(antiMusic) A look back some of the top stories from this past week we kick off with this story about a Metallica related piracy raid of a fan's home: A RapidShare user claimed that his house was raided by law enforcement because he was suspected of uploading a copy of Metallica's new album "Death Magnetic" to his RapidShare account a day before its worldwide release.moreGuns N' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus says in an interview, "I've been in rehearsals with Guns for the last little bit here — focusing more on that world right now. . . We, hopefully, will be announcing dates soon, I hope."more
The heavily rumored Creed reunion has been officially confirmed, as all four original members are back together for a summer tour and new album.more
Fear Factory have confirmed a surprise reunion and will play at this summer's Sonisphere and Bloodstock festivals in the UK.more
Fox television this week faced an uncomfortable future when the two biggest stars on its No. 1-rated show American Idol openly discussed leaving, which experts said could send viewership plummeting in future seasons.more
Police are hunting counterfeiters who left hundreds of fans out of pocket after selling them fake tickets for a sell-out AC/DC rock concert in Birmingham.more
"We need a singer soon," Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum told MusicRadar in an exclusive interview. "We need the right guy in six months. We can't wait another year. Otherwise, it might not matter."more
Green Day has announced the bonus tracks that will accompany the digital version of 21st Century Breakdown due out May 15, 2009 via iTunes.more
Britney Pregnant Again? Humanity could soon be wiped out by couple of Mexican pigs with the sniffles. But relax, Britney Spears is on it. If Ryan Seacrest is right, then Britney Spears plans to repopulate the planet in her image - she's apparently pregnant again.more
Billy Corgan apparently knows the way to win back the hearts of Smashing Pumpkins fans: charge them.more
Bob Dylan has just announced an ambitious line-up for this year's summer concert tour. Along with fellow troubadour Willie Nelson, this summer The Bob Dylan Show will also feature John Mellencampmore
Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing is piling a big part of his fortune into a magnificent golf course around the mansion he bought near Bridgnorth.more
EMI Music's Virgin Records is pleased to announce that it has signed a new worldwide deal with Los Angeles rock band 30 Seconds to Mars. [They apparently worked out their legal disagreements]more
Slash will indeed appear on next week's "rock week" on American Idol. The former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver guitarist will act as a mentor to the pop singing contestants. more
Good Charlotte star Joel Madden has hit out at airline workers after he was banned from boarding a plane until he covered up his tattoos.more
Let There Be Rock - The Story Of AC/DC will be re-released on May 1, 2009 featuring a new chapter, an interview with Angus Young from November 4, 2008, new photographs and an audio CD of an interview done with all five band members (including Bon Scott) from their first American tour on December 4, 1977.more
The Dears' tour bus was stolen Wednesday night in Montreal as the band was home packing for their six-week North American tour. The coach was taken from the parking lot of the Comfort Inn at 700 Blvd. in St. Jean, Pointe-Claire while the driver was asleep in the hotelmore
Killers frontman Brandon Flowers blames American rock fans "obsessed" with Led Zeppelin and Nirvana for stunting his band's stateside progress. Speaking to NME, Flowers expressed frustration with American audiences who apparently "don't believe that it's possible that anybody else can be the real deal".more
NASCAR Media Group and Virgin Records rock quartet Saving Abel announced today that the music video for the band's third single from their gold certified self-titled debut album will debut exclusively on Yahoo! on Thursday, April 30th.more
To commemorate their 40th anniversary, The Allman Brothers Band is releasing a Beacon Box live CD package, capturing all 15 sold-out shows (45 CD's) from the group's recent March stand at the venerable Beacon Theatre in New York City.more
Boston mastermind Tom Scholz issued an insanely long update for fans on the official Boston site which warned in part of bogus "Boston" concerts that are being advertise this year.more
Blink-182 Won't Be Reborn After All. Music Radar says that despite reports, the newly-reformed trio are not releasing a song called Reborn as a comeback single in June.more
Discover reports: Mormon crickets have no taste in music, and Nevadans are using it against them. Residents of Tuscarora are getting ready to blast their boomboxes to ward off the crickets' semi-annual invasion, after the townsfolk realized three years ago that the pests don't like Led Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones.more
A TV commercial for insurance featuring rock star Iggy Pop has been ruled as misleading by the advertising watchdog.more
Flipper, the seminal punk and original grunge band from San Francisco, CA, will release their first studio album in over 16 years along with a new live album in celebration of the band's 30th anniversary on May 19th, 2009more
Skynyrd Special: Evanscapps, the side project of Ean Evans (bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Bobby Capps (keyboardist for .38 Special), is set to release its album, "Last Time," on May 12th via Rock Ridge Music.more
Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has broken his silence on why he left Heaven and Hell before the band recorded forthcoming album The Devil You Know. Speaking to Rock DJ Tom Russell, he explains he was "uncomfortable" with some of the issues surrounding the performance and the organization of the variant Black Sabbath lineup.more
Hardcore metal group Hatebreed has announced a headlining tour of the United States with Chimaira scheduled as the main support.more
The Bronx frontman Matt Caughthran and guitarist Joby Ford tell us about their new single "Knifeman". Matt tells us the story behind the song while Joby gives us the lowdown on how the song came together musically.more
Brian "Head" Welch will launch his first solo U.S. tour in support of his debut album, Save Me From Myself, which was released September 9 on his Driven Music Group label.more
Famed The Cars' guitarist, Elliot Easton debuts Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods, an Exotica instrumental group featuring some of music's greatest talents on Friday, May 8, at Key Club.more
Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy has shot down reports that the newly announced reunion of Creed will effectively put an end to Alter Bridge, the band he formed with then-former Creed members, guitarist Mark Tremonti, drummer Scott Phillips and bassist Brian Marshall.more
With a still-untitled album slated for June 30 on Nonesuch, Wilco will be hitting the U.S. highways this summer beginning June 12 in Cincinnati.more
Slayer and Megadeth two of the bands that defined the thrash/metal genre —will perform together for the first time in more than 15 years when they co-headline four shows in Canada in late June.more
Sebastian Bach is "not" appearing in the third season of VH1's Celebrity Rehab. He said in part about reports that he would be part of the show, "I have no idea where these lies come from. But they are all completely untrue articles, made up of lies, written by liars."more
Anthrax will be hitting the road in Europe this summer with a series of festivals and headline dates as a precursor to the band's forthcoming new studio album, Worship Music will have a Fall worldwide release. - more
