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Kiss Challenge U2 And Rolling Stones To Stadium Duel

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Published March 8, 2010 at 9:47 p.m.

Gene Simmons wants to show them all "what the big boys do" ...

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Wanda Jackson: rockabilly queen

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Irish rockabilly singer Imelda May on the woman who made it all possible ... "My first introduction to rockabilly was early Elvis, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, then later I heard a song called Fujiyama Mama by Wanda Jackson. I just loved it. Later, I realised she'd toured with Elvis and did some stuff with Gene Vincent as well, and the puzzle fitted together ... "There's old footage on YouTube of her doing Hard-Headed Woman at the Town Hall Party, and it's fantastic. She just

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Chuck Berry: hail, hail, rock'n'roll

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Published Jan. 23, 2010 at 7:06 p.m.

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie on the man who broke all the moulds ... "I just think Chuck Berry owns rock'n'roll. Guys like him and Jerry Lee, Elvis, Gene Vincent and Buddy Holly, they invented rock'n'roll and, in many ways, what they did has never been bettered. There's something heroic about them: where they came from, what they overcame. They changed the world ... People say the Beatles invented modern pop music because they wrote their own songs, but Chuck was writing his own songs in the

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Gene Simmons: "I Love Arctic Monkeys"

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Published March 4, 2010 at 9:04 p.m.

The Kiss bassist professes his love for British music but says we lack ‘stars' ...

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News Ticker: John Mellencamp, Gene Simmons, Pussycat Dolls

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Published Dec. 28, 2009 at 8:36 a.m.

Photo: Holden/WireImage.com; Ufberg/WireImage.comJohn Mellencamp’s long-in-the-works musical theater collaboration with author Stephen King, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, is assembling its cast for its September debut in Atlanta. According to the Fire Wire (via TwentyFourBit), Kris Kristofferson, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello, Neko Case and boxer Joe Frazier have been cast in the production.Gene Simmons [ ... ] ...

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Various: Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968 | CD review

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Published Sept. 5, 2009 at 6:06 p.m.

(Rhino) ... As yet another way of telling the high 60s story, this is a good one: 101 tracks from Los Angeles during that peak moment between 1965 and 1968, when the city of sun, smog and riot made its move to dominate American pop ... During those years, Los Angeles developed a creative youth culture - centred around the Sunset Strip - that matched anything in London or San Francisco. This was shut down by the police at the end of 1966 after weeks of teen protest - hence the set's opener, the

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Kiss announce song titles for new album

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Published July 10, 2009 at 5:08 a.m.

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Gene Simmons has revealed several song titles for Kiss' first studio album in 11 years ...

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Will Hodgkinson meets the indie bands and folk singers of the Faroe Islands

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Published June 14, 2009 at 5:15 a.m.

The Faroe Islands, halfway to Iceland, has a tiny population with a huge appetite for fish, whale hunting and astonishing music. Will Hodgkinson meets the indie bands and folk singers - and the group that plays cement mixers ... Audio slideshow: Hear Faroese music and see more photographs by Murdo Macleod ... On a rain-soaked beach in the Faroese village of Gøta, Jón Tyril, founder of the G! Festival, is telling me about this summer's event. I've expressed concern that a stage, an audience and

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Justin Hawkins is reborn as Screaming Lord Sutch

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Published May 16, 2009 at 6:17 p.m.

Justin Hawkins is reborn as Screaming Lord Sutch ... Since the untimely demise of the Darkness, Justin Hawkins has competed to represent Great Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest and returned to the pop fray with his splendid new band, Hot Leg ... But if a cameo appearance in the forthcoming film Telstar is any kind of guide, his talents may lie elsewhere. Written and directed by Nick Moran, Telstar tells the story of Joe Meek, the pioneering British producer who murdered his landlady before

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Star Trek

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Published May 8, 2009 at 1:40 p.m.

Release Date: May 8 ... Director: J. J. Abrams ... Writer: Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, based on the television series created by Gene Roddenberry ... Cinematographer: Daniel Mindel ... Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nemoy, Eric Bana, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg ... Studio/Run Time: Paramount Pictures, 126 mins ... While (technically) taking place in the same continuity as all of the old Star Trek shows and movies, J.J. Abrams’ turn at the series is in every other way

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