Downing was part of the classic Priest line-up and combined with fellow axeman Glenn Tipton to create the band's legendary twin guitar attack. Downing's departure was announced in a statement released today (April 20) via the bands official website "Having thought long and hard about how to proceed, Rob, Glenn, Ian and Scott unanimously agreed that they should go ahead with the tour and not let the fans down all around the world.

The Foo Fighters could have performed for a sold out stadium, club or arena, but instead chose a farm with a Georgetown address, a Hornby postal code and a Milton phone number to play a full set on April 14. more

Sepultura will be releasing its very own special live CD/DVD set in the near future, featuring a full orchestra. The band was joined at a concert on the streets of downtown Sao Paulo by the Orquestra Experimental de Repert�rio of Brazil. You can view video footage of the event here

The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation has just opened a $3 million youth homeless shelter in Philadelphia. Now he's planning to open a restaurant in New Jersey, where people will be able to play what can afford. more

All five members of AC/DC will attend the exclusive world premiere of AC/DC "Live At River Plate" Friday, May 6 at London, England's legendary HMV Hammersmith Apollo. more

Ace Frehley is coming to the UK at the end of the year, to headline Hard Rock Hell V more

As part of Record Store Day, Radiohead released a limited edition vinyl single with two unreleased songs: "Supercollider" and "The Butcher." Now the band has released both songs to fans digitally, for free to anyone who purchased their recent album more

Silverstein have confirmed a number of details regarding their fifth studio album, entitled Rescue. The album has a street date of April 26th, and in support the band will be co-headlining a tour with Bayside more

Status Quo have a new studio album coming out called Quid Pro Quo and is released on May 30. more

Wednesday 13, known for his work in the group Murderdolls, has revealed the details behind his forthcoming remix album. The release, titled 'Re-animated,' will feature five songs taken from his previous 'Skeletons' CD. more

Malice have recruited journeyman metal lead singer James Rivera to front the band. James is the singer and driving force behind Helstar, and has been "the guy" for bands like Vicious Rumors, Seven Witches and Flotsam And Jetsam on numerous albums and world tours. more

The Resistance, the new Sweden-based metal band featuring former members of In Flames, The Haunted and Grave, will make its live debut at the second installment of this year's Close-Up B�ten cruise more

Ringworm is currently recording their fifth full-length album, titled "Scars." more

Interpol and Blonde Redhead will perform at New York's Terminal 5 venue for the first-ever Sickday Fuzzy Sock Hop more

Attila will team up with In The Midst Of Lions, Legend, Us From Outside, and Miracle At St. Anna for a two-week spring tour. more

On this day in 1957, Elvis Presley started an eight-week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with "All Shook Up," which sold more than 2 million copies and became the biggest single of 1957.

On this day in 1968, Deep Purple made their live debut in Tastrup, Denmark.

On this day in 1991, Steve Marriott, former guitarist and singer with The Small Faces and Humble Pie, died in a fire at his home in Arkesden, Essex.

"It's always been Gaga's dream to perform as Queen. If it wasn't for Queen, there would be no Gaga," a source told The Daily Mirror. "This collaboration with Brian May means the world to her."

All of the versions, including a 2CD lift-top box, digital album, and a deluxe 5Disc+3LP box set, include a previously unreleased 1987 concert from the band's first world tour and new liner notes written by Megadeth's Dave Mustaine and Metallica's Lars Ulrich.

"The cool thing about that," McKagan told Music-News.com, "was Axl and I got to reconnect. We're grown-ups, you know. There's been a lot silliness. Lawyers and (expletive). You know, lawyers like to create a situation so that their jobs go on. And I know that. But it was just nice to reconnect. We had a nice dinner. That was much more important to me than actually getting up and playing."

Wylde will jams with the band on a variety of material. Wylde will be featured throughout the entire show. "Lopez Tonight" airs on TBS at 12:00AM, EST/PST/11:00PM, Central.

A Linkin Park song has been featured in each one of the Transformers movies � "What I've Done" was included on the first one and "New Divide" appeared in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Both songs hit #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Radio chart.

"The first two songs were huge hits and I have no doubt that this new song will be equally as successful," director Michael Bay said. Composer Steve Jablonsky weighed in on why the band and the film series are a good match: "Michael and I respond to Linkin Park because they have a cinematic sensibility to their music that translates to the big screen."

The Pink Floyd Experience will perform the classic Pink Floyd album, Animals, and more hits on Sunday, July 17.

