List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone (2000s)

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This is a list of people (real or fictional) appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in the 2000s. This list is for the regular biweekly issues of the magazine, including variant covers, and does not include special issues. Issue numbers that include a slash (XXX/YYY) are combined double issues.

2000

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
832 January 20, 2000 )
833 February 3, 2000 David Crosby, Jan Crosby, Bailey Jean Cypher, Beckett Cypher, Julie Cypher, Melissa Etheridge
834 February 17, 2000 Mariah Carey
835 March 2, 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio
836 March 16, 2000 Carlos Santana
837 March 30, 2000 )
838 April 13, 2000
DMX
839 April 27, 2000 Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith)
840 May 11, 2000 Sarah Michelle Gellar
841 May 25, 2000 Britney Spears
842 June 8, 2000 Tom Green Green appears with unidentified baby
843 June 22, 2000 Kid Rock
844/845 July 6–20, 2000 Christina Aguilera
846 August 3, 2000 Blink-182 (Travis Barker, Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus)
847 August 17, 2000 Dr. Dre, Eminem, Macy Gray, James Hetfield, Kid Rock, Anthony Kiedis, Dave Matthews, Ozzy Osbourne, Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Thomson, Eddie Vedder
Live music
cover story
848 August 31, 2000 Keanu Reeves
849 September 14, 2000 Gisele Bündchen The Hot List 2000
850 September 28, 2000 Madonna
851 October 12, 2000 Kate Hudson
852 October 26, 2000 Jakob Dylan
853 November 9, 2000 Al Gore
854 November 23, 2000 Drew Barrymore
855 December 7, 2000 The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney), Eminem, Madonna, Prince, The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards), Britney Spears "Pop 100! The 100 Greatest Pop Songs" cover story
856/857 December 14–21, 2000 )
858/859 December 28, 2000 – January 4, 2001 People from covers of issues 832, 833 (minus Jan Crosby), 834–846, 848-854 2000 year-end issue

2001

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
860 January 18, 2001 U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.)
861 February 1, 2001 Johnny Knoxville
862 February 15, 2001 Jennifer Lopez
863 March 1, 2001 The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
864 March 15, 2001 Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, Dave Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley)
865 March 29, 2001 The Sopranos cast and crew (Lorraine Bracco, David Chase, Dominic Chianese, Drea de Matteo, Edie Falco, James Gandolfini, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli, Joe Pantoliano, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, Aida Turturro, Steven Van Zandt)
866 April 12, 2001 Julia Stiles The Cool Issue
867 April 26, 2001 Aerosmith (Joe Perry, Steven Tyler)
868 May 10, 2001 Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee
869 May 24, 2001
Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams
)
870 June 7, 2001 The Rock
871 June 21, 2001 Bono, Summer concerts cover story; Joe Perry can be seen behind Steven Tyler in his photo; JC Chasez is cut out of the 'N Sync photo
872 July 5, 2001 Angelina Jolie
873 July 19, 2001
Jon Wysocki
)
874 August 2, 2001
Phil Selway, Thom Yorke
)
875 August 16, 2001 Lance Bass
JC Chasez
Joey Fatone
Chris Kirkpatrick
Justin Timberlake
)
876 August 30, 2001 American Pie 2 cast (Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari) The Hot List 2001
877 September 13, 2001 Britney Spears
878 September 27, 2001 Jennifer Aniston
879 October 11, 2001 )
880 October 25, 2001 None September 11 attacks cover story
881 November 8, 2001 Alicia Keys
882 November 22, 2001 Bob Dylan
883/884 December 6–13, 2001 Britney Spears
885/886 December 27, 2001 – January 3, 2002 People from covers of issues 860, 862–870, 872–874, 875 ('N Sync cover), 876, 878-883/884 2001 year-end issue

