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Steven Tyler releasing solo single
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Everyone should know by now that Jay-Z and Chris Martin of Coldplay are, like totally, BFF's. They performed on stage at the Grammys together, they recently did a couple songs at Yankee Stadium and now they'll be ringing in the new year together in Las Vegas.
CoS… Read More

U2/Jay-Z touring together
Weezer… Read More

I feel bad for Australia and New Zealand. Even though they're a sexy island continent (Australia not New Zealand) in the middle of the ocean where our winter is their summer, they're just so far away from everything. I always feel like they get the cold shoulder for a lot of things. Which is why they're getting a special treat and I hate them for it.

It has been revealed that U2… Read More

The picture says it all.
Jack White and Jay-Z standing together equals a collaboration that has officially become the most anticipated of 2010. The website Nah Right has more photos of the new dynamic duo working on the song titled "Ray Bans" at Third Man Records in Nashville, TN.
There's still no word as to when this song will be released but when it does come out, I'll actually… Read More

Jack White is the man. There's no other way to put it. I don't think there's been an artist we've covered on the RiO!B that had three separate stories written about them in one post until now.
First, Jack's new band The Dead Weather (whose new album is insane, btw) have announced a whole new slew of tour dates (via Consequence of Sound). After performing at… Read More

Remember when all the blogs (including this one) went crazy over the idea that MGMT was collaborating with Jay-Z for The Blueprint 3 but then got turned down? We now have our reason as to why that happened.
The band said in a recent interview that they took the wrong approach on the song that was sent to them by Jigga.
"We were under the impression they wanted… Read More

In a move that will probably satisfy rock and hip-hop fans alike, it's been reported that Jack White, the journeyman of rock n' roll, has recorded a song with mega hip-hop star Jay-Z.
White recently spoke to GQ magazine (via TwentyFourBit) and revealed… Read More

After a full day of artists being announced for the Bonnaroo festival, the final list has been put together at last.
We gotta give major props to our friends over at Consequence of Sound for busting their asses all day constantly updating their site with the new artists in real time. Thanks to them, it made the jobs of all other music bloggers easy as all we have to do is put up a final list.
This year's… Read More

The tragedy of the earthquake in Haiti has caused an outpouring of help and support from millions of people. Among those millions include artists who have released new music for us to download and voluntarily donate funds for Haiti.
Linkin Park's charity Music for Relief, which they started after the tsunamis in 2004, has brought together artists including Slash, Alanis Morrissette, The All-American Rejects,… Read More