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        antiMUSIC
09 So Far: Top Stories of Jan - March The Year Is Half Over, Join Us This Holiday Weekend As We Look Back At The Top Stories From Jan, Feb and March - more

Metallica Snub Dead Member Why did Metallica decide to exclude their late bassist Cliff Burton from Guitar Hero? - more

Country Singer Rejects Velvet Revolver Job Offer Velvet Revolver found their man. A singer who they felt was the perfect choice to replace Scott Weiland. - more

No Chance of Full Van Halen Reunion Eddie wants to keep the band all in the family (aside from David Lee Roth) - more

Adler Says F**k Axl Rose Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler had some strong words for Axl during an interview with Psycho Babble. - more

Artists Secretly Ripping Off Their Fans The Wall Street Journal's Ethan Smith has published an interesting article about how artists are dishonestly scalping their own tickets. - more

Amy Winehouse Denies Fan Attack British singer Amy Winehouse on Tuesday denied assaulting a woman after a charity ball in London - more

Bad Company Feel Like Making A Comeback Bad Company, (Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke), are planning to reunite for a tour this year. - more

U2 Ties Led Zeppelin Record U2 is now tied with Led Zeppelin for the third-most No. 1s by a band - more

Monkees Star Has Cancer Peter Tork, a former member of the 1960s pop group the Monkees, says he has a rare form of head and neck cancer - more

Red Hot Van Hagar Supergroup Album Details Chickenfoot, the band which features former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar, guitarist Joe Satriani, former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, have announced the global release of their debut album Chickenfoot. - more

Motown Legend Dies Motown drummer Uriel Jones, whose hard-driving funk propelled classic tunes by the Temptations and Marvin Gaye, died in a Michigan hospital - more

Teen Metal Fan Accused of Murdering Radio Journalist The 16-year-old boy arrested in the fatal stabbing of the radio journalist George Weber was a death/black metal fan who used MySpace to profess his love for sex, violence, knives and Satanism - more

24 Year Old Rocker Dies In His Sleep The Cute Lepers posted the following tragic news for fans on their Myspace page on Saturday: Early the morning of March 28, in Cincinnati our friend and band-mate Travis Criscola passed away in his sleep. - more

80s Rocker Arrested For Threatening To Kill His Singer Men At Work's guitarist has reportedly been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill the band's lead singer. - more


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       Billboard
Exclusive: How Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Changed The Music Business In the early '80s, Michael Jackson boosted the music industry and set a new benchmark for blockbusters. - more

Michael Jackson On Track For More Billboard Charts Records After his record-breaking chart week, the late Michael Jackson will continue to shake up the charts next week, too. - more

Michael Jackson and MTV: M Once Stood For Michael Video thrilled the radio star: Michael Jackson made MTV and convinced everyone to buy a VCR. - more

Michael Jackson By Numbers: Record Buzz Drives Record Sales The king of pop also ruled the media -- from TV to blog buzz -- and his visibility drove sales. See how online conversation spiked alongside sales of his music. - more

Michael Jackson, Pepsi Made Marketing History Essentially two kinds of people existed in the '80s: Coke drinkers and Pepsi drinkers. And if you loved Michael Jackson, you had good reason to fall into the latter group. - more

Rothbury Festival Gets Off To Eclectic Start Guitar riffs, rhymes and polyrhythmic ragas got the second Rothbury Festival off to an eclectic start on Thursday at the Double JJ Ranch in western Michigan. - more

Michael Jackson Remains A Global Phenomenon Michael Jackson went from being Gary, Ind.'s most talented kid to one of the most recognizable human beings on the planet. And while his worldwide album sales were astounding, that wasn't the sole reason for his fame. his ascendancy went far beyond the cash register—he inspired dance moves, dictated fashion trends and raised awareness for social causes around the globe. - more

