Springsteen Halftime, Inmate McCready, Vai to Help Lit Drummer, Dr Muse, Nick Cave Pens Novel, Bach Country, Means To An End and more was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (antiMusic) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Sunday night moreCountry singer Mindy McCready will surrender to Tennessee authorities on Tuesday to begin serving a 60-day jail sentence for violating probation on a previous drug-related charge, her lawyer said. more
Muse have been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Plymouth. The band, who hail from Teignmouth, returned to Devon to collect their awards in person last week (September 25). more
English band Coldplay and Welsh soul singer Duffy lead the MTV Europe Music Awards nominations on Monday with three apiece, followed by Britney Spears who was shortlisted in the best album and best act categories. more
Nearly 20 years since his debut novel, Nick Cave will put pen to paper for a second work of fiction, "The Death of Bunny Munro." Canongate has acquired world rights for the book, due in September 2009. The book traces the fortunes of one man and his son on a road trip around the south coast of England following the suicide of his wife. more
Steve Vai is offering a one-hour private guitar lesson for auction on eBay to benefit Allen Shellenberger, the drummer for rock band Lit. more
Former Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach has posted a blog, detailing his victory on CMT's Gone Country 2. First we heard of it too. Read Bach's words here.
Kaiser Chiefs have announced a UK arena tour for next year. The band, who release third album 'Off With Their Heads' on October 20, will play across Britain in February and March 2009. more
Rise Against recently released the video for "Re-Education Through Labor", the first single from their upcoming release "Appeal To Reason". They also recently released a "making of" video for the video. You can check out both on their Myspace page
Former Jawbreaker and J Church drummer Adam Pfahler has resurfaced with another new project, this one is San Francisco-based three piece, A Black Light. more
Psyopus has disclosed the recent addition of vocalist Brian Woodruff. Yes, this is the second time they've announced a new singer this year. more
Tombs is in search of a new drummer (ASRA drummer Andrew Hernandez has been filling in as of late). The band comments: "We're looking for someone who is reliable, isn't addicted to drugs or alcohol"... Ok, that eliminates 90% of the potential candidates but if you passed the test so far, see what else you need for the gig here
Canadian rock/hardcore band Means has announced their break-up. Here's a statement from the band: "On October 26th we will be packing into the van one last time for a cross-Canada headlining tour. These will be our final shows together, and Means will be disbanding after a final performance scheduled for November 29th in Regina, SK." more
Dillinger Escape Plan: "Ben Weinman has been holed up like a mad scientist blasting out the furious Dillinger Escape Plan insanity that will eventually find it's way onto our next release. When Ben says that the stuff he's been writing has actually been giving HIM a headache, you know it's gonna be pretty intense." more
Gemini Five have issued the following update: "Lead guitarist Dee Dee [Dany Douglas] has very rapidly decided to leave the band due to ilness and private/personal reasons. His decision is understandable and accepted by the other bandmembers." Ah but they have already found their new man, read more - here
