The Red Hot Chili Peppers' drummer Chad Smith tells Billboard.com that former members Jack Irons and Cliff Martinez will be attending the induction ceremony, but former guitarist John Frusciante will not be there.

KISS Online reports: "Cadillac High," a feature film based on the KISS's 1975 celebratory tour to the city of Cadillac, has received conditional approval for incentives to shoot the movie in Michigan.

The Monkees drummer told Billboard.com: "We've had a sort of unspoken, I guess, agreement over the years that if it's just two of us getting together we never called it the Monkees... I can see us getting together to do a memorial concert, of course, but right now I can't imagine anything else happening without the Manchester Cowboy."

Dolenz also said that he, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith would probably not attend Jones's funeral out of respect for Jones's family. He said, "My understanding is they want to avoid a media circus and... the family wants to keep it very, very low-key and very, very private.

Each artist honored receives a cash award of $25,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a commemorative medallion struck by the Royal Canadian Mint.

The gigs will be in Manchester and London and go on sale through Ticketmaster.co.uk on Friday, March 9.

Radiohead will play the Manchester Arena on October 6 and perform for two nights at the London O2 Arena on October 8 and 9.

Following on the heels of Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) and Neil Young Trunk Show (2009), Journeys was filmed toward the end of Young's 2011 solo tour. In the movie, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer travels from his hometown of Omemee, Ontario, Canada to Toronto, where he's booked to play two shows at Massey Hall. During the trek, Young "reminisces about childhood friends and talks about how the surroundings have changed over the decades while rolling toward Toronto in a 1956 Ford Crown Victoria," according to the Los Angeles Times.

Adele, who won the British Album of the Year award, had her acceptance speech interrupted by host James Corden so that Blur could begin their live set. ITV, which broadcast the event, and the Brit Awards have since apologized.

Since night two in New York, the group has been opening the show with their 1981 classic, "Unchained," moving former opener "You Really Got Me" to later in the set.

VH continue to rock four tracks from their new album, including the new single, "She's The Woman." The "Diver Down" rarity "The Full Bug" was a part of the set, one of the deep album cuts that VH continue to rotate in and out of the set; fans were also treated to the "Fair Warning" gem, "Hear About It Later."

The guitarist has unveiled the song listing for the project: 13 tracks, including the new single, "You're A Lie."

"Totally positive buzz about the song, cheers for the support," posted Slash recently. "Looking forward to getting the whole record out & hitting the road!"

Every year, John Varvatos overtakes Melrose and Robertson streets to bring LA an incredible party to benefit Stuart House, an organization dedicated to serving and protecting childhood sexual abuse victims. This year, the award-winning menswear designer and rock aficionado is partnering with online charity auction house Charitybuzz.com to expand their charitable reach, bringing the event's coveted auction items to an international audience.

Metal legend and golf monster Alice Cooper tops the auction with a package to hit the links with him in Phoenix, AZ. Cooper has donated the chance for a lucky winner and guest to join him for golf... as long as they have less than a 20 handicap! Bidding on the experience, valued at $4000, is open here

The trek will hit 17 cities beginning June 1 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The band will be joined by Torche, Black Cobra and Gaza.

The song is also available on Marco Sabiu's most recent album 'Audio Ergo Sum', which was presented on February 18, 2012 on live TV before an audience of 12 million; the album has consequently reached iTunes Italy Top 10.

In addition to playing the official Metal Sucks Showcase on March 15, the band will be playing a handful of dates leading up to and surrounding the show.

Electric Earth is hard at work writing songs for their fourth album, which they plan to record later this year. It will be the follow up to their critical acclaimed "Touching The Void" CD.

Back in 1979, future Beastie Boys Adam Yauch and Michael Diamond, along with friends John Berry and Kate Schellenbach, decided to start a band in their hometown of Brooklyn, New York. It was Berry, the band's original guitarist, who suggested the name "Beastie Boys," which was inspired by a phrase he'd read in the book, The Fog, which was the novelization of John Carpenter's famous 1980 film of the same name. With Yauch on bass, Schellenbach on drums, Berry on guitar and Diamond handling the vocals, the Beastie Boys made their live debut at Berry's house during a party celebrating Yauch's 17th birthday.

In 1982, the Beastie Boys were filmed by Philip Pucci playing a gig at the Preston Drama Dance Department Theater at Bard College. That night's opening act was a band called The Young and the Useless, featuring future Beastie, guitarist Adam Horovitz. A one-minute clip from the resulting short concert film, titled Beastie, was included on the Capitol Records home video Skills to Pay the Bills, which eventually sold more than 500,000 units and earned a gold sales award from the Recording Industry Association of America.