Massive Chunk Falls From Eiger Mountain

A large section of stone broke away and tumbled down a famous Swiss Alps mountain Thursday, shrouding a resort in dust but causing no injuries, officials said. Complete Story

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Rock Hall Celebrates 30 Years of Tom Petty

It's not often a rock star opens up his bedroom closet to the world. Tom Petty did and the results are on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, which is showcasing Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in an exhibit that opened Friday.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Gets New Chief

A former Madison Square Garden executive has been appointed head of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and says he'll look to get fans involved in the annual induction ceremony.

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Rolling Rock Sale Clouds Pa. Town's Future

The departure of Rolling Rock beer from the tiny Pennsylvania town it has come to symbolize has left the future of local brewery workers — and the town's identity — in question.

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Chris Rock Pokes Fun at CBS Chief

CBS Corp. chief executive Leslie Moonves is the most powerful executive in television, but he's still involved in some of the smallest programming decisions.

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Anheuser-Busch to Buy Rolling Rock Brand

Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., citing consumers' need for variety in beer, said Friday it will pay $82 million to purchase the Rolling Rock beer brand from InBev USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev SA.

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More Names Added to 5-Day Music Festival

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are slated to join Keith Urban, the Black Crowes, Big & Rich and Nickelback at Rock 'n the Rally, a five-day music festival to be held this August in South Dakota during the celebrated Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

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Judge Dismisses Sex Video Privacy Lawsuit

An invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she participated in a sex video with Scott Stapp and Kid Rock was dismissed by a judge who said the woman cannot sue if she remains anonymous.

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Rock Hall Opens Roy Orbison Exhibit

His was the voice of heartache and the lovelorn in the world of early rock'n'roll. Roy Orbison, who died in 1988 at age 52 of a heart attack, has been a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1987, a testament to his long popularity derived from his way of blending rock and country music.

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Kid Rock Screens Spade Film Before Show

Kid Rock treated a few locals to private showing of the new movie "Benchwarmers" after performing for students at nearby Clemson University.

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'VH1 Rock Honors' to Honor Hard Rock

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame looks to be getting some competition.

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Kid Rock Sex Video to Be Further Blocked

Lawyers for Kid Rock and a California company have reached a tentative agreement to extend a judge's order blocking the release of an explicit sex video featuring the rap-rocker, former Creed singer Scott Stapp and four women.

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Black Sabbath, Blondie Enter Rock Hall

Between an ugly feud among Blondie members spilling over onstage and a rancorous letter from the absent Sex Pistols, the latest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class did not enter quietly on Monday.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

This year's crop of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are as disparate as could be. A quick rundown on what the class of 2006 did to arrive at the pearly gates of Cleveland.

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New Acts Join the Rock Hall of Fame

Between the Sex Pistols and Ozzy Osbourne, there's an air of malice associated with this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class.

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Ban Extended on Kid Rock Sex Video Release

Lawyers for Kid Rock and a California company have reached a tentative agreement to extend a judge's order blocking the release of an explicit sex video featuring the rap-rocker, former Creed singer Scott Stapp and four women.

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Sex Pistols Insult Rock Hall of Fame

For years, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame didn't deem the Sex Pistols, the revolutionary punk rock band, worthy of inclusion into its ranks. Now that the Sex Pistols have gained entry into the club, they've decided the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame isn't worthy of their presence.

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'Everybody Hates Chris' Cast to Appear

Chris Rock and the cast of "Everybody Hates Chris" will appear on a panel at The Museum of Television & Radio's 23rd annual William S. Paley Television Festival.

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Kid Rock Sues to Stop Sale of Sex Video

Kid Rock has won an initial victory in his attempt to stop a California company from releasing an explicit sex video featuring the rap-rocker, former Creed singer Scott Stapp and four women.

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Rolling Rock Ending Pa. Rock Festival

Rolling Rock beer is ending its Rolling Rock Town Fair, a one-day music festival that drew large rock acts to western Pennsylvania since 2000. Instead, the brewer is teaming up with Little Steven Van Zandt for a series of shows nationwide to be called "Garage Rock."

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From Bad to Wuss: 'Blender' Lists Rock Wusses

Blender, the Q-meets-Maxim music mag that has soared past Spin in influence thanks largely to its penchant for making endlessly debatable lists of just about everything, has turned its collective attention to a truly burning topic -- the [10] wussiest rock acts ever [b/w the 16 …

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Nine Inch Nails—Nailed and Sued

Nine Inch Nails has been sued for allegedly injuring a man "intentionally, violently and without just cause."