Exclusive: AEG's Randy Phillips Talks About Michael Jackson Fallout A week after Michael Jackson's death, organizers of what would have been a 50-show run at the O2 Arena in London have made significant strides straightening out what one touring executive called "the biggest mess in the history of our business." - more

Exclusive: Michael Jackson Was Working On Two Albums Billboard has learned that Michael Jackson was working on two albums at the time of his death: one in the pop vein that made him famous and another that would consist of an instrumental classical composition. - more

Michael Jackson Funeral Date Set, Mystery Deepens The Michael Jackson funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Sources said AEG Live, which owns the arena and the adjacent Nokia Theatre, will use both facilities and the surrounding plaza. - more


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       Blabbermouth.net
BLUTVIAL: Another New Song Available For Streaming BLUTVIAL β€” the band featuring Aort of renowned U.K. - more

Search On For 'Ultimate DEVILDRIVER Fan' DEVILDRIVER and U.K.'s Scuzz TV are on the search for the "ultimate DEVILDRIVER fan." This is a nationwide search from corner to corner of the U.K. - more

METALLICA's Performance At Belgium's ROCK WERCHTER To Be Streamed Live METALLICA's July 5, 2009 concert at the Rock Werchter festival in Werchter, Belgium will be available for listening and/or viewing via live radio and webcasts. - more

LACUNA COIL: 'I Like It' Video Released "I Like It", the new video from the Italian rock/metal outfit LACUNA COIL, can be viewed below. - more

JUDAS PRIEST: Footage From Last Night's Milwaukee Concert Posted Online Fan-filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's July 2, 2009 performance at the Milwaukee Summerfest can be viewed below. - more

KISS Fulfills Cancer Patient's Dream William Croyle of Kentucky Enquirer reports: Critter Smith flew on an airplane for the first time June 27. - more

SEPULTURA: Kosice Show Canceled Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have issued the following update: "Unfortunately, the promoter canceled our show in Kosice (Slovakia) on July 2, stating that he was unable to pay us. - more

PITIFUL REIGN Confirmed For Italy's METAL DISORDER Festival U.K. - more

'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM) has entered the studio to begin recording his new solo album, titled "The Metalworker". - more

AL ATKINS: I Wanted To But Couldn't Get Away From The Name JUDAS PRIEST Express & Star recently conducted an interview with original JUDAS PRIEST singer Allan Atkins. - more

DARK TRANQUILLITY To Enter Studio In September Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have issued the following update: "Time to let you in on the plans for our upcoming ninth (or tenth, depending on how you count) full-length album. - more

TWISTED SISTER Addresses Audio Problem With 'Stay Hungry' 25th Anniversary Set TWISTED SISTER has issued the following statement: "On the evening of July 2nd, we learned the entire inventory of Disc 1 of TWISTED SISTER's 'Stay Hungry' 25th anniversary set has an audio problem. - more

CAULDRON To Support WOLF In U.K. Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based metallers CAULDRON will support WOLF on the following U.K. - more

ALICE IN CHAINS To Headline Indianapolis' X-FEST ALICE IN CHAINS will headline X103's X-Fest on September 12 at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. - more

SLAYER Guitarist On New Album: 'We Wrote Things A Lot Quicker Than We Usually Do' Christina Fuoco-Karasinski of LiveDaily recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. - more


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       Billboard.Biz
Michael Jackson Set To Rock Charts Again - more

Dream Theater Debuts Atop Euro Chart - more

EMI Publishing Canada President Resigns - more

SEC Filing Outlines A Merged Ticketmaster-Live Nation - more

Strong Demand For Jackson Souvenirs - more

Surge For Michael Jackson Sales, Airplay Across Europe - more

Data Transport Key To Pirate Bay’s Business Model - more

Briefs: Country Sales, EFF, Spotify, TuneUp - more

Mobile Firm Dada Cuts Staff - more

Exclusive: AEG Live CEO Addresses Michael Jackson Fallout - more


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        BW&BK
BLUTVIAL - New 'Our Hallowed Bones' Song Streaming Online Recently signed to Spinefarm Records, UK black metallers BLUTVIAL have confirmed a July 20th release for their debut album I Speak Of The Devil. The... - more

