Another Super Bowl, another rock 'n' roll superstar at halftime.
To paraphrase Jon Landau, the Rolling Stone critic who wrote one of the first ever raves for Bruce Springsteen, I have seen NASCAR's future, and it's name is Joey Logano. Granted, the 18-year-old Logano didn't quite tear up New Hampshire Motor Speedway last Sunday the way the 25-year-old Springsteen did at the Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge on May 9, 1974, but he made an auspicious debut nonetheless. Driving the No. 96 Toyota for Hall of Fame Racing, Logano excelled just by making it from the green flag to the checkered -- a result that eluded such Cup studs as Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson in their debuts.
After over 30 years of rocking out, the English trio sings their swan song at Madison Square Garden
It's been the talk of the music industry for months. Perhaps as soon as September, MySpace, the huge social networking site with 120 million users, will unveil an ad-supported music service with free songs from three of the four major record labels: Universal, Sony and Warner Music. MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe has promised it will launch "a new chapter in the story of modern music."
The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
The actor says sun damage forced him to have a cancerous mole removed
An Australian woman pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally stabbing her boyfriend because he objected to her listening to Bruce Springsteen's music.
She's not in L.A. to accept her awards in person, but Amy Winehouse was an early winner at Sunday night's 50th annual Grammy Awards.
Kanye West earned eight nominations Thursday, including album of the year and rap album of the year for his "Graduation," leading the competition for the 50th annual Grammy Awards.
Another Super Bowl, another rock 'n' roll superstar at halftime.
To paraphrase Jon Landau, the Rolling Stone critic who wrote one of the first ever raves for Bruce Springsteen, I have seen NASCAR's future, and it's name is Joey Logano. Granted, the 18-year-old Logano didn't quite tear up New Hampshire Motor Speedway last Sunday the way the 25-year-old Springsteen did at the Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge on May 9, 1974, but he made an auspicious debut nonetheless. Driving the No. 96 Toyota for Hall of Fame Racing, Logano excelled just by making it from the green flag to the checkered -- a result that eluded such Cup studs as Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson in their debuts.
After over 30 years of rocking out, the English trio sings their swan song at Madison Square Garden
It's been the talk of the music industry for months. Perhaps as soon as September, MySpace, the huge social networking site with 120 million users, will unveil an ad-supported music service with free songs from three of the four major record labels: Universal, Sony and Warner Music. MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe has promised it will launch "a new chapter in the story of modern music."
The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
The actor says sun damage forced him to have a cancerous mole removed
An Australian woman pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally stabbing her boyfriend because he objected to her listening to Bruce Springsteen's music.
She's not in L.A. to accept her awards in person, but Amy Winehouse was an early winner at Sunday night's 50th annual Grammy Awards.
Kanye West earned eight nominations Thursday, including album of the year and rap album of the year for his "Graduation," leading the competition for the 50th annual Grammy Awards.
Kanye West leads the pack of nominees in a year when the Grammy committee was even more clueless than usual
I believe in love. I believe it transforms, transports and transcends. I believe it fine-tunes goodness, solidifies strength, ripens resolve, eradicates rage, alleviates stress and elevates empathy.
He attracts the sort of accolades that writers usually get when they're dead. But at 74 Philip Roth is very much alive and producing work at an astounding rate.
She may not have beat the 38-second sold-out mark achieved by the Spice Girls, but Miley Cyrus is headlining one of the best-selling tours of the year.
"Have a little faith/There's magic in the night," Bruce Springsteen sang on 1975's "Thunder Road." And for keeping the faith along the decades of back roads and stylistic detours, fans get their beautiful reward with "Magic," his best record since "The River" in 1980.
Forget The Police, Justin Timberlake or Bruce Springsteen. The undisputed hottest concert ticket of the year is for 14-year-old pop star Miley Cyrus, star of the Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" TV show.
Seahawks defensive tackle Craig Terrill plays guitar in a band called The Strangers and is in his fourth NFL season. The 27-year-old majored in journalism and has written pieces for Gold and Black Illustrated and The Spokesman Review.
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These days, most folks who play an ax take for granted their capos, the clamps that change the instrument's key by shortening its strings. But it wasn't always so: Back in the '70s, capos were cumb...
THESE DAYS, MOST FOLKS WHO play an ax take for granted their capos, the clamps that change the instrument's key by shortening its strings. But it wasn't always so: Back in the '70s, capos were cumb...
