Chris Brown Guilty of Rihanna Assault- Injury Sidelines Thin Lizzy- Moby's Restaurant Destroyed by Fire- P2P Leaker Arrested and more was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (antiMusic) We have a shorter than usual Quicks for today. Let's get started: Chris Brown pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting Rihanna and the two were ordered to stay away from each other, in a deal that keeps the singer out of prison but requires him to clean up graffiti or roadside trash. moreThin Lizzy have announced that due to a recent accident suffered by drummer Tommy Aldridge, in which Tommy broke his collar bone that they have withdrawn from last Saturday's Kobetasonik festival in Bilbao, Spain and have to postpone the two UK shows scheduled for this weekmore
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich will present and discuss a rare screening of an unusual documentary that plays like a provocative game: The Five Obstructions, co-directed and written by Danish filmmakers Jψrgen Leth and Lars von Trier.more
A 33-year-old man has been arrested in the U.K. in connection with a group leaking pre-release music on P2P file-sharing networks. The BPI claims that DV8 are believed responsible for leaking in excess of 2,500 titles, including content from both major and independent labels. more
Moby's New York restaurant has been destroyed in a fire. An electrical fire ignited vegan eatery Teany and gutted the building on Rivington Street, in Manhattan's Lower East Side on Thursday night. more
Tesla will be Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, July 10 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show".more
Rise And Fall has parted ways with drummer JP, and subsequently added Daan to their line-up as a replacement.more
Linkin Park's only North American concert of 2009 will be at Epicenter '09: So. Cal's Rock Explosion on August 22 in Pomona, CA.more
Soil has set "Picture Perfect" as the title of its new album, tentatively due in September in Europe via Germany's AFM Records and in North America through Driven Music Groupmore
In addition to their previously announced west coast tour dates (and new album news), The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have added two east coast shows for August. dates
The Walkmen have announced the dates of a North American tour this summer.more
Banner Pilot have completed their sophomore LP. Bassist Nate Gangelhoff blogged: We mastered it yesterday. Really excited for it to come out-- it's definitely the best thing we've done so far. more
Children Of Bodom will team up with The Black Dahlia Murder and Skeletonwitch for a North American tour in September/October. Blabbermouth has the initial dates
"Bury Me Alive", the first song from The Fallen the new band featuring original Evanescence members Ben Moody (guitar) and John LeCompt (guitar) and Rocky Gray (drums) along with "American Idol" powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson is available for free download at WeAreTheFallen.com (e-mail sign-up required). It can also be streamed here
Galactic Cowboys, the heavy-hitting Houston, Texas band responsible for such classic albums as "Space In Your Face", "Machine Fish", and "At the End of the Day", will reunite this August for three concert performances only in the group's home state in Houston, Dallas, and Austin.more -
