Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato has aimed a scathing internet rant at 30 Seconds To Mars star Jared Leto, branding the rocker "a poser" and urging him to go "back to acting." more

Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has posted the following message on his Twitter profile: "AeroFreaks rejoice... Joe [Perry, Aerosmith guitarist] and I sent smoke signals, shot the s*** and chewed the fat for the last year, but just smoked the peace pipe for an hour today. On our way to rockin' your fkin worlds this summer by locking ourselves away somewhere w/guitars and drums..." more

System Of A Down has revealed that they have added additional shows for both Los Angeles, California and San Diego, California to its upcoming North American tour. more

Symphony X recently performed two brand new songs live while on tour in Paris, France. The songs 'End Of Innocence' and 'Dehumanized' and available in the player more

The Red Chord and drummer Mike Justian, who has had two stints with the group, have once again parted ways. more

A source close to the tour has confirmed to www.VulgarDisplayOfBlog.com that the 2011 Summer Slaughter tour will be headlined by Whitechapel, Black Dahlia Murder, and Darkest Hour. Other rumored bands here

Rod Stewart will headline the Sunday show at this year's Hard Rock Calling Festival in London's Hyde Park, organizers announce more

In 2009, Unwritten Law was coming off a long hiatus and had decided to make one final album together, and album that was to be aptly titled 'Swan Song.' But according to lead singer Scott Russo, that's not how things went down. more

Thin Lizzy will do a brief tour of the U.S. from March 24 in Jim Thorpe, PA to April 1 in Chicago. The trek will also include a live appearance on the syndicated radio show Rockline more

In Flames have officially recruited Niclas Engelin from fellow Swedes Engel as their new second guitarist. more

Grey Area and Go Rydell will be releasing a split 7-inch via Black Numbers. This marks Grey Area's first new material since their 2000 full-length Fanbelt Algebra more

Converge will be in Europe in June. more

The Human Abstract has revealed the dates for its forthcoming mini-tour of the United States. more

Lecherous Nocturne will enter Mana Recording studio May 8th to record their upcoming sophomore release "Myth Manifest" on Unique Leader Records more

Grown Ups has completed work on their previously announced EP, which is slated to be released in the spring via Doghouse Records. more

TMD has learned today from a source close to Vinnie Paul's camp that: "If it does happen (the Pantera reunion event), it will be for only one show."

"Eddie's always made me out to be the bad guy. He's always had the upper hand when it comes to the press, and he could tell the story and frame it the way he wanted," Hagar tells MusicRadar. "I thought the story needs to be told so the fans know why everything's happened the way it has. I didn't like what was going on at the time. I didn't like the way Michael Anthony was treated and the way they tried to treat me. Eddie and Alex Van Halen really made the experience unpleasant.

"With Slipknot, there is definitely a huge piece missing now. Paul was almost the lynchpin that held everything together. There are other things in the band affecting things right now. It's individual issues and that's all I'll say about it right now"

For Alice Cooper's "No More Mr Nice Guy" summer tour, May-August 2011, Alice has announced a revamped band line-up. The tour will kick off in North America May 12-21, then go to South America May 25-June 3, and England & Europe June 7-July 16, before returning to North America again for the month of August.

Kicking off in our nation's capitol on May 17th and wrapping up at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on June 3rd, the tour includes a return to New York City's renowned Summer Stage in Central Park on May 24th.

Shot in December of 2009, AC/DC Live At River Plate marks AC/DC's triumphant return to Buenos Aires where nearly 200,000 fans, and 3 sold-out shows, welcomed the band back after a 13 year absence from Argentina.

"By having a few different outlets for my work I'm finding more inspiration within each one," he wrote in the post titled "Gold statues, silver bullets, tattoos and the continued destruction of angels." He added, "No, Nine Inch Nails is not dead and I plan to focus on that next."

The three-hour show will feature a complete performance of Frampton Comes Alive! along with highlights from Frampton's catalog, including his Grammy Award-winning instrumental album, 2006's Fingerprints.

The website, TheActualDarkness.com, launched recently with the semi-cryptic message "The Darkness >> As Promised" across the top of the site, along with a link to the band's Facebook page, an e-mail subscription field and a button to post about the site on Twitter.

The tour will begin in Broussard, LA on April 13th, and is scheduled to hit over twenty markets across North America.

Traveling exclusively in vintage railcars, the three bands will journey across the American Southwest over the course of a week. The aptly titled Railroad Revival Tour will feature the three bands playing concerts at six unique outdoor locations along the route, beginning April 21st in Oakland, California.

