(antiMusic) Faith No More are the third headliner revealed for the 2009 Download festival, scheduled for June 12th - 14th at Donington Park in in Leicestershire, England. moreMTV Games is not boycotting Warner Music Group artists from the "Rock Band" franchise, despite what an article in the current Wired magazine claims, according to sources from both camps. Rather, the impasse is best described as a stalemate. Apparently the label group wants more money to license their music.more
Iggy Pop has revealed that he has recorded a jazz album based on the French author Michel Houellebecq's novel 'La Possibilitι D'une Ile' ('The Possibility Of An Island').more
Apparently Motley Crue are going to perform the entire "Dr Feelgood" album in it's entirety on the upcoming We Are White Trash tour. It's the 20th anniversary of the band's most successful album. To mark the anniversary, the album is getting yet another reissue.
Reset, a Montreal-area band which saw two members go on to form Simple Plan, will be reforming for a one-off show celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Quebec's Musiqueplus Television Station. more
Britney has just posted the set list for her Circus tour on her official website. The tour kicks off today in New Orleans. Is it live or is it Britney? Get the set list here if you care.
Neil Young confirmed that his new album Fork In The Road will be released on April 7, with its first single "Johnny Magic" to be released digitally in late March.more
A personal note from Ace Frehley: Here's a peek at one of the new Anomaly tracks, "Pain In The Neck." I've been tweaking the solo & this is pretty close to what you'll hear on the album......... More to come............ You can view the new video more
Asa is heading back to America to tour in support of her self-titled debut Asa on Mercer Street Records. dates and preview here
Edguy are planning a U.S. and Canada tour this September which will include 18 shows more
M83 have revealed the songs they intend to perform on Saturday (March 7) at their one-off performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.details here
The planned closures of the Virgin Megastores in Times Square and Union Square in New York City and the Market Street store in San Francisco are the beginning of the final wind-down of the Virgin Entertainment Group North America. The remaining stores are going too. more
Moonspell are the latest band to be confirmed for the Bloodstock Open Air festival this year. The event will be held at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England and takes place between August 14th and 16th. full lineup
The Flaming Lips' song 'Do You Realize?' has been named the official song of the state of Oklahoma. more
BudzList.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Mikey Doling of the reunited lineup of the legendary Santa Barbara metal/punk rock hybrid Snot. Regarding the band's recording plans, Doling said, "We're writing a record our actual sophomore record... 10 years later. We're writing it with Tommy [new singer Tommy 'Vext' Cummings, formerly of Divine Heresy] and the songs are coming out incredible. more
Disbelief have canceled their appearance at the Netherland's Muya Festival. They said in part "Unfortunately [guitarist] Jonas Khalil is also busy with Sacred Steel, so there was no other possibility" more
Juliette Lewis has revealed the details of her highly anticipated forthcoming album. 'Terra Incognita' is due out this spring, and features a new band lineup called The New Romantiques, who are replacing her former band The Licks. more
Live Nation, which is in the middle of a controversial plan to buy leading ticketing company Ticketmaster Entertainment, posted a net loss of $337.5 million, or $4.33 a share compared with a loss of $18.4 million, or 25 cents a share a year ago. 360 deal anyone? more
Facing New York have been forced to cancel their UK tour: The band said, "Brandon is leaving Facing New York. We are canceling the UK tour in the wake of this. We decided that it wouldn't be right to make the journey with last minute replacement players." more
There is hope: Disney's "Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert" rung up an estimated $12.7 million to open in second place among domestic rankings. The haul was roughly half what many had expected for the pic based on growing appeal of 3-D projection and anticipated support among preteen fans. more
Desolate Ways are working on the production of their third album, which is being recorded in Nitro Sound Solutions studio and being produced by Roger Fingle. This new release will feature Josie, the female vocalist of the Brazilian dark metal band A Sorrowful Dream, who will sing on the track 'Winter'. - more
