Daily entertainment news covering Patti Smith en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/26/meg_white_weds_in_nashville_ Tue, 26 May 2009 16:08:45 EST Entertainment News 124006@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - White Stripes drummer Meg White has married fiancé Jackson Smith in Nashville.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/06/cramps_founder_and_punk_pioneer_lux_inte Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:35:53 EST Entertainment News 109957@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lux Interior, co-founder and lead singer of the pioneering horror-punk band the Cramps, has died, the group's publicist said. He was 62.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/30/celebrity_birthdays_december_93 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 105486@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to basketball phenom LeBron James (1984), "Smallville" actress Kristin Kreuk (1982), "Tru Calling" actress Eliza Dushku (1980), singer Tyrese (1978), boxer Laila Ali (1977), "Criminal Minds" actress Meredith Monroe (1976),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/28/patti_smith_s_easter_lp_upset_record_lab Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:54:29 EST Entertainment News 96724@http://www.starpulse.com/news Punk icon Patti Smith's 1978 album Easter was almost banned from record stores because her own record company staffers hated the artwork and the track listing. The defiant "Because The Night" singer refused

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/04/roger_waters_aamp_patti_smith_plan_duets Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 89180@http://www.starpulse.com/news Pink Floyd star Roger Waters and punk pioneer Patti Smith are to perform with their sons for an upcoming charity concert. Waters is set to take to the stage with his 31-year-old son Harry on the piano

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/10/fascinating_facts_155 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:22:41 EST Entertainment News 73957@http://www.starpulse.com/news Directors Quentin Tarantino and Mary Harron and actors Marcia Gay Harden, Sandra Oh and Diego Luna will all be members of the dramatic competition jury at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah later this month.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/30/celebrity_birthdays_december_62 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 69180@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to basketball phenom LeBron James (1984), "Smallville" actress Kristin Kreuk (1982), "Tru Calling" actress Eliza Dushku (1980), singer Tyrese (1978), boxer Laila Ali (1977), "Criminal Minds" actress Meredith Monroe (1976), golf star Tiger Woods (1975), NFL quarterback Kerry Collins (1972), Jamiroquai front man Jay Kay (1969),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/29/stars_of_2008_sundance_film_festival_inc Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:41:57 EST Entertainment News 69417@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Films featuring Winona Ryder, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston and Paul Giamatti will be among those competing for top honors at the Sundance Film Festival.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/02/moby_s_impromptu_tribute_gig Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:03:02 EST Entertainment News 62166@http://www.starpulse.com/news Music stars Patti Smith and Moby shocked fans at a T. Rex tribute event in New York on Saturday, by jumping onstage for impromptu performances. The dance star claims he only attended the bash as a fan of the rockers - but couldn't resist the temptation to play.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/02/beth_ditto_female_singers_ignored_ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:00:34 EST Entertainment News 58341@http://www.starpulse.com/news Gossip star Beth Ditto has hit out at the music industry for ignoring feminist icons in favor of male bands.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/09/bruce_springsteen_s_piano_for_sale_on_eb Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:47:27 EST Entertainment News 55159@http://www.starpulse.com/news An acoustic piano once belonging to Bruce Springsteen is up for sale on internet auction site eBay. The instrument, which has also been played by Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Ricky Nelson, Patti Smith and the Pretenders, was owned by Springsteen between 1977 and 1979 in the New York apartment he shared with then-girlfriend Lynn Goldsmith.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/02/all_girl_four_piece_the_hedrons_have_cla Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:00:00 EST Entertainment News 49743@http://www.starpulse.com/news Granted, Scotland is best known for its bagpipes and teary-eyed sad bastard music. But, let's get one thing straight: Glasgow's The Hedrons don't cry; and the only pipes in this band are on lead-singer Tippi.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/09/suzanne_vega_to_release_beauty_aamp_crim_17 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:00:00 EST Entertainment News 46098@http://www.starpulse.com/news Over 20 years into her storied career, singer Suzanne Vega shows that she remains one of the freshest voices in popular music today with the release of Beauty & Crime, her seventh album.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/22/patti_smith_struggles_to_live_in_america Tue, 22 May 2007 10:59:25 EST Entertainment News 43667@http://www.starpulse.com/news Punk poet Patti Smith finds it "difficult" living in her native America, because of her disdain for the current president, George W. Bush. The liberal singer, 60, supported Bush's Democrat rival John Kerry in the 2004 presidential campaign and is looking forward to the end of Bush's term in 2008.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/12/lollapalooza_2007_lineup_announced Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:13:59 EST Entertainment News 37863@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tickets are now officially on sale for Lollapalooza 2007, August 3-5 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Among the 120-plus artists are behemoths Pearl Jam — in their sole U.S. show this year — as well as Daft Punk, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Muse, Iggy and the Stooges, Interpol, Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party, Snow Patrol, The Roots, Paolo Nutini, Femi Kuti and The Positive Force, and many more.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/10/patti_smith_credits_healthy_lifestyle_fo Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:56:48 EST Entertainment News 37435@http://www.starpulse.com/news Legendary American rocker Patti Smith has credited the renewed strength of her vocal chords to her healthy living and deep breathing. The Babel singer, who quit rock 'n' roll in the late 1970s to raise her family, amazed fans at the Latitude festival in Suffolk, England last year with her powerful singing.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/06/bruce_springsteen_shows_up_at_own_tribut Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:25:16 EST Entertainment News 37060@http://www.starpulse.com/news Veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen surprised fans last night, when he turned up at a New York tribute concert held in his honor. Springsteen performed three songs to an ecstatic audience at Carnegie Hall. He told the crowd, "The good news is... I'm not dead yet!"

