Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz will judge bands competing for the chance to play Hard Rock Calling festival, which takes place in London's Hyde Park on June 24-26. Heats are taking place in Hard Rock Cafes worldwide. more

U2's Larry Mullen Jr. and two others have reportedly been ordered to pay $480,000 in damages after claiming Brazilian concert promoter Franco Bruni failed to pay U2 for two gigs in 1998. more

Saxon is playing two side shows in Australia. One in Melbourne and one in Sydney. They will be supported by The Sword. more

Our Last Night, Attila, Vanna, Arsonists Get All The Girls, Armor For The Broken, and Across The Sun will team up for "The Young & Restless Tour" this spring. more

For the next few weeks, the largest and oldest Steve Clark tribute site SteveClarkGuitar.com will be posting exclusive video interviews with Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen, in which he answers a total of 20 questions about Steve. Every week, a new video will be posted that features 5 questions/answers, and you can check out the first installment here

Dates have been finalized for Destruction's upcoming North American tour with Destroyer 666 and Warbeast. more

White Lion vocalist Mike Tramp has set March 28, 2011 as the release date for his upcoming Mike Tramp & The Rock 'n' Roll Circuz album 'Stand Your Ground'. more

Exclaim!'s punk-themed interview/performance show, Grageland has been picked up by AUX TV, a digital music channel in Canada. more

Current Triptykon and former Hellhammer/Celtic Frost singer/guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer is selling two unique "phallus sculptures" which were created for "display purposes only." more

Devolved will release their new full-length album, "Oblivion", on May 24 via Unique Leader Records. more

Despised Icon's very last show, which took place in Montreal at Club Soda on December 5th, 2010, is now available online. The entire set was filmed by Bande A Part and features over an hour of destruction in our hometown featuring appearances by past members and a couple of friends.

On February 8, 2011, Hopeless Records will be releasing a new Valentine's Day compilation titled Love is Hopeless. The digital-only comp. will feature acoustic, live, and never before released songs from Hopeless artist more

Video footage of Lynch Mob frontman Oni Logan falling onstage during a January 24th show in Denver, Colodaro has been posted online. The footage, filmed by YouTube user laurarocksdenver, contains the following description, "George Lynch, Mick Brown and Robbie Crane doing an AWESOME job covering for the completely wasted Oni Login as Lynch Mob performs Wicked Sensation at Cassleman's in Denver". Check it out here.

On this day in 1956, Elvis Presley's single, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released by RCA Records, which had just purchased Presley's contract from Sun Records for $35,000. The song sold 300,000 copies in its first week and would eventually sell more than a million, becoming Elvis' first gold record.

On this day in 1971, David Bowie arrived in the U.S. for the first time. He couldn't play live because of work permit restrictions, but attracted publicity when he wore a dress at a promotion event.

On this day in 1977, The Clash signed to CBS Records in the U.K. for �100,000. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here

Best Buy says the pairing of Osbourne and Bieber marks an attempt to raise the company's profile as an Internet technology expert and service provider, while still maintaining its reputation as a consumer-friendly retailer.

Rolling Stone.com reports that the performer was playing "Lovely Cruise" during his encore in Sydney when he fell into a gap between the stage and the crowd.

"It was a fantastic vibe out there," he told RollingStone.com. "Coachella seemed like the right place to do it. If this thing works, hopefully we can do an additional show somewhere else."

As reported by MusicRadar, Shatner posted the following statement on his Twitter: "Just watched tracks being laid down by Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society for my upcoming record SEEKING MAJOR TOM." Shatner followed with a tweet that read: "Zakk is one of the great guitarists who played with Ozzy Osbourne. A master playing a cover of 'Iron Man'. He's fantastic! I'm energized."

"They're self-centered [expletive], and they missed the big picture," Murphy said. "They missed that a 7-year-old kid can see someone close to their age singing a Kings of Leon song, which will maybe make them want to join a glee club or pick up a musical instrument. It's like, OK, hate on arts education. You can make fun of Glee all you want, but at its heart, what we really do is turn kids on to music."

Last week, we told you that Neil and his legal team had made a deal for Vince to plead guilty to DUI in exchange for serving two weeks in jail, followed by another two weeks of house arrest - for a total of 30 days.

Our song "Victory" has a pretty interesting story behind it. It all started about two years ago when I came up with the intro/theme riff. I realized it was pretty catchy and would be perfect for sports events. With the riff as the foundation to it all, I built a complete song around it. I did a simple recording of it and sent it to the guitar player in the band, Joachim Nordlund. Joachim and I arranged the song and made a real recording of it.
By now I had big plans. I wanted to give the song to my favourite Swedish hockey team, Leksands IF to have as their own hymn. Said and done; I sent them the song; they loved it and pressed 1500 singles to sell in their merch shop. It didn't take long before all singles were sold.

