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Tommy Stinson: 'My Marriage Trouble May Have Sparked Guns N' Roses Reunion'
The Replacements founder was a member of Axl Rose's band from 1998 to 2014, but he had to quit when he became "a full-time dad", prompting the return of Duff MCKagan for a...
Rock Supergroup To Perform The Heartbreakers' Album For Benefit Show
Clem will be joined by The Heartbreakers' Walter Lure, The Replacements' bassist Tommy Stinson, and Wayne Kramer from MC5 to perform The Heartbreakers' L.A.M.F. album in full at New York's Webster Hall on...
The Replacements Have 'Played Last Gig Together'
Days after the group played their first U.K. gig in 24 years earlier this week (02June15), Westerberg reportedly told the audience at the Primavera Porto festival on Friday (05June15) that the gig would...
The Replacements Dedicate Song To Slim Dunlap At Landmark U.k. Show
The group disbanded in 1991 and spent more than two decades out of the spotlight before reuniting in 2013 for a show at a festival in Toronto, Canada. The rockers have since played a number...
The Replacements Return To Studio To Record New Music
The group ended its 22-year hiatus in 2013 by hitting the stage at Riot Fest in Toronto, Canada and Paul Westerberg and his bandmates have been performing a new track, titled Whole Foods...
The 15th Anniversary Line-up For Primavera Sound Is Finally Here!
Fans and hopeful attendees of Barcelona's Primavera Sound were delighted to discover that the preview app they downloaded was a video game displaying the full line-up for the festival's fifteenth anniversary.Already announced were Friday and...
The Replacements Returning To U.s. Network 30 Years After Ban
Veteran punk rockers The Replacements are returning to America's Nbc network nearly 30 years after they were banned from sketch show Saturday Night Live.The Minnesota quartet served as musical guests for the long-running show in...
Billie Joe Armstrong Joins The Replacements At Coachella
Billie Joe Armstrong made a surprise appearance at the second weekend of the Coachella festival by joining rockers The Replacements onstage.The band, which reunited in 2012 after more than 20 years, was one of the...
Outkast, Muse And Arcade Fire Headline Coachella
OutKast, Muse and Arcade Fire will headline this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Hip-hop act OutKast, featuring Andre 3000 and Big Boi, are reuniting for the event at the Empire Polo Fields...
Outkast, Muse And Arcade Fire To Headline Coachella 2014
Coachella 2014 will be returning to Indio, California, this spring for a two-weekend spectacular that will see some of the world's biggest performers gather in one polo field in the middle of the desert. This...
Nirvana Nominated For Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2014
Nirvana lead the nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2014. The 'Come As You Are' hitmakers are among several acts up for the honour and should the grunge group make the cut...
The Replacements Reunite At Riot Fest
Rockers The Replacements hit the stage at the Riot Fest in Toronto, Canada on Sunday (25Aug14) for their first show in over 20 years.Frontman Paul Westerberg joked about the time between gigs during the band's...
Riot Fest 2013 Brings Classic Punk To Chicago This September
It's time to start making preparations for one of the loudest festivals of the year: Riot Fest 2013 featuring headline sets from the likes of Pixies, The Replacements and Blink-182.Taking place in Chicago on September...
Riot Fest To Play Host To The Replacements' Long Awaited Reunion
After an absence spanning nearly two decades, The Replacements are giving performing another go at this year’s Riot Fest in Chicago, Denver and Toronto. While the band’s last show was in 1991, they technically haven’t...
By Victoria Pavlova on 14 June 2013
The Replacements Returning To Stage After 22 Years
Veteran punk rockers The Replacements are set to make their live comeback this summer (13) after 22 years away from the stage.Original members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson reunited last October (12) to record a...
By WENN on 14 June 2013
The Replacements Reunite To Raise Money For Sick Guitarist
Rockers The Replacements have reunited to record a limited edition Ep to raise money for the band's former guitarist as he recovers from a stroke.The band now only boasts two of its original members, singer...
By WENN on 04 October 2012
Stinson Holding Online Auction For Haiti
THE REPLACEMENTS bassist TOMMY STINSON is selling off a collection of rock memorabilia to raise money for the child victims of the Haitian earthquake.The rocker, 43, will hold the auction on his website later this...
By WENN on 09 August 2010
Replacements Drummer Found Dead
Former THE REPLACEMENTS drummer STEVE FOLEY has died from an accidental prescription drug overdose. He was 49. Foley joined the pop-rock band in 1990 after founding members Tommy Stinson and Paul Westerberg reportedly met him...
By WENN on 28 August 2008
Clash Hit Voted Worst Of The Best
THE CLASH hit SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO has topped a new poll of bad songs by good bands. The track was selected the worst of the best by editors at Spinner.com. A...
By WENN on 08 May 2008
Two-time Oscar Nominee Jack Warden Dead At 85
Veteran actor JACK WARDEN has died in New York. He was 85. The Emmy-winning HEAVEN CAN WAIT star, who was twice nominated for an Academy Award, was born JOHN H LEBZELTER in September, 1920. He...
By WENN on 22 July 2006
The Replacements Star Replaces Soul Asylum Bassist
Former THE REPLACEMENTS bassist TOMMY STINSON has joined rockers SOUL ASYLUM for their comeback. Stinson replaces KARL MUELLER, who lost his battle with throat cancer last year (05). Stinson has joined the RUNAWAY TRAIN hitmakers...
By WENN on 07 April 2006
Replacements Reunite
The two surviving original members of cult 1980s act THE REPLACEMENTS have reunited to record two new songs for a greatest hits album. Frontman PAUL WESTERBERG, bass player TOMMY STINSON and drummer CHRIS MARS recently...
By WENN on 31 March 2006
Keanu: 'Fighting Is Getting Harder'
KEANU REEVES is finding that action movies are taking their toll on him physically as he hits middle-age. The MATRIX star, 40, has incurred dramatic injuries whilst filming fight scenes, and admits that tussling...
By WENN on 12 March 2005
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