Police reports indicate a car lost control and slid into the side of Mr. Michaels's tour bus causing a five car pile-up on the roadway. There was damage to all vehicles involved, but no serious injuries were reported.

The band's drummer Chad Smith aggravated an old injury that had not healed while playing the Olympia in Paris last week and is since suffering from a tear of various tendons in the shoulder and upper arm/biceps.

Ryan & Jon said: "Ryan Ross and Jon Walker will be leaving Panic at the Disco to embark on a musical excursion of their own. Though the four of us have made music together in the past, we've creatively evolved in different directions which has compromised what each of us want to personally achieve. Over the years, we have remained close and honest with each other, which helped us to realize that our goals were different and that parting ways is truly what is best for each of us. We are all excited for the future, you should be too.- "

In related news: This Is Spinal Tap is cranking it up to eleven! In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the film, This Is Spinal Tap is making it's Blu-ray Disc debut July 28th (from MGM Home Entertainment). The disc features cast and crew commentary, deleted scenes, music videos, along with brand new exclusives: Spinal Tap's 2007 Live Earth reunion performance of their hit "Stonehenge" at Wembley Stadium and Nigel Tufnel's interview for the National Geographic Stonehenge special.

Atlantic Records is now streaming Paramore's new single "Ignorance". You can check it out here. The song comes from their new album brand new eyes in stores and online September 29th.

Lionel Richie got a little help from his former bandmates to close out the weekend's Essence Music Festival: Members of The Commodores joined him on stage to sing several of their hits, including "Brick House" and "Just to be Close to You." more

The Beatles' 'All Together Now' will be the soundtrack to a new Budweiser advertisement. London duo THE HOURS went into the studio to lay down a new version of the song for the ad. watch it here

Silversun Pickups were recently invited to be a part of the newly resurrected fan-favorite MTV "Unplugged" and the quartet happily accepted. Their intimate performance is now available exclusively at MTV.com, which features 6 songs, including "Panic Switch," "Lazy Eye" and "Kissing Families." watch here

In what might be a last-ditch attempt at reliving the commercial success Cheap Trick enjoyed during the '70s, the power rockers are bringing back another 'colourful' by-product of that decade: the 8-track tape. The band's Latest album (yes, it's called The Latest) is available on CD, Vinyl and 8-track cartridge more

Bad Lieutenant the new project of former New Order front-man Bernard Sumner will release it's debut album, Never Cry Another Tear, is due out on October 5 in the UK from Triple Echo Records more

Radiohead's manager Brian Message has started a new record labeled called Polyphonic. He is reportedly partnering with Vancouver-based Nettwerk and UK's MAMA Group, the label is kicking off with $20 million US in funding. more

The debut album from Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, "Up From Below", will be released tomorrow (7/7) on iTunes and then physically on July 14th. check out the band's incredible video for Desert Song right here

Liferuiner, Years Spent Cold, Through The Fire, and Betrayal will be touring together in August.more

Motorhead mainman Lemmy Kilmister will be designing his own fashion line. Motorhead's collection will be produced by Hurley and will include pieces such as hoodies, jeans, t-shirts and hats. more

A federal court says a former manager of 1950s doo-wop group The Drifters could be entitled to millions of dollars from concert promoters who've infringed on the band's trademark.more

In pointless awards news: Take That have won a second Silver Clef award, which makes them 'better' than The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, officially, because the '60s legends have only ever won once.more

Death Cab For Cutie Perform with Orchestra. The indie band and the 50-piece L.A. Philharmonic battle sound issues at the Hollywood Bowl. Spin reviews the show here

More than three years since the release of her last album, Fiona Apple has two songs on the way -- albeit not original ones. The emotive songwriter will contribute two new recordings to The Best Is Yet to Come, a forthcoming compilation honoring Cy Coleman more

Broadcast The Nightmare issued this bad news: "We are disheartened to announce that, due to the sudden departure of our drummer and bassist, we had to drop off the 'To Hell and Back' tour with Knights of the Abyss." more

Sixx: A.M./Guns N' Roses guitarist D.J. Ashba will take part in an online chat on Wednesday, July 15 at 7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 p.m. EST at AshbaLand.com. more

"A few weeks ago before the end of June, I was told by my landlord company that I have to be out of my place by the end of the month, apparently due to too many noise complaints. Funny thing is, the guy making the complaints makes more noise than me, only difference is that I tend not to complain. Anyway, he was doing his regular 2am monday morning Metallica S&M ritual when I had enough and went down to confront him about it with a copy of Kill Em All explaining that if he's got to crank Metallica at 2am, they have more than that symphony ----.

This week, Live Nation goes all-in with the industry's first ever one price concert experience, announcing an all-in price of $29.99 including lawn ticket, parking, all fees, a hot dog and a soda. The special offer, which is good on all lawn tickets at Live Nation ticketed amphitheaters, runs for 24 hours beginning on Wednesday, July 8 only at LiveNation.com.

When De La Cruz was recently in need of a heart transplant, Reznor put out a call to the Twitterverse, arranging meet-and-greets with fans during his tour with Jane's Addiction to help raise money for the fan in need.

Produced by Matt Squire, Artwork is a raw collection of eleven songs that not so delicately teeter the line between being aggressively discordant and charmingly hooky. The first single, "Blood On My Hands" premiered June 30th; it sold over five thousand copies in the first day and shot to #9 on the iTunes Alternative Chart. The track, which guitarist Quinn Allman describes as the song that "sums up everything about The Used" hits radio July 14th.