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Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Joins Rolling Stones for ‘The Last Time’ in Montreal
The Rolling Stones invited Arcade Fire's Win Butler to perform with them at the Bell Centre in Montreal last night (June 9). The classic rockers, currently on their 50 & Counting Tour, have been enlisting artists of all genres and generations to join them onstage, and last night found Butler guesting on the classic 'The Last Time.'
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Ex-Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan Form Supergroup
A new supergroup is in the works, Rolling Stone reports, and it features Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan and onetime Screaming Trees' drummer Barrett Martin. The as-yet-unnamed unit still needs a vocalist, but the search is on for singers to help them crystallize their ideas and form some new ones.
David Bowie Releases ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’ Video, Starring Tilda Swinton
David Bowie's video -- or mini-film, really -- for his new song 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)' was directed by Floria Sigismondi and stars Oscar winner Tilda Swinton as his wife. It's Bowie's take on the ripple effect of celebrity culture, and it features a young, fame-hungry couple who won't let him and his wife be.
Billy Corgan Stars in Wrestling-Themed Commercial for Chicago Furniture Store
Smashing Pumpkins frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan is a lifelong wrestling fan, and rather than love it from a distance, as most fans would, the rocker has launched his own Resistance Pro Wrestling promotion company. To further demonstrate his love for the entertainment sport, and for his native city, Corgan appears in a wrestling-themed commercial for the Chicago furniture store Walter E. Smit
Pearl Jam to Begin New Album in March, Jeff Ament Says
Good news for Pearl Jam fans who've been patiently waiting for information about when we can expect new album: The band will likely hunker down and begin work on the next record, which would be their 10th studio effort, in March. Or at least bassist Jeff Ament will.
Eddie Vedder, Roger Waters Perform ‘Comfortably Numb’ at 12-12-12 Sandy Benefit
During tonight's 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief at New York City's Madison Square Garden, some amazing, you-had-to-be-there pairings took place on the venue's historic stage. Case in point: Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame performing 'Comfortably Numb' with Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder.
Black Keys Join Rolling Stones Pay-Per-View Special
The Rolling Stones are amping up their upcoming pay-per-view special, which is set to air live from their Dec. 15 show at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The band has added the Black Keys to an impressive, diverse A-list lineup of guests who will join them onstage for the final show of their 50 & Counting anniversary trek.
Florence Welch, Rolling Stones Join Forces in London
Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine joined rock icons the Rolling Stones onstage last night (Nov. 29) at the second of the band's two gigs at the O2 Arena in London, where the were celebrating 50 years of rocking and rolling. The old guard collided with the new in this hellfire performance. It was certainly a marriage of generations of English musicians.