Another Coldplay Song Theft- Lynyrd Skynyrd Star Dies- Velvet Idol?- Metallica Fans Get Their DVD- Deftones Che Off Life Support and more top stories from this week was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (antiMusic) Singer-songwriter Cat Stevens agreed on Monday that the Coldplay song, "Viva La Vida," sounds like one of his 1973 songs, but he stopped short of saying he would sue for plagiarism.moreLynyrd Skynyrd bassist Ean Evans has lost his battle with cancer, just four months after the rockers mourned the death of former keyboardist Billy Powell. The star passed away on Wednesday at the age of 48.more
Jam! is reporting that Deftones bassist Chi Cheng is out of his. They base their report on a posting from the fundraising site his family setup which says that Chi is out of the intensive care unit and is no longer using life support.more
MusicRadar speculates that Velvet Revolver may find their new frontman in the form of an American Idol contestant. Slash appeared on the show to coach contestants for "rock week" and one singer apparently stood out.more
Guitar Hero: Van Halen confirmed. Billboard reporta: Activision Blizzard is releasing three new music-based games this year: DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero, and also confirmed the existence of Guitar Hero: Van Halen . more
Former Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum thinks that, if the original band reunites, they should perform with both him and original drummer Steven Adler. more
Late-1980s pop artist Henry Lee 'I Wish I Had a Girl' Summer has been arrested in Indianapolis on methamphetamine possession and other chargesmore
Apparently unsatisfied with their negative comments about Avenged Sevenfold, Underoath is now setting their sights on Metallica. The band spoke to Metal Hammer saying: "When we were on tour in 2006/7, the tour manager for Anti-Flag was talking to me, and he asked what my favorite Metallica record was. I said I didn't have one. Not that I liked them all, but I didn't like any."more
Live Nation sent over this info, as they today unveiled a preliminary slate of summer tours by some of the world's greatest artists. The company expects to offer more than 6,700 concerts in 35 countries this summer.more
As if performance night for the American Idol top four weren't dramatic enough, just hours before Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Danny Gokey and Allison Iraheta took the stage in Los Angeles, stage manager Debbie Williams was injured in a mishap on the show's giant staircase during dress rehearsal.more
Coheed And Cambria will join Heaven & Hell on the road as Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice select them for Summer Tour.more
Daughtry unveils the title of its second album Leave This Town (19 Recordings/RCA). Released on July 14, the album once again produced by Howard Bensonmore
Linkin Park has issued an update about the song "New Divide" premiering on May 18th and being used in the upcoming Transformers movie:more
Fall Out Boy have called in a witch doctor to banish a curse blighting their current U.S. tour.more
Gibson.com has a new interview with Chris Cornell, here is part of the intro and an excerpt where he discusses his aversion to reuniting with Soundgarden.more
Nine Inch Nails' frontman Trent Reznor announced today (May 7) that Apple has approved an update of the Nine Inch Nails iPhone application. more
Bob Dylan's new album, Together Through Life, has entered both the U.S. and UK album charts at #1, marking the artist's second consecutive U.S. #1 debut and his first chart-topping release in the UK since New Morning in 1970.more
Last week, the Dex Romweber Duo met up with Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs,The Dead Weather - maybe you've heard of him?) to lay down some tracks. The result? A 7" scheduled to be released in late Maymore
American punk icons X haven't released an album of new material since "Hey Zeus!" in 1993. But that might change soon.more
Our Lady Peace will release their 7th studio album on July 21st, 2009. Burn Burn will be released in the U.S. through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Groupmore
North American fans of international pop superstar Kylie Minogue will finally get a chance to experience the icon live in concert when her 6-city tour kicks off in Oakland, CA on September 30thmore
Celebrating what would have been the 58th birthday of punk icon Joey Ramone, the annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will take place Tuesday, May 19th at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza.more
Ozzy Osbourne has admitted he was wasted during all the three years of filming his reality television show.more
Guitar Center will take its iconic "Legends Collection" on the road beginning May 23 for a 4-city tour that will make weekend stops in Fountain Valley, La Mesa, San Francisco and Hollywood.more
Kirriemuir, Scotland is rightly famous for its excellent gingerbread and association with the writer JM Barrie. But the "wee red toon" is also the birthplace of Bon Scott, the late vocalist with AC/DC, a band with distinct Peter Pan tendenciesmore
Police arrested the guitarist of Bahrain-based extreme metal band The Mushroom Massacre at a rock concert in Bahrain Thursday (April 30), bringing it to an abrupt halt and angering scores of fans.more
Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger is facing a lawsuit over an alleged fight outside a Vancouver nightclubmore
Blink-182 has already written a number of new songs, frontman Mark Hoppus says, but don't expect the band to deliver a follow-up to 2003's self-titled smash before its big reunion tour this summer.more
Not one to throw a small party, Kid Rock has announced a second performance at Comerica Park. The weekend party will expand out to the streets each daymore
Coldplay will be giving away an exclusive live CD, titled LeftRightLeftRightLeft, to all fans attending the Viva La Vida summer tour and onlinemore -