About a year before we recorded our full length Matty and I recorded an early version of what would become the song Hold Your Breath. The song entitled "I Could Watch the Sky Forever" had music that was completely different from Hold Your Breath; just guitar, piano, and vocals. It sounded like a Mae song. We felt it was too slow and just not an A Loss For Words song. It was never intended to be released.

Later when we were writing songs for The Kids Can't Lose, Mike had a chorus riff he had worked out on acoustic guitar. Most of our songs begin on acoustic. We jammed out the parts he had into a full band song. But we still were missing lyrics. The lyrics to "I Could Watch the Sky Forever" just seemed to fit really well with the music we had. Hold Your Breath came together from there.

Originally released in 1991 on VHS, SlicingUpEyeballs.com is reporting that We Got Power Films will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the film's release with an expanded version, which will include previously unseen additional footage of punk legends the Ramones, Dinosaur Jr., Babes in Toyland and Gumball. Also included is a 42-minute film titled (This Is Known As) The Blues Scale, which features a number of live performances from the 1991 Sonic Youth/Nirvana tour that were omitted from the original film, including Sonic Youth's performances of "Inhuman," "Orange Rolls/Angel's Spit" and "Eric's Trip," as well as Nirvanas "In Bloom."

"We had a great response/vibe with some of metal's elite�Rob Halford, Vinnie Paul, etc.," said singer Colombo. "It reassured us we were on the right path."

This year's event will take place on September 8-10 in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina and will feature 135 bands in 12 venues. Here are the details we were sent:

Although Aerosmith had come to prominence way back in the mid-'70s, they had a huge resurgence in the late '80s with the albums Pump and Permanent Vacation and blockbuster singles "Angel," "Love in an Elevator" and "Janie's Got a Gun." But Pump had come out in 1989, a couple of years before Nirvana dethroned Michael Jackson on the album charts. After Aerosmith had a couple of multi-platinum successes, there was some uncertainty regarding how fans would receive the next album � Get a Grip, which would be released on this day in 1993.

The DVD and Blu-Ray will contain the full Screamadelica Live! concert production as performed by Primal Scream in 2010 at London's Olympia, the first time it had ever been performed in its entirety. Additionally, a second eight-song "Rock Set" of the band's most powerful tracks is included.

Recently completed in Nashville, the album was produced by Dave Stewart and Mike Bradford and was recorded and mixed by John McBride at his famed Blackbird Studio.

"We had a truly amazing year. We won a bunch of awards for 'best this' and 'best that'. War Is The Answer produced six top-ten singles; two of them went top five. We travelled our asses off and got to play in front of a sh*tload of cool people."

Everyone is doing well, and we ask that you understand this is a personal matter and give Anders and his family the privacy they need...

"My recollection of things is that I felt that a good amount of time had passed, and I hadn't spoken to Ric in a while," the lefty guitarist recalled. "So one day I just picked up the phone to call an old friend, you know? Ric and I chatted, and it was nice. I asked him what he was doing, and he said he was writing songs. He said they were kind of different from other things he had written before, but he was very excited. I asked him what he was going to do with the songs, and he said, 'I'll probably make another solo record.' So I said, 'Why don't we make a Cars record?'"

Their new album, Speak-ahh, is set to be released next Tuesday, April 26th and they kick off a west coast tour today in Santa Barbara, CA..

The song will be featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures film Prom. You can check out the video here

"It's very cool, it's an eight piece band, a musical experience versus a rock show, and intricate musical experience, like back in the day when Pink Floyd did the Wall.

The I Still Believe Tour sees the return of vocalist/guitarist Derek St. Holmes; longtime fans will know Holmes as the singer of such Nuge classics as "Stranglehold," "Stormtroopin'" and "Hey Baby."

Their debut album is slated for a July 2011 release and will feature Sulic & Hauser's unique spin on hits by Guns N' Roses, U2, Trent Reznor and Kings of Leon among others.

In a pairing that unites one of the most well-respected metal guitarists of all time with the hottest rock and roll band for years, BCC / MSG tour dates include - Llandudno Cymru Arena (July 23rd), Leeds o2 Academy (July 26th), Newcastle o2 Academy (July 27th), Glasgow o2 Academy (July 29th) and Manchester Academy (July 30th).

This truly groundbreaking video was directed by DEVO's own Gerald Casale along with Kii Arens and Jason Trucco and features the members of DEVO along with a cast of characters.

Including punk rock pit stops at the Punk Rock Bowling Tournament in Las Vegas with Dropkick Murphy's on May 28th and Chaos in Tejas Fest June 4th.