The Dandy Warhols are set to perform at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on Thursday (June 4) in support of reforming US marijuana legislation. The event will be hosted by actress Fairuza Balk and will also feature a DJ set by David J of Bauhaus and Love And Rocket more

Jared Ashley, the former "Nashville Star" contestant who filed assault and harassment charges against country star John Rich and is now suing the singer.more

Wow MTV not authentic? Who would've thunk it! The head writer for the MTV Movie Awards has settled the debate: the stunt involving Sacha Baron Cohen and Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards was completely planned.more

Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce they will be releasing their as-yet-untitled third album on Monday 24th August 2009. Produced by Josh Homme in the Mojave Desert and LA, and with James Ford in Brooklyn, the album features ten new Arctic Monkeys songs. more

Blue October have announced their Crazy Making Summer tour with Switchfoot, which will kick off July 26 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Special guests Ours and Longwave will also be along for the ride.more

According Yahoo music, Michael Jackson has hit out at his London O2 Arena gig bookers, saying he believed he only signed up to play 10 shows--not the 50 he is scheduled for--at the venuemore

Poison will sing with the cast of "Rock of Ages" at the at the 63rd annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The event will air live on CBS beginning at 8 p.m. EST.more

Guitarist Oz Fox of reactivated Christian hard rockers Stryper will marry Annie Lob�rt, a 41-year-old former call girl who founded the international Christian ministry Hookers for Jesus, on June 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada.more

Madonna will play in Tel Aviv on Sept. 1 for the last stop on her Sticky and Sweet world tour. The pop star's website quotes her as saying she's "very excited about returning to Israel for my last and final show."more

Children Of Bodom will embark on a South American tour this fall, supported by fellow Finns Amorphis, who have just released their Skyforger album.more

Minsk and Wolves In The Throneroom will meet up in mid-July for a few West Coast showsmore

Bonded By Blood has issued the following 'We are sorry to announce that Bonded by Blood has been forced to cancel the rest of the European Massacre Tour with Fueled by Fire." more

Altaria, known for its traditional but yet catchy heavy metal, has inked a new record deal with Escape Music. The band's new album, "Unholy", will be released this summer.more

Daath has been forced to cancel its previously announced summer festival appearances. Commented guitarist Eyal Levi: "These fests were booked so far apart with no gigs in between that there was no way we could financially afford to stay in Europe all that time without resorting to either begging for change or selling our bodies in the red-light districts." more - more News Quicks

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