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Photo: MTV Games If you’ve already mastered every instrument for every song on Rock Band 2, game makers Harmonix and MTV Games have figured out a way to make your gaming experience all the more better: By allowing you to order merchandise bearing the fake logo of the fake band you create. You can even order an action figure of the 3D character you built to faux-shred your way through Guns N’ Roses’ “Shackler’s Reveng...

Photo: Winter/Getty Kanye West took the stage at a T.I. concert this weekend in Los Angeles to perform a pair of new songs and announce that his new album 808s & Heartbreak will be out on November 25th. 808s was originally slated for a December release, but West pushed up the date to the tentative “November Something.” “I just pushed my album up to November 25th. Can I sing y’all my second single?” West asked th...

Photo: Vasquez/Getty Scars On Broadway have canceled their North American tour after singer/guitarist Daron Malakian decided “his heart wasn’t into touring” with the side project, the band said in a statement. The collaboration between Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan had planned to embark on their tour on October 19th, but the trek, and the duo’s Jimmy Kimmel Live performance on October 14th, have both been canceled wit...

Photo: Mazur/Wireimage Madonna launched the North American leg of her “Sticky & Sweet” Tour at the sold-out Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Rock Daily will provide a full report of tonight’s show at Madison Square Garden, but until then click below for a gallery of amazing images from the Material Girl’s concert, including her excellent Slash impersonation. • Photo Gallery: Madonna Brings Her “...

“Get registered, get focused, make sure we vote,” Jay-Z told the crowd at his “Last Chance for Change” voter registration concert yesterday in Miami. “My job is not to tell you who to vote for — I’m voting for Barack Obama — but the important thing is to get registered and make sure our voices be heard.” Jigga balanced all the political talk with high-powered versions of “Roc BoysR...

Photo: Retna With the baseball playoffs in full swing, last week we asked the readers to tell us their sports anthems. After sorting through information like the Vancouver Canucks’ goal song and what Dio song the Phillies’ Pat Burrell comes to the plate to, we can reveal that Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle” is your favorite stadium rocker, beating out a pair of tunes by AC/DC, Metallica and the White Str...

The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde turned 57 last month, but that hasn’t stopped her from putting together the punchiest Pretenders album in years. Despite being a hardcore vegan, she also still indulges in a few vices. “To warm up, I smoke Bugler tobacco,” she explains. “It’s a shame, really. But it’s rock & roll — if you need to warm up, God help you.” Click below for the full interview wi...

The Pretenders latest album, *Break Up the Concrete* hits stores tomorrow, but weve got the whole record for you to hear right now. Click below to listen to each of the records 11 tracks, and check out our Q&A with Chrissie Hynde and behind-the-scenes footage of the bands Boots of Chinese Plastic music video. • Behind the scenes of the Pretenders Boots of Chinese Plastic music video • Q&A: Chrissie Hynde on Opening a Vegan Restaur...

Photo: Dreyvitser/WireImage On Friday, the Roots opened their co-headlining tour with Gym Class Heroes at Baltimore’s Ram’s Head Live, testing their rep as the best live act in hip-hop with a jam-laced set short on hits and heavy on mind-numbing instrumentals and off-the-wall covers. As the 24-date tour works its way around the country, the band will learn whether or not its loyal fans — some of who were spotted in Baltimore wea...

Photo: Getty Radiohead, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and Iron Maiden are among the initial artists to sign up for and usher in the launch of the new Featured Artists Coalition. As the music industry continues to shift into the digital age, the Coalition seeks to protect the artist’s rights over their own music. “We want all artists to have more control of their music and a much fairer share of...

Photo: Getty Coldplay’s Chris Martin revealed on the band’s website that they’ve reconfigured the track list for their upcoming Prospekt’s March EP. The eight-track disc contains five new songs and three updated versions of Viva La Vida tracks. Additionally, the new version of “Lost!” will feature a verse by Jay-Z. Van Halen castaways Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony are in the studio with guitarist Joe Satrian...

Photo: Getty An unspecified illness has forced Janet Jackson to postpone three more concerts. Jackson’s weekend shows in Greensboro, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia were called off, as is tomorrow’s show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Ticket holders are being asked to hold onto their tickets for the rescheduled dates. Jackson suddenly became sick before her concert in Montreal last Monday, forcing a brief hospital visit. Thus far, s...

Photo: Getty On Saturday, Bruce Springsteen kicked off three days of Vote For Change concerts on behalf of Barack Obama with a powerful acoustic set that drew estimated 50,000 to the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Cutting a distinctly Woody Guthriesque profile in rolled up flannel, denim and tousled hair, Springsteen stood atop a 30 foot high stage emblazoned with the word “CHANGE” and belted out a seven-song, 45 minute acousti...

The Los Angeles Times offers an unvarnished — and unprecedented in its detail — look at McCain’s lousy record as a Navy pilot.

Stunning figures out of the Midwest, where newspaper polls put Obama over McCain by seven points in Ohio and eighteen points in Minnesota.

A big-time bounce.

Photo: C. Taylor Crothers Phishheads and people who enjoy gnarly homemade burritos rejoiced as Trey Anastasio and Co. made rumors of a comeback official. Beck, Foo Fighters and more big acts said farewell to summer festival season at Austin City Limits. Fall Out Boy swung by the RS office to give us a preview of their new LP Folie A Deux. Bruce Springsteen announced he’ll hit the road for Obama and play a pricey NYC benefit for the candida...

Photo: WENN Britney Spears adopted a Virgin Mary-inspired disguise in an attempt to elude paparazzi as she returned from New York City to Los Angeles. While on the East Coast, Spears stopped by a New York radio station to announce she’ll take her December LP Circus on tour in 2009. Plus, check out Paul McCartney enjoying his daughter’s fashion show, Justin Timberlake bringing piggy back and more photos of the week in rock. • Ran...

Photo: Getty Now that Robert Plant has made it perfectly clear he won’t tour with Led Zeppelin anytime in the near future (or two years, at least), reader Kbhr has a suggestion: “Why doesn’t Page just contact Terry Reid (his original first choice) and form a new band? Reid’s voice is still superior to Plant’s anyway.” Discuss.

Before Rosie O’Donnell can continue blathering on about her new favorite rocker on a 1997 episode of her daytime talk show, the singer bounds onstage to answer the question, “Who the hell is Beck?” He turns off her stereo when she blasts “Loser,” pointing out it’s 1997, not 1993.

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