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Appreciation: Syd Barrett

The recent death of Syd Barrett will lead to talk about his drug abuse, his retreat from music, and his legend. Strange that a key role in one of the most successful bands of all time should cast him as a cult figure, but such was his life.

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Happy birthday, Les Paul!

Happy birthday, Les Paul! I believe each one of us has been influenced by this invention.

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Live8 much more than a pop concert

If an Irish rock star can quote paraphrase Winston Churchill, is it the beginning of the end or the end of the beggining of a movement to end world poverty?

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Virgin Mobile's UK "V Festival" rock extravaganza comes to Baltimore

"Virgin Mobile’s widely renowned British rock festival will be launching its first-ever United States concert in Baltimore this September.

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Jay-Z Says He'll Collaborate with Nas on 'Hip-Hop is Dead'

Jay-Z Says He'll Collaborate with Nas on Hip-Hop is Dead Jay-Z recently held a live chat session with fans on Rocafella.com, where he finally laid the rumored Nas collaboration to rest. Check out Jay's response and other interesting highlights below:

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Earthbound asteroids, evil lizards and fans disguised as gasmen ...

Watch out for the David Icke comparisons, Muse. Especially as this latest album is your most whacked-out (and possibly brilliant) yet.

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Friends of Indo Charity Gig

Friends of Indo bring you another great line-up of live acts at our summer rock'n'roll extravaganza. A guaranteed knees-up with all ticket profits to be donated to a London homeless charity.

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Shaggy Shags On-23 Paycheck Posse in Tow, Shaggy gives the 411 on Hot tubs, Growing up in the Hood, and Canadian Women

One of my favourite interviews of all time was a really wacky exchange with dancehall reggae star Shaggy.

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Is there such a thing as Chinese indie music?

Tubie or not tubie: is "indie" just a pose in China (too)?

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The Who release mini-opera on July 10.

"Wire and Glass" is on its way now!

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Green Day saves girl's life

US punks Green Day were responsible for saving the life of a 12-year old girl at the weekend, in a bizarre chain of events.

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In America, law is as solid as rock, paper, scissors

Fed up with the inability of two lawyers to agree on a trivial issue in an insurance lawsuit, a federal judge in Florida this week ordered them to "convene at a neutral site" and "engage in one (1) game of 'rock, paper, scissors"' to settle the disputed matter.

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Korn Cancels European Tour

Korn has cancelled its European tour due to an unspecified illness that put frontman Jonathan Davis in the hospital over the weekend.

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Sonic Youth: A 25-Year Experiment in Artful Noise

In rock 'n' roll, it's rare for a band's original members to stay together for nearly a quarter of a century. And most bands that do are simply cashing in on their past hits.

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Rock Albums: What's with the brevity?

Muse. A band not normally associated with keeping things short and simple.

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Judge Orders 'Rock Paper Scissors' To Settle Fla. Dispute

Judge Orders 'Rock Paper Scissors' To Settle Fla. Dispute TAMPA, Fla. -- A federal judge in Tampa seems to think a game of 'rock paper scissors' will settle a dispute.

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Punk rock prodigy earns MBA at 18

Punk rock prodigy earns MBA at 18 PITTSBURGH - Jessica Meeker is not your average MBA. She’s a black-clad, punk rock fanatic whose hair has seen more colors than the average rainbow.

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Tequila Baby - Brazilian Punk Rock Band

Maybe I am getting old, but my favorite music style is still old school punk rock. One the bands I like the most is called Tequila Baby.

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Homage to Bob Dylan - Indian style

It's late in the evening and the music of Bob Dylan is pouring through a nondescript hall in the hill town of Shillong in north-eastern India.

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Tales from the Bandwagon: 5 Essential Albums

I've been meaning to write this article for a while, and even though both Brian Ford and [Sachin::Patel] have beaten me to it, what audiophile can resist the lure of the Top 5 List? So, here's my entry for 5 albums (in no particular order) that I think everybody should at least …

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A Day in the Life

What's it like? How does it feel?

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5 Musical Gems

Having read Brian Ford's recent post, I felt inspired to write my own article highlighting a few not-so-famous albums I own that I can thoroughly recommend.

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Jay-z, Bono Crash Wyclef’s Charity Ball

JAY-Z, BONO CRASH WYCLEF’S CHARITY BALL: U2 rocker hits audience with a surprise performance.

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