Nirvana to actually tour with Paul McCartney?

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the members of Nirvana reuniting with Paul McCartney for a 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy benefit concert last week. They actually performed a brand new song, “Cut Me Some Slack”, rather than go for any Nirvana or Beatles tracks. They went on to perform Saturday Night Live, which left fans asking a logical question: will they do some more stuff together? According to bass player Krist Novoselic, the answer…

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John Lennon’s murderer discusses motives for the first time

It was and will always remain one of the most shocking moments in the history of music; the man of the moment and one of the most influential people in music, John Lennon, was shot to death by Mark Chapman. Now 55, Chapman has been denied parole every single time, despite working as a clerk in prison and and overall good behavior since incarcerated. But what could determine an otherwise average man in his mid…

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Trailer for the new John Lennon biopic released

“Nowhere Boy” is the most recent movie in the wave of deceased artist biopics that have been produced in the past few years – this time it’s all about John Lennon. This isn’t  a movie that goes behind the curtains of his Beatles days, however. Instead, it’s a chronicle of childhood and troubled teenaged years that eventually shaped him into one of the world’s greatest songwriters to ever have lived. The movie sounds very interesting,…

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Finally, an RS List that’s reasonable

As far back as I can remember, I have never agreed with more than 5% of a Rolling Stone list. Be it the 100 Greatest Guitarists where they got number one right…probably, while the top 20 is rather questionable: Jack White, Kurt Cobain, and Johnny Ramone? Really?  The 100 Greatest Singers is also rather off. John Lennon ahead of Marvin Gaye? Freddie Mercury below Paul McCartney? Once again, though, their no. 1 is a good…

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NASA to broadcast Beatles tune

While many people would (and probably should) claim that the Beatles are the best band, most aliens would definetly disagree. But the fab four are going to become radio stars in a whole new way, and this is why.On Monday, NASA will broadcast the Beatles’ song “Across the Universe” across the galaxy to Polaris, the North Star. This is the first beaming of a radio song by the space agency directly into deep space and…

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Ringo Starr: ‘Liverpool 8’

Artist name: Ringo Starr Album name: Liverpool 8 Label: Capitol Gender: Pop/Rock Release date: January 15, 2008 ZMErating: 9 and 1/2 Website: www.ringostarr.com Well most of the people who listened to [tag]The Beatles[/tag] could identify themselves with a member of the band; Paul played the role of the cute, loveable Beatle, John took the smart guy’s place, George was the quiet one and Ringo Starr was the lighthearted dude. He was never the songwriting mastermind…

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