Rolling Stone’s Top Stories
• Watch Lady Gaga, Beyoncé’s “Telephone” • Abba Won’t Reunite for Hall of Fame • Phil Spector Appeals Murder Conviction • Rank the Best Long Music Videos Ever • American Idol Names Top 12 • Weekend Rock List: Songs About Sleep • Man Arrested for Threatening Elton John • News Ticker: The Clash, Metallica • Conan O’Brien Announces Bonnaroo, Tour • Pearl Jam Plot [...]

Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily
Photo: Countess/Getty After two delays, Lil Wayne finally made our recent cover line Lil Wayne Goes to Jail come true this week. We focused on Weezy’s better days by looking back at his career in photos. Faith No More announced they’re bringing their reunion show to the East Coast with a show in Brooklyn, New York. [...]

Weekend Rock List: Best Songs About Sleep
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty The worst day of the year is upon us: Daylight Savings. This Sunday we’ll lose an hour and feel like crap all week thanks to our sleep deficit. But instead of dwelling on those lost 60 minutes (we hardly knew ya!), we’re going to focus our energy on coming up with the [...]

Flashback: Matthew Sweet’s Early ’90s Power-Pop Perfection
Green Day’s American Idiot begins previews on Broadway in two weeks and we’re stoked (obviously) but that’s not the only musical we’ve got our eyes on this spring. Next month the Berkeley Repertory Theater will premiere Girlfriend, a new show built around the perfect pop confections of Matthew Sweet’s 1991 album — a.k.a. the best [...]

Long Music Videos: How Does Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” Rank With Michael Jackson, Metallica
Lady Gaga upped the ante for supersized music videos last night with her Tarantino homage “Telephone,” which co-stars Beyoncé in a homoerotic rampage of capitalistic ultra-violence. Gaga’s been down this road before — “Paparazzi” was an eight-minute cinematic epic — but Michael Jackson truly pioneered the long music video with “Thriller,” “Bad,” “Ghosts,” “Black or [...]

Georgia Man Arrested for Threatening Elton John’s Life
Photo: Spellman/WireImage Elton John has a famous fan in Lady Gaga, but not everyone appreciates the awesome power of “Tiny Dancer.” A Georgia man was arrested Wednesday for making terrorist threats against Sir Elton. Last month Neal Horsley, 65, posted a YouTube video of himself standing in front of the singer’s Atlanta apartment complex holding [...]

“American Idol” Names Top 12, Ousts Epperly, Hall, Lambert, Scott
American Idol eliminated its final four semifinal contestants last night, removing any chances of another Idol hero named Lambert breaking out this season — or of original songstress Lilly Scott getting a chance to bring her quirky style to the Top 12 stage. Scott, the blond-haired multi-instrumentalist who shouted out her Moog synth and performed [...]

Abba Won’t Reunite at Rock Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty At Monday night’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, one half of Abba will dance, jive and have the time of their lives while being honored by a roomful of the biggest names in music. The other two will be at home. Fans hoping the Swedish pop masters would turn [...]

Phil Spector Appeals Murder Conviction Citing Error, Misconduct
Photo: Getty Lawyers for producer Phil Spector have appealed his 2009 murder conviction, claiming he didn’t receive a fair trial. Last May, Spector, now 70 years old, was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for shooting actress Lana Clarkson at his California mansion in 2003. Citing judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct, his legal team [...]

News Ticker: The Clash, Ray Charles, Amy Winehouse, Metallica
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty The Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon both play on Gorillaz’s new Plastic Beach, and Spinner reports the pair might be considering joining Damon Albarn’s outfit on a brief tour. If true, it would mark the first time the former bandmates have shared a stage in public since 1983. Unchain My Heart, a [...]