The tour comes in anticipation of their upcoming album, with a late spring/early summer release on ATO/Prawn Song Records.

Fans will be treated to new music from the forthcoming nine-EP collection, The Color Spectrum, which is due out June 7 on Triple Crown Records in a variety of formats.

The next round of titles will include the first Legacy edition of Power Of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix, an all-star celebration bringing together 16 high octane performances of best-loved tracks from the Hendrix songbook performed by a who's who of classic and contemporary musicians.

The trek will run through the Midwest and East coast, which will include a stop at New England Metal and Hardcore Festival in Worcester, MA on April 16th.

Livestream will broadcast this exciting event as the guys take questions via Facebook and Twitter.

The band will play their original song "Blue Sky" at 3:23 am CST, and the live performance will be beamed up to Commander Steve Lindsey and the other five crew members to wake them for Shuttle Discovery's second to last day in space.

After an appearance at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Quincy, Washington (May 30), the band will kick off a run of dates June 10 at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival that also includes shows at the Merriweather Post Pavilion near Baltimore (June 13), Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell (June 14), Academy of Music in Philadelphia (June 15), and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado (June 16-19).

"Royalty" was one of the first songs I wrote for Dinosaur Bones. My previous band had broken up, I was living in a new city where I didn't know a lot of people, and I was sort of in limbo writing songs for a band that didn't exist yet. At the same time it was liberating, knowing that I could start from scratch stylistically and really go in any direction.

"Royalty" was a part of that initial crop of songs, and one of the only ones that made it into our setlist once the band was formed. Musically, it's essentially built around the pulsing bass line that sort of propels the song. The structure of the song is pretty conventional, but I like that its the bass that serves as the hook, particularly in the verses where the guitars really just serve as a percussive element.

When I wrote this song I was between bands, but had made up my mind to rebuild and have a proper go of it. The lyrics circle around some of the trappings of playing in a band, having to appease or impress industry people you'd rather ignore, being away from your friends and loved ones for long stretches of time. Because of that, "Royalty" definitely has a pretty cynical tone to it. I think when I was writing this song I was probably subconsciously warning myself about what I was getting myself back into. I guess I'm a bad listener.

And when they make the change, there is a movement at Sweden's central bank (the Riksbank) to honor more modern figures on the new bills, including Bach-n-roller #1, Yngwie Malmsteen.

Bullet guitarist and vocalist Matt Tuck told Christina Rowatt of Soundwave TV that after playing Australia's Soundwave Festival they would head to Japan, play some more shows with Soundwave headliners Iron Maiden, then have a little time off before Tuck heads to Los Angeles to start writing with Gilmore. "We're gonna use Don, who worked on Fever, and just see how it goes," Tuck said. "No pressure, no game plan. I'm just gonna go over, hang out and write some [expletive]."

When asked how it felt to be on stage for the first time ever as Beady Eye, Liam Gallagher immediately said "Loved it.....can't wait to take it around the world."

Named after famed Dutch guitarist Eddy Christiani, the honor is awarded to a guitarist who has earned his merit in the international pop circuit and who has, just like Christiani, given an invaluable contribution to the development of the electric guitar.

The trek will kick off on April 15th in Durham, NC, and conclude on May 7th in Chicago.

And that singer was.... Ben Hogg of Birds Of Prey, Beaten Back To Pure fame. Hour Of 13 guitarist and founder, Chad Davis recently had this to say about Ben Hogg: "HOUR OF 13 could not be more pleased with the dedication and amount of work Ben has shown. He is a valuable talent to have in the band. He is a vital presence that we were needing in the fold and thanks to him, we are stronger and more focused than ever."

The album will be available in North America on People Like You Records. It will see a digital release on March 29th, followed up with a May 3rd physical release.

Featuring two never-before-heard tracks, "Adrenaline" and "Fight or Flight", B-Sides and Rarities is limited exclusively to 500 black vinyl. 50 copies can be purchased beginning March 16th in the I Surrender Records webstore and the rest will be available during the upcoming On Your Side Tour with A Rocket To The Moon, Anarbor, Go Radio, and Runner Runner.

The Foos will be performing "Rope," the first single off of their seventh studio album "Wasting Light."

The next leg of the tour will begin on May 31, 2011 in Victoria, Canada and will include stops in twelve Canadian cities, including Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City.