Classic Rock reports that to appears that Steven Tyler is working on a solo project. This came to light when his daughter, actress Liv Tyler, let it slip when interviewed on US TV chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live. While her comments could be interpreted that way, they could also deal with Aerosmith. Read them and judge for yourself here.

The Cars have announced ten dates for May, in support of the band's upcoming reunion record Move Like This. more

P.O.D. (Payable On Death) has filed a lawsuit against their record label, INO Records, claiming that the company breached its contract by refusing to pay the band an advance for its next album. more

Ben Weasel has confirmed the cancellation of May's WeaselFest in Chicago, following events at South by South West which saw the other members of Screeching Weasel quit the band. more

LCD Soundsystem were joined onstage by members of Arcade Fire during their final ever gig Saturday night (April 2). You can watch footage of the entire gig here

Bad Brains are re-releasing their 1980 debut Pay To Cum 7″ for Record Store Day, which is Saturday, April 16. more

Jam! had this: Courtney Love has launched another online war of words and this time her target is Kelly Osbourne. The rocker has taken exception to Osbourne calling her a 'crackhead' on TV show Fashion Police - and on Friday, April 1, 2011, she hit website VYou.com to respond. more

Murderdolls frontman Wednesday 13 is auctioning five custom canvas prints to raise money for Save The Children's work in Japan, following the nation's devastating earthquake and tsunami. more

Former Megadeth bassist James LoMenzo has replaced Rudy Sarzo in the Dio Disciples, the band fronted by Tim Ripper Owens and Toby Jepson, and featuring former members of Dio. more

Deftones have announced a number of new European tour dates and festivals for this summer. more

Rolling Stone readers have named The Who's John Entwistle the best bassist of all time in a public poll. He tops the list ahead of Flea, Paul McCartney and Geddy Lee more

Robbie Robertson, who has performed only one concert in the last 35 years, has no intentions of taking to concert stages after making his first television performance in more than a decade on April 5 and 6. "I made a movie saying I'm gonna put the road behind me," he tells Billboard.com, referring to "The Last Waltz," a chronicle of the Band's final concert more

Former Chimaira guitarist Jason Hager says he's now retired from music: "I've wanted to become a tattoo artist since I was 13 and I finally got the opportunity to pursue it." more

Aiden will headline a spring tour of the U.S. with support from Eyes Set To Kill, Dr. Acula, Vampires Everywhere!, and Get Scared. more

Former Anthrax singer Dan Nelson, who was in the band for nearly two years � from late 2007 until July 2009 � believes that the group's fans "deserve" to hear the unreleased album Anthrax recorded with him on vocals. more

Origin has revealed that the name of their forthcoming new studio album will be, 'Entity.' They have furthermore revealed that the record will hit the shelves on June 10th through Nuclear Blast Records. more

An astonishing find deep in the Amazon Rainforest might have us all rethinking how old heavy metal really is. A team of explorers from Ecuador have come across a hidden tribe in the area, who call themselves the Metaaal. more

Russian Circles return to the studio to begin recording material for a fourth album. Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines and Interpol, who produced the band's previous album Geneva, is producing and mixing the new collection of songs at Phantom Manor in Chicago. more

This Is Hell has written the music for seven new tracks, with plans to write three more. The group currently hopes to record a new album (their fourth) late this year more

On this day in 1968, after hearing the news of Martin Luther King's assassination, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Al Kooper and Ted Nugent congregated for an all night blues, folk and rock session at The New Generation Club in New York.

"I hear the rumors," Waters says. "I think it's beginning to look now as if he'll do one gig, he'll do "Comfortably Numb" at one gig. It's a big secret when. Live 8 was the big one when Rick [Wright] was still alive � it was very moving."

Among 50 pieces of evidence against 17-year-old Kyle Smith is a Slipknot album, which investigators say features a pentagram on the cover.

"MRI Update: I have a 9mm tear in my knee, so I'm off to the surgeons, not getting surgery on my knee today but, setting up the surgery date," wrote Ashba. "Fun fun!" Ashba, who replaced former Guns N' Roses guitarist Robin Finck in 2009, tore a ligament in his knee.

Campbell revealed the news after his final US appearance with Phil Lynott's reactivated band, currently starring original-era members Scott Gorham, Brian Downey and Darren Wharton alongside Campbell, ex-Whitesnake bassist Marco Mendoza and ex-Almighty frontman Ricky Warwick.

Mellencamp and King's musical collaboration has been in the works for more than a decade, according to Rolling Stone. The production is set in the South, and revolves around the 1957 deaths of two brothers and a young girl. In an interview with the Chicago Tribune last year, Mellencamp called the music "the Sgt. Pepper of Americana."

In the episode, Whitford's friend wins a storage unit, in which he finds a couple of vintage guitars. To get some expertise and to discuss the guitars' values, he goes to Brad. Who wouldn't, if Brad was your pal?

