Axl Stage Fall- Benji Madden Knocks Out Riki Rachtman- Shinedown Unplugged- Aerosmith Stadium Gigs?- China Bars Dylan- Paramore Eminem- Stapp Solo and more

Shinedown's iTunes sessions, featuring acoustic versions of 8 Shinedown songs will be available exclusively on iTunes this week (April 6th). Check out this tracklist: 1. The Crow and the Butterfly 2. Breaking Inside 3. The Sound Of Madness 4. Second Chance
5. If You Only Knew 6. Call Me 7. What A Shame 8. Devour

Good Charlotte's Benji Madden was crowned champion at a celebrity boxing match on Saturday night after knocking out former MTV personality Riki Rachtman at a Las Vegas event. It gets funnier, Rachtman was knocked down three times before the referee stopped the fight, ruling a technical knock-out less than two minutes into the first round according Jam! read more

The Boston The Red Sox and Aerosmith are reportedly close to finalizing a deal that will have the bad boys of Boston playing the old ballpark for two nights in August. . Perhaps even more intriguing is that the J. Geils Band will join the band for both shows more

According to Rushisaband.com, it appears that Rush have started work on the follow-up to 2007's Snakes & Arrows at Cherry Beach Sound in Toronto, ON. Guitarist Alex Lifeson is engineering the sessions more

Bob Dylan has cancelled several legs of an Asian tour after Beijing refused to give him permission to perform in China, a newspaper reported Sunday. Dylan originally planned to play in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, following his multi-city tour of Japan last month, the Sunday Morning Post said. more

Despite the success of his reunion with Creed, Scott Stapp said in his blog that he still plans to release a new solo album, with the first single due out later this year. more

Paramore's Hayley Williams will be on a song from B.O.B.'s new album. The song's other special guest? Why of course, it's Eminem according to this.

Bullet For My Valentine will be holding a live chat on MySpace on April 9th at PM GMT more

After a month and a half of laying down tracks in a Los Angeles studio, Social D. are taking a short break to rehearse for their upcoming and first ever South American tour. more

MySpace are looking for three Muse fans from around the world who will be flown with a friend to the band's show at Oracle Arena in San Francisco on April 14th where they'll be able to go backstage and the three winners will interview the band! more

Catalepsy has announced that vocalist Josh Anderson will be forced to miss the group's spring tour dates due to complications from Crohn's Disease. Ex-singer Drew Carothers will be filling in. more

You can check out a live video of Chris Cornell performing "When I'm Down" from his album "Euphoria Morning" at LA's Troubadour Club on January 29 2010 here

Bad Company are recording three shows on their upcoming UK tour, and will make CDs of these gigs available after each one more

U.D.O., featuring former Accept frontman Udo Dirkschneider, have been forced to cancel two shows in Belarus planned for April 19th and 20th in Mogilev and Vitebsk respectively. more

L.A. Guns (featuring guitarist Tracii Guns), Faster Pussycat and John Corabi (former Motley Crue singer) will reportedly join forces for "The Triple Threat Tour", which will run from mid-July through August. more

Horse The Band and Endless Hallway will team up for a handful of May shows more

Bane and Alpha & Omega will team up briefly this spring for a handful of shows, primarily on the West Coast. more

W.A.S.P. have reportedly cancelled their planned shows for Mexico (Monterrey and Mexico City), Chile, Colombia and Peru. more

Video footage of former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach getting a "fan" kicked out of the March 30 Bach concert (as the support act for Guns N' Roses) at Parque Jaime Duque in Bogota, Colombia for allegedly throwing objects on stage can be viewed here

Random Reader Question of the Week. Billy B asks "Who is better, The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?" We won't even attempt to step on that landmine. All we will say is the world would be a lesser place without the music of either group and probably 99% of the music you love would have never happened if either group didn't exist. -

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