METALLICA - Fans Able To Listen/Watch Rock Werchter Festival This Sunday As previously reported, METALLICA are heading back to Rock Werchter in Belgium on Sunday, July 5th. Organizers have made arrangements for fans to listen to... - more

AETERNAM Open For BEHEMOTH; Video Available Quebec's AETERNAM recently opened for BEHEMOTH in Montreal. Video was shot of the band performing the song 'Angel Horned'. Check it out below. As previously reported,... - more

Report: CHEAP TRICK Brings Back The 8-Track The Globe And Mail has issued the following report from Brad Wheeler: Those who swear by vinyl say that records provide a warmer sound compared to... - more

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - Deflorate CD Due September 15th, New Tour Dates Confirmed Metal Blade Records has issued the following update regarding Detroit, MI's THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: Still revelling in the wake of their ravenously received DVD spectacle,... - more

Search On For "Ultimate DEVILDRIVER Fan" DEVILDRIVER and Scuzz TV are on the search for the 'Ultimate DevilDriver Fan'. This is a nationwide search from corner to corner of the UK... - more

CHICKENFOOT - Bonus Video Footage Available The VAN HALEN News Desk has posted two CHICKENFOOT bonus clips, 'Extra Chicken' and 'Bigger Chicken'. Check out the clips below. more

DREAM THEATER - Dates In Portugal And Italy Added To Progressive Nation Europe Schedule DREAM THEATER have added dates in Portugal And Italy to their Progressive Nation Europe tour scheduled. The band's complete live itinerary can be found at... - more

KISS Fulfills Cancer Patient's Dream Cincinnati Enquirer has issued the following report from William Croyle: Critter Smith flew on an airplane for the first time June 27th. 'It was awesome taking off... - more

SEPULTURA - Kosice Show Cancelled SEPULTURA report: 'Unfortunately, the promoter canceled our show in Kosice (Slovakia) on July 2nd, stating that he was unable to pay us. We were very... - more

THE SHOWDOWN To Play Benefit For Peruvian Refuge THE SHOWDOWN are playing an acoustic benefit show at The Coffee Company in Elizabethton, TN on July 8th. Admission is $5 and includes music, chili... - more

TWISTED SISTER Comment On Stay Hungry Disc Problem TWISTED SISTER have posted the following message: 'On the evening of July 2nd, we learned the entire inventory of Disc 1 of Twisted Sister's Stay... - more

PITIFUL REIGN Confirmed For Metal Disorder Festival UK thrash band PITIFUL REIGN have just confirmed their first European appearance of this year at the Metal Disorder Festival, held in Milan, Italy between... - more

"METAL MIKE" CHLASCIAK - First Studio Diary For The Metalworker Posted Online Guitarist 'METAL MIKE' CHLASCIAK (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM) has entered the studio to begin recording his new solo release titled The Metalworker. 9 tracks are being completed... - more

DORO, ULI JON ROTH, BRAINSTORM Confirmed For Monterrey Metal Fest IV DORO, ULI JON ROTH and BRAINSTORM have been confirmed as part of the lineup for the Monterrey Metal Fest IV, scheduled for Wednesday, September 16th... - more


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        !Exclaim.ca
• Ring in the Summer with Alexisonfire, Dinosaur Jr., Eels, Major Lazer and a Whole Lot More in Exclaim!’s Boiling Hot July Issue
• DJ Paul Van Dyk the Latest to Diss Radiohead and Their Pay-What-You-Want Model
• Hidden Cameras Detail Their Origin:Orphan, Set Album for September 22 Release
• Another One Bites the Dust: Vancouver’s Richard’s on Richards Nightclub to Finally Close Its Doors for Good
• Deep Purple Fined for β€œIllegally” Playing Their Own Songs
• Death Cab for Cutie Hate on Jared Leto and His Rock Star Guise
• WTF? Kanye West Is Working at the Gap?
• D.O.A. Keep Going and Going with New DVD
• 25 Greatest Punk Logos Revealed by, Um, Yahoo
• Jesu and Isis Join Forces as Greymachine

