Def Leppard, Motley Crue and Steel Panther Tour- Slipknot Member Confirms US Tour- Foo Fighters Shower Video- Hear Gallows With Wade MacNeill- Social Distortion Tour- more

(FMQB) Foo Fighters have released an unusual new video to promote the band's fall tour with Social Distortion and The Joy Formidable. In the clip, four of the Foos play truckers who need to get clean after a messy meal...and we won't spoil it beyond that... See for yourself in the video here

(Loudwire) "Maggots" hungry for a chance to witness Slipknot live, we have some good news for you. Drummer Shawn "Clown" Crahan has confirmed in a Facebook post that the band will be "touring by next June in America only," although details of the trek have yet to be announced. more

(The 1st Five) When news broke several weeks back that former Alexisonfire guitarist Wade MacNeill would be replacing Frank Carter as the new frontman for Gallows, some questions were raised as to how the noisy hardcore quintet would sound.... find out here

(BBC) More than 250 letters and cards sent by John Lennon to family and friends are to be published for the first time by Beatles biographer Hunter Davies. more

(Lambgoat) Novembers Doom has announced the departure of drummer Sasha Horn. The group is actively in search of a replacement. more

(FMQB) The Roots have replaced bass player Owen Biddle with Mark Kelley, a Houston native who also plays cello and piano. more

(The 1st Five) Social Distortion have announced a handful of dates for their fall tour where they will be joined on the road on selected dates by the Avett Brothers and will be supporting Foo Fighters on their fall tour. Also joining Social Distortion are Chuck Raglan, Off With Their Heads, and Suedehead. more

(BBC) David "Honey-Boy" Edwards, described as the last of the great pre-war bluesmen, dies at his home in Chicago aged 96, his manager says. more

(Lambgoat) Sovereign Strength and With Life In Mind will co-headline an early-fall tour with support from Delusions. more