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ON THE EAGLES' HOTEL CALIFORNIA TOUR THIS year, the band's set includes 'Life's Been Good,' a Joe Walsh classic that might well be rock'n'roll's greatest tribute to business managers. 'I [...]

'Super poppy.' 'Just plain fun.' 'Surprisingly optimistic.' 'Catchy as hell.' These are not adjectives often used to describe Pearl Jam, the 30 million-selling purveyor of angst-ridden guitar rock now approaching [...]

It's been nine years since Axl Rose gave a substantial print interview. For all that time and more, he's been working on the album 'Chinese Democracy,' which finally arrived in [...]

Album sales keep slipping, but if the trend continues in 2009, it won't be for a lack of blockbuster releases. Chief among them are several albums originally expected to come [...]

Billboard's Power Players series highlights the achievements of individuals who drive the fields of music and entertainment forward with their artistic and business vision. As our writers and editors surveyed [...]

WHO SAID THE BLOCKBUSTER album was a thing of the past? In recent weeks, Lil Wayne has cracked a million copies, while Coldplay has cleared 700,000. Those lofty numbers have [...]

It's 4 a.m. on the last night of South by Southwest, and Jim James is belting out Rod Stewart's 'You're in My Heart.' * A few hours earlier, the My [...]

Usher is just getting things warmed up. This month-by-month look at more than 180 albums promises to have a summer tune for everyone. Rock comes in heavy with Shinedown, Disturbed, [...]

What's the biz to do when the top-selling album of 2007 was a Christmas project, and the second-best was a soundtrack to a teen-themed Disney movie? Superstars underperformed, and not [...]

With album sales down 15% year over year, the music biz needs blockbuster fall releases now more than ever. Can new albums from Kanye West, Usher, Mariah Carey, Kenny Chesney [...]

Summer begins with a Beatle, a reggaeton superstar and country music's most off-the-wall duo. Paul McCartney, Daddy Yankee and Big & Rich lead the release slate for the first Tuesday [...]

'Not Too Late' (Blue Note, Jan. 30) Norah Jones kept a low profile in 2006, recording a collaborative album with New York-based musician friends as the Little Willies and guesting [...]

'YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE ACID FIRST. Did you take the acid on page five, where it says 'lick'?' That's Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher's suggestion as Billboard begins to ask him [...]

FLUSH WITH THE success of a debut album, many bands favor bigger budgets or slicker studios for their next project. * Fleet Foxes think differently. The Seattle-based group plans to [...]

SEAN PENN HAS WANTED TO MAKE A MOVIE BASED on Jon Krakauer's 1996 book 'Into the Wild' since the moment he finished reading it. The true story of Christopher McCandless, [...]

Instead of all-night throwdowns in the studio, the four Foo Fighters competed in a beard-growing contest this spring while making 'Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace,' due Sept. 25 via Roswell/RCA. [...]

The Wilco loft takes up a full floor of a nondescript building in Chicago's Irving Park. This expansive place could use a paint job and some new rugs, but it's [...]

Dixie Chicks triumphed over their critics, Mary J. Blige played comeback queen and Red Hot Chili Peppers reasserted their rock dominance Sunday night at the 49th annual Grammy Awards held [...]

Now that she has a 6-month-old son in tow, Gwen Stefani has mastered the art of multitasking. That's why she's talking to Billboard while in the midst of getting her [...]

The past 12 months have been particularly good for one Canadian rock band, three Nashville upstarts, a once-imprisoned Southern rapper and an R&B diva in the throes of a major [...]

Eddie Vedder chuckles when he looks back on the early years of Pearl Jam's lifecycle and how the group balanced the pressures of success: 'You get growing pains when you [...]

After an unexpected acoustic detour with last year's 'Union Street,' veteran synth-pop duo Erasure is back in familiar territory for 'Light at the End of the World,' due May 22 [...]

NEW YORK--Few people could have predicted that an impromptu April 2000 New Orleans jam session among Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool, and Stewart Copeland would lead to a 13-track studio recording [...]

Island's Support Of Schreifels Weathers Merger, Breakup NEW YORK--It has been nearly two years since ex-Quicksand lead singer/guitarist Walter Schreifels began informal jam sessions with ex-Civ drummer Sammy Siegler and [...]

NEW YORK--Throughout Pearl Jam's first decade together, the Seattle rock outfit's five members often dabbled in side projects, but none had released an official solo album. That distinction falls by [...]

You can't blame Orbital's Phil Hartnoll if he and his brother Paul just want to have a little fun. After 1996's uncharacteristically dark In Sides and 1999's headphone-oriented Middle of [...]

