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Whiffs of insider information wafted like sweet smoke through "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955-Present" at the Brooklyn Museum.

Yo ho ho: Marianne Faithfull performs pirate ballads and sea shanties in Rogues Gallery , a one-night-only concert at the Sydney Arts Festival.

Some more personal picks on the album list, sandwiched between the previous heavyweights and the coming heavyweights.

David Johansen w/ NY Dolls @ MHOW in June The New York Dolls will be playing an eight show UK tour in December, but before that, Dolls frontman David Johansen will bring the David Johansen Band to NYC's Highline Ballroom for a show on Saturday, November 28th .

Why: David Johansen and Syl Sylvain have reconstituted a group that has been together as long as, or longer, than the original Dolls.

The Killers performed for an enthusiastic, sold-out crowd at one of the smallest venues on their world tour.

New York Dolls have expanded their tour of the UK by adding four more dates. Playing in support of their latest album 'Cause I Sez So' , the band will now play shows in London , Leamington Spa , Liverpool and Edinburgh .

Chock it up to their Sin City roots or simple good showmanship, but The Killers know how to throw a party.

David Johansen of The New York Dolls performs at the Henry Fonda Theater, Hollywood, Calif., on Thursday, May 21, 2009 1. The New York Dolls: OK, I realize that the Killers are actually the headliners on this bill.

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations airs Monday on the Travel Channel. Tony will be discovering the best that New York has to offer beyond Manhattan.

New York Dolls have confirmed that Morrissey was the major factor in their comeback five years ago.

A lot can happen in 32 years, and plenty did for The New York Dolls -- who took that long to get around to recording their third album.

Tonight they mash both versions together into one unwieldy but energetic beast, our two survivors --cuddly guitarist Sylvain Sylvain and lithe, lascivious Lou Reed/Gumby hybrid frontman David Johansen -- prancing nonchalantly about, the guitars roaring quasi-melodically as usual, and this whole thing continues, against all odds and to their ...

Of course, Tuesday night's show at The NorVa couldn't fully deliver the power of the legendary New York Dolls.

Sunday night at the Music Farm was a gospel revival calling people back to what is true and righteous about rock 'n' roll.

Their timing was a little off. The New York Dolls recently released their second album since regrouping.

One can make a strong case for the New York Dolls as the godfathers of punk rock.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale Better than : A half-authentic tribute act.

The surviving members of the New York Dolls are currently touring and recording with some energetic youngsters filling out the band, but the press is still giving them shit.

Dallas got to see a chapter from the early days of punk on Wednesday at the House of Blues with a performance in the Cambridge Room by the New York Dolls.