Travis Barker Settles Over Plane Crash- INXS Returns- Every Time I Die Crash- Guitarist Jumped- $750K Fray- Springsteen Family Overdose and more was a top story for this week. Here it is again: Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has settled his lawsuit against several companies over a plane crash in South Carolina last year that killed four people, attorneys said Tuesday, according to AP. Barker was one of two survivors of the Sept. 19, 2008 crash that killed two pilots and two of his friends. Another survivor, celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, has since died of an accidental drug overdose. moreINXS has announced a new album featuring a group of guest singers and a world tour that will kick off with a show at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, according to the Canadian Press. A spokeswoman for the band would not confirm whether INXS's former frontman, Canadian J.D. Fortune, is part of the new album more
Every Time I Die were involved in a bus crash on Monday (Dec. 7) on their way to Wiesbaden, Germany. "bus is totalled. everyone is ok. we even managed to salvage some beers. see you tomorrow munich. we'll post pics of the wreck soon," frontman Keith Buckley tweeted. more
Coldplay are mellowing out in a church. The Herald Sun reports that the band are worried they've become a "stadium band" and are keen to get back to their roots with a "stripped-down acoustic album". To help them get in the mood, they have shunned their usual lavish headquarters in London's Primrose Hill and holed themselves up in an abandoned London church.. more
A former manager of The Fray says the band owes his company more than $750,000 in commission and expenses. The band's hits include "How to Save a Life." A lawsuit is pending in federal court in Denver against Gregg Latterman over copyrights to the band's songs. more
Kansas City television station KCTV reports that the autopsy results released Tuesday say 36-year-old cousin of rock veteran Bruce Springsteen Lenny Sullivan died of acute amphetamine and heroin intoxication. Sullivan was assistant road manager to Springsteen's E Street Band. He was found dead at Kansas City on Oct. 26. more
Progressive-rock veterans Yes return to the U.S. in February for an 18-date run of small venues that kicks off February 2 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and wraps 26 days later in Boca Raton, Fla. more
Phillip Hill, guitarist from the Teen Idols was hospitalized with a collapsed lung over the weekend. He made the following statement via Facebook: I'm finally home from the hospital after getting jumped by four guys on Friday night. These guys were attacking a girl in a parking lot where my car was parked and I tried to save her. more
Due to bad weather conditions, Breaking Benjamin's show on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center in Sioux Falls, SD has been postponed until Wednesday, April 28, 2010. more
Cold War Kids return next month with a new EP entitled Behave Yourself, and Antiquiet says that the first single sounds promising. Have a listen here
The Muppets' cover of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is to be released as a digital single. The adaptation of the song has been a massive hit on YouTube, with over nine million people having watched it in little over two weeks, check it out here
Bob Dylan's "Little Drummer Boy", the second video from Christmas In The Heart, is now up exclusively on Amazon.com as part of their 12 Days of Christmas promotion. The animated video was conceived and hand-painted by famed artist and filmmaker Jeff Scher. View the video for "Little Drummer Boy" here
Cheap Trick will be taping a performance for the acclaimed television show SoundStage at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY on January 26, 2010. more
BW&BK reports that the North American release date for former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick's new solo album, BK3, has been been bumped up to February 2nd via Fanboy/Rocket Science Ventures. Frontier's Records will still issue the album in Europe on January 29th. more
Former The Black Dahlia Murder members John Kempainen (lead guitar) and Cory Grady (drums) have joined forces in a new project called Graves Ablaze. more
Clutch will perform their second, self-titled 1995 album in its entirety on their East Coast Mini-Tour later this month. more -
