: Gnarls Barkley’s 2006 hit “Crazy.” Bob Dylan got the friskiest he’d been since 1968’s John Wesley Harding on his stellar Modern Times, the Red Hot Chili Peppers churned out the two-disc Stadium Arcadium and T.I. had everyone chanting “What You […]
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