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Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Kanye West's tour of social network headquarters continued yesterday. The rapper, who just launched a verified new Twitter account, visited the site's offices in California to debut another verse a cappella from his upcoming, still-untitled album,... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Four months after Big Star drummer Jody Stephens and I talked about his late bandmate, singer-guitarist Alex Chilton, who died in March, we talked again – about bassist Andy Hummel, who passed away on July 19th of cancer at his home in Weatherford... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — The California Attorney General's office has announced that it won't seek charges against seven doctors and one nurse who were under investigation following Michael Jackson's death for prescribing drugs to the King of Pop. A spokeswoman for Attorn... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — In this week's At the Movies, Peter Travers sizes up the new comedy Dinner for Schmucks . In this remake of a French movie, Paul Rudd plays a businessman who's searching for the perfect guest (Steve Carell) to bring to his boss' monthly "dinner fo... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Good news for heavy metal couples who always hoped to exchange marriage vows in the vicinity of rock's Prince of Darkness: This year's Ozzfest is offering fans an opportunity to walk down the aisle Blizzard of Ozz-style with something the Ozzfest ... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Fact: brutal sun glare destroys 85 percent of festival experiences. Solution: be one of the 10 lucky winners of Rolling Stone's VonZipper giveaway — you'll score a pair of "Pirates of Destiny" Rockford sunglasses from VonZipper. The shades are mad... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Neil Young is in the final stages of mixing his new album, which he recorded with U2 producer Daniel Lanois in a Los Angeles house earlier this year. Following a longtime tradition, Young only recorded around the peak of the full moon. "We cut a c... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Who: Provo, Utah synth-pop revivalists Neon Trees. The all-Mormon band started up in Southern California in 2004 when frontman Tyler Glenn and guitarist Chris Allen's fathers suggested the two play together. "They both thought we were deadbeats," ... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood has been painting longer than he's been playing guitar, and he'll finally show off his artistic chops with a gallery exhibition this fall. On September 21st, Wood will unveil more than 60 original works at the Butle... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Wyclef Jean is reportedly considering running for president of his native Haiti. Jean, whose Yéle Haiti foundation helped raise millions of dollars for his homeland after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti earlier this year, told Canadian newsp... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Early projections indicated Rick Ross' Teflon Don would end Eminem's four-week reign atop the Billboard 200, but Recovery remained Number One for a fifth straight week. Recovery moved another 187,000 copies, only a four percent decline from the we... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — This fall, Bob Dylan will release the latest edition of his bootleg series plus a massive collection of reissues of his earliest albums, Dylan fansite Isis reports. In October, the legend will return with the 47-track The Bootleg Series Vol. 9, wh... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — In an unorthodox move, Kanye West debuted verses from three new songs a cappella for employees at Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto, California, yesterday. The rapper, who will reportedly release his fifth album this fall, performed a new poem ... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — In honor of John Lennon's 70th birthday on October 9th, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Yoko Ono will plant a time capsule filled with Lennon's solo recordings and fan contributions in Cleveland. The capsules will be preserved and stored until ... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Two more people have been declared dead after this weekend's Love Parade tragedy in Duisberg, Germany, where 19 people were killed in a stampede. German prosecutors also revealed yesterday that all of the deceased had crushed ribcages, and that ov... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Daniel Lanois says he is lucky to be alive following a motorcycle crash last month in Los Angeles in which he suffered six broken bones, a cracked pelvis and internal bleeding around his right lung. "I was on my bike with a friend of mine on the b... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — As they gear up for American Idol's tenth season next year, producers are prepping big changes to boost declining ratings and the loss of longtime judge Simon Cowell. The show is reportedly close to a deal to bring back producer Nigel Lythgoe (who... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Rolling Stone goes beyond the jacuzzi in our current issue, getting the real backstories behind the cast of MTV's smash sleaze-fest Jersey Shore. For the full story, read Jenny Eliscu's "The Wild, The Stupid & The Jersey Shore Shuffle" in All ... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Best Coast mastermind Bethany Consentino has crafted a perfect summer record in Crazy for You: breezy, lo-fi, garage-pop numbers about sunshine, searching for boys and spending lazy days sitting on the couch. Though the album is packed with girl-g... read more »

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily — Ben Keith, a steel guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who played alongside Neil Young for nearly 40 years, has died of unknown causes. He was 73. Highly skilled on the electric guitar, piano, alto saxophone and pedal-steel, he contributed to coun... read more »