Other major acts sharing the bill with VH are Hole, Alice Cooper, Machine Head, Danzig, Bad Religion, Alter Bridge, Versa Emerge, Sisters of Mercy and The Pretty Reckless; beyond that, there's a ton of other bands involved.

The Aerosmith frontman has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on the Nickelodeon children's show The Wonder Pets, according to Zap2it.com. His nod comes in the Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program category. Last year, the singer voiced the Mad Hatter on an Alice in Wonderland-themed edition of the show. He was joined by Ziggy Marley as the Cheshire Cat and Idina Menzel (Rent, Wicked) as the Queen of Hearts.

"I did a project with Bob Dylan: he put together 20 or 25 people to finish writing Hank Williams songs that only had lyrics and didn't have music � I had to write music for Hank Williams' lyrics," White said. "I looked through all the piles of lyrics, and one of 'em just kept speaking to me. Sometimes you think it's gonna be really hard to find my spot, and then it picks it for you. You don't even have to choose it; it just picks it for you."

"From leaving the hotel, the streets were lined all the way to the gig, three or four deep with kids and you knew there was something special going on in the air. You could almost feel it," Johnson told the Associated Press. "The atmosphere was unbelievable. It is quite an imposing stadium. They were as one, just jumping up and down to the music. And it's a sight I'll never forget as long as I live. All audiences really rock�but all together? I've never seen that. They just seemed so happy to see us. I remember the smiles�thousands and thousands."

A few days before the Idol finale, Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer returns to The Simpsons for the Season 22 finale.

As reported by Bravewords.com, Ermatinger said his "jaw hit the floor" when he received the sale notification. "Given that this shirt may be one of the only ones in existence, the price tag is completely justifiable" he said. "It's a rock relic, beyond rare." Ermatinger purchased the shirt from the family who ran the shop that screen-printed the original shirts, paying $123.

Ozzy addressed the speculation about an Ozzfest 2011 on his official facebook page with this message: "No, not this year. I just finished a lengthy arena tour of the U.S., so I've decided to tour Europe this summer instead."

Panic! at the Disco will hit the road on tour this spring with New York indie pop outfit fun., featuring members of the Format, Anathallo, and Steel Train, on opening duties. To celebrate, the two bands teamed up for a new single, "C'mon," which SPIN is exclusively premiering before it hits iTunes on May 17. Check it out here

Glassjaw's Daryl Palumbo: 'Full-length records are becoming irrelevant' Band cast doubt on whether they will ever release a third studio LP more

In case you missed it, check out the 30-minute version of Beastie Boys'em>Fight For Your Right Revisited here

System Of A Down kicked off its reunion tour with a 29 song headlining performance Tuesday night (May 10) in front of 14,000 fans at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Check out the setlist here

Agnostic Front have announced that it will be heading out on a new United States tour this coming September. Support on the trek will come from The Mongloids and Naysayer. more

Last month Lace Weeper did a singled out special for their cover of Mother Love Bone's "Crown Of Thorns" which they teamed up with Kevin Wood (Malfunkshun) for and released in memory of Kevin's brother and lead singer of MLB Andrew Wood. Today they sent over word that they are giving away their debut EP absolutely free! Grab it here

Down entered the studio yesterday, May 11th, to begin recording new music according to a message from guitarist Kirk Windstein's official face book page more

Black Tusk will enter the studio in June with engineer Jack Endino (High On Fire, Soundgarden) to begin recording their third full-length album more

The mammoth CD reissue program undertaken by Pink Floyd is an acknowledgment that the era of physical CDs and lavish artwork is coming to an end, as fans increasingly opt to download music digitally, drummer Nick Mason said on Wednesday. more

The Cult has inked a deal with Cooking Vinyl Records. The group, which took part in the "Love Live Tour" last year and also recorded a four-track release with Chris Goss (Queens Of The Stone Age, Masters Of Reality), is back in the studio with Goss recording a new album. more

Legion and Belie My Burial will be touring together next month. more

In Fear and Faith, Vanna, A Loss For Words, Close To Home, Ten After Two, and Adestria will take part in "The 2011 Summer Partery Tour." more

Here is an excerpt from the blog: Music sales in the U.S. are up 1.6 percent in 2011, according to The Nielsen Company, as digital album and track sales saw dramatic growth through May 8.

