Rise Against is happy to once again join KROQ's Almost-Acoustic Christmas lineup - KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2009, December 12th & 13th at Gibson Amphitheatre. December 12th will feature AFI, Rise Against, Alice In Chains, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Three Days Grace, Anberlin and Dead By Sunrise -- December 13 will feature Muse, 311, Slightly Stoopid, Phoenix, The Bravery, Metric, Vampire Weekend, Cage the Elephant ,White Rabbits more info at KROQ
Cold have Posted a new track called "Welcome 2 My World" from the new album "Epic" to their Myspace player here

The so-called "metal expert" Eddie Truck, a.k.a. some guy with a radio show, has apparently found a clever way to separate unsigned bands from their hard earned cash: charging about $150 dollars to get him to review their music. The Metal Den uncovered this bit of news here

Ignite & Death By Stereo will be playing Acoustic Benefit Show this Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 8 P.M at Lucky Strike Lanes, 20 City Blvd. West #G2, Orange, CA 92868. A special acoustic performance to benefit member of the Madball Family, Suzanne Hendriks Guerra, fighting a serious illness. All proceeds go directly towards medical expenses. $10 donation gets unlimited bowling all night.

Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill has a queen. He tied the knot with singer Jessie Baylin over the weekend. more

The U.S. Library of Congress is awarding Paul McCartney its third Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. An all-star tribute concert is planned for early 2010 more

Shadows Fall are pleased to announce their annual hometown holiday concert for December 26th, 2009. It will take place in Northampton, MA at Pearl Street.

Dead by Sunrise have released a video for, "Let Down", from their debut album Out of Ashes. Check it out here

Cardiff Punk Rockers John Q Public have released their new E.P "Land Ho! Deluxe Edition" to the world via SYWP Records. The CD contains 4 tracks from their previous incarnation as "May Contain Nuts" and 2 never heard before tracks giving the public a preview of what's to come from their upcoming album in 2010! more

The Cribs (now w/ Johnny Marr) have unveiled a three-week North American tour for January. more

Alice In Chains have announced that their December 2nd Italian tour date in Milan has changed venues. The show will now take place at the Palalido instead of the Alcatraz. more

Dan Marsala, lead singer of Story Of The Year has unveiled his new pop-punk project, the F**k Off and Dies. more

Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has joined forces with Rihanna and will be her 2010 world tour lead guitarist. Streaming Live from London, November 16, Rihanna and Nuno will be performing tracks from her album, Rated R, to a free online audience. more

Gary Moore is headlining Planet Rock's Xmas gig in London at O2 Islington Academy on December 2nd 2009. more

Antiquiet had this: Glassjaw seem to finally be back, after years of frustrating false starts. They recently tore up the Mayan Theater in LA with Rx Bandits, proving not only that they've still got the juice, and that the old material still holds up, but also that their forthcoming third album might be worth getting excited for more

Mammoth Grinder's latest album "Extinction of Humanity" will see its CD and digital release via Relapse Records on December 8th. "Extinction of Humanity" saw a vinyl release earlier this year via Cyclopean Records and was issued on cassette via Ghosthunt Records more

Zao has revealed that writing for their next album is well underway. more

Last week, Sports Illustrated reported that The Who had been chosen as the Super Bowl halftime act for February. However, the band has now denied that report more

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has married his girlfriend in Las Vegas. The rocker exchanged vows with Stephanie Luby in a star-studded ceremony at Sin City's Palms Hotel on Friday more

Twisted Sister will be bringing their stage show A Twisted Christmas to the Las Vegas Hilton on December 15, 16 and 17. more

Copyright Time Bomb Set to Disrupt Music, Publishing Industries. Now is the time for the industry to call in all of those big campaign contributions to the current congress. more -

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