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        FMQB
Alice In Chains Just Being Themselves The band's comeback album, Black Gives Way To Blue, comes out on September 29. - more

Quick Hits: Michael Jackson, Foo Fighters, Mariah Carey, Pearl Jam, Slipknot, Jonas Brothers, Whitney Houston - more

BEP Back To #1 As Jackson Sells Big Black Eyed Peas claim #1 on the Top 200 sales chart while Michael Jackson dominates catalog album sales. - more

U2 Kick Off 360 Tour In Barcelona The massive world tour gets underway, with a tribute to Michael Jackson and the debut of "The Claw." - more

Alice In Chains Announce Tour The first new track featuring singer William DuVall is now available on the band's website. - more

Fred Durst Talks Return Of Limp Bizkit With Bonaduce Durst discusses the return of his controversial Rock band with WYSP morning man Danny Bonaduce. - more

FMQB Photo Pass: Rock On The Range - more

Quick Hits: Michael Jackson's will, Mariah Carey, Chickenfoot, Kanye West, Boys Like Girls - more

Michael Jackson Airplay & Album Sales Skyrocket The singer's body will reportedly be taken to Neverland Ranch on Friday for a public viewing as concert rehearsal photos emerge. - more

Jay-Z Clarifies Sony, Atlantic Record Deals Sony will distribute the Roc Nation label while Atlantic will release The Blueprint 3. - more


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        Gibson.com
• New Roots Guitar from Elvis Costello, Levon Helm, Ronnie Earl, Jimmy Vaughan, Mick Fleetwood, Otis Taylor, Hubert Sumlin and More
• Neil Young and the Archives: Then, Now, and Tomorrow
• Gibson Interview: Bouncing Souls Guitarist Pete Steinkopf Looks Back
• Band(s) Of Brothers: Musical Sibling Partnerships That Work … Most of the Time
• A Les Paul Struck by Lightning; Junk or Highly Priced Collectible?
• Gibson’s 5 Freakiest Electric Guitar Designs of the ’50s & ’60s
• 10 Truly Great Guitarists on Record About Their Les Pauls
• Michael Jackson Leaves a Legacy Like No Other
• Myth Busters: β€˜Gibsons Don’t Twang’?
• When Santana, Jerry Garcia, and Others Played Gibsons on the Fillmore Stage

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       Jam
Madonna to pay tribute to Michael Jackson in concert at London arena LOS ANGELES - Madonna is paying tribute to Michael Jackson in the same arena where he was to stage his great comeback. - more

Queen Latifah promotes beauty, empowerment at Essence Music Festival NEW ORLEANS - Queen Latifah dropped by the Essence Music Festival on Friday to help celebrate its 15th year of uplifting and empowering the African-American community through issues-filled seminars by day and high-powered musical performances by night. - more

LA braces for Jackson mourners LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles city officials are preparing for massive crowds downtown during Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson at Staples Center. - more

Green Day drummer Tre Cool Q&A If Green Day were Goodfellas, Tre Cool would be Joe Pesci. - more

Live Review: Jonas Bros. in Edmonton EDMONTON - The Jonas Brothers are not the new Beatles. They are a talented, ambitious, determined, massively successful pop trio whose romantic hits are aimed square at their target demographic -- young women. - more

Live Review: The Offspring in T.O. TORONTO - California punk stalwarts The Offspring have been at the punk rock game for roughly a quarter century. And it's beginning to show just a little bit. - more


