Former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash tells fans "I'm going to do some guitar work for an instrumental version of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir", performed by Escala, an all girl string quartet from the UK." more

Gospel singer BeBe Winans has been charged with misdemeanor domestic assault after a dispute with his ex-wife in Nashville. more

Gwyneth Paltrow has hinted to MTV News that Joaquin Phoenix's rap career and bizarre behavior may be a hoax. When asked about if her co-star in Two Lovers was actually giving up actingmore.

An arrest warrant has been issued for actress / wanna be pop singer Lindsay Lohan, police say. "The $50,000 warrant issued by the Beverly Hills Superior Court stems from a May 2007 arrest of Miss Lohan", said a Beverly Hills police statement. more

Alan Livingston, the music executive who created Bozo the Clown and signed the Beatles during his tenure as president of Capitol Records, has died. He was 91.more

Public Enemy, TV on the Radio, the Black Keys and Santigold are among the acts handpicked by the Roots to play the band's second annual hometown "Roots Picnic" on June 6 at Festival Pier in Philadelphia.more

Altovise Joanne Gore Davis, a dancer and actress and the widow of Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 65.more

Coldplay and the recently reunited Midnight Oil rallied huge crowds Saturday for benefit concerts to raise funds for victims of Australia's deadly wildfires.more

Tickets for Michael Jackson's 50 London concerts sold out within hours of becoming available, organizers said Friday.more

1980's indie rock stalwarts the Feelies, the Jesus Lizard and the Melvins are all set to play the 2009 All Tomorrow's Parties festival, which will be held September 11-13 at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, N.Y.more

The Pixies return to action this summer with a series of European concert dates, including a June 14 appearance at the Isle of Wight festival with Neil Young, Billboard has confirmed.more

According to Queen Online, there will be a limited-edition re-release of Queen's first EP on CD to celebrate this year's Record Store Daymore

Beneath The Sky, who released two albums with Victory Records before breaking up last August, have apparently reformed.more

A cosmetics company in the US has reportedly enlisted a market research company to find out if Rihanna is still considered an 'appropriate' spokesperson for beauty brands after the incident in which she was allegedly assaulted by boyfriend Chris Brown.more

What about that duet? "Contrary to published reports, Chris Brown and Rihanna did not record a duet after the incident," a 'source' told People.com. "Around August or September of 2008, Chris and Rihanna's vocals were recorded as the reference vocals for this demo only." more. But wait... should you believe an 'unnamed source' or a spokesperson? FMQB reports that a spokesperson for producer Polow Da Don has confirmed reports that Rihanna and Chris Brown recorded a duet together, days after their alleged altercation. more

Paul Simon, Jack Johnson and Willie Nelson are among the guests joining
Ziggy Marley on "Family Time." The children-oriented reggae album, due May 5 from Tuff Gong Worldwide, is produced by Marley and renowned producer Don Was.more

Death Before Dishonor has been in the studio as of late recording a new album for Bridge Nine Records. Tracking began in late-February with engineer Jim Seigel at The Outpost in Stoughton, Massachusetts and the effort will feature eleven tracks.more

Supersuckers main man Eddie Spaghetti will take over mornings at KNDD (The End 107.7)/Seattle all this week. more

Next week, Rock Band 2 will be adding Against Me!, The New Pornographers and Papa Roach to their downloadable content.more

The first round of bands have been announced for this year's New England Deathfest, scheduled to take place August 29th and 30th in Providence, Rhode Island. New bands will be announced every week, with roughly thirty-five bands slated to participate.lineup as of now

Force Of Change has announced their break-up. The group will play its final show on May 15th at the Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA along with Earth Crisis et al.more

Looks like Broadway is out of ideas too. Heathers, the dark comedy about a teenage couple who start killing classmates and disguising the deaths as suicides, is to be made into a musical.more

Nahemah have finished recording a new album and are currently in the process of mixing and mastering the new effort, titled "A New Constellation."
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