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Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best Disco Song of All Time?
Posted on18. May, 2012 by freemp3download.
Donna SummerFin Costello/Redferns Donna Summer, the singer known to her fans as the Queen of Disco, died on Thursday at the age of 63. Summer, along with the producer Giorgio Moroder, was at the forefront of the disco movement in the Seventies, expanding and transforming dance music by mutating strains of R&B, funk and electronic [...]
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Weekend Rock Question: Which Music Icon Should Be Reborn As a Hologram?
Posted on20. Apr, 2012 by freemp3download.
A holographic image of Tupac Shakur performs during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella The big news from last weekend's Coachella festival was the virtual resurrection of Tupac Shakur as a “hologram” during Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's headlining performance on Sunday night. The image of Shakur [...]
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Axl Rose Will Not Attend Guns N’ Roses’ Rock and Roll Hall Induction Ceremony
Posted on12. Apr, 2012 by freemp3download.
Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses performs at the Hollywood Palladium.Jason Merritt/Getty Images It's official: Axl Rose will be not be attending this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. “I respectfully decline my induction as a member of Guns N' Roses to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” Rose wrote in [...]
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Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best Concert Film of All Time?
Posted on10. Mar, 2012 by freemp3download.
United Artists/MGM; Warner Bros; Palm Pictures Concert movies are often taken for granted at the time of their release but become very valuable over time – especially when they give viewers a chance to witness long-dead icons in their prime or bands who have since parted ways. Some films offer up raw, unfussy footage, while [...]
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Week in Rock History: Brian Wilson Performs the World Premiere of ‘Smile’
Posted on21. Feb, 2012 by freemp3download.
Brian Wilson Presents "Smile" World Premiere Performance at Royal Festival Hall in London.Tim Whitby/WireImage February 22, 1976: Florence Ballard of the Supremes diesTalented, tragic Florence Ballard never got her due. As a founding member of the Motown sensations the Supremes, Ballard had the indisputable knock-out voice of the group; recording legend has it that she [...]
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Adds Six Backing Groups to the Class of 2012
Posted on09. Feb, 2012 by freemp3download.
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will make up for past oversights at this year's induction ceremony by admitting the backing groups of six first-generation rock stars. The honored groups include the Blue Caps (Gene Vincent), The Comets (Bill Haley), the Crickets (Buddy Holly), the [...]
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Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Song?
Posted on15. Jan, 2012 by freemp3download.
Weird Al Yankovic at the Young Hollywood Studio in Los Angeles. Alyse Gilbert/Young Hollywood/Getty Images Jimmy Fallon's new “Tebowie” sketch, in which he performs a version of “Space Oddity” as a hybrid of David Bowie and Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, is proof that the Late Night host has mastered the art of the song [...]
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Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Most Exciting Tour of 2012?
Posted on07. Jan, 2012 by freemp3download.
Bruce Springsteen performs on stage during STING: 25th Anniversary/60th Birthday Concert to Benefit Robin Hood Foundation at Beacon Theatre in New York City. Kevin Mazur/WireImage 2012 is shaping up to be a huge year for big-name tours, with artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Radiohead and the Rolling Stones all expected [...]
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How a Revolutionary Czech Rock Band Inspired Vaclav Havel
Posted on20. Dec, 2011 by freemp3download.
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel attends a concert of The Plastic People of the Universe at Palac Akropolis in Prague, Czech Republic. isifa/Marketa Bendova It took a Czechoslovakian rock band that worshipped Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground to make Vaclav Havel realize the true power of rebellion. Havel, the Czech playwright, humanitarian and political [...]
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Stevie Wonder and Friends Rock the Annual House Full of Toys Benefit
Posted on19. Dec, 2011 by freemp3download.
Justin Bieber and Stevie Wonder perform at Stevie Wonder's 16th annual House Full Of Toys benefit concert held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Lester Cohen/WireImage Stevie Wonder’s annual House Full of Toys benefit was filled to bursting Saturday night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, where the R&B legend led an expansive [...]