CBGB, the legendary rock club long associated with the bands that spawned the punk-rock music scene, closed its doors early Monday morning after a farewell performance featuring poet-musician Patti Smith.
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Sam Moore, who once made the musical statement "Hold On, I'm Comin'," gets on the phone right away from his New York hotel room.
Strong online holiday sales helped Amazon.com get what it wanted for Christmas this year: a new single-day sales record.
For a circular piece of foil encased in plastic, it has certainly had a dramatic impact.
Nominations in top categories for the 48th annual Grammy Awards, announced Thursday:
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On Tuesday, Bruce Springsteen's 1975 classic "Born to Run" comes out in a newly remastered edition.
Santana recycles his Billboard-all-stars formula yet again on "All That I Am," this time rounding up everyone from Big Boi to Los Lonely Boys to (yikes!) Bo Bice.
Sirius Satellite Radio is set to unveil a channel dedicated to rock star Bruce Springsteen, according to a published report.
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Anyone who wanted to see the lovers of ''Rosalita'' live happily ever after may imagine that Bruce Springsteen has given them a sequel in ''Long Time Comin','' the most spirited number off "Devils & Dust."
Bruce Springsteen prefers to let his songs do the talking. When those songs include "Thunder Road," "Nebraska" and "The Rising," it's hard to disagree with his approach.
Music critics place him among the best rock and rollers ever.
Tom Brokaw has signed a two-book deal with Random House, the publisher announced Monday, although what the former NBC anchor will actually write and when the books will be published remain unknown.
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If you're looking for a gift with soul, no problem.
Remember how we used to hear about political apathy and irrelevance? Voters turned off and tuned out. No more. Why? Because of the political Play of the Week.
You've gotta hand it to the Red Sox. Odds stacked against them, they vowed no surrender. With hungry hearts and a reason to believe, they took themselves to the promised land. They're tougher than the rest. Some might say they're ... born to run. All of Boston, a lucky town, was dancing in the dark last night. Glory days, indeed. Here in the Big Apple, well, they've seen better days.
President Bush and Sen. John Kerry exchanged sharp attacks Thursday as they continued their marathon treks across key showdown states five days before the election.
Former President Bill Clinton will be back on the campaign trail Friday for a three-day trip to help get out the vote for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
Sen. John Kerry will bring some star power on stage with him Thursday when rocker Bruce Springsteen joins the Democratic candidate at college campuses in Columbus, Ohio, and Madison, Wisconsin.
Some of the biggest names in rock and roll raised millions of dollars in the nation's capital on Monday with a marathon concert aimed at getting out the vote for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry.
Forty-five minutes into the first presidential debate, Bruce Springsteen wandered into the craft services room of the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia where two dozen roadies and a few members of his E Street Band were silently gathered around a TV. "How we doin'?," he asked, pointing to the screen. There was no response. Next he tried a few inquisitive gestures. Thumbs up? Way up? Down? No one shifted his or her gaze. Finally, smiling wryly in recognition of his relative unimportance, Springsteen pulled up a chair and watched with the others.
Victims' relatives and public officials broke ground Friday on the site of a future memorial to nearly 700 New Jersey residents killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In a normal year, Bruce Springsteen and Ted Nugent would probably be more worried about record sales.
A tour by leading artists including Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and the Dixie Chicks this October could bring in revenues of $44 million, according to a published report, with the profits going to help elect Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry.
Two days after a tribute concert was held for Bruce Springsteen, The Boss showed up to offer an authentic taste of his music.
In the heart of his 1984 re-election campaign, Ronald Reagan made a speech in Hammonton, New Jersey, and took the opportunity to invoke the name of one of the Garden State's favorite sons.
Dixie Chick Natalie Maines is expecting her second child.
It was one of the few heartening events of the past several weeks--even before the smoke cleared from the Sept. 11 attacks, charitable donations began pouring in. And the money keeps coming. As of ...
With companies laying off workers left and right these days--even Disney is booting 4,000 "cast members" out of Mickey's Magic Kingdom--you might be wondering how long your piggy bank would last if...
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When we hear "sis-co," most of us at MONEY think about the Internet technology company (Cisco), not the guy who sings the "Thong Song" (Sisqo). But we love music too--and the numbers behind the rec...
Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska Sub Pop
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I see you on the street and you look so tired, Girl, I know that job you got leaves you so uninspired, When I come back to take you out to eat, You're lying all dressed up on the bed, baby, fast as...
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