Week in Review: Jay-Z and Kanye West Dominate on Their ‘Watch the Throne’ Tour
Jay-Z and Kanye West got busy on the third stop of their Watch the Throne tour, in Baltimore, Maryland, and Rolling Stone was there. The dynamic duo took the stage like gladiators, but they were more like brothers than battlers – Jay-Z the elder, more restrained and abundantly talented, ‘Ye the hyperactive younger, dead set on trying everything.
We also revisited a classic bit of rock journalism about Brian Wilson’s tortured effort to complete his ambitious Smile project, talked to Jakob Dylan about plans to reunite the Wallflowers and to Trey Anastasio about his first musical, hosted visits to the Rolling Stone studio from Moby and The Office‘s Mindy Kaling and previewed Roger Waters’ plans to bring his massive stage production of The Wall back to U.S. arenas and stadiums in the new year.
Photos: RS Live: Inside the Rolling Stone Studio
Rolling Stone also checked out Soundgarden and the Raconteurs at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans, attended an L.A. radio benefit headlined by Tom Petty, analyzed this week’s pop charts, looked back on this week in rock history and, as always, reviewed all the week’s biggest releases.
Photos: Stars’ First Time on the Cover
On the pop culture front, we kept you informed of the latest developments on The X Factor and spoke with puppet fanatic Jason Segel about his Muppets reboot, while Peter Travers reviewed Tower Heist, the new caper flick starring Ben Stiller and current Rolling Stone cover star Eddie Murphy.
We also posted the results of our last Weekend Rock Question: What is the best metal band ever? Our question for you this week is: What is the best dance song of all time? You can answer on our website, at facebook.com/rollingstone, or on Twitter using the #weekendrock hashtag.