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You Say Party No More- Metallica Fan Murder Case TV- John Lennon's LSD Lyrics For Sale- Converge Tour- Bouncing Solo- Happiest Hour for Darkest Hour Guitarist- more

04/15/2011
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The Day in Rock Digest for 04/15/11: Jam! reports that You Say Party have split a year after the death of drummer Devon Clifford. In a press release on Thursday, the group revealed the last year has been "hard" for the bandmates. more

The case of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington will be spotlighted on Investigation Discovery's Disappeared Monday night at 9 PM. Morgan Harrington disappeared in October 2009 after leaving a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Her remains were found in January 2010 in a hayfield in Albemarle County. No arrests have been made. more

Converge has revealed the dates for its upcoming summer tour of the United States. Support on the trek will come from Trap Them. You can view the full list of date here

In an interview with Punks In Vegas, Bouncing Souls frontman Greg Attonito is currently recording a solo EP, his first. more

Black Lips will release their fifth studio LP 'Arabia Mountain', on June 6th in the UK and have also announced tour dates there. more

Brian Mansfield of USA Today reports that WWE wrestler and Fozzy vocalist Chris Jericho is responsible for Black Label Society frontman Zakk Wylde appearing on American Idol Wed night, April 13th. Zakk performed with contestant James Durbin covering the SAMMY HAGAR classic 'Heavy Metal'. more

ASB reports that a large portion of the tickets to Prince's upcoming Los Angeles shows will be sold for a $25 entrance fee and the "Purple Rain" singer is adamant fans deserve to pay the "price" for concerts, blaming sales website TicketMaster for inflating charges over the years. more

The family of late Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele has issued a statement on the first anniversary of his death. Read it here

Darkest Hour has to cancel their upcoming performance at the 13th annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. Guitar player Mike Schleibaum's wife went into an early labor this week and the couple welcomed their first child into the world on Tuesday. They are pleased to report that both the mother and daughter are healthy. more

John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" will soon be up for sale. Auction house Profiles In History said that it expects the draft lyric sheet to sell for more than $200,000 next month in Beverly Hill more

Judgement Day will be playing as main support for Pinback on a nationwide tour starting on Wednesday in Phoenix. more

Behemoth have set Abyssus Abyssum Invocat as the title to the band's expanded repackaging of their early 2000's EPs Conjuration and Slaves Shall Serve. more

Mightier Than Sword will be releasing a new vinyl edition of The Movielife's album, This Time Next Year. This pressing comes on 180 gram vinyl and is limited to 562 copies more

Danzig has a brand new song in the upcoming The Hangover: Part II film, scheduled for release in the United States on the May 26th (the US Memorial Day weekend). more

On this day in 1966, Buffalo Springfield made their live debut opening for The Byrds at a concert in San Bernardino, California.

On this day in 1982, Billy Joel spent a month in the hospital after breaking his left wrist when his motorbike hit a car in Long Island, New York.

On this day in 1987, Queen were presented with an award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the 32nd Annual Ivor Novello Awards held in London.

On this day in 2009, Former Beatle George Harrison was honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Paul McCartney attended the unveiling outside the landmark Capitol Records building, joining Harrison�s widow Olivia and son Dhani. Eric Idle, Tom Petty and actor Tom Hanks also attended the ceremony. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here

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