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Chris Cornell Brittany Murphy Video Controversy- Green Day Go Broadway- Rolling Stones Aren't Touring- Vic Chesnutt Overdosed- Muse Set Record and more

01/06/2010
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Classic rock reports that Chris Cornell is furious that an apparently stolen video of his 2004 wedding has ended up for sale on classified advertising website Craiglist. The video was being offered as featuring 'lost' footage of tragic film actress Brittany Murphy, who was Maid Of Honor at the wedding more

The Rolling Stones have blasted rumors they're planning to tour this year without guitarist Ronnie Wood - insisting they have no gigs scheduled for 2010. more

The stage musical version of Green Day's American Idiot will begin its run at Broadway's St. James Theatre starting with preview performances on March 24th more

Vic Chesnutt, the critically acclaimed indie rock icon from Athens, Georgia, died on Christmas Day 2009 as a result of a suicide attempt. He had taken an overdose of muscle relaxants two days earlier that left him in a coma. more

Spin is spinning the new Motion City Soundtrack song "A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help) here

OK Go will be performing on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien this Friday, January 8th. They have also been booked for the Bamboozle Music Festival in New Jersey on May 2nd. Also European fans can see them when they cross the pond next week, dates are here

Muse's current single "Uprising" has remained at No. 1 for 18 consecutive weeks on Mediabase's Alternative Rock chart � breaking a record for the longest run at No. 1 in the history of the chart, previously held by Foo Fighters. In other Muse news, they have won the Best Art Vinyl Award for 2009 for The Resistance artwork. more

Wednesday 13's Gunfire 76 current touring line up is as follows: Wednesday 13 - vocals, Roman Surman - guitar, Jack Tankersley - guitar (bullets and octane), Nate Manor - bass (Wednesday 13), Rob Hammersmith - drums. This Is Rock N Roll tour with Wednesday 13's Gunfire 76 & The Sex Slaves starts Jan 8th and runs thru the east coast. dates here

Three Days Grace had this bit of news for fans: Due to previous commitments The Used will no longer be performing on the makeup dates. Default and illScarlet have been confirmed for all of the remaining makeup dates. details

A new tribute album to David Bowie will come out sometime in May and will include 26 confirmed tracks from artists such as, Duran Duran, Chairlift, Warpaint, and A Place to Bury Strangers. Two tracks have not yet been confirmed by MGMT and Soulwax. See who else made the cut here

Peter Gabriel has announced he will play a second night at London's O2 Arena. The singer-songwriter who is playing in support of his covers album 'Scratch My Back', will play the arena on March 27 and 28. more

Voivod has announced two weeks worth of tour dates in support of their latest release "Infini". The Hordes of Chaos Tour II will kick-off in early March and includes Kreator, Nachtmystium, Evile and Lazarus A.D. dates

Obituary have officially rescheduled their South American shows that were previously canceled. The new tour dates are here

Equal Vision Records has announced plans to release the entire discography of Circa Survive on vinyl. The first piece of the puzzle is a 7" of b-sides on clear vinyl with a hand-stamped label more

Gods And Queens, featuring Jamie Getz (ex-Turmoil), will enter the studio on January 16th to record a new six-song vinyl EP. more

Blacklisted will tour a good portion of the U.S. in February and early-March in support of both their new full-length and new EP. more

Pavement have revealed details about their forthcoming 'best of' album. Released on March 8, the 23-track album is called 'Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement'. Its release coincides with Pavement's reunion tour, which kicks off in Australia and New Zealand the same month. more

Vreid has issued the following update about parting ways with their guitarist: "Hallo and a good new year to ya all. We open the new year with important news for you. In late December we got the news from Ese that he could not continue to play with Vreid. This was of course very sad news, as Ese has been a member of Vreid since the beginning in 2004. We respect his decision, and want to thank him for all his great work during the 5 years, 4 album and almost 200 shows for the Vreid brigade." more

Rx Bandits are going on tour with Builders and the Butchers and Zechs Marquise. more

E1 Music is set to release a new, live CD/DVD by legendary rock band Pretenders, Pretenders: Live in London, on February 9th, 2010. The 100-minute release will be available as a CD with a Bonus DVD, as well as a standalone Blu-ray disc. more

Joey Cape will be releasing one new song each month of 2010. The first song will be available beginning January 11 through Cape's official website more

Red Scare has officially announced that it will be releasing the next full-length from The Menzingers, Chamberlain Waits. more

Vampire Weekend are currently streaming their new album 'Contra' on more

Poison frontman Bret Michaels will release his new solo single, "Nothing To Lose" (formerly "Fall On Me"), on February 16 via all digital media outlets, incuding iTunes, Napster and Rhapsody. Listen here -

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