2002

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
887 January 17, 2002 George Harrison
888 January 31, 2002 No Doubt (Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, Adrian Young)
889 February 14, 2002 Jennifer Garner
890 February 28, 2002
Scott Phillips, Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti
)
891 March 14, 2002 Linkin Park (Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda)
892 March 28, 2002 Smallville cast (Kristin Kreuk, Tom Welling)
893 April 11, 2002 Shakira The Cool Issue
894 April 25, 2002 The Sweetest Thing cast (Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Cameron Diaz)
895 May 9, 2002 The Osbournes cast (Jack Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne)
896 May 23, 2002 Kirsten Dunst
897 June 6, 2002 Kurt Cobain
898 June 20, 2002 Natalie Portman
899/900 July 4–11, 2002 Eminem
901 July 25, 2002 Ozzy Osbourne
902 August 8, 2002 Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, Dave Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley)
903 August 22, 2002 Bruce Springsteen
904 September 5, 2002 Asia Argento
905 September 19, 2002
Patrick Matthews, Craig Nicholls, Hamish Rosser
)
906 October 3, 2002 Jennifer Love Hewitt The Hot List 2002
907 October 17, 2002 Keith Richards
908 October 31, 2002 "Women in Rock" cover story
909 November 14, 2002 Christina Aguilera
910 November 28, 2002 Bart Simpson Cover is a parody of the Nevermind album cover
Homer Simpson Cover is a parody of the Born in the U.S.A. album cover
The Simpsons cast (Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson) Cover is a parody of the Abbey Road album cover
911 December 12, 2002 Eminem
912/913 December 26, 2002 – January 9, 2003 People from covers of issues 887, 888, 890, 893, 895–909, 910 (Bart Simpson cover), 911 2002 year-end issue

2003

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
914 January 23, 2003 Justin Timberlake
915 February 6, 2003 Shania Twain
916 February 20, 2003 The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
917 March 6, 2003 Phish (Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell)
918 March 20, 2003 Avril Lavigne
919 April 3, 2003 50 Cent
920 April 17, 2003 Lisa Marie Presley The Cool Issue
921 May 1, 2003
Paul Thomas
)
922 May 15, 2003 None "American Icons" cover story
923 May 29, 2003 Ashton Kutcher
924 June 12, 2003 Chester Bennington, Brody Dalle, Fred Durst, Perry Farrell, Dave Grohl, Davey Havok, James Hetfield, Josh Homme, Marilyn Manson, Dave Navarro, Ozzy Osbourne, Lars Ulrich "Monsters of Summer" cover story
925 June 26, 2003 Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake
926 July 10, 2003 Clay Aiken
927 July 24, 2003 Eminem
928 August 7, 2003 Angelina Jolie
929 August 21, 2003 Ruben Studdard
930 September 4, 2003 Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen
931 September 18, 2003 Jimi Hendrix
932 October 2, 2003 Britney Spears The Hot List 2003
933 October 16, 2003 Johnny Cash
934 October 30, 2003 "Women Who Rock" cover story
935 November 13, 2003 The Strokes (Julian Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture, Albert Hammond Jr., Fabrizio Moretti, Nick Valensi)
936 November 27, 2003 Jessica Simpson
937 December 11, 2003 None "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" cover story
938/939 December 25, 2003 – January 8, 2004 Justin Timberlake

2004

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
940 January 22, 2004 Dave Matthews
941 February 5, 2004 Howard Dean
942 February 19, 2004 The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
943 March 4, 2004
Beyoncé Knowles
944 March 18, 2004 Outkast (André 3000, Big Boi)
945 April 1, 2004 Ben Affleck
946 April 15, 2004 The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr), Chuck Berry, Bono, Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) "The Immortals: The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time" cover story
947 April 29, 2004 Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman
948 May 13, 2004
Usher
949 May 27, 2004 Prince
950 June 10, 2004
Swifty McVay, Proof
)
951 June 24, 2004 Bob Dylan, Eminem, Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen "50 Moments that Changed the History of Rock & Roll" cover story; Mitch Mitchell can be seen playing the drums in the Jimi Hendrix photo; cover includes unidentified concertgoers
952/953 July 8–22, 2004 Ray Charles
954 August 5, 2004 B.D. Cover includes unidentified Doonesbury characters
955 August 19, 2004 Lindsay Lohan The Hot List 2004
956 September 2, 2004 Tom Cruise
957 September 16, 2004 Michael Moore
958 September 30, 2004 The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney), Kurt Cobain, Sean Combs, Jimi Hendrix, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Dave Matthews, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith), Tupac Shakur, Britney Spears, Michael Stipe, Justin Timberlake, Pete Townshend, U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) "The Photographs: The Fifty Greatest Portraits" cover story; René Elizondo Jr.'s hands appear in the Janet Jackson photo
959 October 14, 2004 Vote for Change Tour cover story
960 October 28, 2004 Jon Stewart
961 November 11, 2004 John Kerry
962 November 25, 2004 Eminem
963 December 9, 2004 None "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" cover story
964/965 December 30, 2004 – January 13, 2005 U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.)

