• 'Rock Star 2's behind-the-scenes episodes to be online-only

  April 5, 2006
  Mark Burnett Productions and MSN have announced that Rock Star's behind-the-scenes episodes, the weekly half-hour broadcasts that ended up airing on CBS' former VH1 sister network for most of the CBS reality show's first season, will "air" exclusively on MSN's Rock Star website when the show returns for its second season later this summer.

• CBS' next 'Rock Star' to find a lead singer for new Supernova group

  March 16, 2006
  Confirming executive producer Mark Burnett's Monday comments, CBS has announced that this summer's second Rock Star edition will look for a lead singer for a new band comprised of former Motley Crüe drummer (and NBC reality show star) Tommy Lee, former Metallica guitarist Jason Newsted, and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke.

• CBS' 'Rock Star 2' to feature members of "existing or defunct bands"

  March 14, 2006
  CBS still hasn't announced anything about the identity of the band that will front this summer's second edition of Rock Star, but according to executive producer Mark Burnett, the new season will feature a brand new group comprised of members of existing or defunct bands.

• Van Halen denies it will star in CBS' 'Rock Star' sequel -- again

  February 15, 2006
  For the second time in less than four months, Van Halen is denying reports that it will be fronting the new upcoming second season of Rock Star, the CBS reality series that found INXS a new lead singer during last summer's first season of the show.

• Report: Van Halen may be taking over CBS' 'Rock Star' show after all

  February 12, 2006
  It looks like all those rumors claiming Van Halen was turning to CBS to find a new vocalist may not have been so far off the mark.

• CBS announces open casting calls for 'Rock Star' sequel

  February 7, 2006
  Its exact format is apparently still undecided, but that hasn't stopped CBS from announcing open casting calls for Rock Star: The Series, the current working title for this summer's upcoming new edition of Rock Star: INXS

• CBS orders 'Rock Star' sequel for summer but format still undecided

  January 17, 2006
  CBS has renewed its Rock Star reality talent competition, ending months of rumors about whether the Mark Burnett-created reality series would return for a second season. But although CBS has now decided that the show -- along with co-hosts Dave Navarro and Brooke Burke -- will return as part of its Summer 2006 programming lineup, numerous other details about Rock Star's new season reportedly remain undecided, including whether the new season will center around finding another lead singer for a still-undetermined headless rock group.

• Van Halen denies 'Rock Star' sequel involvement, MTV retracts report

  October 20, 2005
  Van Halen denied today that the group would be taking over INXS' role in a possible sequel to this past summer's Rock Star: INXS CBS reality series.

• Report: Van Halen to replace INXS on possible 'Rock Star' sequel

  October 19, 2005
  If CBS brings back its successful "Rock Star: INXS" for a second season, rumor has it the next band in line is California's Van Halen.

• INXS' new 'Pretty Vegas' debuts in Billboard's Top 40 singles chart

  October 17, 2005
  INXS' post-Rock Star career with new lead singer J.D. Fortune has gotten off to a strong start, with "Pretty Vegas," the band's first new song, debuting in last week's Billboard Top 40 chart.

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