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New Orleans, Louisiana's annual Voodoo Experience festival will be headlined by Ozzy Osbourne, Muse and Weezer. The festival takes place on the weekend of 29th-31st October.

Strong interest in the Sonisphere Festival, Sofia Rocks (featuring Metallica , Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Rammstein, etc.), will see agents from the National Revenue Agency (NRA), along with police, deployed in and around the Vassil Levski national stadium, conducting inspections before the June 22nd - 23rd concerts, Bulgarian media reports. more

Paul McCartney has revealed that he's been commissioned to write the music for a ballet. BBC reports that details still need to be fleshed out but he's already started work on the score and says he's "enthusiastic" about it. more

Phoenix recently filmed an episode of MTV Unplugged, which will debut online at MTV.com on June 21 more

Single Bullet Theory has announced a brand new four album deal with Eclipse records. Eclipse records will release the bands forthcoming album titled " IV" (previously reported to be called "Divine Ways of Chaos"). more

Underoath and Between The Buried And Me will team up for three early-August shows as they both make their way back to the East Coast following their participation in this summer's "Cool Tour." more

Parade Of The Dead', the new song from Black Label Society's upcoming new album, Order Of The Black, is now streaming in the YouTube clip here

Although the new Black Label Society album, Order Of The Black, won't be released until August 10th, Zakk Wylde has already issued its second single - 'Crazy Horse' - which is currently available from iTunes. more

Simon and Garfunkel's latest reunion tour has ended with the sounds of silence. The iconic folk duo have indefinitely postponed their Old Friends in Concert tour more

Poison Singer Bret Michaels has added another chapter to his long-awaited autobiography, Roses & Thorns. "I don't think Simon & Schuster has ever had a book like this, where every day something else happens to me," Michaels tells Billboard.com. "This book was supposed to come out June 23 of last summer (2009), and then I had the Tony Awards incident (where he was hit in the head by a piece of scenery) happen, so they wanted to put that in there. Then I had the brain hemorrhage (in April), and they're like, 'You gotta talk about that...' This book is going to be like War And Peace times six. It's ridiculous." more

Shortly before entering the studio to record a new album, The Autumn Offering lost the services of guitar player Matt Johnson, though his departure was never formally announced. Johnson sent Lambgoat a statement here

Aborted, Augury, and System Divide will team up for a tour of Canada later this summer. more

Before Rob Zombie hits the road for the Overpriced Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, which kicks off July 10th in San Bernardino, CA, the rock icon and horror filmmaker guest hosts Monday Night Raw, which promises to be a frightfully fun evening for the WWE Universe. more

"Oildale (Leave Me Alone)" is named after a town just north of Bakersfield, California, where the members of Korn hail from. Behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of the video can be viewed here

British Sea Power have recorded their own World Cup anthem for the England football team. Called 'Football (Kick It In The Goal)', the track takes inspiration from a calypso song written to commemorate the opening of the Maurice Bishop International Airport in Grenada. more

Sodom will be releasing their Lords Of Depravity II DVD on June 25th in Germany, June 28th throughout Europe and on July 13th in the North America via SPV/Steamhammer. more

Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman is back in Tokyo, Japan putting the finishing touches on his latest instrumental solo album. more

Vampire Weekend and Broken Bells' appearance at Cornwall's Eden Project later this month has been cancelled, organisers have confirmed. more

"My Dark Place Alone", a brand new track from the reactivated Murderdolls � the band consisting of Joey Jordison (Slipknot, Rob Zombie) and Wednesday 13 � is available for streaming here -

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