Virgin Records has sued the band 30 Seconds To Mars for alleged breach of contract and damages "in excess of $30,000,000", according to the lawsuit filed Friday (Aug. 15) in Los Angeles Superior Court. Virgin accuses Jared and Shannon Leto of not delivering three of the five albums under the band's contract more

Marilyn Manson played its first show with new guitarist Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit, Black Light Burns) Friday night (August 15) at the ETP Festival (Eerie Taiji People Festival) in Seoul, Korea. more

Music industry legend Jerry Wexler, who kick-started his career as a Billboard journalist in the late 1940s and went on to cultivate the careers of Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Led Zeppelin while a partner at Atlantic Records, has died at the age of 91 at his home in Siesta Key, Fla. more

Nine Inch Nails have expanded their Fall tour plans yet again with another run of North American dates this Roctober thru December. Blabbermouth will hook you up with the dates

Oasis have announced details of a huge UK arena tour for the later this year. It starts the day after new album Dig Out Your Soul comes out on October 7th. They're playing 18 shows in total. more

A murder retrial for music producer Phil Spector can go ahead in October despite defence attempts to stop it, an appeals court in California has ruled. more

Ozzy Osbourne just signed a new deal with Sony for three more albums more

The start of the new series of The X Factor pulled in an average of 10.2 million viewers on Saturday night. At its peak, the show was watched by more than 11 million people, capturing half the total television audience. more

Trumpet player 'Dizzy' Johnny Moore, a founding member of pioneering Jamaican ska and reggae act The Skatalites, has passed away. Moore died at his home in Kingston on Saturday after being released from a hospital where he was being treated for colon cancer. more

Although Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, the principals of English pop-rock band Squeeze, have reunited and will soon embark on a U.S. tour, they have no plans for a new Squeeze album. more

Peter Criss gave an interview recently and explained why he quit KISS: "[Ace leaving] was it for me,'' he said. "That was like: Ace ain't here. This ain't the original band. I said to Gigi, 'I can't do this with these guys. I made this band what it is. I'm one of the founding fathers. No matter who they get to put stuff on their face, it ain't us. You can take the mask off the Lone Ranger and put it on someone else, but it ain't the Lone Ranger.'" - more