2005

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
966 January 27, 2005 Gwen Stefani
967 February 10, 2005 Johnny Depp
968 February 24, 2005 Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt)
969 March 10, 2005 Bob Marley
970 March 24, 2005 Hunter S. Thompson
971 April 7, 2005 "The Children of Rock" cover story
972 April 21, 2005 Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Eminem, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, Axl Rose, Tupac Shakur, James Taylor, Tina Turner, Frank Zappa "The Immortals: The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" cover story
973 May 5, 2005 Weezer (Brian Bell, Rivers Cuomo, Scott Shriner, Patrick Wilson)
974 May 19, 2005 Orlando Bloom
975 June 2, 2005 Darth Vader
976 June 16, 2005 Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, Dave Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley)
977/978 June 30 – July 14, 2005 Jessica Alba
979 July 28, 2005 Wedding Crashers cast (Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson)
980 August 11, 2005 Jimi Hendrix
981 August 25, 2005 Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin)
982 September 8, 2005
Jack White, Meg White
)
983 September 22, 2005
Ron Wood
)
984 October 6, 2005 Evangeline Lilly The Hot List 2005
985 October 20, 2005 Paul McCartney
986 November 3, 2005 Bono
987 November 17, 2005 Billie Joe Armstrong
988 December 1, 2005 Madonna
989 December 15, 2005 Jay-Z
990/991 December 29, 2005 – January 12, 2006 King Kong

2006

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
992 January 26, 2006 Neil Young
993 February 9, 2006 Kanye West
994 February 23, 2006 Mariah Carey
995 March 9, 2006 Shaun White
996 March 23, 2006 Heath Ledger
997 April 6, 2006 American Idol cast (Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson) Cover includes a picture of Ryan Seacrest on a book cover
998 April 20, 2006 Kiefer Sutherland
999 May 4, 2006 George W. Bush
1000 May 18 – June 1, 2006 , Neil Young, Frank Zappa 1000th issue; cover includes unidentified concertgoers
1002 June 15, 2006 Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith)
1003 June 29, 2006 Eddie Vedder
1004/1005 July 13–27, 2006 Johnny Depp
1006 August 10, 2006 Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)
1007 August 24, 2006 Christina Aguilera
1008 September 7, 2006 Bob Dylan
1009 September 21, 2006 Justin Timberlake
1010 October 5, 2006 Jack Nicholson
1011 October 19, 2006 Fergie The Hot List 2006
1012 November 2, 2006 N/A Cover story on the worst Congress ever
1013 November 16, 2006 Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart
1014 November 30, 2006 Sacha Baron Cohen
1015 December 14, 2006 Snoop Dogg
1016/1017 December 28, 2006 – January 11, 2007 People from covers of issues 992-1015 2006 year-end issue

2007

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1018 January 25, 2007 James Brown
1019 February 8, 2007 Panic! at the Disco (Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, Brendon Urie, Jon Walker)
1020 February 22, 2007 John Frusciante, John Mayer, Derek Trucks "The New Guitar Gods" cover story
1021 March 8, 2007 Fall Out Boy (Andy Hurley, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, Pete Wentz)
1022 March 22, 2007
Saddam Hussein
)
Cover includes South Park version of the real Saddam Hussein's executioner
1023 April 5, 2007 Pink Floyd (David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright)
1024 April 19, 2007 Grindhouse cast (Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan)
1025/1026 May 3–17, 2007 None 40th anniversary issue
1027 May 31, 2007 Johnny Depp, Keith Richards
1028 June 14, 2007 Amy Winehouse
1029 June 28, 2007 The Police (Stewart Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers)
1030/1031 July 12–26, 2007 N/A 40th anniversary issue; cover includes unidentified concertgoers
1032 August 9, 2007 Guns N' Roses (Steven Adler, Duff McKagan, Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin)
1033 August 23, 2007 Zac Efron
1034 September 6, 2007 Maroon 5 (Jesse Carmichael, Matt Flynn, Adam Levine, Mickey Madden, James Valentine)
1035 September 20, 2007 50 Cent, Kanye West
1036 October 4, 2007 Hunter S. Thompson
1037 October 18, 2007 Kid Rock Rock appears with models Krista Ayne, Nicole Herold, Alyssa Lipsky, and Maria Smith & The Hot List 2007
1038 November 1, 2007 Bruce Springsteen
1039 November 15, 2007 None 40th anniversary issue
1040 November 29, 2007 Jay-Z
1041 December 13, 2007 Led Zeppelin (John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)
1042/1043 December 27, 2007 – January 10, 2008 People from covers of issues 1018, 1021, 1024, 1027–1029, 1033, 1035–1038, 1040 2007 year-end issue

