The band issued the following update on their website: The Governor of New York has issued a state emergency, therefore the Dave Matthews Band Caravan events on Saturday, August 27th and Sunday, August 28th have been postponed.

(bmn) Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach has posted the following message on his Facebook page: "Just had dinner with Rob Affuso, the original drummer Of SKID ROW! Great times catching up with my longtime buddy! Could there be a special jam this evening [at Bach's solo concert] in Poughkeepsie? Hmmm, we shall see ;)" more

(The Metal Den) TMD has obtained rare concert audio of Judas Priest performing the classic song "Beyond The Realms Of Death" � off their fourth album entitled Stained Class � at San Antonio Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas on March 23rd, 1978. Check it out here

(Lambgoat) The Agonist is currently finishing up work on their next full-length release. Recorded this summer, the effort is currently being mixed and will hit stores in early-2012 via Century Media Records. more

(FMQB) Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O is taking a break from her band to work on a "psycho opera" for Vice and Intel's multimedia Creators Project, which will take place in Brooklyn, NY, from October 12 to 22.

(Loudwire) The late "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott is the focus of the most recent web-only episode of 'Headbangers Ball.' The show includes footage of this year's Ride for Dime event in Dallas, which took place Aug. 20 on what would have been the guitarist's 45th birthday. more

(AP) Cracker front man David Lowery has married his band's manager, Velena Vego, during a music business class at the University of Georgia. more

(BW&BK) Def Leppard will be performing on America's Got Talent, on Septermber 7th at 9 - 10 PM (ET) more

(Loudwire) Biohazard have announced plans to hold open auditions for a new lead singer to replace founding member Evan Seinfeld, who left the band earlier this year. If you're interested in auditioning grab more details here

(Lambgoat) Explosions In The Sky and The Drift will team up for touring in Europe this November. more

(AA) Baltimore's WHFS is bringing back its HFStival to the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland on September 17th. This year's event features The Avett Brothers, Flogging Molly, Minus the Bear, Gin Blossoms, Dr. Dog, Clutch, and Diane Birch. All total the event features over twenty bands on three different stages. more

The producers of Rockstar apparently turned down the offer because the score for the film is mainly "Sufi rock," which they thought would be impossible to place next to the metal giants. Just a small technically, don't you think?

Now organisers of the Uproar Festival set to take place in Mansfield, Massachusetts on Sunday has been rescheduled to the following Tuesday as Hurricane Irene threatens to storm the area over the weekend.

Smith can't tour with the supergroup as they go out on a brief US tour in support of second album Chickenfoot III. He's returned to his main band, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, as they prepare to hit the road to promote I'm With You, their first album since taking a break.

Since July 23, the original and deluxe releases of Back to Black have sold an extra 175,000 copies.

The episode features Michael Sweet of Stryper, Taime Downe of Faster Pussycat, and one of the final interviews with Jani Lane, former lead singer of Warrant. Jani, of course, tragically passed away on August 11, 2011.

The Chills: "These are the chills that piss you off, because they're more like feeling that you're being controlled by another person. This is the type of feeling that gives you these chills. Yet you still keep falling for it, again and again and again. And that falling for it perpetuates these chills.

They can be a good thing in a healthy relationship. But in an unhealthy relationship when there is a child involved, those chills are not good news and never really go away. Except now, those chills would come from my daughter looking at us both and saying 'Why can't we just all be together?' Those are the f**kin' chills I'm talking about."

The Follow Through: ""The Follow Through" is the last song on the album and it's meant to convey hope for the future. Hope has to be there; I mean, there's a baby involved. It's basically, 'Look, let's lay down our bullsh*t and move on. We've got to move on and be stronger. Let's stop fighting. Please.' It's the happy ending that every parent wishes for upon getting a divorce. It's divorce's happy ending.

Now put that happy ending in the mix with conniving lawyers, brutal lies, and constant threats and you have yourself trapped with a serial accuser. It is a fact that a serial accuser will do anything in their power for the sake of control - which in my case is to keep me away from our child. The one thing I've learned the most is when a mother loses her child, she is sorrowful, sympathetic, and sad. When a father loses his child he instantly wants to fight and do anything in his power to get them back. Now take those two personalities to court and put a muzzle on the guy and you have my situation."

