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Hilton Wants to Fulfill Your Rock Fantasies

Where: 555 Universal Hollywood Drive [map], Universal City, CA, United States, 91608

Steven Tyler was a counselor at the 2009 Rock 'n' Roll Camp.

You can reenact School of Rock, but instead of ungrateful 10-year-olds rocking out, it's you, and instead of Jack Black playing teacher, you'll be trained by the likes of Sammy Hagar. Get ready to jam at Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City.

From May 10 to 15, you'll head to camp and learn from counselors like Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers/Chickenfoot, Duff McKagan of Velvet Revolver/Guns n Roses, and Phil Collen of Def Leppard. Camp will culminate in a live performance at the House of Blues.

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Stevie Wonder and Jeff Beck Will Rock the Sunset Marquis Villas Tonight

Where: 1200 Alta Loma Road [map], Hollywood, CA, United States, 90069

As we've told you before, the Sunset Marquis just completed an overhaul of their sexy hideaway villas in the Hollywood Hills and an addition of 40 new suites, so to celebrate, they are throwing a party tonight which will feature a performance by Stevie Wonder and guitarist Jeff Beck.

Everyone knows who Stevie Wonder is so he needs no explanation but as for Beck, he was a guitarist for the Yardbirds (Clapton's old band) and was ranked 14th on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He is also the man responsible for the Sunset Marquis' famous recording studio.

The party will also host a private viewing of "Gibson Through the Lens," a photo exhibition of over 70 rare and vintage images of iconic rock stars and their Gibson guitars like David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Prince.

As with most parties in Hollywood, this one is not open to the public. But we'll do our best to get you some party snapshots.

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The Marley Resort Now Open for You To Stir It Up

Where: West Bay Street , Cable Beach, Bahamas

Travel Weekly reports that the Marley Resort in Nassau, Bahamas officially opened its doors to hotel guests and fans of the late Bob Marley alike on Friday, July 4th.

The hotel is very much a family business. Bob Marley's widow, Rita, is the owner of the 16-suite hotel that once served as the Marley family's summer home. The resort features the icon's music, daughter Cedella Marley's clothing line and works by African, Bahamian and Jamaican artists.

And the best part? The hotel's suites are named after some of Marley's popular songs like Lively Up Yourself, Positive Vibration, Easy Shankin', Three Little Birds and Kinky Reggae.

These suites come with whirlpool baths, aromatherapy amenities, flat-screen TVs, high-speed Internet access and in-room Bose entertainment systems.

There are also three Royal Suites to check into which have oceanfront views. But if you are a big baller then book the Legend suite which has a separate living room, a signature Marley bed and a stocked wet bar.

Room rates start at $450 a night.

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Sweet Suite :: Dolder Grand's Suite 100 Inspired by The Rolling Stones

Where: Kurhausstrasse 65, Zurich, Switzerland, 8032

The hits keep on coming for the Dolder Grand Hotel in Switzerland.

Aside from having a mega-opening day, techno-funky spiral showers and a performance by Mary J. Blige, the hotel has just unveiled its four Top Suites, one of which was inspired by the Rolling Stones.

Called Suite 100, after The 100 Club in London, the suite is surely to make any rocker happy.

Also located on the top floor of the Spa Wing, the most surprising feature of the one-bedroom Suite 100 (1,770 square feet) is its unconventional extravagance.

The mood of the interior is set by retro-style furniture and a predominantly black and pink décor reminiscent of the "Swinging Sixties."

A highlight of the suite is the spacious black marble bathroom with a whirlpool, sauna and steam shower beneath a cracked mirror ceiling. The living room features rosewood panelling, and two unique pink DeSede sofas - the same model that Mick Jagger once owned.

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The Five Best Hotels With Recording Studios

Imagine you are a jet-setting rock star and your label is being really pushy about getting you to lay down some new tracks for your album. But all you really want to do is be big pimpin' all over the world. Is there a way to do both? Actually there is.

A few hotels offer recording studios inside their properties, making it possible for rock stars and pop stars to take a working vacation.

Of course, you don't need to be a big time rock and pop star to book these hotel studios, you just need plenty of cash.

That means any monied up schmo can throw down a hack version of Chocolate Rain, upload it somewhere, dream of going viral, then end up on VH1's The Best Week Ever. Ah, the wonders of the new millenium.

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Guess The Hotel :: At Which LA Hotel Did Singer Morrissey Kick Out a Magazine Editor?

Singer Morrissey, former frontman for the Smiths, pulled one of the most outrageous diva acts in a hotel that we have yet to witness. Seriously, we would have rather he thrown a TV out of the window than this.

Apparently, Morrissey discovered that a a magazine editor of the music publication NME was staying in the same hotel as him. Since the mag printed an interview last December which suggested the singer was racist, Morrissey asked the hotel to remove the editor from the hotel, which they did.

However the demand backfired for Morrissey. The editor, Conor McNicholas, was actually upgraded to a penthouse suite at a sister hotel.

So HotelChatter mavens, can you guess the L.A. Hotel which accommodated Morrissey's demands without losing the business of the NME editor? We're gonna say Chateau Marmont whose sister property is the Standard Hotel down the road.

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Guitarist Slash Gives Sunset Marquis Hotel Stuff to Remember Him By

Where: 1200 Alta Loma Road [map], Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90069

It turns out that letting all those bad boy rock n' roll rockers repeatedly crash at a hotel, whether they full trashed the room or only slightly every time they stayed, might just pay off in the end.

GNR's guitarist Slash has given the Sunset Marquis Hotel a collection of his recording equipment as a thank-you for letting him stay there.

The legendary guitarist loves staying at the [hotel] and it has become a regular haunt throughout his long music career. And Slash decided to give them something in return for putting up with him over the years. He says, "It's become my second home."

Awwww...that's sweet. But we have to wonder what the Sunset Marquis is going to do do with a collection of recording equipment. Hopefully, that involved a signed guitar of some sort.