The now former Oasis guitarist and songwriter posted the announcement on the band's website Friday night shortly after pulling the plug on an appearance at a Paris music festival. Noel wrote, "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer. "

According to the Associated Press, Vh1's Celebrity Rehab doctor and addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky suspects that pain medications were the cause. "It very slowly and subtly reawakens addiction," Pinsky said of pain medication in an interview Saturday. "I'm not saying it was inappropriately prescribed, I'm saying he didn't know the risks." more

DJ AM is well known in DJ circles but he became better known to rock fans due to the fatal airplane crash in South Carolina where he was injured along with his fellow passenger Blink-182's Travis Barker. Following news of AM's death on Saturday, Barker wrote on his twitter page "Don't know how i am gonna play 2night but i am for AM. My brother is gone. i love u and miss u, i'll never forget all the good times we had."

Barbaranne wrote on her Twitter Saturday: "Hey everyone, just got home from the hospital and the long bus ride home. Update on Zakk, he is stable right now. Clots in lungs and leg." And in a separate post she stated, "We are following up with his drs in LA with hopes of beginning a slow recovery. Apparently, this is a long process"

Former Guns N' Roses members Slash and Steven Adler joined the Los Angeles band Aces 'N' Eights on stage Saturday night (August 29) at the Viper Room in Hollywood, California to perform two songs: "It's So Easy" and "Mama Kin". more including video

Radiohead played a new song during their headlining set on the Reading Festival's Main Stage Sunday night. The untitled track was in a similar vein to material on 'In Rainbows' and followed the inclusion of another new song, 'These Are My Twisted Words', at Leeds Festival on Saturday. more

In related news, exclaim.ca reported this weekend that Thom Yorke will be treating us to two new tracks, "Apart By Horses" and "The Hollow Earth," both of which will appear on a new, limited 12-inch on September 22. details here

Ex-Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach performed two classic songs from his former band � "Youth Gone Wild" and "I Remember You" � with American country music duo Big & Rich on August 25 at Telus Field in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Fan-filmed video footage of the "I Remember You" performance can be viewed here

Motorhead's September 26th concert at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado has apparently been cancelled.

This week's episode of Parlour to Parlour captures some of the excitement in the air as the energetic L.A. band The Happy Hollows were preparing for an appearance at Austin's South by Southwest festival and feverishly working on recordings for their debut full-length album, Spells. check it out here

Former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen will embark on a Christmas tour of Finland with Finnish musicians Kalevi Kiviniemi, Marzi Nyman and Markku Krohn. They will perform in churches in Lappeenranta, Joensuu, Tampere, Haapaj�rvi and Sein�joki and at the Sibelius Hall in Lahti.more

Glassjaw has announced plans to play three mid-November shows in California more

Tygers Of Pan Tang has canceled their upcoming tour dates in the UK. The band has issued the following statement: 'It is with great regret that we have to announce the cancellations of the upcoming shows in Birmingham and Clitheroe. These shows will be re-scheduled for 2010 and we promise they will be a little bit special for you." more

Mr Jones, was found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool at a house in Cotchford farm, Hartfield, East Sussex.

Chris Robinson produced the debut album for Truth & Salvage Co. which will be the first new artist released on The Black Crowes' label, Silver Arrow Records through Megaforce Records.

This is the second remake of "The Blob", the first coming in 1988 from director Chuck Russell ("The Scorpion King"). In the original movie, a meteorite crashes into a rural community, depositing a blob-like creature that consumes humans and swells to a monstrous size.

The group recorded two new songs for the set -- "Word Forward" and "Wheels," with producer Butch Vig at the Foos' own 606 studio.

As some of you may know, Cheng is currently in a semi-conscious state following an automobile accident in Santa Clara, California on November 4, 2008. Chi is slowly making progress but he needs your help.

The band - Queens Of The Stone AGE's Josh Homme, Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, along with guitarist Alain Johannes - played roughly the same timeslot as they did yesterday at the Leeds Festival site.

Moneen also just debuted the Michael Maxxis-directed video for "Hold That Sound" from their forthcoming new album The World I Want To Leave Behind, out September 15 on Vagrant, which can be viewed here:.