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Ten most popular performers estimated readership Rolling Stone looks like this:

noreply@blogger.com (Vanessa) — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:48:00 +0000

1. Green Day
2. Radiohead
3. U2
4. Coldplay
5. Black Eyed Peas
6. Джастин Тимберлейк
7. Брюс Спрингстин
8. Эминем
9. Джек Уайт
10. Jay-Z.

Green Day has become the most prominent group of the decade

noreply@blogger.com (Vanessa) — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:46:00 +0000

Readers of the famous musical Rolling Stone magazine's poll numbers version identified the best single, album and band over the past 10 years. The results were recently published in the journal. According to readers, the American punk band Green Day has to absolutely all the nominations of the contest.
So, the best single of the decade has been recognized Arrangement Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" from the fourth album "American Idiot", which was published in 2004. The magazine presented the 10 most popular singles:

1. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day (2004)
2. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Бейонсе (2008)
3. "Beautiful Day" - U2 (2000)
4. "Toxic" - Бритни Спирс (2004)
5. "We Belong Together" - Мэрайя Кэри (2005)
6. "Stronger" - Канье Уэст (2007)
7. "Welcome to the Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance (2006)
8. "Complicated" - Аврил Лавин (2002)
9. "Since U Been Gone" - Келли Кларксон (2004)
10. "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes (2003)

The most popular disc, according to the magazine's readers also belongs to the group Green Day. This record "American Idiot", which occupied the first position in the charts in eight countries, in particular the U.S. and the UK. Total has sold nearly 14 million records. A dozen of the best albums decade looks like this:

1. "American Idiot" - Green Day (2004)
2. "Graduation" - Канье Уэст (2007)
3. "Kid A" - Radiohead (2000)
4. "Let Go" - Аврил Лавин (2002)
5. "In Rainbows" - Radiohead (2007)
6. "All That You Can't Leave Behind" - U2 (2002)
7. "Blackout" - Бритни Спирс (2007)
8. "All I Ever Wanted" - Келли Кларксон (2009)
9. "The Blueprint" - Jay-Z (2001)
10. "The Fame" - Lady GaGa (2008).

Among the ten best performers, except for Green Day, also were such groups as Radiohead (second place), U2 (third place), Coldplay (fourth place).

Son of Paul McCartney has created its own group

noreply@blogger.com (Vanessa) — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:33:00 +0000

Son of Sir Paul McCartney, James, assembled his own group. In the group called The Light heir to the former Beatles is responsible for vocals and guitar, and his two buddies - Brian Johnson and Charlie Turner of drums and bass respectively.
There will be a young group perepevat songs The Beatles and whether Sir Paul's son producing team is still unknown.
We recall the summer of legendary Paul McCartney has denied rumors that supposedly held talks about how to organize a series of concerts around the world to say goodbye to the stage.
It was reported that the singer in the tour next year, outlined the concerts on the famous China's Tiananmen Square, as well as at a checkpoint Charlie in Berlin - the famous checkpoint in the Berlin wall, when Germany was divided into two parts during the Cold War.
But McCartney has denied the allegations, stating that he was going to play and sing live for as long as can.

Simply Red announced the date farewell concert

noreply@blogger.com (Vanessa) — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:03:00 +0000

British band Simply Red has announced the date of his farewell concert, after which she will cease to exist. As reported at the site team, the last in the history of Simply Red performance will take place on Dec. 19, 2010 at the site O2 Arena in London. Tickets for the show went on sale April 23. Farewell tour of Simply Red will continue throughout the year. The team is currently Mick Hucknall concerts in South America, and at the beginning musicians have planned a big summer tour in his native Britain. In November-December, Simply Red will perform in Europe, including Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. Mick Hucknall announced its intention to disband the team back in 2007. The original band had intended to stop the creative work by the end of 2009, but then decided to extend the farewell tour. During his career, Simply Red, established in Manchester in 1985, released ten studio albums. The last of them, "Stay", dated March 2007. After the band released two collections: "Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits" (2008) and "Songs Of Love" (2010).

The British named the Stairway To Heaven best rock song of all time

noreply@blogger.com (Vanessa) — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:41:00 +0000

The British named their favorite rock songs. In a survey of digital radio Absolute Classic Rock, a majority took the song "Stairway To Heaven", recorded by Led Zeppelin in 1971. It is known that the lyrical and heartfelt "Stairway To Heaven" was born in a secluded cottage Bron-er-Ayre in the mountains of Wales, where the soloists Zeppelin, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page spent his sabbatical. And although during the existence of composition never released as a single, it immediately became a business card Led Zeppelin - musicians performed it at every concert. But fans and novice guitarists played it so that in some music stores song simply banned.
Top 10 most popular rock songs, according to listeners Absolute Classic Rock:

1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
2. The Who - Won"t Get Fooled Again
3. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
4. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta love
5. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
6. The Who - Baba O" Reilly
7. Led Zeppelin - Rock "n" Roll
8. Free - All Right Now
9. The Beatles - Revolution
10. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter