(antiMusic) Pearl Jam topped the U.S. pop album chart for the first time in 13 years on Wednesday. The veteran Seattle rockers sold 189,000 copies of their ninth studio album "Backspacer," during the week ended September 27, according to Nielsen SoundScan. moreJudas Priest frontman Rob Halford is releasing a Christmas album just in time for Halloween. But you don't have to wait until then to bang your head with Santa as two tracks from the effort are available (for purchase mind you) at Halford's web store.
Police drummer Stewart Copeland doesn't want to make his new book, "Strange Things Happen: A Life With the Police, Polo, and Pygmies" (HarperStudio) a conventional autobiography. "It really isn't because of all the stuff I left out, the boring stuff -- I was born here, then I moved there, then I went to this school, then that school...Who cares?" Copeland tells Billboard.com. "These are war stories." more
Nick Cave's plans to build a gold statue of himself in his hometown of Warracknabeal, Australia have been put on hold. more
Three-fourths of the founding members of R.E.M. reunited on Monday night in Athens, GA, when retired drummer Bill Berry played with Mike Mills and Peter Buck .more
Chickenfoot have moved the release date of the Deluxe Edition of their debut album from October 26th to Monday November 23rd. (This is a UK release).
Jimmy Eat World has reunited with longtime producer Mark Trombino to work on a new "batch of songs."more
AeroForceOne will be holding an exclusive online chat with Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton on Wednesday, October 7th at 7pm ET. more
Former Epitaph Records melodic hardcore act 1208 have announced a one-off reunion performance to support T.S.O.L. for a bill at Brixton South Bay.more
Cause For Revelation have announced their return after an extended hiatus, and plans to enter studio in October to record their sophomore effort entitled "Resurrecting The Hostility."more
The inventors of the MP3 format are offering an enhanced music recommendation and multimedia content system they claim will become just as universally accepted. more
Elbow are set to re-release their debut album 'Asleep In The Back' October 26, with extra bonus songs and live tracks. more
Roby Gelly, bass player teaming up with Gory Blister and Allhelluja, unfortunately suffered an accident [Monday] night in Milan while driving his motor bike to come back home. During the crash against a car, he broke his femur. more
Behemoth have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2010. This will be their only UK Festival exclusive date in 2010. more
Music Sales Still Down Year-over-year album sales in the month of September were down only 5.9%, according to Billboard analysis of Nielsen SoundScan data. Year to date, album sales are down 13.7% versus 2008 and 31.4% versus 2007. more
Greatest Quote of the Week: AP gave us this gem, "AC/DC did it. So did Black Sabbath. Van Halen did it, but not everyone was happy. INXS didn't do it. Nor could Queen. And Motley Crue probably shouldn't have even tried." more -
