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In case you haven't been following the virtual rock and roll scene lately, videogame publisher Red Octane recently revealed that there would be no wireless ax for the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II -- even though owners of a "last-gen" console, PlayStation 2, will be able to jam out sans tether.
ENGADGET: Report: Microsoft not down with third-party 360 wireless peripherals
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Granted, expectations are tremendously high for one of the world's biggest rock 'n' roll bands, but U2 doesn't live up to the hype this go round.
CNN: Entertainment - U2's latest a muddle of music both memorable, middling
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Well, of course, in the same sense that rock 'n' roll still would have gained momentum if Elvis hadn't come along in the 1950s.
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Jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and pop icon Elvis Presley aren't a likely pairing: Chestnut is one of the top pianists of a generation born many years after songs like "Love Me Tender, " "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" made Presley the king of rock 'n' roll.
NPR: Cyrus Chestnut: Reinventing Elvis
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Promoters had been afraid that a rock-and-roll act wouldn't fill the seats.
NPR: 'The Harder They Fall': Fame and Addiction
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Yet buyers can't get enough memorabilia from the worlds of Hollywood, sports, politics and rock 'n' roll.
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