German critics mock wrinkled rockers on tour trail
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"Last night Sting did a big leap for the cut-off hit, and he makes the same move tonight but he gets the footwork just a little bit wrong and doesn't quite achieve lift-off. The mighty Sting looks like a petulant pansy instead of the god of rock."  The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Genesis, the Who, the Police and Black Sabbath are among the acts appearing this summer in arenas between the Black Forest and the Baltic, in Europe's richest nation with a wealth ... via The Globe and Mail
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Arts & entertainment: Art Brut are big in Germany, but here they're yet to break to top 40. Alexis Petridis thinks that may be about to change.
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After two decades of decadence,  Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx could be excused for feeling a  little jaded about yet another tour.
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British rock band Queen is preparing for  its first tour in 18 years, but fans are already complaining  that the show can't go on without flamboyant frontman Freddie  Mercury.
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Up-and-coming rockers don't need million-dollar videos, A-list publicists, or glowing
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silhouettes of music lovers jumping, whipping their hair around, pounding fists in the air, stomping to songs like U2âs &quot;Vertigo.
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Rock bands have long prospered by living - and selling - images of hard living and brash poses. But sex, drugs and rock &#39;n&#39; roll are no longer enough. The definition of cool for some acts now includes mobile phone ringtones.
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Classic rockers take the 'Long Road Out of Eden,' Carrie Underwood's 'Carnival Ride' is forgettable fare, Dave Gahan steps outside Depeche Mode for second solo album.
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If the rock critics of the world have a clubhouse, it has long been the annual Pazz & Jop poll in The Village Voice, but firings and the Internet have changed that.
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Mocked by followers of mainstream pop music, evangelical rockers have kept the faith and become a huge business in the United States.
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Aspiring rockers who want to share the stage with Slash, Roger Daltrey, Joe Walsh and other legendary musicians will get their chance this fall at the 10th anniversary Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp.
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AN ego-fuelled squabble between one of rock&#39;s elder statesmen and a flashy young pretender has broken out over a new recording to mark the 20th anniversary of the Band-Aid charity concert.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Call them old fashioned, but the founding members of The Who don't think the Internet is the future of rock, are unhappy about radio's narrow musical focus, and convinced live music is what it is all about.
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They play with a confident air these days, even a swagger, more befitting the Brazilians and Germans.
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The fans of legendary rock band Led Zeppelin have created an online petition page to get the band to reunite for a world tour.
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Parodies of Chancellor Angela Merkel's stiff, monotone podcast performances make a splash on YouTube, but can they help sway policy? Andrew Curry reports from Berlin.
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Rock group Arctic Monkeys have become the latest music industry stars to question whether the performers taking part in Live Earth on Saturday are suitable climate change activists.