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Levon Helm Hospitalized- New Alice In Chains Clip- Bret Michaels Gets Engaged- Who Would Play Lemmy In A Movie?- Yellowcard Plans- Pentagram- Nikki Sixx Died Dude- more

12/22/2010
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The Day in Rock Digest for 12/22/10: Billboard reports that legendary musician and former The Band drummer Levon Helm is reportedly in great spirits after being admitted to a hospital last Thursday after contracting a slight cold, which was complicated by his COPD condition. more

Alice In Chains have posted its new music video online. The video was shot for the track 'Last Of My Kind' which appears on the band's 2009 comeback album 'Black Gives Way To Blue.' You can view the video here

Pentagram, now entering their 40th year anniversary, will be releasing a full-length album via Metal Blade titled Last Rites in the spring of 2011 featuring all new tracks with a DVD to follow in late 2011. more

Members of Metallica, Velvet Revolver, Anthrax, Henry Rollins and other stars talk about who would play Lemmy in a movie, from the amazing bonus section on the upcoming DVD release of Lemmy: 49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son Of A Bitch. Check it out more

Speaking of Lemmy, Mot�rhead has added a set of Australia dates to their current 2011 tour schedule to celebrate the band's 35th anniversary and the release their new studio album, The W�rld Is Yours. more

Poison frontman Bret Michaels popped the question to 39-year-old Kristi Gibson on last night (Dec. 20)'s finale of his VH1 reality show, "Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It." more

Yellowcard have announced a handful of dates in support of their recently recorded seventh record When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes. They will be joining labelmates All Time Low, Hey Monday, and the Summer Set starting in March. more

Canada's most populous province is cracking down on scalpers, passing a new law that forbids Ticketmaster and other ticket vendors from selling and reselling seats to the same sporting and entertainment events in Ontario through related websites. more

Rotten Sound has revealed the dates for its forthcoming headline tour of Europe. Support on the trek will come from Trap Them, Gaza, Kandidate and Haust. more

Vanna will team up with Eyes Set To Kill and Stray From The Path for a European tour in March and April. more

Manowar will return to England in 2011, for a date on March 27th at O2 Academy in Birmingham. To celebrate the release of Battle Hymns 2011 the band will perform the whole record in its entirety from beginning to end. more

Iced Earth have confirmed that it will be performing at the forthcoming Wacken Open Air festival. Wacken 2011 is set to take place between August 4th, 5th and 6th, 2011 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. more

The Subways have started work on their new album with Blur and The Smiths producer Stephen Street. The album is slated for a spring 2011 release. more

Rwake and Dragged Into Sunlight will be touring Europe in April. more

Season of Mist is happy to announce that Minushuman just joined the label's roster. The follow-up to 2008's "Watch the World Die" should hit the stores in June 2011. more

On this day in 1987, Nikki Sixx from M�tley Cr�e was pronounced "dead on arrival" in an ambulance, when his heart stopped beating for two minutes. Sixx was given two shots of adrenaline in his chest to revive him. Fellow band members were prematurely informed of his death. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here

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