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Sebastian Bach is "not" appearing in the third season of VH1's Celebrity Rehab. He said in part about reports that he would be part of the show, "I have no idea where these lies come from. But they are all completely untrue articles, made up of lies, written by liars." more
The New York Dolls have confirmed that they will perform songs from their highly anticipated new album 'Cause I Sez So on the popular British music TV show "Later with Jools Holland". The show will be aired live on Tuesday May 12th at 10pm on BBC2 television, followed by a pre-recorded edition of the show aired on Friday May 15th at 11:35pm.
MGMT have announced that they have settled their dispute with France's Union For A Popular Movement (UPM) party after it allegedly used their song 'Kids' without their permission. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's party has reportedly agreed to give the band a settlement fee, which MGMT intend to donate to an artists' rights organization. more
FMQB Productions and Reprise Records present Inside Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown, a one-hour world radio premiere special airing on stations across the country between May 4 – 15. All week, FMQB.com will be presenting exclusive excerpts from the special. more
Linkin Park have let it be known that they're working on the score to director Michael Bay's sequel to Transformers, the sure-to-be bigger, louder, faster Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen. more. They still let Michael Bay make movies?
Pearl Jam have announced a four-date European tour. The band will play shows in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands this summer.more
Guitar legend Joe Satriani (Chickenfoot) will be featured guest on Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson's BBC 6 Music Friday Rock Show on Friday, May 15thmore
Derek Johnson, who worked on NME from 1957-86, has passed away aged 81.more
Robin Trower will be releasing a new studio album, 'What Lies Beneath', on July 14th. Consisting of 11 tracks, produced by Livingston Brown, the album features Trower on all vocalsmore
After nearly four years and two releases together, Damiera and Equal Vision Recordshave decided to part ways. We are going to spend much of this summer working on our next album, with a planned release in 2010.more
Herod will release an EP titled "Curse of the King" in June via Dark Harvest Records. The effort is the band's first new material in three years and is comprised of four new tracks in addition to a cover.more
Boston thrashers, Ravage, will be performing a special free show in New York City at The Lit Lounge on Monday May 4th.more
Early reports suggested that the incredible lineup of Slayer and Megadeth on tour would happen this fall. However, the bands have just announced a short string of tour dates dubbed 'Canadian Carnage' starting in June.more
The Moondance Jam has announced the final line-up for this year's Jam. 15 bands, including headliners Journey, Judas Priest and Yes, will all appear at the festival slated for July 15-18 at the festival grounds in Walker, Minnesota.more
Norwegian black metal band, Mayhem, has canceled their upcoming tour dates in Mexico. The band comments on the cancellation: 'Mayhem are sorry to inform you that the shows we had scheduled for 1-3 of May in Mexico are unfortunately canceled.' 'Due to the recent outbreak of swine flu in Mexico the shows had to be postponed."more
USA Today is reporting that Verizon and Apple are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, people familiar with the situation say.more
Tori Amos has postponed her London show at the Savoy Theatre tonight (April 27) due to illness.more
Bruce Kulick (KISS, Grand Funk Railroad) is offering a limited-edition EP of tracks from his forthcoming "BK3" CD for sale through his web site, www.kulick.net. The three-song disc was created especially for Kulick's recently completed Australian guitar clinic tourmore
As his first solo album, "WANDERlust," takes flight thanks to the hit singles "Love Remains the Same" and "Forever You May Run," Gavin Rossdale is already plotting his next recording project.more
Cliveaid, the organization which was set up in 2004 as a fund-raising event for former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr who suffers from MS, will host its first concert of 2009 on May 30 at The Asylum in Birgmingham, England. See who is playing here
Corey Taylor And The Junk Beer Kidnap Band, featuring Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor, performed a "secret show" this past Friday, April 24 at People's Court in Des Moines, Iowa. Blabbermouth has some video here
Rhino Bucket are offering a bonus track to fans who pre-ordered the group's new CD. details
Moonspell have canceled their upcoming shows in Belarus. The band comments on the cancellation: "the truck with ALL of our tour equipment was held due to a bureaucratic detail in the border made all our efforts worthless."more
Graffiti artists have been asked to spray paint a history of the Royal Albert Hall onto its internal walls. An underground floor of the London venue will be covered with murals of performers like Jimi Hendrix, Pavarotti and Frank Sinatra. more
Oscar and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson has given her first hometown concert since her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew were murdered in Chicago last year.more
Daughters is heading into the studio in April to record their next full length for Hydra Head. In the meantime Sargent House has re-issued the band's self-titled EP from 2002, which has been out of print since 2003.more
MySpace Music announces the exclusive premiere of the brand new album from NOFX titled "Coaster". Steam the new album in its entirety for free here
The first single off of Dredg's upcoming album The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion is now streaming on Myspace. The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion will be out June 9th
Fearless Records is excited to announce the signing of Breathe Carolina. The group will be on Warped Tour the entire summer. They is currently in the studio with producers Mike Green (Paramore, The Higher, Set Your Goals) and Matt Squire (3Oh!3, Panic at The Disco, The Used). The album is set to release in September on Fearless Records.
