(AP) Mick Jagger isn't sure where his latest musical creation will end up on iTunes. The Rolling Stones rocker has teamed up with Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart, reggae maestro Damian Marley, soul songtress Joss Stone and "Slumdog Millionaire" composer A.R. Rahman for SuperHeavy. "What bit of iTunes genres does it go on? The unknowable? Isn't there an unknown section?" Jagger joked during a preview event last week at Jim Henson Studios, where the group recorded some of their eclectic music." more

(BW&BK) On Monday, July 11th Slipknot / Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor will take part in a live online chat and read from his new book Seven Deadly Sins - Settling The Argument Between Born Bad And Damaged Good. more

(SRX) Bret Michaels' lawsuit over an accident at the 2009 Tony Awards that the singer claims nearly killed him should be heard in New York where the accident happened. more

(BW&BK) Blue Oyster Cult frontman Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser was invited to play with Cheap Trick on the band's classic, 'Ain't That A Shame', at last week's show in Greely, CO on July 2nd. Check out video footage here

Breaking Benjamin's "Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin" is due out August 16 and this week the band announced track listings for the Standard and Deluxe editions. Check em out here

(BW&BK) Def Leppard show tonight at Cincinnati, OH's Riverbend Music Center will be rescheduled due to a family illness. more

(NME) Arctic Monkeys showcase 'Suck It And See' at iTunes Festival Band perform seven new tracks at London Roundhouse more

(Death Angel) "Due to what we feel is an incredible opportunity that has arisen for the band, Death Angel is forced to pull out of this year's Neckbreaker's Ball. We are not at liberty to discuss the details just yet, but as soon as we are, another announcement will be made and we hope that all of our true fans, any true metal fan really, will understand our decision. We will miss the opportunity to once again rock out for European fans, but we will make it up to you in the New Year with a surprise live set and tour that will blow your minds!" more

(BW&BK) In the first official announcement for the festival, Alice Cooper has announced he will play two intimate Soundwave Revolution Festival off-shows as part of his visit to Australia this September. more

(Lambgoat) Periphery has announced the departure of guitar player Alex Bois. "In regards to all of our upcoming shows and tours, worry not! We will have special guest artists filling in for Alex, so our touring plans will not be changing whatsoever." more

(The 1st Five) Polar Bear Club will be releasing their third full length album Clash Battle Guilt Pride this September, and they've just announced the dates for a Fall headlining tour to support that release. more

(AP) U.S. music album sales grew in the first six months of the year from a year ago, the first gain since 2004, thanks to rising sales of digital tracks and albums. more

(PNO) Frontman Vinnie Cuarana recently tweeted that The Movielife will be playing their last show ever on August 26 in New York City. more

(Antiquiet) Have a listen to a rare and unreleased track from Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock, called Dead End Job At The Dead Letter Office. here

(FMQB) Blondie has set a September 13 release date for Panic Of Girls, the group's first album since 2003. more

(LG) Onslaught, Gama Bomb, and Fallen Fate will be touring the UK in September. more

(LG) Batillus and Mutilation Rites will be touring together this month. more

(LG) Gideon and All's Quiet will team up for a summer tour in August: more

On this day in 1969, George Harrison recorded his new song, "Here Comes the Sun," with just two other Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, at Abbey Road Studios in London. John Lennon was absent, recovering from a car crash in Scotland.

On this day in 1980, Led Zeppelin played their last-ever concert when they appeared in West Berlin at the end of a European tour. The set included "Black Dog," "Rock and Roll," "Kashmir," "Trampled Underfoot" and "Stairway to Heaven." They finished the show with "Whole Lotta Love."

On this day in 1989, It was announced that for the first time, compact discs were out-selling vinyl albums.
On this day in 2006, Syd Barrett died from complications arising from diabetes. He was 60. The singer, songwriter and guitarist was one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, active as a rock musician for only about seven years before he went into seclusion. He joined Pink Floyd in 1965 but left three years later after one album. Barrett released two solo albums before going into a self-imposed seclusion lasting more than 30 years, with his mental deterioration blamed on drugs.

"It's our intention in 2012 to make another studio album and hopefully we'll lean a little bit toward the rock side of the spectrum." Campbell then addressed the idea that some fans would like Leppard to make an album akin to High 'n' Dry. "I mean it's our intention to try and get back some of the flavor, but I think it would be wrong to try and make an album that sounds exactly like High 'n' Dry," he said. "What was really good about High 'n' Dry was that it really showcased the influences of rock. But that's only part of the influences of Def Leppard.

"Absolutely," said Hagar about the possibility of working with VH again. "I'm not predicting it. I just say� someday. We made too good of music together, with Eddie and I in Van Halen, we had such a great thing for a long time.

"There's some extra gear on stage, extra amps" said Metallica's James Hetfield in setting up the jam. "Maybe we need some extra musicians."

"People get into that place where they don't care about people. To them, it's just business," Anderson tells Rolling Stone. "I'd been coughing so much that the only time I wasn't coughing was on stage. I just needed a break � but the guys were upset about that.