However it felt a bit sad, that this great song wasn't on any of our albums, so when we got the chance to release a Best Of-album, we decided: now is the time. The only thing was that the vocals on the song were sung in Swedish. Not so fun for people that can't speak or understand Swedish. We had to make an English version. Said and done. On "Testament of Rock"-The Best of Astral Doors, the exclusive English version, is the worthy closer of the entire album.

Now I just hope that "Victory" will be played at hockey arenas all across North America. It's a pretty bombastic song. A little bit of "Queen meets Dio" or something. Not exactly the 70's rough rock style we use to play, but still a proud moment in the history of Astral Doors. Hope you'll enjoy it!

Simple Math is a concept record. From this platform, some bands might dive into the world of fantasy; front man Andy Hull instead presents his own reality, holding back nothing. It's a story about a 23-year old who questions everything from marriage to love to religion to sex. It's chock full of monster riffs, vigorous string arrangements, deep hooks and has miles of melodies that encase a compelling coming-of-age story told in the first person, intimately written and sung by Hull.

The Arizona Republic reports Monday's operation at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center was a success, and now the Poison rocker must lay low for a few weeks to recover fully.

The book is a collection of stories from nearly four years of band tours, and road trips. The book also will feature full-color pictures to appeal to both Rush fans and motorcycle enthusiasts.

The band is getting all kinds of attention for the documentary "Lemmy," with rockers, fans, and even Lemmy himself thrilled with the results.

Guitarist Ben Orum had this to say about the bands new material: "Guitars, bass and drums are complete for the new All Shall Perish record.

"I am so ready to make this record," Hagar tells MusicRadar. "I'm beyond ready! The songs we've got, the riffs that have been flying around - we're going deep."

As part of All-Star Live @ the Amphitheater series, they will perform a free show on Friday, January 28th at the Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater.

My New Friends, is both a follow-up and an extension of his 2009 release Since 1972. Let us explain.

Poe was a Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee, based on the Poe Kats' own recordings and their work as the backing band for Wanda Jackson, including on the classic "Let's Have a Party."

In recognition of his tireless contributions in promoting the outdoor lifestyle, Nugent received the first ever Lightning Rod Award.

The Soulless, who recently changed their name from Ignominious Incarceration, have finished recording the new album at Outhouse Studios in Reading, England with producer John Mitchell (Architects, Funeral For A Friend, Enter Shikari).

Shunning modern digital gear and his own fancy studio, Grohl brought the Foo Fighters, and producer Butch Vig, to his garage to record the band's seventh studio album.

The song which includes vocals by Doug Robb of Hoobastank is the follow-up to the hit single "End of Me," which featured vocals by Gavin Rossdale. Watch the new video here

The duo will be playing a full range of Zappa's music from Freak Out to Zoot Allures. The evening will be full of the zany antics, wild improvisations and strange electronic music the early Mothers were famous for, along with the expert mastery of their instruments.

Apparently, she'll be moving from writing about herself and Robert Mapplethorpe in New York City to a novel set in the U.K.

This offering features a brand new unreleased track, a series of remixes and video clips. Its official track listing and explanation as to how this EP came together is below.

The split was released in October through seminal punk label Kiss Of Death Records, while the With Joe Riley 7" was released this month on up and comer Evil Weevil Records. You can download the tracks here.

Singer Becky Ninkovic has been battling bronchitis and has been advised to rest forcing the band to cancel their participation in the tour.

The follow-up to Mortal Repulsion, released in 2009, the 12-track long player was recorded, mixed and mastered by drummer Jim Roe and features new guitarist VJS (Kult ov Azazel, Crimson Moon, Demoncy, etc.).

The album is the next chapter in the Mary Magdalan phenomenon, which started with her reality based concept album 'Pity Girl'. The new album is a representation of the rebirth of Mary Magdalan, where her last chapter R.I.P. was her walk through purgatory. "We were able to write and arrange our best music to date" exclaims DJ Ray about the new offering from the group.

That's right: a real guitar. Gibson craftsmen collaborated with series co-creator � not to mention Berklee College of Music grad and Billboard chart-topping musician � Brendon Small to come up with the design of the limited-edition product that was unveiled to industry insiders at last week's NAMM 2011 show in Anaheim, Calif.

The national touring AC/DC tribute band, TNT, performs a free show at 7 p.m. after their scheduled event in January gave way to a musical vigil for Congresswoman Giffords and the other victims of the tragedy in Tucson.