While physical albums saw a decline in year-over-year sales from the same period in 2010, digital album and track purchases went up 16.8 percent and 9.6 percent, respectively. Digital retailers received more than half of all music transactions, propelling a 12.4 percent growth in sales over last year.

According to CrainsNewYork.com, the proposal entitled Pete Townshend: Who He? contains a sample chapter and an outline from The Who's guitarist. The book will cover all areas of his life from childhood, through The Who to the present day.

Downing announced his retirement last month, just as the band were about to start rehearsing for what's been called their last-ever world tour. He's been replaced by Lauren Harris axeman Richie Faulkner.

Farm Aid 2011 will be the first concert event at the new LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, which opens June 9.

"Tuesday [May 17] I think we start doing some writing again," he said. "We have piles of songs we want to show each other. We're going to get back in that room and start working."

In 2005, I was living in an apartment with paper-thin walls (as most have). I usually prefer to play acoustic guitar, but I had dragged my old Peavey Bandit 112 there to make overdubs on some demos. At the time I was trying to write a song with a repetitive, sliding E chord and a melody over top that would be the focus of the song with a thumping rhythm section. It turns out open E major doesn't slide quite so easily, leading me to tune the A string up to B, giving me EBDGBE. This made the E chord playable with two fingers, making it much easier to slide up the neck in key. At any rate, I was going for a Sonic Youth-type song with a sort of Simon and Garfunkel melody. The alternate tuning allowed me to get "outside of the box," chord-wise, as it often does. Despite the amount of strange chords in the arrangement, I had gotten the music completely written in about 20 minutes before the downstairs neighbor was banging on her ceiling.

From there, the lyrics were a struggle for this song, not to mention the open, straight rock n' roll theme never seemed to fit the direction of the band in previous years. I spent nights in the apartment laundry room (where I could be "loud") with the working title "Hard Earned Gold," lines including, "Words are hard earned gold/Brighter than they show/If I could/I'd be good/I wouldn't have to try so hard." It was based on the idea that you'll never be able to say just EXACTLY what you mean. There's always going to be some better descriptive or context and it's quite a daunting feeling at times. The song was presented to the band, and we practiced it a few times but things never stuck.

Flash forward to 2010 and you'll find Valentiger in their most rock n' roll state to date, looking to write and record a 10-song record before traveling down for a few showcases at SXSW. We wrote, recorded, mixed, mastered and had the product back in our hands in half the time. "Oh, to Know!" is a very lean record, often described by the band as a "serial killer." It seemed "Frozen Dozing" had finally fit the bill, being brash and short. Other than the title track, I remember it being the one song all three of us were always excited to play, smiles every time. It was just loud, energetic and free, especially coming off a relatively heavy record like 2009's "Power Lines to Electric Times."

In the studio, we toyed with making the song longer or adding more vocals, but we decided it was its best at 2 minutes and 11 seconds. The band has had long songs in the past and we were looking to get to the point on this record. Even with it's stark ending, I really do think "Frozen Dozing" is great in the way that it leaves you wanting more. And so we went full-speed ahead with the arrangement, trying to make the 2 minutes and 11 seconds count. Scott and I worked hard to nail down those drums fills in the vein of The Jam and The Clash and we probably played the thing through for 4 hours in the studio, trying to capture that perfect kind-of-drunk precision. I believe at some point we started referring to this as "the magic." Eric was most excited to cut his bass on this track and I especially love his little 16th note fill before the bridge.

There were still no official lyrics when it came time for me to track the vocals and I literally spent days by my lonesome in the studio, writing and scratching takes. It finally came to me the sentiment needed to better represent the feeling of the song and I just kept picturing highway cars, lit up at night in fast motion. Where were they all going? To good times, bad times? I thought of the feeling I get at dusk on, say, a Friday night. And maybe the week had been so terrible but you're determined to "have a night". The term "frozen dozing" popped up from scattered papers of scrawl from the past - it was a match. I pictured my friends on a Friday night, listening to this song on the drive over to wherever they might find some good time. There's an uneasy, eagerness of the sun going down. You've felt like a zombie, frozen and dozing, shuffling through the days until now. You wake up and you're ready to go - it's clear. The vocals you hear on the record are the first take of the final lyrics. The only snippet left of the "Simon and Garfunkel" melody lies within the first line of the second verse. It's one of the most raw, uncut and truest vocal performances of the Valentiger rock songs. You can hear the grittiness of the vocal cords having been worked over all day. I really think we came the closest to capturing the all-around, "live Valentiger sound" on this one.