"Chickenfoot is one of the top-selling hard rock groups in the country," says eOne Music President Alan Grunblatt. "Everyone at eOne is thrilled to be working with them."

The album follows the recent news that West underwent life-saving surgery on June 17th, when his leg was amputated above the knee. While an ordeal such as this would surely deter other artists, West insisted on honoring the 'Unusual Suspects' album release date in September.

The band will headline the festival on September 17, which is their only scheduled 2011 show. Sheryl Crow also has been announced as a headliner at the outdoor music and arts event. Tickets will go on sale on Friday.

The songs are: "Everybody's on the Run" - "Dream On" - "If I Had a Gun..." - "The Death of You and Me" - "(I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine" - "AKA...What a Life!" - "Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks" - "AKA...Broken Arrow" - "(Stranded on) The Wrong Beach" - "Stop the Clocks"

"Stop the Clocks," "If I Had a Gun...," "Everybody's on the Run" and "Record Machine" all date from Noel's Oasis years. Demos or soundcheck recordings have long-circulated on YouTube and have already become fan favorites even though Noel Gallagher has never played them live.

According to the Daily Express, the musical comedian wanted to parody McCartney's "Live and Let Die" as "Chicken Pot Pie" but McCartney refused permission for the Wings track to be used.

"The idea is still on the table," Walla said. "It would be really fun to take Magik*Magik Orchestra out. But unfortunately, it is kind of nightmare to try and figure it out."

Magik*Magik Orchestra contributed heavily to the band's latest album, Codes and Keys. They also helped the band perform material from the album on VH1 Storytellers.

The tour starts in Mexico City at the Corona Capital Festival on October 15th, picks up in the US in Washington DC on October 28th, and finishes up in New York City on November 22nd at Webster Hall.

Filipino Pineda got the job in 2007 after Schon saw YouTube videos of him performing the band's songs in the style of classic-era singer Steve Perry. And Rolie, who co-founded the band with Schon but left in 1980 just before Perry took them to new heights, says their latest move couldn't have worked out better. "I like Arnel � I met the guy and he's a great guy," He tells Artisan News. "They got the chance to change his life and his family's life. If you've been to the Philippines you'd know what I'm saying: it's amazingly poor.

The trek kicks off on August 31st at the House of Blues in San Diego, Ca and will wrap on October 4th at the House of Blues in Las Vegas.

But frontman Anthony Kiedis says they didn't really know what the title meant when they picked it � and they certainly didn't expect the reaction they've had from fans.

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports Corbijn and Reed were seen hanging around with Metallica over the weekend in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the band played the Big 4 concert at Ullevi Stadium.

The Seminole Hard Rock show was part of the M�tley Cr�e /Poison/New York Dolls tour, which is currently winding its way through the southern US.

"I have to say to see the recent terrible events in Japan has been very, very upsetting," said Taylor. "Everybody felt our hearts went out to you for the terrible disasters you've suffered."

The clip debuted yesterday on MTV and MTV.com and is on MTV's Buzzworthy blog, you can check it out right here.

There are few stylistic changes more jarring than the one Bruce Springsteen made between 1982's Nebraska and 1984's Born in the U.S.A. The first is essentially an album of demos, recorded without the E Street Band; the second is as pop-oriented as "the Boss" ever got, with the addition of synthesizers and bright, radio-friendly arrangements.

To get the track, simply "LIKE" the band on their Facebook page and enjoy the alt-country-quartet from Brooklyn's take on the classic Wilson track.

Great Cynics are touring in support in support of their debut full length Don't Need Much.

Dragonflies and Astronauts is a rock theatre event that weaves a narrative through The Parlotones 16 top 40 hits in South Africa.

Breathe Carolina will headline the tour with support from Chiodos, I See Stars, The Color Morale, Mod Sun and The Air I Breathe.

"The Impaler" was directed by David Brodsky (Hatebreed, The Black Dahlia Murder) and is from the 2010's "Wormwood."

Our track, Kings of Troy, has taken one of the more dramatic rises to power on the record. It sat as one of our B song ideas for a long time until the eve of taking it to the studio. There originally were two vignettes in the arrangement that always seemed to distract, a downward spiral following an unworthy honky tonk throwback.

But if there's anything we've learned as a band it has been to trust our gut reactions, if we're not interested, no one else will be either. So we went on to a kind of rearrangement that has become a successful method in songwriting for us while creating new material.

We plugged in new melodies where choruses traditionally repeat, layered hooks, and gave the song a dramatic instrumental narrative with introduction, climax, and epilogue. Rather than an ABABCA sectional arrangement, its ABCDAEFG. We've been told before that the album plays more like a musical than the traditional rock album.

The end product is something that is engaging, requiring an active listen. For us as musicians, this process is more interesting but more of a challenge. We become department heads of sonically polarized stage wings.

Thematically the song is the idea that the person whom you love is constantly being pursued by others, a constant siege from which you always defend. The lyrical ideas follow the instrumental arrangement, a balance of stoic charge and playful disarming.