"People freak out if someone is having a seizure. They think there's something wrong with them or they're on drugs or demon-possessed," she added. "I think, especially in young people, we have enough against us to make us feel awkward and different that things like that we should be able to understand because it's totally not that weird. We all have our little differences and quirks about us. And I want to spread awareness. It's really common."

Gallery founder and artist Richard Villa III and famous skateboarder Tony Alva made an announcement on Tuesday about the exhibit, which will feature a collection of work from artists of different horizons (art, fashion, film, music and skateboarding).

The album is set to hit stores on August 30 and is comprised of 11 songs which had great influence on the band as they were growing up.

The winning submission, chosen by Concord Music Group and announced October 25, will receive $1,000 plus a vinyl copy of 'Rave On Buddy Holly.' Ten honorable mentions will also receive 'Rave On Buddy Holly' on vinyl. Remix submissions are due 5pm EST September 22, 2011.

Investigations are continuing into allegations Gibson have been using illegal wood in the manufacture of their instruments. But chief exec Henry Juszkiewicz claims the only question-mark over their operations has been created by US officials choosing to misinterpret the law of India.

"The Department of Justice has suggested the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal," He says. "Not because of US law, but because of the Justice Department's interpretation of a law in India. If the same wood from the same tree was finished by Indian workers, the material would be legal. This action was taking without the support and consent of the government of India.

Earlier this month, news broke of a furious row between vocalist Benjamin Burnley and band mates, guitarist Aaron Fincke and bassist Mark Klepaski, which ended up in court over the heads of the latter re-recording the song with Syd Duran of the band Valora for 'Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin.'

TMZ broke the story ... Frusciante filed a request for a restraining order earlier this month -- claiming 32-year-old screenwriter August Elizabeth Thomas (sorry, no IMBD profile) desperately wanted to write a screenplay about him ... and wrote him several "long, rambling" and "drunk" letters.

Fans should note that Duff will only be signing copies of "It's So Easy (And Other Lies)"�.any memorabilia or outside items will not be signed.

The band has released a new interview with vocalist James LaBrie and guitarist John Petrucci, as the pair talk about all of the tracks on the upcoming release, which marks the recording debut of new drummer Mike Mangini.

The shows at The Garage in Glasgow on November 24 and a day later at London's Koko will also include a selection of 'hits' and frontman Dave Wyndorf can't wait to give fans first hand experience of his 'tripped out journey'

The Crue issued the following today: "We documented the whole tour, top to bottom (the good, the bad and the ugly) and as we were looking through all the amazing footage, we thought how cool it would be to cut together a 'best of visual' for the fans who made this tour happen. This one is just for the fans, from us."

Skeletonwitch will be playing the dates to celebrate the release of their new album, Forever Abomination, due out in North America on October 11.

The tour is set to kick off in early October with support from UK thrashers Sworn Amongst. Gama Bomb frontman Philly Byrne comments:

Dropkick Murphys are set to take the stage at 8pm, on September 2nd, the first day of the two-day Call of Duty fan event in Los Angeles that will feature the global premiere of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer, a $1 Million Tournament presented by Xbox 360� and other experiences including these live musical performances.

So here are the new set times in the new venues according to the LAWeekly and other blogs: Saturday, August 27th: * Butthole Surfers, 400 Blows at The Echoplex

Butch Walker and the Black Widows, The Fling, Useless Keys, Milo Greene, Vanaprasta, Chasing Kings, and more TBD at Dangerbird Records, 12 p.m. � 6 p.m.

In one corner there was Blur, a London foursome who had met while studying at Goldsmiths College. They already had three albums under their belt, including 1994's blockbuster Parklife, and were known for being artsy and working in a variety of musical styles.

Copeland followed appearances this week by Tony Royster Jr., and Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree.

Take actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, for example: some cool footage of him rocking a Nirvana classic has surfaced.