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       Lambgoat
Man Must Die adds new guitarist Official press release: Scotland's Man Must Die have posted the second preview track, "This Day I... - more

Evergreen Terrace drummer hurt in bike wreck Evergreen Terrace drummer Kyle Mims was injured in a bike accident yesterday and will consequently m... - more

Caliban set to release new album Official press release: Germany's heaviest export, Caliban, is gearing up to release their eighth... - more

Testament tour (Latin America) Testament has confirmed a handful of September shows scheduled for Mexico and South America. Here's ... - more

Alesana, The Bled, etc. tour Alesana will headline a September tour with support from The Bled, Asking Alexandria, and Broadway. ... - more

Greymachine (Jesu, Isis) album set for release Hydra Head Records has announced the upcoming release of the debut album from Greymachine, a project... - more

Ironclad Recs signs Armed For Apocalypse Official press release: Ironclad Recordings, founded by Unearth vocalist Trevor Phipps, is please... - more

Down, Melvins tour dates The schedule has been announced for the upcoming Down and Melvins U.S. tour. Support will be provide... - more

Grade recording new material Canadian hardcore band Grade, who broke up in 2002, have recently reunited to prepare songs for an u... - more

Eyehategod album set for vinyl release Official press release: New Orleans' Eyehategod have spent the last two decades at odds with a co... - more

Outbreak completes new album Maine hardcore band Outbreak has finished tracking a new full-length. The effort was recorded at The... - more

The World We Knew, Endwell, Catalepsy dates The World We Knew, Endwell, and Catalepsy will be touring together this month. Dates include: 7/2... - more

Siege Of Amida Records signs Dyscarnate UK death metal band Dyscarnate has signed with Siege Of Amida Records. The group will enter the stud... - more

Bloody Panda completes new album Official press release: New York City experimental doom metal pack Bloody Panda has completed wor... - more

All That Remains drummer injured, to miss tour Official press release: All That Remains drummer Jason Costa broke his hand last week and as a re... - more


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       Metal Underground
Outloud Posts "We Run" Music Video Online Frontiers Records has launched the new video of ?We Run,? the first single off the forthcoming self titled debut album from OUTLOUD. The album is to be released on Frontiers Records on August the 28th in Europe and September 15th in the USA. The hard rock band was formed by guitarists Tony Kash and Bob Katsionis (Firewind) in Athens, in 2004. Th... - more

Nightwish Posts Live Graspop Footage Online Nightwish has posted live video clips online of their performance at the Graspop Festival in Dessel, Belgium. The clips can be viewed below. - more

Solemnity Posts Live DVD Teaser Online Solemnity has posted a teaser trailer online for their upcoming live DVD, which can be viewed here. The band also issued the following statement about the DVD release: 'As a teaser for our upcoming live-DVD (probably this Autum) we posted our new videoclip 'Lords Of The Damned' completely on our homepage. Just check out our metal madness!!!' - more

Rudra Introduce New Guitarist Singapore-based metallers, RUDRA, have issued the following update: 'It is with great pleasure that I am announcing the entry of our new guitarist, Vinod. He isn't someone new to Rudra or the Singaporean metal scene. Vinod has played in many bands before and has been known to us for almost 8 years. We are looking forward to writing the new album... - more

Burnt By The Sun Posts New Song, ?Inner Station,? Online BURNT BY THE SUN have posted a second advance track, ?Inner Station,? from their new full length album 'Heart Of Darkness.' ?Inner Station? can be heard now via the band?s MySpace page along with ?F-Unit? and a preview of the 'Heart Of Darkness' artwork. The brand new track is also available now as an exclusive advance download via the Relapse Reco... - more

Cauldron To Support Wolf On UK Tour Canadian heavy metal band, CAULDRON, is set to support Swedish heavy metal act WOLF on a UK tour later this year. Catch CAULDRON and WOLF at the following shows: 09 Oct 09 - London, UK - The Underworld 10 Oct 09 - Leeds, UK - Rio's 11 Oct 09 - Glasgow, UK - Ivory Blacks 13 Oct 09 - Newcastle, UK - Trillians 14 Oct 09 - Manchester, UK - Mo... - more

