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Band Accused of Beating Up Fan- Adler's Appetite Lose Members- Slayer, Rob Zombie, Exodus Summer Tour- Whitesnake Outselling Britney Spears- Nightwish US Show- more

03/28/2011
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The Day in Rock Digest for 03/28/11: We kick off with the disturbing report from Lambgoat: Trapped Under Ice, currently on tour with Madball and others in Europe, is being accused of beating up a "fan" Saturday (March 26) at a show in Essen, Germany. Here's an email we received from someone in Germany: "The kid was stagediving and accidentally jumped on Trapped Under Ice's singer. The singer and one more member of the band started to beat up the kid, which resulted in a broken jaw which had to be fixed by an operation and two screws in the kids jaw." More including video here

Singer Rick Stitch has left Adler's Appetite to concentrate on his main band Ladyjack. Guitarist Robo, who was filling in after Alex Grossi left Adler's Appetite to go back to Quiet Riot, has also left the former Guns N' Roses drummer's band. more

Rob Zombie and Slayer have announced a co-headlining North American tour this summer. They have tapped Exodus to support the trek. We'll have all of the details for you tomorrow including the dates!

Nightwish singer Anette Olzon says it's taking time to recover from the broken ribs which have forced the band to postpone their recording sessions. more

Meanwhile, Roadrunner announced that Nightwish is coming to the United States for the first time since 2009 with a one-off show on January 21st date at The Gibson Theatre which will kick off the Imaginarium World Tour. The band is bringing the full European production setup to the US for the first and only time. The tour will promote the upcoming album of the same name.

Ben Arnold of uk.music.yahoo.com reports that 80s hair metallers Whitesnake are set to scupper Britney Spears' comeback. The band's 11th album 'Forevermore' has so-far received 35% more pre-orders on Amazon.co.uk than Britney's latest, 'Femme Fatale'. more

In a complete surprise announcement, Look Mexico announced via their Facebook account that they will enter the studio tomorrow with studio legend J Robbins (Lemuria, Against Me!, Jawbreaker, and so many more) more

Onslaught have responded to Steve Grice's statement that he quit the band last week because they booked a tour with a stand-in drummer and didn't tell him. more

Bryan Adams has announced a 12-date UK tour for the end of the year. This is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album Waking Up The Neighbours. The dates are here

Black Veil Brides will headline the fifth annual The Alternative Press Tour 2011 this Spring. more

Absolute Power, the band consisting of Napalm Death, Paradise Lost, Evile and Benediction collaborators, will release their self-titled classic metal album on May 9. more

3 Doors Down�s video for their latest hit single �When You�re Young� premiered today online. The video was shot in Nashville and directed by Ryan Smith (Eminem, Duran Duran, Good Charlotte, Gavin Degraw, Cypress Hill, Shinedown). more

Depeche Mode are releasing a new remix compilation album in June. UNKLE, Peter, Bjorn and John, Eric Prydz, and R�yksopp are among the acts whose remixes feature on the album. more

Harvest will play a reunion show this summer, roughly twelve years after breaking up. According to Twin Cities Hardcore, the band is currently writing new material. more

Teenage Bottlerocket have posted a long form explanation of their decision to drop off of this coming May�s Weasel Fest on their Facebook page. more

Safetysuit will reportedly release the first single from their as-of-yet untitled new album, a track called "Get Around This" on April 26th. During an interview with Alternative Addiction last month, bassist Jeremy Henshaw said that he expected the album to released later this spring.more

Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham tells Billboard.com that it may be time to bring his band back into the studio again. "That's the No. 1 question we're getting from people - are we gonna record some new material?" Gorham says. more

Pete Wentz hopes that the first album from his new band, Black Cards, will finally come out this summer. Wentz told MTV News at the 2011 mtvU Woodie Awards that the record is finished. more

Young Widows and My Disco will be touring the U.S. (in addition to a few shows in Canada) this spring. more

Fresh from their surprise win of the top prize at the Grammys last month, indie Montreal rockers Arcade Fire took home four prizes at Canada's Juno Awards in Toronto. more

Absolute Power, the classic metal band featuring former/current members of Napalm Death and Benediction as well as producers behind albums for such acts as Paradise Lost, Evile and Crowbar, will release its long-awaited, self-titled album on May 9. more

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