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/04/patti_smith_to_rock_bowery_ballroom Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:59:10 EST Entertainment News 36787@http://www.starpulse.com/news Veteran rocker Patti Smith will play three concerts in one night in New York City later this month. Smith will perform three times at the Bowery Ballroom on 24 April. The event, coined The Bowery Sessions, is to promote her upcoming covers album Twelve.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/13/r_e_m_joined_by_bill_berry_for_hall_of_f Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:14:11 EST Entertainment News 33660@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rockers R.E.M. were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in New York yesterday - and were joined by original member Bill Berry. Berry - who left the band in 1997 - reformed with Michael Stipe, Mike Mills and Peter Buck for a one-off performance of songs from their early career at the inauguration ceremony.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/02/keith_richards_and_eddie_vedder_to_induc Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:45:18 EST Entertainment News 32570@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder will help induct honorees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12. Richards will induct The Ronettes, one week before jury selection begins in the murder trial of producer Phil Spector, who produced the group and was once married to lead singer Ronnie Bennett.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/02/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_induction_cer Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:19:48 EST Entertainment News 32511@http://www.starpulse.com/news For the first time ever, VH1 Classic will air the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony" LIVE on Monday, March 12 at 8:30 PM/ET. Music fans will get to see and hear Van Halen, R.E.M., Patti Smith, The Ronettes, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five get inducted into this esteemed musical institution as the action and music unfolds.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/06/patti_smith_s_upcoming_album_twelve_cove Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:33:10 EST Entertainment News 28355@http://www.starpulse.com/news Columbia Records will release "Twelve," the eagerly-anticipated album of "cover" versions of classic popular songs newly interpreted by the 2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith, on Tuesday, April 17.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/06/notable_quotes_9 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST Entertainment News 28262@http://www.starpulse.com/news "It's just two sisters playing dress up with someone else's money... (It'll be) Dickensian London mixed with some Patti Smith." Actress Sienna Miller on Twenty8Twelve, the new clothing line she has created with her sister Savannah.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/09/rem_patti_smith_aamp_van_halen_set_for_h Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:23:52 EST Entertainment News 25452@http://www.starpulse.com/news R.E.M., Patti Smith and Van Halen have been named among the Class of 2007 as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame names its latest inductees. The Ronettes and rap pioneers Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five will also be added to the Cleveland, Ohio museum during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in March.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/31/2006_year_in_music_pt_4 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:00:00 EST Entertainment News 24696@http://www.starpulse.com/news In October, Justin Hawkins, lead singer of The Darkness, announced that he's leaving the band because he can't live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle again after completing rehab... Weird Al Yankovic's White & Nerdy becomes the parody singer's first ever top-ten hit... and legendary NYC nightclub CBGB, where bands like the Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie got their start, closed; Patti Smith was the final act...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/30/celebrity_birthdays_december_30 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 23581@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to basketball phenom LeBron James (1984), "Smallville" actress Kristin Kreuk (1982), "Tru Calling" actress Eliza Dushku (1980), singer Tyrese (1978), boxer Laila Ali (1977), "Criminal Minds" actress Meredith Monroe (1976), golf star Tiger Woods (1975), NFL quarterback Kerry Collins (1972), Jamiroquai front man Jay Kay (1969), British comedic actress Tracey Ullman (1959), Today Show anchor Matt Lauer (1957), singer/songwriter Suzy Bogguss (1956), ELO singer Jeff Lynne (1947), singer Patti Smith (1946), Monkees' lead singer Davy Jones (1945) and songwriter Mike Nesmith (1942), 60s rock star Del Shannon (1939); "Tremors" actor Fred Ward (1942), Peter Paul and Mary's Noel Paul Stookey (1937), Dodgers legendary pitcher Sandy Koufax (1935), American singer Skeeter Davis (1931), rock and roll singer/songwriter Bo Diddley (1928), Hawaii Five-O actor Jack Lord (1920; d. 1998), and British Author Rudyard Kipling (1865; d. 1936).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/27/test_your_2006_celebrity_knowledge Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:44:57 EST Entertainment News 24559@http://www.starpulse.com/news Have you been paying attention in 2006? Test your showbiz knowledge with this brain-teasing celebrity quiz. 1: Which pop star married in Costa Rica in January? 2: Why was Lindsay Lohan hospitalized while celebrating the New Year in Miami,Florida?

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/09/celebs_dress_in_black_in_tribute_to_john Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:01:41 EST Entertainment News 21034@http://www.starpulse.com/news An all-star list of artists and icons pay tribute to the late Johnny Cash in the new video for "God's Gonna Cut You Down." "God's Gonna Cut You Down" is the first video from Cash's gold- certified album American V: A Hundred Highways, which was released July 4 on American Recordings/Lost Highway.

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