W.A.S.P. Announces U.K. Tour Dates W.A.S.P. has announced a string of tour dates in the United Kingdom which will take place around the end of the year. The shows are part of the bands lengthy tour of Europe which was launched recently. The tour dates are as follows: November 27 - JBs - Dudley, England November 28 - Rock City - Nottingham, England November 29 - Manchester Ac... - more

Vader Posts New Song, "We Are The Horde" Online Polish death metal legends Vader has posted a song from their forthcoming new studio album, 'Necropolis' online. You can check out the song 'We Are The Horde' at the bands official Myspace. The album will be released on August 21st in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records and on September 22nd in North America. - more

Megadeth Reveals "Endgame" Tracklisting And Release Date American thrash metal legends Megadeth has revealed the release date for their forthcoming new studio album, 'Endgame.' The record will be released on September 15th through Roadrunner Records. The band has also revealed the albums tracklisting, which is as follows; 'Dialectic Chaos' 'This Day We Fight!' '44 Minutes' '1,320' 'Bite The Han... - more

Mike Patton's Mondo Cane Paris Dates Are Still Unconfirmed Ipecac Recordings has issued a statement on some shady ticket sales of supposed Paris tour dates for Mike Patton's Mondo Cane: 'It has come to our attention that tickets are being sold for Mike Patton's Mondo Cane in Paris on February 19 & 20. Unfortunately these dates are not correct. Mike did not agree to these dates. If you bought tickets,... - more


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       MTV
• Michael Jackson Memorial Confirmed For Staples Center July 7
• Planning Michael Jackson's Memorial A 'Phenomenal Undertaking'
• Michael Jackson Concert Rehearsal Footage Emerges -- Watch It Here
• Michael Jackson's Alleged Addictions: Experts Weigh In
• Game On 50 Cent Beef: 'I Did A Lot Of Dumb Things'
• Exclusive: 50 Cent Previews Forever King Mixtape
• Michael Jackson's Video Legacy, In His Own Words
• Rihanna Being Investigated For Illegal Tattooing
• Jackson's Memorial Service Details To Be Announced Friday
• Michael Jackson Memorial Planned For Los Angeles' Staples Center July 7

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        Music Radar
• EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Page, The Edge, Jack White talk It Might Get Loud
• Happy 30th Birthday Sony Walkman! A history in pictures
• 12 awful rock movies you must see
• Best of YouTube: #67
• Michael Jackson: recording Dangerous with Teddy Riley
• Who's Michael Jackson's guitarist? Meet Orianthi
• DJ Hero mixes Nirvana with Rick James
• Flaming Lips album features MGMT and Karen O
• Chad Smith rocks too hard, suffers 'serious injury'
• Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones form band

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        Nightwatcher's House of Rock
• KISS Mainman Gene Simmons Mouths Off On Michael Jackson
• Lennon guitar fetches Β£205,250 At Christie's Auction
• Alice In Chains Talk New Album, Tour
• The Black Crowes Announce Second And Third Leg Of North American Tour
• Deep Purple's 1970 Heavy Rock Classic 'In Rock' To Get Audiophile Gold Release
• A Day In The Life For Sir Paul : McCartney Joins Neil Young Onstage In Hyde Park
• Santana / Journey Founding Member Gregg Rolie Releases Limited Edition Live CD
• Trailer For Long-Awaited Randy Rhoads Documentary Posted Online
• AC/DC, Metallica, Joe Bonamassa, The Answer Among Nominees For 2009 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards
• Michael Jackson Dead At 50