METALLICA AND DR. DRE settled their legal disputes with Napster over alleged copyright infringement. No specific details about the settlement, announced July 12, were immediately available, but it is understood [...]

Martsch, Underground Heroes Return With Third Warner Bros. Set Built to Spill front man Doug Martsch is a simple guy. Asked if his band's third Warner Bros. studio set, Ancient [...]

It's something you don't hear every day, but Ivy's Andy Chase insists that being dropped from the rosters of Atlantic and 550 Music/Epic Records was the best thing that ever [...]

Afro-Celt Sound System's James McNally has gotten used to his group's albums being stocked in a different department at every record store, from world to new age to dance and [...]

TVT Release Features Pearl Jam, Ex-Monster Magnet Members NEW YORK--Even after a grueling 75-date tour of Europe and North America, Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron wasted no time getting back [...]

Band Enters New Phase With Sixth Album, First For V2 NEW YORK--Black Crowes front man Chris Robinson says the Atlanta-based rock veterans feel revitalized by their forthcoming Lions, their sixth [...]

NEW YORK--Rock'n'roll runs deep through Robert Pollard's veins. Indeed, the 43-year-old front man of Dayton, Ohio-based underground icons Guided by Voices has been singlehandedly trying resurrect the glory days of [...]

Touring Video Accompanies Epic Act's 72 Live Double-Discs At Retail NEW YORK--Pearl Jam hasn't played live in nearly five months, and it's been nearly a year since their sixth Epic [...]

Band's Fifth RCA Album Sees Matthews Go Electric NEW YORK--Dave Matthews Band's fifth studio effort, 'Everyday,' turns yet another new page in the famed quintet's sonic storybook. The set, due [...]

Web Site Gets Best Media Nod At Int'l Confab Billboard.com was honored as the best media Web site at the second MidemNet Awards, announced Sunday (21) at the annual MIDEM [...]

NEW YORK--Despite what its title may suggest, the fourth album from Chicago instrumental quintet Tortoise features anything but 'Standards.' The set, which Thrill Jockey releases Feb. 20, is one of [...]

Band's Former Front Man Offers Solo Debut On Matador NEW YORK--With college rock stalwart Pavement unlikely to regroup in the foreseeable future, Stephen Malkmus, the band's former front man, is [...]

ELEKTRA HAS TAKEN DOWN eight of 12 free Eagles downloads it had offered via various retailers' Web sites, due to 'unforeseen publishing licensing problems,' according to a statement. Elektra would [...]

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND has stopped work on its fifth RCA studio album with producer Steve Lillywhite and plans to start from scratch later this month in Los Angeles with producer [...]

Unconventional Sound, Marketing In Store for Capitol's 'Kid A' LONDON--It's highly unusual in these days of scientifically coordinated marketing campaigns to find an act that has no qualms about risking [...]

NEW YORK--With 'Good-Looking Blues,' due Aug. 8 on Beggars Banquet via international license from Too Pure, Laika offers a new helping of forward-looking electronica. 'Blues,' the U.K.-based group's third album, [...]

NEW YORK--After a successful seven-year reign in the U.S. rock underground, Modest Mouse makes its major-label debut June 27 with the Epic set 'The Moon & Antarctica.' The Isaaquah, Wash.-based [...]

Ex-Lead Of The Verve Sings 'A Song For The Lovers' & Others NEW YORK--Virgin Records is throwing formidable international marketing muscle behind ex-Verve front man Richard Ashcroft's solo debut, 'Alone [...]

New Studio Album Set Up With A Streamed Single, Cyber Chat Eric RECORDS STAFFERS know the drill pretty well by now. When it comes time to present a marketing plan [...]

NEW YORK--Baltimore-based rock/electronic act Trans Am has compiled hard-to-find singles, live tracks, and other oddities for 'You Can Always Get What You Want,' due June 6 from Thrill Jockey. The [...]

NEW YORK--Jeff Buckley's life was tragically brief, but his mother, Mary Guibert, is working to ensure that his musical legacy is not forgotten. She's combined efforts with Columbia and the [...]

NEW YORK--With 'White Pepper,' due May 2 on Elektra, venerable modern rock act Ween continues to explore an eclectic array of musical styles. The set shows Aaron Freeman and Mickey [...]

NEW YORK--For a band that's two discs into a major-label deal, the release of a live album would normally mean one of two things: Extended exposure for a band having [...]

Jessica Simpson has decamped to Nashville to begin work on her debut country album, expected sometime this year via Columbia Nashville. Simpson declined to name songwriting collaborators but said that [...]