Amy Winehouse has dropped her appeal against a fine for possession of cannabis in Norway. The singer and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were arrested in Bergen in October 2007 on charges of possessing seven grams of cannabis. more

Aerosmith is ready to return to work on its next studio album, according to a Web post yesterday (Jan. 5) from drummer Joey Kramer. "Today is the first day [bassist] Tom [Hamilton] and I are getting back together," he wrote. "We just rehearsed for two hours and it feels so good! We can't wait to get back into the studio and get back out on the road to do what we do best." more

A live Fall Out Boy concert film will screen at movie theaters across the country on Sunday, January 18. Fall Out Boy LIVE - Folie a Deux NYC To LA will be shown in approximately 80 theaters. more

At the MacWorld conference today (Jan. 6) in San Francisco, Apple Inc. confirmed reports that all four majors were now onboard to deliver DRM-free music through the iTunes Music Store. The company will also embrace a variable pricing model starting in April; the price points are listed as 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. more

Over hyped music acts have begun lining up performances in conjunction with Super Bowl XLIII, to be held Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla. Leading the bill are Rihanna, Fall Out Boy and Lifehouse for the Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash, to be held Jan. 29 at Tampa's Ford Amphitheatre and broadcast live on VH1. more

On Wednesday, December 31, Vladislav Sokolov, drummer of Moscow, Russia-based "Slavic pagan metal" band Arkona, was hit by a car. Despite the high speed of the vehicle and the power of the impact, the musician escaped virtually unharmed and has already returned home from the hospital. more

Usually pop stars wait until they are middle aged or at least their fifteen minutes of fame are over before penning their memoirs. But in today's made for TV pop business why wait? BBC reports: Pop singer Leona Lewis has signed a book deal to tell the story of her journey from pizza waitress to X Factor winner and international star. Lewis, 23, said the two years since winning the TV talent show had been "an unbelievable experience". more

Morrissey has announced three New York City shows in support of his new album 'Years of Refusal', scheduled to be released next month. The first of the three gigs will take place at the intimate Bowery Ballroom on March 21, with shows following at Webster Hall and Carnegie Hall. more

Slayer guitarist Kerry King will be take part in a special fan meet-and-greet at the J�germeister Pit Area at Supercross at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California on Saturday, January 17 at 4:00 p.m. more

Antony and the Johnsons will be offering an instant digital download of their forthcoming album "The Crying Light" and a bonus track, "My Lord, My Love", for fans who pre-order the album from the band's website starting today. This gives fans a chance to hear the album before the release date as they will be able to download it and the bonus track as soon as they pre-order. [We would provide a link but their PR co is using lame newsletter software with encrypted links.]

No Rush! According to an industry source, the release of RUSH's Retrospective 3 greatest hits package has been delayed once again. Last we heard the official release date was given as February 24th but now it looks like that has been pushed back one week to March 3rd.more

Acclaimed for his work with Porcupine Tree, Opeth and Anja Garbarek amongst others, Steven Wilson's debut album Insurgentes will be released on Kscope on March 9th.more

Voivod are currently finishing up work on a new studio album which contains the last guitar tracks recorded by late guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Armour. more

Glenn Hughes is doing a special acoustic Swedish show in March, his first gig there for over two years, with Anders Olinder on keyboards. more

Despised Icon has apparently found a replacement for departed guitar player Al Glassman, who recently joined Job For A Cowboy. Taking Glassman's place is guitarist Benoit Landreville, who in turn has amicably parted ways with The Plasmarifle. more metal news

Low Vs Diamond, have teamed up for a co-headlining tour with Nickel Eye kicking off January 18th dates

Rob Zombie's upcoming sequel to his 2007 horror hit "Halloween", tentatively titled "H2", will arrive on August 28, 2009, according to ComingSoon.net. more

20 Buck Spin will release the new Kylesa LP, titled Static Tensions, in March. The regular version will be a single LP with an 8-page LP size booklet. A "deluxe" version will also be made, limited to 500 copies. That version will be a gatefold 2 x LP mastered at 45 RPM housed in a full color foil stamped slip case and more

Demon Hunter will be releasing a new live album called "Live In Nashville." featuring 14 live songs from their "Storm The Gates Of Hell" tour stop in Nashville, Tennessee. The album will be available in stores and online January 27thmore

The previously announced North American tour dates for Down, Evil Army and Weedeater � which were originally Posted on Evil Army's MySpace page � have now been removed from the site. According to Evil Army, "The tour dates have changed so we won't be hittin the road until mid-March."more

Oceano has parted ways with guitar player and original member, Jeremy. Frontman Adam has released the following statement: "Within our past few tours tension had seemingly grew above that of a typical level for a band touring the country cramped in a van. Over the past months certain members of the band we're beginning to really 'butt heads' and clash with Jeremy on a personality level, to a point where tour was almost becoming more of a burden to deal with the stress levels and having to diffuse each others frustrations from this."more

Queensryche has announced an extensive North American tour in support of their forthcoming new studio album, "American Soldier."more

Coldplay, Radiohead and Gnarls Barkley are among the artists featured on a forthcoming Grammy CD, which includes several musicians nominated for 2009 Grammy Awards [the lowest rated telecast in history?]. The '2009 Grammy Nominees CD' is due out in the US on January 27. more

Hatred are the first of two lucky bands chosen from the United We Rock Band Contest currently running across the globe, to open the 6th edition of the Desert Rock Festival set to be held at Dubai Festival City on Friday, March 6th. - more on this story

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