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       NME.com
Bands as Wimbledon - Friday Fun It's Friday once more, and to honour the climax of Wimbledon, which finishes this Sunday (July 5), we're thinking up tennis-related band names to waste some time until Blur's London Hyde Park gig tonight (July 3) begins. - more

The Soft Pack bring new songs to London at 'secret' toilet-venue show The Soft Pack gave fans a glimpse into the writing sessions for their debut album last night (July 2), playing a host of unreleased songs at a secret gig in central London. - more

Jarvis Cocker speaks about Michael Jackson on 'Question Time' Jarvis Cocker has used his appearance on BBC political panel show 'Question Time' to pay tribute to Michael Jackson, who died last week (June 25). - more

The White Stripes to star in own film The White Stripes are to appear in a new film that will premier this autumn. - more

Full Truck Festival line-up announced The full line-up for this year's Truck Festival has been announced. - more

Michael Jackson's death - what the papers are saying today (July 3) Reaction to Michael Jackson's death is continuing to dominate the newspapers today (July 03). - more

Watch footage of Michael Jackson's last rehearsal - video Video footage of Michael Jackson's last rehearsal before his death on June 25 has been released. - more

The Big Pink name debut album The Big Pink have named their debut album. - more

Arctic Monkeys festival comeback interrupted by technical hitch Arctic Monkeys were forced to leave the stage midway through their first festival show of the European summer last night (July 2) as they played the Open'er festival in Gdynia, Poland. - more

Guns N' Roses man teams up with Black Eyed Peas and a Rolling Stone Former Guns N' Roses man Slash teamed up with Black Eyed Peas, Ozzy Osbourne and a Rolling Stone at European festival this week. - more


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        PunkNews.Org
• Brian Fallon: "Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)"
• Evergreen Terrace drummer Kyle Mims injured in bike accident
• Native
• Job for a Cowboy: "Ruination"
• Greg Graffin interviewed by Scene Newspaper
• Children of Bodom cover Ramones, Billy Idol, Suicidal Tendencies on new album
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Heads Will Roll (Passion Pit Remix)"
• Polar Bear Club to release teaser 7-inch this month
• Animal Collective: "Summertime Clothes"
• Strike Anywhere: "Hand of Glory"
• Against Me! to start pre-production on new record, likely recording in August
• We Are The Union
• Bomb the Music Industry / Laura Stevenson and The Cans
• Franz Nicolay (August)
• New album "Lividity" from It Dies Today set for September 15, 2009

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        Rock Radio
Thunder’s final Rock Radio session UPDATED: See the videos as Danny, Luke and Ben play Backstreet Symphony and River of Pain live - more

Queens of the Zeppelin Fighters John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme join the supergroup craze to record album as a three-piece - more

Win Sabian AAX Performance Pack cymbals Upload a vid of your drumming to win £1000 of power metal: 14-inch hats, 16 and 18-inch crashes and 20-inch ride - more

Sonisphere latest Day tickets go on sale to the event starring Metallica, Linkin Park, Nine Inch Nails and Heaven and Hell Knebworth, August 1-2 - more

Sykes leaves Thin Lizzy Singer and guitarist moves on amid band’s ‘tough time’ - more

Chickenfoot’s Smith seriously injured Supergroup’s global advance halted as drummer tears bicep on stage, forcing gig cancellation - more

Vote in the Kerrang! Awards Done with Classic Rock? Now tell K! your best newcomer, live band, single, video and album... - more

Hendrix manager ‘had killed before’ Rock roadie Wright cements claims that guitarist was murdered by the man who should have been looking after him - more

Luke looks ahead as Thunder passes Guitarist Morley speaks on 20-year-old band’s final gigs – and what he’ll be doing next - more

Dream Theater takes over Rock Radio Don't miss Mike Portnoy's takeover after Paul Anthony's DT special on Saturday 4-6pm - more

Vote in the Classic Rock awards Have your say in top categories: best band, best album, best new band, best reissue, best movie and event of the year. Full nominations and voting link inside… - more

