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Blink-182 Reborn- Duff and Slash Would Play With Axl Rose Before Weiland- Deluxe Leppard- Prince Slipknotted- Lil Wayne Vs Producer and more


04/30/2009
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(antiMusic) Blink-182 are set to release their comeback single 'Reborn' this June, according to internet reports.more

Italian gothic metal group Lacuna Coil has entered the Billboard Top 200 chart with their latest studio offering, 'Shallow Life.' The record debuted at number 16 which makes it not only the highest charting album for Lacuna Coil, but also their record label Century Mediamore

"The Devil You Know" is either the first album by Heaven and Hell or the third studio set from the third lineup of Black Sabbath. Either way, guitarist Tony Iommi says there's much more where that came from.more

Video footage of Corey Taylor And The Junk Beer Kidnap Band featuring Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor performing a cover of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" and a new original song at a "secret show" this past Friday, April 24 at People's Court in Des Moines, Iowa can be viewed here

Duff McKagan and Slash would go back to playing with their former Guns N' Roses bandmate Axl Rose before reteaming with former Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland according a Jam! report. McKagan says, "Some bad s**t happened at the end of the last Velvet Revolver tour. It was brutal... There were late gigs... I just wanted it to be over." more

Rapper Lil Wayne is suing the producer of a song he performed that allegedly sampled another singer's work without permission. Lil Wayne was sued last year for using a sample of folk singer Karma-Ann Swanepoel's song "Once" on his rap track "I Feel Like Dying. more

Rick Ross easily debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with "Deeper Than Rap" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam), shifting 158,000 in its first week. It's the third topper for the artist.more

Def Leppard is set to release deluxe editions of the classic albums "Pyromania" and "Adrenalize" on June 8 (U.K.) / June 9 (world) / June 16 (North America). more

Part three of FMQB's sneak peek at the upcoming broadcast special, Inside Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown is now live here

Rihanna will get back US$1.4 million in borrowed jewelry she was wearing the night she was allegedly beaten by Chris Brownmore

Withering Soul in conjunction with Pitch Black Productions has announced that the band will be canceling their May 2nd show in Mount Prospect, IL due to an injury to drummer, Marek. Marek's injuries are only minor and he will return to his drum kit shortly.more

U.K. entertainment retailer HMV has benefited from the closure of rival Zavvi and the Woolworths retail chain, recording a year-on-year sales volume increase of 11.7% for the 16 weeks ending April 25, 2009.more

Tarja Turunen (ex-Nightwish) says of her upcoming events in Mexico: "I want to let all my fans know that as long as the government of Mexico does not cancel the public events, I am heading to Mexico and I'm going to have my show there. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the disease gets under control and people can return to their normal life."more

Long Island, NY hardcore band This Is Hell and record label Trustkill Records have parted ways after two releases together.more

Viva La Metallica: While bands are cancelling appearances left and right in Mexico after the outbreak of the deadly swine flu, Metallica is taking a different approach: They have added dates in the troubled country. This according to an update from Avenged Sevenfold, the group supporting the dates. more

Prince has spoken out for the first time about his battle with epilepsy crediting the seizure disorder with inspiring his eccentric musical persona. He tells PBS, "I've never spoken about this before but I was born epileptic. I used to have seizures when I was young. My mother and father didn't know what to do or how to handle it but they did the best they could with what little they had."more

A judge issued a restraining order against Britney Spears' former manager and attorney, which says that they must steer clear of her and avoid any contact with her for the next three years.more

On Monday night (April 27) former Soundgarden/Audioslave singer Chris Cornell played a sold-out show at Seattle's Showbox SoDo. Good friend and former Soundgarden bandmate Kim Thayil was at the concert, as was former Queensryche guitarist Chris DeGarmomore

Wilco have revealed the title of their highly anticipated forthcoming album. The Chicago band will simply call the new album 'Wilco (The Album)'. It will also contain a track titled 'Wilco, The Song'more

Best Buy is reported to be considering allotting eight square feet per store (or about 200 titles) to vinyl albums in all of its 1,000-plus storesmore

Dream Theater will take their Progressive Nation tour back on the road for its second incarnation with a run through America and Canada in July/August 2009 that will also feature Zappa Plays Zappa and Pain of Salvation. more

The Lemonheads have announced the dates of a US tour in support of their forthcoming covers album, 'Varshons'. Evan Dando and company will begin their jaunt in Boston on May 30 more

The Rods will be shooting their very first HD-DVD at the legendary Haunt night club in Ithaca, NY on Saturday, May 16th. They would like to invite all Rods fans to be a part of the making of this special video. more

Country Weekly announced today that Chuck Wicks, Jessica Harp and GAC's Suzanne Alexander will be hosting the Country Weekly Fashion Show & Concert this year, benefiting Musicians On Call. Now in its third year, the event will take place at noon on June 10th at the Wildhorse Saloon on 2nd Avenue in Nashville. more

According to The Boston Phoenix, Cave In recently regrouped to prepare a new vinyl-only EP, which will be available in July through Hydra Head Records.more

Primal Fear have announce a string summer dates across the globe in support of the forthcoming release of the new album "16.6. (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)more

Kansas will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the release of their self-titled 1974 debut with a live DVD, "There's Know Place Like Home", which will be released on August 4. A hi-def for Blu-ray release (mixed in 5.1 surround sound), the show was filmed on February 7 of this year in their home state. more

After an eight-year year hiatus, R&B singer Maxwell returns to stores on July 7 with his fourth studio album, "BLACKsummer'snight."more

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