Looking back, I love how "fat" all the instruments sound as a result of blowing out our tape machine. I'm glad we left all the yelling that snuck into the microphones on the first guitar and drums tracks. You can feel how loud my amplifier was and how it was beaten ragged by that point of the record. We extended the intro on account of my desire to add vocals similar to The Pixies' "River Euphrates," but it ended up becoming the wavering guitar part you hear due to time constraints. I catch Joe Strummer in the vocal style and cite The Jam in the name of precision. The little, echoing vocal tails bring to mind Super Furry Animals and even the ending guitar lick might suggest a bit of Stephen Malkmus. There's a lot going on in these 2 minutes and 11 seconds, begging for an immediate replay - not bad for a song without a chorus. I like to think of "Frozen Dozing" as a glass of fine wine. Simple, yet complex and before you know it, you've drunk the whole thing.

"I didn't think Ben was replaceable," he said. "It just wouldn't have been us. I couldn't imagine having another member and calling it The Cars, having an outside person to do singing or bass playing. It just did not feel right."

Colorado was the site of Phish's first extended tour outside of the Northeast, and the band has enjoyed a special connection with the community ever since.

The 2011 edition includes 11 shows � all in November - starting on the 2nd in Wolverhampton and wrapping up on the 18th at the Manchester Apollo.

With a total of 29 films, including 10 new film premieres, beginning on Thursdays (5 pm ET/PT) and picking up each Friday and Saturday night (8 pm ET/PT), the all-star line-up also includes guest appearances by B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana and more�bringing to the channel something for everyone.

The Lollapalooza DVD will be released worldwide in July 2011 by Sister Ray Enterprises. Songs performed on the DVD include Sweet Jane, Senselessly Cruel, Waves of Fear, Paranoia Key of E, and Walk on the Wild Side.

"No," Petrucci responded. "Of course we didn't know all along [who the new drummer would be]. It's just that Mike was the first guy, he was literally the first one to audition. And he came in there and he just knocked us out. He just has all of the elements in place. So it's probably why it kind of came across that way; there was a very natural chemistry between all of us. He's like one of us: East Coast guy, Berklee�he's one of us."

Their headlining tour with support from Nico Vega kicks off May 13th in Kansas City, MO at The Midland and wraps up on June 19th in their beloved home state of California, with a show on June 19th at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills.

"We are all in very different places," Barat said. "Right now is not the time for The Libertines. I thought the water under the bridge was under the bridge, but maybe it's not. It's a very [expletive] hard thing. Every time we talk, it just brings it back up."

"You know, you did it right," said Idol judge Steven Tyler. "You couldn't have picked a more popular song right now � it's kickin' ass � it's something else and so are you."

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Joining them on the road will be Neko Case, who will be opening the stage most of August.

Phil and Don Everly had grown up in a musical family. Their father, Ike, had his own radio show in Shenendoah, Iowa, and the boys would sing with their parents. The Everly Family performed shows locally when Phil and Don were youngsters in the 1940s. Eventually, Phil and Don became a brother act, both singing and playing guitar. As teenagers, they made a big fan of Chet Atkins, who was a family friend. Although Atkins had a relationship with RCA Records, he helped The Everly Brothers get a shot with Columbia Records in Nashville. Unfortunately, their 1956 debut single "Keep A'Lovin' Me" flopped and the boys were dropped.

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The performance, which took place at Toronto's Massey Hall, comes 40 years after the legendary 1971 Massey Hall concert in which Young unveiled many of the songs that would comprise his landmark Harvest album.

Aaron and Nathan Weaver, the founding and only full-time members of the band, will collaborate once again with producer/mystic Randall Dunn (Earth, Sunn O))), Boris) who produced WITTR's mammoth Two Hunters and Black Cascade albums.

The release captures full sets from both bands recorded at the Atlantic venue in Gainesville, Florida on June 27, 2010.