2008

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1044 January 24, 2008 Johnny Depp
1045 February 7, 2008 Thom Yorke
1046 February 21, 2008 Britney Spears
1047 March 6, 2008 Jack Johnson
1048 March 20, 2008 Barack Obama
1049 April 3, 2008 Chris Rock
1050 April 17, 2008 Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jack White
1051 May 1, 2008 Bono, ), Thom Yorke "The Best of Rock 2008" cover story
1052 May 15, 2008 The Hills cast (Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge, Whitney Port)
1053 May 29, 2008
The Eagles (Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Walsh
)
1054 June 12, 2008 Buddy Guy, Kirk Hammett, B. B. King, John Mayer, Jimmy Page, Omar Rodríguez-López, Carlos Santana, Eddie Van Halen "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" cover story
1055 June 26, 2008 Chris Martin
1056/1057 July 10–24, 2008 Barack Obama
1058 August 7, 2008 Jonas Brothers (Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas)
1059 August 21, 2008 Robert Downey Jr.
1060 September 4, 2008 George W. Bush
1061 September 18, 2008 Billy Crystal, Larry David, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, David Letterman, Tracy Morgan, Amy Poehler, Don Rickles, Chris Rock, Martin Short, Sarah Silverman, Robin Williams Cover story on the new golden age of comedy
1062 October 2, 2008 Metallica (Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich)
1063 October 16, 2008 John McCain
1064 October 30, 2008 Barack Obama Barack Obama was featured three times in seven months, a record equaled only by John Lennon[1]
1065 November 13, 2008 AC/DC (Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young)
1066 November 27, 2008 Bob Dylan "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time" cover story; the Presley cover includes unidentified background musicians
Aretha Franklin
John Lennon
Elvis Presley
1067 December 11, 2008 Britney Spears The Hot List 2008
1068/1069 December 25, 2008 – January 8, 2009 Brad Pitt

2009

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1070 January 22, 2009 George W. Bush
1071 February 5, 2009 Bruce Springsteen
1072 February 19, 2009 Sean Penn
1073 March 5, 2009 Taylor Swift
1074 March 19, 2009 U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.)
1075 April 2, 2009
Gossip Girl cast (Blake Lively, Leighton Meester
)
1076 April 16, 2009 Lil Wayne
1077 April 30, 2009 Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill)
1078 May 14, 2009 Bob Dylan
1079 May 28, 2009 Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt)
1080 June 11, 2009 Lady Gaga The Hot List 2009
1081 June 25, 2009 Adam Lambert
1082/1083 July 9–23, 2009 Jonas Brothers (Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas)
1084 August 6, 2009 Michael Jackson
1085 August 20, 2009 Barack Obama
1086 September 3, 2009 The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
1087 September 17, 2009 Stephen Colbert
1088 October 1, 2009 Megan Fox
1089 October 15, 2009 U2 (Bono, The Edge)
1090 October 29, 2009 Madonna
1091 November 12, 2009 Shakira
1092 November 26, 2009 Bono, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concerts cover story
1093 December 10, 2009 Taylor Lautner
1094/1095 December 24, 2009 – January 7, 2010 None "The Decade's Best Songs and Albums" cover story

References

  1. ^ Wenner, Jann S. (October 30, 2008). "Change You Can Believe In". Rolling Stone. No. 1064. p. 16.

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