Steven Tyler tells TMZ.com that the current contestants on "American Idol" should think twice about singing any Aerosmith songs on the show. When asked if contestants get bonus points for taking on his songs, Tyler said, "Never. I look at them twice and say, 'Don't even try it, don't even.'" more

Funeral Party have been added as the support act on the forthcoming Deftones North American headline tour. Funeral Party will be appearing on the tour between April 14th and May 17th, 2011 more

Trent Reznor pulls out of 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' film project But Nine Inch Nails man reaffirms commitment to 'Year Zero' TV mini-series more

High On Fire was on tour and set to perform in Tokyo, Japan on Friday when the powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami struck off the island nation's shore, collapsing buildings, touching off widespread fires and unleashing walls of water up to 30 feet high. The U.S. group was unharmed, but shaken after surviving its second natural disaster in sixteen days; the band was also abroad in Christchurch, New Zealand during the 6.3-magnitude earthquake of February 22 more

Chickenfoot have a title for their new album. The record, due out later this year, is to be called Chickenfoot IV. According to Blabbermouth, frontman Sammy Hagar had this to say about the choice of title: "We were all like, 'What are we going to call second record? Well, Chickenfoot II'. And we're going, 'We can't call it Chickenfoot II, that's too obvious'." more

Owsley "Bear" Stanley, a 1960s counterculture icon who worked with The Grateful Dead and was a prolific LSD producer, died in a car crash in Australia, his family said Monday. He was 76. more

Memphis May Fire will headline a spring tour with support from This Romantic Tragedy, Us From Outside, and Too Late The Hero. more

In a new video report from Artisan News Service; Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth discussed new rules being imposed on foreign touring bands that come to the United States. You can view the report in the video here

NightShade will release their new album "Lost In Motion" in the US on April 26, 2011, and in Europe May 13, 2011, followed by a lengthy U.S. tour to follow. more

Wolfsbane are to release their first record in 17 years next month. It's a five-song EP called Did It For The Money more

During their soundcheck on Friday afternoon (March 11) for their first of two shows at the Agora in Cleveland, Ohio, Manowar blew the power system on the entire city block where the venue is located. more

The Devil Wears Prada is currently in Massachusetts as they prepare to commence tracking for their next full-length. The effort will be produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz more

Murderdolls - the band consisting of Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Rob Zombie) and Wednesday 13 - has issued the following update: "We are disappointed to say that we were forced to cancel our remaining Japanese shows. We stayed in Tokyo while other bands fled, planning to put on a great show and give you guys the good time you need right now. In the end, the promoters decided that all shows for the next few days would need to be canceled, including ours." more

The Slow Death has entered the studio to begin work on a new full-length, and the band's new lineup is one with a lot of familiar names: joining mainstays Jesse Thorson and Johnny C is Mikey Erg (The Ergs!, a million other bands), Paddy Costello (Dillinger Four, The Arrivals) and Annie Sparrows (The Soviettes). more

Asked about the "strangest bit of loyalty" the band have seen from fans, guitarist Kerry King recalled a man in Spain who had lined up to meet the band after a show and was very insistent that the group use his "pen" for an autograph.

On Friday, Iron Maiden were flying into Tokyo from Seoul, South Korea following their show there; on approaching Narita Airport in Tokyo, Ed Force One was advised to reroute to Nagoya, as the earthquake/tsunami had just become apparent. The band stayed the night in Nagoya and, following the announcement of the cancellation, are preparing to fly out.

The offering features unplugged versions of material from Black Label Society's latest album, "Order Of The Black," as well as additional material recorded during the same sessions.

Starr, 44, was found dead last Tuesday (March 8th) afternoon in a house in Salt Lake City.

The album will feature covers of artists including Paul McCartney and Wings, Cream, Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd and The Ramones.

Bonamassa told PremierGuitar.com, "My new thing is, especially with the live show, every night we have a basic structure of what the songs are. And with our new drummer, Kyle Bergman, and the rest of the group here, we basically throw caution to the wind and try to make something new happen every night. And sometimes we fall flat on our face � or I do � and then, sometimes it's magic. And that's been my new concept I've been really getting into. So none of the solos are structured, ever. There's a few ins and outs, but all the actual block of the soloing is off the top of my head."

The band gives a second glimpse of the forthcoming album with the track "DNA." The song features background vocals by The REV Gospel Collective.

The band, now featuring singer Ian Astbury, guitarist Billy Duffy, bassist Chris Wyse, rhythm guitarist Mike Dimkich and drummer John Tempesta, has been releasing mini-album "Capsules" since fall 2010.

The trek will be bookended by performances at next week's SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX and the Coachella Festival in Indio, CA in April. Sibling band, Zechs Marquise will support most shows.

However, the catch is... she hasn't written the song or any other material yet for the album. Imogen plans to gradually reveal the album over the next three years by writing and releasing a brand new track every three months. In true Imogen Heap fashion, she will be video blogging the entire process.

You'll recall that, a few weeks ago, the NHL team hung banners around the arena to promote the event- but the image used was of current KISS player Tommy Thayer dressed in his full Ace makeup and outfit.

After The Burial, Motionless In White will be supporting Norma Jean along with For The Fallen Dreams and Stray From The Path.

The approval notice requires that Dylan stick to a program, vetted by ministry officials, but didn't give specifics. Classic Dylan protest songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" could be banned, but no one is saying anything yet.

The announcement comes on the heels of three Oakland, CA shows and six shows in the New York area.

Helix frontman Brian Vollmer issued the following update: "In the next month we'll be going into A Studios to record three new tracks: "Champagne Communist," "When the Bad News Blues Come Calling" and "Angelina."

Cerebral Bore will be headlining the tour, which runs throughout June and includes a headlining performance at the Las Vegas Deathfest on June 11th. Supporting the band on the tour will be Insidious Decrepancy, Trifixion and Merciless Precision.

"I'd play with them for a charity gig, of course," he told the Scottish newspaper The Daily Record. "We never fell out. People thought we had a dramatic fall-out and a fight but we never."

The band, who was luckily unharmed by the recent earthquakes and subsequent tsunami, were in the studio recording new music when the natural disaster unfolded.

He explained, "When I worked in England before RTE, I introduced them for the first time on television. When the Beatles first came on our show, Paul McCartney asked [Parkinson] for [his] autograph for his mum."

The origin of the band began in 2007 when Corey Lowery (Stuck Mojo/Stereomud/Dark New Day) and B.C. Kochmit (Switched/Dark New Day) started to construct what would eventually become the foundation of Eye Empire.

Commented vocalist Autarch of the unfortunate tour cancellation: "Know this: Lightning Swords Of Death was thoroughly prepared for this tour only to be thwarted by circumstances beyond our control. I assure you all, we shall return with a vengeance in the near future. Already the black teet of kaos have begun to drip strange opportunity upon the ashes of this Master disaster. I shall reveal more details as they materialize."

He'll spend at least four and a half months behind bars before being eligible for conditional bail.