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Led Zeppelin Reject Reunion Offer- Kings of Leon Beat Lady Gaga- Guns N' Roses Fans Vs Cops- Scorpions Rock Walk- Murderdolls Are Back, So is Austin Powers and more

03/24/2010
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One of the bookers of the U.K. Download Festival has revealed that Led Zeppelin turned down a hefty sum of money to play another reunion gig at the festival this June. "Every single festival in the world approaches Led Zeppelin or their management to get them to pay at their festival," Andy Copping told XFM. more

Kings of Leon have seen off competition from Lady GaGa to be crowned Britain's best-selling artist online after reaching digital album sales of 250,000. The band's fourth album, "Only by the Night", has been downloaded more than a quarter of a million times in the U.K. since it was released in 2008. more

Scorpions are to end their time together with an honor on Hollywood's Rock Walk. Bandmates Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, James Kottak and Pawel Maciwoda will be honored outside Hollywood's Guitar Center on April 6. more

Guns N' Roses' South American tour has been hit with more trouble - 12 fans were arrested outside a concert in Argentina on Monday night after reportedly trying to force their way into the venue. Members of the crowd started throwing bottles, while cops used gas and rubber bullets to disperse the revellers, reports Blabbermouth. The website reports at least 12 fans were detained by police. more

The Metal Den has obtained several 'image scans' of what is perhaps the rarest Ozzy Osbourne concert ticket ever � autographed by Ozzy, bassist Rudy Sarzo and late guitarist Randy Rhoads � from Knoxville, TN World's Fair 1982 on March 18� the day before Rhoads was killed in a tragic plane wreck. This is the last known autographed Randy Rhoads ticket believed to exist from this historic concert... more

Them Crooked Vultures have booked a show in Indianapolis, IN for Monday, May 17th at The Murat Egyptian Room. more

Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison has confirmed to U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine that he and Wednesday 13 will return this summer in their horror-punk side-project Murderdolls more

Mike Myers will once again reprise his role of Austin Powers in yet another movie about the manky gobbed secret agent. Not that he's flogging a dead horse or anything. Of course, this gives everyone reporting on the whole thing the license to talk like some dick-head '60s hipster more

Crowded House has a new label home, and a new album on the way. The celebrated antipodean melodic rock act - comprising Neil Finn, Mark Hart, Nick Seymour and Matt Sherrod - will release the new studio album "Intriguer" this June and they plan an international tour to promote it more

Robert Fish, frontman for hardcore group 108, has announced his departure from the band, which has apparently put an end to the group. more

The Strokes are working on their fourth studio album, their first since 2006's First Impressions of Earth, but singer Julian Casablancas is keeping his distance from his bandmates in the studio. more

Radiohead could potentially be running in the Kentucky Derby on May 1. As amusing as the thought of Thom Yorke whinnying while clopping through the dirt may be, it will in fact be a different Radiohead. more

Squeeze singer Glenn Tilbrook said "If we'd been placed under the same commercial criteria [as today's new bands], I think we'd have been gone after our first album." Their second album, which came out in 1979, contained their biggest hits. more

This May Unearth will be heading across the globe with The Black Dahlia Murder to destroy the venues in Japan, New Zealand and Australia. more

All Time Low will be going into the studio tomorrow to begin recording their Interscope Records debut more

Saxon are to have their long awaited documentary released on DVD next month. Titled Heavy Metal Thunder � The Movie more

Leaves' Eyes recorded new bonus tracks at Mastersound Studio for their special edition of 'Njord'. The 'Special Fan Edition' contains the title track 'At Heaven's End', 'Angus and the Swan' and the acoustic version of 'Irish Rain' more

Nahemah is the latest band to be confirmed for the 2010 edition of the Hellfest gathering, which is set to to take place from June 18th - 20th in Clisson, France. more

Whitechapel has lined up a few headlining shows that will take place during a break in their tour with Job For A Cowboy. more

I Am Abomination and Memphis May Fire will join Jamie's Elsewhere for a tour in late-May and early-June. more

Becoming The Archetype will team up with Before There Was Rosalyn this summer for a two-week tour. more

Rock 'N' Roll Comics, which in the early '90s pulled back the curtain on the rock-star lifestyle, are making a comeback. The comic books, which chronicled the careers of popular musicians and at times stirred controversy, are being repackaged as graphic novels. more -

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