Grenada has barred a Jamaican rapper from performing because of his raunchy lyrics, a government official said Sunday. Vybz Kartel, whose real name is Adija Palmer, was forced to cancel a May 2 concert planned to coincide with the local launch of his line of condoms, brand-named "Daggering," that are already being marketed in Jamaica.more
Aerosmith Dude Looks Like A Lady: Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton was at the House of Blues in Boston Saturday rehearsing for his upcoming Banned in Boston performance of 'I Touched Michelle', a takeoff on Katy Perry's single 'I Kissed a Girl'. Hamilton is always happy to dress in drag for the Urban Improv comedians who write the annual benefit show. more
Gibson.com has posted their list of 10 Songs Inspired By Baseball. Curiously absent is Meatloaf's "Paradise By The Dashboard Light". On the other hand, the whole baseball part of that song was really a euphemism for the international pastime! Read the Gibson.com feature
Bullet For My Valentine have canceled their rescheduled show in Moscow, Russia - originally moved from April 20th to June 25th and their June 27th show at the Tuska Festival in Helsinki, Finland "due to recording commitments". more
Carl Barat, members of Babyshambles and The La's frontman Lee Mavers were all involved in a one-off, secret gig at London's Camden Crawl early Sunday morning (April 26). more
Chicago's 88 Fingers Louie have announced a reunion show on August 15th in Chicago at the Bottom Lounge. more
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is apparently working on a solo CD right now according to this report. As for the new Aerosmith CD? That is anyone's guess, perhaps they haven't lined up the right songwriters yet?
In today's frivolous rock star news: Jon Bon Jovi joked his marriage to Dorothea Hurley has survived for almost two decades because he lives in fear of upsetting his spouse. When asked about the secret to a successful marriage, Jon replied: 'Let's get that right here, right now. I'm afraid of my wife.' more
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Sebastian Bach of Skid Row fame, DMX and Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss will be part of the new season of Celebrity Rehab according to this report.
Alice In Chains have inked a deal with Virgin/EMI and their new studio album is due in the middle of September. more
Simon and Paula May Leave Idol: Fox television this week faced an uncomfortable future when the two biggest stars (Simon and Paula) on its No. 1-rated show "American Idol" openly discussed leaving, which experts said could send viewership plummeting in future seasonsmore
With a still-untitled album slated for June 30 on Nonesuch, Wilco will be hitting the U.S. highways this summer beginning June 12 in Cincinnati.more
Exodus will travel to Japan in September for a few shows, each of which will feature the group performing their "Bonded By Blood" in its entirety.more
A new Depeche Mode DVD, The Dark Progression, is due on June 16. The documentary film traces the development of Depeche Mode from the dawn of their career all the way through the departure of Alan Wilder in 1995more
As much as the Coachella festival in California last weekend received great reviews, promoters may have to pay fines for the late night performances. Headliner Paul McCartney, The Killers and The Cure all exceeded their set time. more
This year's Dude Fest will take place July 17th, 18th, and 19th at the Emerson Theater in Indianapolis, IN.more
Swedish death metal band Miseration will enter Panic Room studios in late-June with producer Tomas Johansson to begin recording a new album.more
Alice Cooper is taking his shock rock show Down Under more
Aerosmith will be performing on Maui and providing free tickets to more than 8,000 ticket buyers to settle a class-action lawsuit over its canceled 2007 concert scheduled for War Memorial Stadium. more
It's enough to shatter your achy breaky heart. New Wave Of British Heavy Metal pioneers Def Leppard have received three first-round Country Music Television (CMT) award nominations. The Leps' duet with Taylor Swift on their song Photograph has been nominated for both CMT Performance Of The Year and Wide Open Country Video Of The Year – whatever that is. more
Arkaea, featuring members Raymond Herrera and Christian Olde Wolbers of Fear Factory and Threat Signal, have just finished their debut album "Years In The Darkness." The album is set to be released on July 14th on E1 Music, formerly Koch Records.more
Rihanna is seeking the return of $1.4 million in jewelry she was wearing the night she was allegedly beaten by Chris Brownmore
Kamelot will enter the studio this June 2009 to record the follow-up to the blockbust CD 'Ghost Opera.' Once again enlisting producers Sascha Paeth and Miro, the band plans to use studios in Germany, Norway and the USAmore
Charlie "Chalo" Quintana has announced his departure from Social Distortion. Filling the spot will be Atom Willard, a veteran of bands including Rocket From The Crypt, The Offspring and Angels and Airwaves.more
Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp will share the bill during a U.S. summer tour of minor league baseball parks, beginning July 2more
In they wonder why their sales are down category: Leighton Meester, star of the CW Network's teen drama "Gossip Girl," has signed a deal with Universal Republic through Time-Act Music to release her debut album in the fall.more
John Legend will embark on major U.S. tour this summer in support of his latest album, "Evolver." The trek, which will hit over 50 cities, begins June 27thmore
Viacom's VH1 Soul and BET J Networks are combining channel resources to create a new program outlet called Centric.more. Meanwhile metal outsells R&B and Hip Hop and doesn't have one dedicated station. Rock far outsells all three and it doesn't have its own network. And they wonder why their ratings are down!
Evergrey's rescheduled Atlanta, GA gig, May 29th, at The Masquerade has been cancelled and will not be made up more
Opening statements have begun in a civil trial against Snoop Dogg by a man who says the rapper and his entourage severely beat him in 2005.more
To commemorate their 40th anniversary, The Allman Brothers Band is releasing a Beacon Box live CD package, capturing all 15 sold-out shows (45 CD's) from the group's recent March stand at the venerable Beacon Theatre in New York City. more
The New York Dolls have announced a tour of the US in support of their upcoming release 'Cause I Sez So'more
Crosby, Stills & Nash have added a string of dates to their upcoming tour of North America, scheduled to kick off June 3 in St. Louis, MO.more
Even though he dismissed the idea of a new album last year, the Circle Jerks' Greg Hetson has announced that they are aiming to record in Junemore
