At Guns N' Roses' request, two major GNR-dedicated fan sites (MyGNR.com and HereTodayGoneToHell.com) have set a up a section on their online forums for their members to pose questions to GNR bandmembers. more info on that

NinJa Get Festive: Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Oxegen festival, set to take place July 10-12 at the Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare, Ireland. more

Michael Jackson has confirmed his July residency at London's O2 arena during a press conference at the venue, describing it as the "final curtain call."more

Eminem's "Relapse" is due May 19; a follow-up, "Relapse 2" will also drop in 2009. more

U2 is on track to score its seventh No. 1 album next week on the Billboard 200 chart, as its "No Line On the Horizon" set led Nielsen SoundScan's March 4 Building chart by a wide margin.more

Bob Dylan is set to release an as-yet-untitled new album in April, his first record since 2006's Modern Times. The album features 10 original tracksmore

Simple Minds will be undertaking a series of outdoor concerts and numerous outdoor music festivals during the summer of 2009. The latest concert to be added to the summer 2009 schedule is Norwich Blickling Hall on Friday 17th July.

Phish have recorded demo versions of 20 new songs for its next record, according to an interview published in the New York Times. No longer signed to a major label, the band is mulling an independent release for the to-be-recorded album.more

Static-X have tapped drummer Will Hunt (Evanescence, Dark New Day, ex-Skrape, Tommy Lee) to fill in for Nick Oshiro on the group's upcoming tour. more

Nickelback has announced a new round of dates for their massive 2009 tour. The North American summer trek, in support of their album Dark Horse, kicks off July 10 in Darien Lake, NY. Hinder, Papa Roach and Saving Abel will all join them on the two-month tour.more

Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has drawn Arcade Fire into a slanging match in the media, calling the Montreal indie-rockers pompous in an obscenity-laced interview with Rolling Stone.more

Novembers Doom will perform a very special acoustic set on May 9 at this year's Chicago Powerfest prior to their main-stage main stage appearance at the event.more

Fischerspooner have announced that they will embark on their first North American tour in five years this spring.more

The limited-run channel on Sirius XM radio devoted to Paul McCartney will feature a "Fireside Chat" in honor of McCartney's alter-ego, The Fireman, alongside James Taylor.more

Former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale is scheduled to tour North America in support of his solo debut, Wanderlust.more

"Mantra", the sophomore album from Norwegian extreme metallers In Vain, has been delayed until May.more

Toni Braxton is threatening to sue concert promoters in South America after they conned fans into attending a show purportedly featuring the star - only to discover the headliner was an "imitation act".more

Death Metal Supergroup: Duane Timlin (Dying Fetus, Divine Empire), Joe Payne (Nile, Divine Heresy), James King (Origin, Unmerciful), Derek Engemann (Unmerciful) and John Ramos (A.T.W.T.T.B., Funeral Rites) have joined forces in a new band called Vile Penance. more

Daft Punk, the French electronica duo known for their robot personas, have been tapped by Walt Disney Pictures to compose the score for "TR2N", an update of the studio's 1982 science fiction classic "Tron", Billboard has confirmed.more

Chris Cornell told RollingStone.com that he's not particularly concerned about a possible backlash over his decision to put away the guitar in favor of continuous dance grooves and hip-hop beats on his new solo album, "Scream" [a.k.a. sellout] more

Opeth have been forced to cancel their previously announced April 13 concert at the Theatre Club in Tel Aviv, Israel. more

The proposed merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster is clearly not in the best interest of the music business or the consumer, according Anschutz Entertainment Group president/CEO Tim Leiweke, who spoke today at the Billboard Music & Money Symposium in New York.more

Henry Rollins has announced that he will begin hosting a new radio program on Los Angeles public radio station KCRW on Saturday (March 7).more

We don't know what's more surprising - the fact that Miley Cyrus has written an autobiography or the fact that it's not written in wax crayon.more

Rose Tattoo, Australia's favorite Aussie rock legends will be performing for one night only at the Coolangatta Hotel on the Gold Coast on Sunday, April 12.more

Former STYX Frontman Dennis Deyoung will appear on on the US nationally syndicated radio show Rockline, with host Bob Coburn on March 18th. more

Finnish metal band Norther has announced the departure of long-time singer/guitarist Petri Lindroosmore

Recently reformed Seventh Angel will be entering the studio in late March to record their new studio album. The title of the new full length will be The Dust Of Years and will be released summer of 2009
- more on this story

Preview and Purchase Slipknot CDs