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Flaming Lip Hospitalized- Are The Who Over?- Born To Run Sucked- Bret Michaels- Ebert Sex Pistol- Metric Muse- Rush Walk of Fame- U2- Judas Priest- Live and more

04/29/2010
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The Flaming Lips have been forced to scrap a pair of shows in Florida and Tennessee following the hospitalization of guitarist Steven Drozd. The group was scheduled to perform at SunFest in Florida on Thursday, April 29 and at the Memphis in May festival on Saturday, May 1, but both appearances have been canceled. more

The Who's frontman Roger Daltrey fears their performance in London last month could be their last, if Townshend's hearing problems persist. Daltrey tells Uncut magazine, "If carrying on is going to mean Pete going deaf, let's stop now. Entering old age is a silent world - nothing is worth that." more

Bret Michael's Myspace was reportedly updated with a message which gives some hope for a speedy recover. When we checked the site we couldn't find the update but it reportedly said, "While Bret is recovering, we obviously have some shows that are being rescheduled. We are working to reschedule dates from now until May 21st."

E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt says that when the outfit were working on Bruce Springsteen's iconic Born to Run album, he told the Boss that it 'sucked'. more

Teenage Fanclub have been confirmed as the second headliner for this year's Truck Festival. Joining Mew, who will headline the Saturday night, the Glasgow group will perform on the Sunday night. more

Deftones have announced they will play a "secret" MTV show in London at ULU on May 12. (Not really a secret if they announce it.) Get details about what you have to buy for a ticket here

Muse will be returning to Latvia this summer! The band will headline the Positivus Festival in Salacgriva on Saturday 17th July. more

Prompted by the recent death of Sex Pistols manager and punk honcho Malcolm McLaren, film critic/writer Roger Ebert recently posted an unfinished film script he wrote for the pioneering English punk band in the summer of 1977. Who Killed Bambi? more

August Burns Red will make their first trip to Japan in June for a brief headlining tour: more

Mercenary have to cancel their show on the Masters of Metal festival in Finland due to logistical problems more

According to Rushisaband.com, Rush will be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, June 25th. more

Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk announced this week that he'll be releasing his first solo album titled 'Alive' on July 6th. The first single from the album is a track called 'Grace,' which you can preview here

Judas Priest are taking a break from touring this year - they need time to recharge their batteries having just recently finished a two year World Tour in Japan at the end of 2009. more

Doves are set to take a two year break from recording. Currently on a tour of the UK, the Wilmslow band want to "get off that whole album-tour-album-tour treadmill". more

U2 are taking some time off before gearing up their 360 World Tour again later this year, and drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. recently found himself in rural Ontario to shoot a film called Man On The Train. more

Antichrist have announced they are currently writing new material for an upcoming release, with one working title for a new song being 'Burn the Vatican.' more

Cannibal Corpse will film two shows next month with director Denise Korycki (Wild Wind Productions) for an upcoming DVD release more

The first High Voltage Festival takes place at Victoria Park, London on July 24-25. and will feature ZZ Top, Heaven and Hell, Foreigner, Opeth, Black Label Society, ELP, Marillion and more

Police say a 24-year-old man is missing a chunk of his right ear that was bitten off by a woman who didn't like being called "fat." more

Metric and Muse have very little in common musically, but that won't stop Matthew Bellamy and company from having the Toronto indie rockers open for them at some North American shows this fall. more

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy has announced a solo show at London's Union Chapel on June 30 more

Goatwhore and Revocation will team up for a handful of spring tour dates. more -

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