Rolling Stone’s Top Stories
• Jackson’s Public Memorial Confirmed
• Watch Jackson at His Final Rehearsals
• Jackson Memorial Proposed for July 7th
• Drake Debuts Kanye-Directed Video
• What Should Happen to Neverland Ranch?
• DEA Joins Jackson Investigation
• Reznor Honored For Helping Fan
• Foo Fighters to Rock D.C. July 4th Bash
• Play: Moby’s Track by Track Guide
• New Music Report: Regina Spektor
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Michael Jackson Memorial Confirmed for July 7th in L.A., AEG Announces Ticket Information
Michael Jackson’s public memorial will be held Tuesday, July 7th at 10:00 a.m. at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, the sight of the superstar’s final rehearsals for his This Is It! run of London concerts. A family spokesman told the Los Angeles Times yesterday that 11,000 tickets will be passed out for the free event and [...]
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Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily
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Rock Daily continued to cover the death of Michael Jackson: The King of Pop’s tangled financial web, the planned Staples Center memorial service, the 2002 will naming Diana Ross as guardian, the This Is It! rehearsal video and photos, the fate of Neverland and much more. Keep up with [...]
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Random Notes & The Week’s Best Live Shots: U2, Van Halen, More
Photo courtesy of EVH & JVH via High Profile Media
Eddie Van Halen tied the knot again this week, marrying Janie Liszewski, who walked down to Van Halen’s “When It’s Love” performed by the Sonus Quartet. A familiar reverend (Alex Van Halen) performed the ceremony, and Van Halen bassist (and son) Wolfgang gave his dad [...]
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Inside the Rock Hall’s Woodstock 40th Anniversary Exhibit
As the August anniversary of Woodstock approaches, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland is taking a look back at rock’s historic fest in a new exhibit that opens tomorrow called “Woodstock: The 40th Anniversary.” Go behind the scenes with curator Howard Kramer as he outlines some of its highlights — [...]
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New Music Report: Regina Spektor
The New Music Report’s Christian Rock! kicks off this week with Regina Spektor, who scored her highest chart debut with her new third album, Far. The New Yorker via Moscow is a classically trained pianist as well as an appealing weirdo, like Fiona Apple and Bjürk combined, says Christian Hoard. Her vocal hiccups (there’s even [...]
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Rihanna Moonlights As Tattoo Artist, Angers Health Dept.
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Rihanna’s love of tattoos is no secret, as it seems like every time the “Umbrella” singer is photographed, she’s sporting new ink somewhere. According to MTV, RiRi took her painful hobby to a new extreme yesterday at New York tattoo parlor East Side Ink, trying her hand at being a tattoo artist by [...]
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Michael Jackson’s Neverland: What Should Happen to the Superstar’s Ranch?
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Throngs of fans and media descended on Neverland Ranch following Michael Jackson’s death last week, demonstrating once again how the 2,800-acre property in California’s Santa Barbara County is synonymous with the King of Pop. However, plans for a Neverland public memorial and burial have been abandoned, and it’s unclear what will become of the [...]
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Obama on Michael Jackson: “One of Our Greatest Entertainers”
Photo: Wong/GettyPresident Barack Obama has commented publicly about the death of Michael Jackson, telling the AP “I grew up on his music — still have all his stuff on my iPod.” Obama added that Jackson “will go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers.” As Rock Daily previously reported, Obama personally sent a [...]
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Weekend Rock List: American Songs
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The stars and stripes will be out in full force as Independence Day is upon us, and to celebrate the July 4th weekend this Rock List to dedicated to the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. The songs don’t necessarily have to be patriotic; they just need to have “America” in [...]
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