This Week: Ozzy Vs Iommi- Bret Michaels Denies Undressing Miley Cyrus- Metallica Boycott and Early Demo Found- Stone Temple Pilots CD and Tour and more

Bret Michaels says he has nothin' to apologize for about "Nothin' to Lose," his new song featuring Miley Cyrus. The song caused a bit of controversy with the teen pop queen singing about "slowly get undressed." Now the 46 year-old Poison "rocker" defends the lyric in an interview with US Magazine: "the part where it says she slowly gets undressed, Miley says, 'Yeah she does.' It has no reference to her and I. It's not even a duet... As God is my witness, there is nothing I have to be defensive about," he says. "I'm a good Dad. I just thought it was a beautiful song. "

Metallica fans in Israel had been boycotting the band's upcoming concert in the country due to ridiculously high ticket prices. It seems now however, that the boycott has proven a success, as a post on the boycott's Facebook group reads: "Friends, I'm shaking with excitement as I'm writing this. After a 4 day campaign, tens of news items about us worldwide, over 6000 supporters and numerous media interviews we can say that we did it! We won!" more

TMD has unearthed another one of the earliest Metallica demo tracks ever. It is a recording of Diamond Head's "Sucking My Love", featuring Dave Mustaine on guitar, Ron McGovney on bass, Lars Ulrich on drums and James Hetfield on vocals. more

Stone Temple Pilots has announced the upcoming release of their new album and they will introduce fans to the new album at their first live date of 2010. more

Iron Maiden have revealed the title of their new album, The Final Frontier and details of their highly anticipated 2010 North American tour. With 22 dates confirmed, the Live Nation promoted tour will open in Dallas, Texas, on June 9 more

We Are The Fallen will release their debut album Tear The World Down on May 11th, 2010. The group will be making their live performance debut at Kings College in London on March 23 and has also lined up one of the spring's most anticipated rock tours, gearing up for their debut U.S. road trek more

Johnny Cash's American VI: Ain't No Grave, the Man in Black's "final victory," according to USA Today, enters the Billboard 200 Albums charts next week at No 3 more

The worst kept secret in rock and roll has been confirmed. Bassist Eric Avery has officially quit Jane's Addiction. However, one could read into Avery's Twitter posting that the entire group has split again. more

Alice in Chains have announced a new string of tour dates. The new outing kicks off on April 15th in Portland, Me at the Civic Center and as of right now will wrap up on May 23rd in Camden, Nj on May 23rd. more

Killswitch Engage had no choice but to cancel their performance in Tucson, Arizona on Thursday. Fill-in vocalist Phil Labonte of All That Remains will absolutely need this day to rest and recover his voice more

We have a follow up to Monday's report about a quadriplegic AC/DC fan who suffered serious injuries at the band's Sydney concert at the Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre on Saturday night. The Courier-Mail now reports that the fan has lost the sight in his right eye due to his injuries. more

MCR had this news for fans: "As of 4 weeks ago, My Chemical Romance and Bob Bryar parted ways. This was a painful decision for all of us to make and was not taken lightly. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors and expect you all to do the same." more

A cover version of "A Change Is Gonna Come" featuring former Slash's Snakepit singer Rod Jackson will be released March 31st more

The tour of the summer unites three iconic bands, Styx, Foreigner and special guests Kansas, responsible for countless Top Ten hits and well over 100 million album sales. more

Ex-Pantera lead singer Phil Anselmo has signed a contract with MetalSucks.net writer and acclaimed true crime author Corey Mitchell to help pen his autobiography. more

Echo & The Bunnymen are launching their first North American tour in support of their acclaimed new album, The Fountain. more

Kiss were forced to drop four songs from their tiny club show in London on Tuesday, it has emerged. Confetti guns used at the end of set-closer Rock and Roll All Nite generated so much carbon dioxide that the band were left gasping for breath more

Nickelback has extended its Dark Horse World Tour into June. The two-month tour begins in Atlantic City on April 3 and ends in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 3. more

Stony Plain Records announces an April 6 release date in the U.S. and Canada for Jeff Healey's final jazz studio album, Last Call more

Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison will spend the spring and summer of 2010 pounding the skins for new labelmate Rob Zombie, who is embarking on a very busy touring schedule. more

Axl Rose has issued the following message: "There are NO new Guns N' Roses shows added to our current onsale itinerary dated as of February 25th. This means NO SHOWS in Panama, Costa Rica or Guatemala regardless of ANYONE's claims or ticket sales." more

Travis Barker of Blink 182, Plus 44, The Transplants and countless hip hop remixes, has announced plans to release his solo album in June. First announced last year, the solo album is also expected to include a variety of sounds more

The Eagles Long Road continues as the band announces even more dates this Spring supporting their 2007 release "Long Road Out of Eden". more

Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott is almost finished recording with his new band Down N' Outz according to guitarist Guy Griffin. more

Miniature Tigers will be hitting the road over the next two months supporting The Morning Benders. more

Original Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler is moving forward with his solo band Adler's Appetite with a new studio album. more

The Flaming Lips are pleased to announce their first tour dates for 2010, in support of their new double album, Embryonic which begins this month in Austin, TX. more

Demon Hunter present the world premiere of the band's music video for the single "Collapsing" exclusively on MySpace as a part of the official "50 Days of Demon Hunter" online campaign. more

Something To Burn are gearing up to hit the road this spring with Fair to Midland and Karnivool. more

Carly Simon manages to capture press attention every couple years by playing up the mystery of who she was talking about in her hit song "You're So Vain." Now she has finally let the cat out of the bag and it wasn't who most people expected. more

Mudvayne are the latest band to drum-up publicity by producing a controversial video that was guaranteed to be banned by major video outlets. more

Relient K fans are about to get more than their money's worth when Gotee Records releases Relient K: The First Three Gears (2000-2003) on April 20th at retail stores and digital retailers worldwide. more