(NME) Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum has unveiled his debut single with new band Diamond Baby. Sorum, who played drums for Guns N' Roses in the '90s, has roped in Motorhead's Lemmy and Glee star Jane Lynch for the promo for 'The Last Rock Star'. Watch it here

(BW&BK) Testament singer Chuck Billy said in a recent radio interview the band will be hitting the road this fall with Anthrax, Death Angel and Overkill. However, Overkill singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth surprised BraveWords.com, and undoubtedly will disappoint several fans, when he said, "Someone should check with our agent, as we turned it down weeks ago." Find out why hereh

A new and improved version of the full long form Beastie Boys "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" is now live on YouTube and Vevo. You can view the Spike Jonze directed video here

(FMQB) Kid Rock, The Killers, The Raconteurs, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, The Roots and many more will be performing at the inaugural Orlando Calling festival on November 12 and 13 at the city's Citrus Bowl football stadium. more

(BW&BK) Former Majesty guitarist Bjoern Daigger will play rhythm guitar at the band's upcoming shows in Chiaromonte, Italy (Agglutination Metal Festival ) on August 20th at the their official comeback show on September 3rd in Dittigheim, Germany. more

(Jam!) Bruce Springsteen's legendary sax man Clarence Clemons had surgery to correct carpal tunnel issues in his hands a week before he died in June, according to his widow Victoria. more

(Billboard) Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett has declared today, July 22, Bon Iver Day, in honor of the Wisconsin native whose second album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 last month. more

Stockdale, 35, was drinking with friends at the Archive Bar near his home in Brisbane, Australia on Sunday, while a local band were performing a set. He interrupted them and demanded to be allowed to play a song, then sang a cover of the Beatles' Let It Be with the addition of strong language.

The band's attorneys have contacted Heineken to address the un-authorized use. Dead Kennedys have never authorized any company to use this song or any of the band's songs to promote a consumer product (let alone the consumption of alcohol) in this or any advertisement.

Music Feeds reports a representative from Century Venues alerted concert promoter Chugg Entertainment of the missing artwork, saying that "the 3 x 4 metre billboard had been untied from the framework and stolen, with no traces of how. Scaling the awning and ascending somehow to the billboard framework, several metres above the awning, the stealth mission was no mean feat. It is also clear that this was no blow away Alice; as the billboard on the other side of the framework remained completely intact."

According to NME.com, the band will stream their show at NYC's Terminal 5 on Monday, July 25 via YouTube. Jane's Addiction are then asking fans to film the show on the new LG Thrill 4G Device for a 60-minute documentary to premiere the LG Thrill's 3D YouTube channel on August 4.

Adrenaline Mob - featuring vocalist Russell Allen (Symphony X), drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater / Avenged Sevenfold), guitarists Mike Orlando (Sonic Stomp) & Rich Ward (Fozzy, Stuck Mojo) and bassist Paul DiLeo, have been confirmed as one of the support acts for Godsmack on their post-Mayhem headlining run throughout North America in August

Those are high expectations for The Hunter, which is due later this year and was produced by Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Gwen Stefani). The band said they plan to include about 14 songs on the finished release, which finds the Atlanta group in a lighter mood than 2009's Crack the Skye (which revolved around the brain hemorrhage of one member and the suicide of another's sister).

According to NME.com, Albarn will write and record in the Democratic Republic of Congo with a group of producers and artists intending to record an album in a week.

The event takes place at the DCU Center and The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts this October 14-16.

The second season of the show is set to premiere Saturday, August 20 at 10 PM ET/PT. Here is the synopsis:

VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" is back in Los Angeles and ready to rock with an all-star line up of iconic metal guests to make for an incomparable eighth season. Members of the biggest metal bands in history, including the pioneer of heavy metal Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath, Lars Ulrich of Metallica, Sammy Hagar and many more will grace the "That Metal Show" stage giving fans an unfiltered hour of pure metal dish and bitch that any metal maniac will truly appreciate.

As a genre Prog Rock is enjoying a renaissance. The music of choice of a generation of old fogies would appear to have been adopted by a new generation of young fogies as the top 10 list clearly shows

Slash plays on "Kick It Up A Notch," the song that plays over the film's closing credits.

Gibson's Summer Jam is one of the music industry's premier events. Artists who have performed at Summer Jam include Cheap Trick, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kenny Olson (Kid Rock), Lee Roy Parnell, Gretchen Wilson, Tesla, Les Paul, Pat Martino, Doyle Bramhall II, Dickey Betts & Great Southern, Johnny A., Jack Pearson, Whiskey Falls, Carl Weathersby, Larry McCray and Peter Frampton, just to name a few.

