New York rockers top talent poll
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Electro-rock band The Bravery are named the most promising new act in the BBC News website's Sound of 2005 poll.
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Bruce Springsteen rocked  concert-goers while trying to rock the vote on Friday night,  leading a band of top musicians in a rollicking show to help  elect Democrat John Kerry to the White House.
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Grandmaster Flash and U2 are among the nominees for the 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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NEW YORK -- Chicago blues guitarist Buddy Guy is among the 15 finalists for enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Grandmaster Flash &amp; the Furious Five becomes the first rap act to be nominated -- joining
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The SEX PISTOLS, U2 and GRANDMASTER FLASH head this year&#39;s list of nominations for the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. Other acts put forward for inclusion are Patti Smith, The Stooges, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Conway
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They say they play the devil's music but all Jet's prayers were answered Sunday night when the rockers swept the Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards with their debut album "Get Born."
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Respondents to a Gallup poll rated the two New Yorkers highest when it came to likeliness of being elected.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Police, Roger Waters, Kanye West, and the Smashing Pumpkins led an all-star lineup of environmentally conscious rockers and rappers at yesterday's Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium, performing for a sold-out crowd of 52,000.
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Thousands of rock music fans flocked to Churchill Downs for a historic pairing Friday night of two entertainment icons &#151; the Rolling Stones and the home of the Kentucky Derby.
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Rolling Stone magazine has come out with its list of the top 500 rock songs, and Bob Dylan&#39;s &quot;Like A Rolling Stone&quot; is number one.
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Pop star Madonna along with The Dave Clark Five, poet and folk-rocker Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter John Mellencamp and 60s surfer band The Ventures, have been selected to enter the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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For perhaps the first time, two Las Vegas-raised bands have been nominated for Grammy awards on the same day. On Tuesday, &quot;Hot Fuss,&quot; the debut album by the Las Vegas group the Killers, was nominated for best rock album.
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Chris Rock riffed on race, money and politics on New Year's Eve at Madison Square Garden.
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Irish rockers U2 are set to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Organisers announced yesterday (13.12.04) the band - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr - will be honoured at the prestigious event in March, in New York.
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THE RACE: New Yorkers top polling in South Carolina, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton leading both Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards with 43 percent among Democratic voters. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads Republicans with 30 percent.
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Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven is voted the best rock song of all time by UK radio listeners.
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Eighties rockers The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Latin pop queen Shakira are among the stars tipped to take home the awards on Thursday when the annual MTV Video Music Awards are held in New York.