Rolling Stone TODAY'S TOP ROCK HEADLINES Wednesday April 25, 2007
REAL, FAKE ROCK BANDS REUNITE Mock rockers Spinal Tap announce they'll be reuniting -- and writing a track called "Warmer Than Hell" -- for a very special cause . . . Brit bad boys Carl Barat and Pete Doherty dish on their one-off Libertines reunion - visit Rock & Roll Daily to see if you can plan on seeing the duo live again. . .
BEYONCE'S B'DAY DRAMA CONTINUES The latest phase in the legal battle between B and a British singer has Ms. Knowles doing the unthinkable. . .
JACK WHITE WANTS IT ALL On the eve of a new release from the White Stripes, frontman Jack White is living up to his promise to spread the love equally between the wife (the Stripes) and the mistress (the Raconteurs). Visit Rock& Roll Daily to find out how. . .
JOHNNY MARR, MULTI-TASKER The ex-Smiths guitarist and new Modest Mouse member is adding something else to his resume. Get the the dirt at Rock & Roll Daily.
NOW ON TRIAL: PHIL SPECTOR The wiggy producer's murder trial is set to start today, and we've got all the details. . .
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TODAY'S PICKS
READER COMMENT OF THE DAY: ROCK & ROLL DAILY: CLINTON, BOWIE, ELVIS COSTELLO AND TONS MORE COME OUT TO HONOR THE EDGE "makes ya long for the days when oral sex was the nat'l crisis." -- piecrowdust (4/25/2007, 3:24 am EST)
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DAILY TRACK: ARCTIC MONKEYS - "FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT" Among more tender cuts, the easy winner is the lovely "Fluorescent Adolescent," a snapshot of a wild girl tamed: "You used to get it in your fishnets/Now you only get it in your nightdress."
DAILY VIDEO: LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - "NORTH AMERICAN SCUM"
DAILY CD REVIEW: CORNELIOUS - SENSUOUS The latest from this Japanese-born avant-pop-electronica guy is as gleefully weird as anything he's done.
ARTIST OF THE DAY: SPINAL TAP Visit the complete RollingStone.com archive for videos, photos, interviews, reviews and more.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS ERIC AVERY of JANE'S ADDICTION, 41 ANDY BELL of ERASURE, 43 BJORN ULVAEUS of ABBA, 62 TODAY'S ROCK ON TV (ALL TIMES EST) NBC 11:35pm - Tonight Show with Jay Leno: MAVIS STAPLES 12:35am - Late Night with Conan O'Brien: BLUE OCTOBER 1:35am - Last Call with Carson Daly: AKON CBS 11:35pm - The Late Show with David Letterman: THE FRATELLIS 12:35am - The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: SIMPLY RED ABC 12:05am - Jimmy Kimmel Live: THE NIGHTWATCHMAN