NME.com is reporting that the "super gig" that was supposed to take place less that two weeks from now at London's Wembley Arena to raise money for the relief efforts in Japan has been cancelled. A spokesman for promoter Live Nation said that the company was unable to book artists for the event.

Formed in 2009 and composed in part of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, Furthur were performing at the venue, located on the University of Pittsburgh campus, as part of an ongoing U.S. tour.

Levitt writes: "Hesher is coming out May 13! I loved making this movie, and I love how it turned out. It's hilarious, but it's not just funny, it's smart, it's sad, it's hopeful, it's heartfelt, and it f***in rocks. Natalie decided to produce Spencer's script for a reason, and by the way her character's nothing like you've seen her. Devin, the protagonist, is a truly talented young actor. Rainn gave a legit no-joke badass dramatic performance. And, I'm humbled to say, Metallica themselves liked it so much they gave us their music, they never give their stuff to movies!"

Tyler was a surprise and unannounced guest, joining Carrie Underwood for her song "Undo It" before the two segued into Aerosmith's "Walk This Way."

Flying V-toting frontman Jim James says: "I hate the phrase 'going back to our roots', but for this record we came home and made it in Kentucky. And it just felt a lot like it did when we were first starting out." James co-produced the record with Tucker Martine. The pair first worked together when James appeared on Laura Veirs' album July Flame in 2010, which Martine, Veirs' husband, also produced.

The Foos recently debuted their new documentary, "Back And Forth," at SXSW in Austin, and the film will now be seen in theatres in the US on April 5, European and UK cinemas on April 7, and in Canada on April 13.

"Usual Suspects" - It sounds a bit cliche, but we just wanted to just write a good, down home song. Our lead guitarist, Brett, had been playing the mandolin quite a bit in rehearsals, and it was decided that this was a sound we wanted to utilize extensively on our new album.

Lyrically, it's a simple play on the tried & true good girl likes bad boy(s) motif all within a small-town setting, made complete with a nod to both Casablanca and Keyser Soze.

6. "Enter Sandman" � Metallica: Some shoppers are compelled to play "Enter Sandman" because it's simple; others are drawn to the song's ominous vibe. Moreover, as metal riffs go, this one ranks among the most melodic. Lars Ulrich once aptly characterized "Enter Sandman" as a "one-riff" song, since all the parts emanate from Kirk Hammett's memorable lead pattern.

Who better, then, to help honor a fellow recovering addict celebrate sobriety than when Tyler will present the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award to Depeche Mode's lead vocalist Dave Gahan at the 7th Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert on May 6.

"I've got nice cars and I love to drive fast," he said. "Listen, I was pulled over recently doing about 100 miles per hour. I roll down the window, and the cop puts his head in, shoves the radar gun right in my face, and it's blinking '55.'

Maiden join Slipknot, Alice Cooper, Mastadon, In Flames and more for the show, which happens Sunday, June 19 at Kucukciftlik Park in Istanbul.

Located amidst the rolling hills of central New York's Finger Lakes region, the site offers an abundance of campsites and is just a short drive from numerous Northeastern cities.

The run begins June 2 in Palatine, Illinois, and continues through June 12 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

That's why new Foos album Wasting Light features former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and was produces by Butch Vig, who worked on the grunge band's 1991 classic Nevermind.

At the end of the 13.1 mile course, entrants were treated to a concert by Bret Michaels, who mixed up his set with Poison hits, originals and cover songs.

These arrangements have been brought to life in co-operation with keyboard maestro, Johnny Maudling (of Bal Sagoth fame), as well as a clutch of talented classical musicians, and shared vocals courtesy of professional opera singer, Lucie Roche.

"It was a great experience," Ness said. "It was also a dues paying experience, because back then, even if we did have 500 fans there, which would have been large for that period of time, they were scattered because of this prearranged seating thing that our fans were not used to. Second of all, we were going on at eight, where most people were just finishing their dinner and figuring which off-ramp to get off at."

The Case Files collects demos, out-takes, one live shot & other rarities from the 1985-2010 span of Peter Case's solo career following his work with his pioneering bands The Plimsouls, The Nerves & The Breakaways.

In the first half of 1963, Beatlemania had already taken root in the U.K., and it was spreading like wildfire. The Beatles trekked across the U.K. three separate times in the first part of the year as part of package tours with "bigger" acts, including Americans who had struck paydirt in England, stars like Roy Orbison, Tommy Roe and Chris Montez. In reality, The Beatles, who did not receive top billing on these tours, were stealing the headliners' thunder at every show as their popularity, and the frenzy surrounding them, skyrocketed at an unprecedented pace.

"U.S. Air Guitar is devoted to taking our nation's unofficial pastime out of the bedroom and putting it up on the world stage," said the World Air Guitar Association in a statement this week. It will all go down on June 8 at 8 p.m., with advance tickets going on sale for $10 on April 8 and costing $12 on event day.

Joey discusses Anew Revolutions current tour, past touring experiences, and what the band has been up to since my previous interview with their bass player Frank Salvaggio.