More than 38 bands will come together for the fourth annual Rock On The Range, set for May 22 and 23 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The lineup will boast the return of the reunited Limp Bizkit, and first-timer "Rangers" Rob Zombie and Godsmack and the festival solo debut of Slash. more. Speaking of Slash, his new solo touring vocalist aka Alter Bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy is currently working on a solo album – and Slash does a guitar solo on it. more
"The Broken," Coheed and Cambria's first new song released to the public in over 2 years, is now being streamed on the Coheedandcambria.com homepage here
Paramore guitarist Josh Farro is sitting out their forthcoming tour dates due to marriage commitments. Farro tells fans that their guitarist Taylor York has drafted his brother Justin to fill in. more
Phoenix have nabbed the #1 single at Modern Rock radio with "1901." Phoenix is only the fourth band signed to an independent label to reach #1 in the Modern Rock chart's 20+ year history, following The Offspring, Everlast and Silversun Pickups more
On February 13, 1970 Black Sabbath released their first album - the self-titled Black Sabbath. This Saturday, February 13th, 40 years after it's release, Rock 50 will celebrate with an hour long special featuring this groundbreaking album. The special will include the entire album and interviews with Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward. High noon, February 13, Rock 50" with Mike Stark on WPMD.org. more
Speaking of Black Sabbath, drummer Bill Ward aims to release three albums this year. Details here
Tony K takes Bon Jovi to task in a new open letter where he asks the band to not just promise to mix things up on tour, but to really do it. Check that out at the Screen Door
Warner Music Group posted a narrower-than-expected loss on Tuesday as strong sales in Britain and France helped overcome declining demand for traditional music discs in the United States and Japan. more
MGMT will release their sophomore album, Congratulations, on April 13. The duo co-produced the follow-up to their debut, Oracular Spectacular, and it features nine songs more
RealNetworks today unveiled plans to spin off the Rhapsody America music subscription service into an independent company. more
Music and video network Music Choice is going the crowd-sourcing route with a new music video network called SWRV. The network lets viewers decide which music video will play next by sending in their vote from either a mobile phone or computer more
Violent Divine will release their third album, Release The Hounds, via Swedmetal Records on March 11th. more
Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Sky Eats Airplane, Motionless In White, Sleeping With Sirens, Attila, and Get Scared will team up for the "Death From Above Tour" this spring dates
U2's latest tour has been voted the year's best stage show by crews who work on major gigs around the world. The 360 Degree tour, which used a groundbreaking "claw" stage, was named live production of the year at the Total Production International Awards. more
Snow Patrol have announced details of their only UK shows of 2010 – set to take place in Bangor and Glasgow in June. more
Born From Pain has announced the impending addition of drummer Igor Wouters to their line-up. more
Los Angeles, CA's 16 will see the reissue of their debut album "Curves That Kick" and legendary 1996 release "Drop Out" this March via 16 Relapse Records. more
A reader wrote in today suggesting that Aerosmith should hire Cinderella's Tom Keifer to fill Steven Tyler's shoes. The Day in Rocker comments, "He already stole Steven's style and show, why not make it official?" Another reader suggested that they hire Justin Timberlake who "would fit great with the style of their recent CDs." Ouch! Sorry, no serious suggestions were sent in today. Maybe tomorrow? -
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