The effort, produced by Daniel Castleman (As I Lay Dying, Winds of Plague, Impending Doom) at Lambesis Studios, is entitled Awaken To The Suffering.

Never Shout Never will be celebrating the upcoming release of their third studio album, 'Time Travel.'

The Best Rock Video category includes The Black Keys, "Howlin' for You"; Foster the People, "Pumped Up Kicks"; Cage the Elephant, "Shake Me Down"; Foo Fighters, "Walk"; and Mumford and Sons, "The Cave."

Zombie told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "I used to feel sort of anti-Rock and Roll of Hall Fame, because, you know, as Steve Earle was saying, why do they let this person in and not that person? But when I was actually there, I got a different perspective on it, because, unlike certain other award-type shows, it was a really cool vibe there, and it was very much musicians paying tribute to other musicians. It didn't have a cheesy corporate vibe to it.

The video is a documentary-style combination of performance, behind-the-scenes glimpses of Journey at rehearsals in San Francisco earlier this year, plus footage of the band in Manila.

The package is set to be released on September 23rd in Europe and September 27th in North America.

The Philadelphia rockers are famous for their bluesy hooks and singalong choruses and this year marks a whopping 25-years since their debut record 'Night Songs' was released and the band are still on the road with the original line-up � a rarity in rock n roll. In an interview with the Bellingham Herald LaBar explained: "The funny thing is that at the time, what we did was actually called rock 'n' roll. All of these terms you hear about came later. 'Hair metal' and 'glam' � we didn't get called any of that at the time. We were a rock band.

"Generation Why?" was recorded with producer Neil Kernon (Judas Priest, Nevermore, Deicide, 3 Inches Of Blood) and is due to be released on August 9th in North America and August 29th in Europe.

Diamond Plate are holding a record release show and music video shoot on August 19 at Reggie's Rockclub in their hometown of Chicago. Fans are encouraged to come down and be part of the music video for the track "At the Mountains of Madness." Shooting begins at 2:30pm.

Live at Rancho De La Luna, the band's first ever live-streaming "experiment", will offer both international fans and fans across the country the chance to see Concrete Blonde play just for them. "Rancho de la Luna is the local recording studio" says Johnette, longtime Joshua Tree resident. "As long as I've lived here, the desert still takes my breath away. There's still a lot of music - untapped, just floating around out here in the desert."

According to the Daily Mail, the Elvis footage was shot by the Chicago police department, who were investigating complaints about Elvis' lewd movements on stage.

He told the Daily Mirror: "Ronnie's amazing. I've never seen him play this well. I think the Faces saved him and there's nothing wrong with that. I still have a drink, I love a drink because I've never had that problem, that disease. I know my limit.

The photos were taken at their first U.S. concert at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C., on February 11, 1964, just a couple of days after their historic debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.

During the editing process for Batman, Burton had used Prince's "1999" and "Baby I'm a Star" as the temporary soundtrack for a couple of scenes. Seeing as Warner Bros. was releasing Batman and that Prince was signed to Warner Bros. Records, Burton approached him about creating original material for the film. Prince agreed to watch a rough cut of the film, and found himself inspired by elements of Burton's Batman. He felt his music could be a natural fit for the movie.

When we wrote the song "Closer" it started out as a simple music idea that we recorded and gave to our singer Ryan. Ryan came back a few weeks later with a finished version that gave us chills! Once we started circulated the single we had gotten an interesting letter. The letter from a fan was an interesting story of how the song reminded her of a relative who committed suicide.

The lyrics "It's nothing , get it out of your mind. I tell myself, time after time" and the lyrics "Come closer and watch me bleed. Come closer and see what you've done to me" reminded her of the circumstances surrounding the incident. Apparently a husband had suspected his spouse of cheating but chalked it up to paranoia. Later he found his suspicions were true and committed suicide. As dark as that story was, it inspired us when we went to make a music video. We altered the story and depicted a gilted girlfriend come in and catch Ryan's character with his new girlfriend and shoots and kills them both. Lying brain dead, his character is seen in front of a mirror, his reflection sings the lyrics in retrospect.

The dark tone in the video sparked local controversy, which later escalated because we borrowed a local ambulance and police car off duty, for a total of 10 mins. Some claimed the video was "wasted taxpayer dollars", while other locals of the small town we shot it in, rallied behind the band. Strangers would come up to the band and say things like "Hey, we liked your video, I don't care what any of the old timers think!" So it was interesting to see a song that didn't necessarily have a dramatic story behind it, suddenly develop one after its release!