Answers and free stuff from Madina Lake UPDATED: Nathan answers your questions, plus win signed singles and see the new video - more

Rock's tribute to Jackson Artists big and small say farewell to pop giant Michael who died yesterday aged 50 - more

Mustaine wary of pulling more stalkers Megadeth mainman says he’s confident, content and a legend – but if he talks to his fans the way he wanted, he’d wind up in more trouble - more

Classic Rock No.134 Editor in Chief Scott Rowley talks us through the latest edition, focusing on the roots of metal - more


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        Rolling Stone
• Rolling Stone’s Top Stories
• Michael Jackson Memorial Confirmed for July 7th in L.A., AEG Announces Ticket Information
• Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily
• Random Notes & The Week’s Best Live Shots: U2, Van Halen, More
• Inside the Rock Hall’s Woodstock 40th Anniversary Exhibit
• New Music Report: Regina Spektor
• Rihanna Moonlights As Tattoo Artist, Angers Health Dept.
• Michael Jackson’s Neverland: What Should Happen to the Superstar’s Ranch?
• Obama on Michael Jackson: “One of Our Greatest Entertainers”
• Weekend Rock List: American Songs

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        SleazeRoxx.com
Kix Autographed "Cold Shower" Umbrella Being Auctioned Off If you've ever been to a live Kix concert anytime between the late '80s and the present, you've seen this umbrella. - more

Dynazty Post "Lights Out (In Candyland)" Online Swedish rockers Dynazty, who recently signed to Perris Records, have posted a brand new track entitled "Lights Out (In Candyland)" - more

Sister Debut Video For "Too Bad For You" Swedish rockers Sister have released a video for the song "Too Bad For You". - more

Def Leppard's Rick Allen Helps Self And Others Rick Allen knows about drumming. Since he was 15, he's been the drummer for the heavy-metal band Def Leppard. - more

Gene Simmons Talks About Michael Jackson Gene Simmons says he's heard enough celebrity tributes to Michael Jackson - more

Alice In Chains Reunion "Gives Way" To Album, Tour Alice in Chains singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney say the band's new album doesn't stray too far from the Seattle band's influential catalog. - more

Outloud "We Run" Posted Online Frontiers Records is pleased to launch the videoclip of "We Run" the first single off the forthcoming self titled debut album from OUTLOUD! - more

Former Funny Money Guitarist Releasing Solo Album One Song At A Time Former FUNNY MONEY/GASTEM/CENTERFOLD guitarist Rob Galpin has just announced that he will be releasing an album of solo material - more

Ace Frehley 'Anomoly' Commercial Posted Online According to My Rocket Science, Ace Frehley's solo album "Anomaly' is scheduled for release on September 15, 2009. - more

Aerosmith's Joe Perry Turns To Twitter Fans For Solo Album Title Aerosmith's next album might be "on the bench, in pieces," waiting for the group to resume recording after it finishes touring in mid-September - more

The Black Crowes Offer Free Download Of New Song The Black Crowes are offering a free donwload of the song "I Ain't Hiding" - more

Ted Nugent Offers Free Download Of "Star-Spangled Banner" Motor City Mayhem, the CD/DVD/Blu-ray celebration of Ted's 6,000th concert, hit stores on June 30 - more

Masters Of Reality Post First Song From Upcoming CD The first song of the upcoming Masters Of Reality album Pine/Cross Dover has been added to the band's new myspace site - more

No Brown M and M's At Van Halen's Wedding When Eddie Van Halen and his fiance Janie Liszewski wed this last weekend one of the gifts presented to guests were... - more

Aerosmith Guitarist "Can't Imagine" What Michael Jackson's Life Was Like Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has worked with a lot of the same music business personnel as the late Michael Jackson - more


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        Spin
• Blur Triumph at London's Hyde Park
• Watch: Michael Jackson's Final Rehearsals
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