Dead Underground- This song is crazy. I literally wrote it in my sleep. I dreamt the chorus line, "Wake Up, Wake Up..." and it woke me up. Luckily I had an acoustic guitar within reach and I just elaborated on the idea.

Richard Allan, 21, felt his eyesight go blurry after his show on Friday night and assumed he had been dazzled by stage lights.

Willis, the band's original policeman, had surgery at a San Diego, California, hospital on Monday to remove nodules from his vocal cords.

New York City has distributed 60,000 tickets, with each person limited to two freebies. The performance is billed as a prelude to the July 15th All-Star baseball game, which will highlight the final season at Yankee Stadium.

A woman strongly resembling the 60-year-old singer is shown smiling as she poses fully naked on a bed in the image, which has appeared on a number of websites.

Apparently, the incident happened as Kenney was returning to the stage after singing in the crowd.

Chances appear slim that Congress will vote this year on legislation requiring terrestrial radio stations to pay artists and labels performance royalties to play their recordings. Nonetheless, signs are emerging that the recording industry is making some headway in its precedent-breaking fight to extract new royalty payments from broadcasters.

Vivid co-chairman Steven Hirsch said his offer of $100,000 to Experience Hendrix, LLC ("Experience Hendrix") expired after 60 days because the company of the legendary guitarist failed to offer verifiable proof that Hendrix is not the "star" of "Jimi Hendrix The Sex Tape."

As expected, Live Nation has entered into a long-term global partnership with Nickelback, following closely on the heels of a multi-rights deal notched with Shakira. A source confirms the deal is worth in the $50-$70 million range. more

New York rock act Shudder To Think has unveiled plans for a short fall reunion tour. The run will begin with a previously announced Aug. 10 set at the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore and also includes a previously announced Oct. 25 appearance at the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans. Eight other shows are on tap through early November. more details and the dates

Although their latest album came out less than a year ago, posts on Downboard.com report that Down is rumored to have a fourth album planned. According to a post, the name of the new record will be called "Down IV," and it will be released sometime next year if the band "doesn't start recording" before 2010. more

Bjork has announced the cancellation of another upcoming performance due to a "bug" she's been battling. A statement posted today (July 8) on Bjork's website reads: "Sadly, due to medical issues with her voice, has to cancel the show in Helsinki.

The Kills have announced that they will tour the US with The Raconteurs later this summer and into the autumn. The London duo are also set to play a handful of festival dates more

Could a LA music venue soon be going the way of CBGBs? Seems the asshats in Los Angeles want to shut down one of the nicest music venues in the Hollywood area. In fact, it's one of the few "famed" venues in the town that isn't pretty much a dump. Not the Key Club, but the Knitting Factory. Get a laugh at their reasoning here

Then a 20th anniversary tour will take place in November, with dates confirmed in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, and more cities to come.

Bob Clearmountain mixed and Bob Ludwig mastered the songs. Frequent Springsteen collaborator and GRAMMY and Emmy Award-winner Thom Zimny edited the videos. On sales of these downloads, the artists, songwriters, and music publishers are waiving all of their royalties, and Columbia Records is donating all of its net profits, to the Danny Federici Melanoma Fund. The iTunes Store is donating their first year's net profits as well.

The Atlanta-based quintet, featuring Will Pugh (Vocals / Guitar), Joseph Pepper (Guitar), Nic Hudson (Guitar), Jeff Lett (Bass) and Kevin Sanders (Drums), self-released their first EP titled RANSOM in March, 2004. A deal with the Militia Group followed, and the CHROMA album was issued in 2005. Epic Records re-released the title in the summer of 2006, delivering a significant groundswell. The band's self-titled follow-up CARTEL followed in 2007. The band parted ways with the major label, opening the door for this alliance with Wind-up Entertainment.

The tour will play 30 plus cities including Chicago, New York, Boston, Toronto, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., Dallas, and Los Angeles with more dates to be announced shortly. Satriani's tour will feature very special guest Mountain with Leslie West.