World news about “Rock ‘n’ roll” published by euronews.
New Order: new again By combining New Wave and electronic music, New Order became one of the most critically acclaimed and highly influential bands of the 1980s. Euronews met them… 22/05/2012
Art exhibition for Rolling Stones guitarist The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has been granted a platform to showcase his acclaimed artwork. Wood’s solo retrospective – Faces, Time and Places –… 11/04/2012
Dark and mysterious: Lebanese rockers The Kordz The Middle East is not normally associated with rock music, but Lebanese group The Kordz are busy changing perceptions. Described as dark, mysterious and… 19/03/2012
Chris Isaak goes Beyond The Sun American singer Chris Isaak pays a musical tribute to the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis; the 1950s birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll, country and rockabilly… 01/02/2012
Bob Gruen: four decades of iconic rock shots Photographer Bob Gruen has taken pictures of some of the biggest pop and rock icons of his generation. Intimate portraits of John Lennon are among the images… 16/12/2011
Reed and Metallica launch ‘Lulu’ It sounds like a dream team; metal merchants Metallica pairing up with the poet laureate of rock n’ roll, Lou Reed. The album ‘Lulu’ is the result. “It is… 31/10/2011
Nina Hagen is one of Germany’s most eccentric artist She shot to fame in the 70s as the punk queen from East Berlin, and although she has since changed musical styles, she remains politically commited. Nina… 27/10/2011
Sultans of Swing become ‘The Straits’ With more than 120 million albums sold worldwide, Dire Straits were one of Britain’s most successful rock bands until they split in 1995. They are now… 24/10/2011
Footloose remake cuts loose on big screen Children of the 1980s may be appalled but the remake of the classic 1984 movie Footloose is about to go on general release. 11/10/2011
Nevermind still strikes a chord 20 years on ‘Here we are now’, and it was, as Kurt Cobain sang, ‘contagious’. Twenty years to the day since Nirvana released Smells Like Teen Spirit, the record remains a… 23/09/2011
U2 doc launches Toronto film fest The U2 documentary ‘From the Sky Down’ – which is about the making of the band’s 1991 album ‘Achtung Baby’ – opened the 36th International Film Festival in… 09/09/2011
Rock legends Rod and Alice still going strong Famed crooner Rod Steward has kicked off his new residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Appropriately titled, ‘Rod Stewart: The Hits’ it’s a celebration… 31/08/2011
Philippines: Elvis Presley in clear waterA visitor watches as a professional diver wearing an Elvis Presley attire poses inside an aquarium of the Ocean Park in Manila. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 15/08/2011
Pakistani drummer creates trance at Roskilde Northern Europe’s largest music and culture event, the Roskilde festival, has opened in Denmark. Among this year’s 180 acts are the Sain brothers from… 30/06/2011
INXS launches tribute album Australian band INXS are currently on tour on the back of Original Sin, a tribute album featuring world artists reinterpreting the band’s classics. Instead… 13/06/2011
Kaiser Chiefs hand final album cut to fans British indie rockers the Kaiser Chiefs have released their fourth studio album – The Future Is Medieval but the final cut is up to the fans. 08/06/2011
Back in the Day: Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play*June 1, 1967.* The Beatles release their eighth studio album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. It was recorded in 129 days after a period in which the… 01/06/2011
Killing Bono premieres in London Killing Bono is a tragi-comic tribute to one of rock ‘n’ roll’s many flops. It is the true(ish) story of the McCormick brothers and their band in Dublin in… 30/03/2011
Back in the Day: Led Zep IV hits the record shops*November 8, 1971.* Led Zeppelin releases Led Zeppelin IV, which becomes the third-best-selling album ever in the US, and includes what many fans consider to… 07/11/2011
Kabul rocks to live music for the first time in 30 yearsFor the first time in three decades the sound of live music has resounded across the Afghanistan capital, Kabul. Bands from Australia, Uzbekistan… 02/10/2011
Twenty years of “Nevermind”The photo of the swimming baby became an iconic image of the 1990s the moment it was released. And now the album that goes with the famous cover has reached a… 23/09/2011
US rock legends REM split after three decadesIt’s the end of the world as we know it! Legendary rockers REM have split up after more than 30 years of generating hits and selling millions of… 22/09/2011
Beatles auction nets photographer quarter million eurosUnpublished photos of The Beatles have fetched more than 250,000 euros at auction in New York. The man who took the shots of the Fab Four’s first concerts in… 21/07/2011
Back in the Day: the Stones start RollingJuly 12, 1962. The Rollin’ Stones play their first ever gig at the Marquee Club on London’s Oxford Street. The band was made up at the time of Mick Jagger… 11/07/2011
Rock idol remembered on 40th anniversary of his deathFans gathered at a grave side in Paris to pay tribute and remember the rock star Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors. The iconic musician died forty… 03/07/2011
Boss’s ‘Big Man’ Clarence Clemons diesClarence Clemons, the legendary saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, died on Saturday after suffering a stroke. He was 69. Throughout nearly… 19/06/2011
Blowin’ out 70 candles for Dylan’s birthdayFans of Bob Dylan are celebrating the 70th birthday of one of rock’s giants. It is a chance for many to look back at five decades of a career that has… 24/05/2011
