Blink-182 Plan Weird New Album- Two UK Rockers Drown- Metallica / Mastodon Tour- Prong / Soulfly Tour- Robert Plant Charity Gig- Duff's Loaded Labelless and more
. The friends and families of two British musicians who died in Brazil last week are asking for donations to bring their bodies home. After Death guitarist Leon Villalba, 18, drowned while swimming off the beach at Aracaju, and bassist Tim Kennelly, 21, drowned while trying to save his friend. Kennelly's body has not yet been recovered. Now public donations are being sought to help pay the costs of bringing the bodies home so their families can pay their respects. Details here. Metallica announced Mastodon as the support act on their tour dates in March. Here is what they had to say: After enduring the summer of 2009 on the road with us, our good friends in Mastodon have signed up for more! They will be joining us for two weeks in March of this year in Mexico, Central and South America. Prong will be joining up with Soulfly on their North American tour this spring. Also on the bill are Incite and Rotting Corpse. Tommy Victor joined Soulfly's Logan Mader in the studio last November to lend his vocals to the song 'Lethal Injection'. more Arch Enemy will briefly tour the UK in late-April with support from Enslaved and Sabbat. more Robert Plant will play a special charity show in London next month � and the only way you can get tickets is by bidding on eBay. The Led Zep legend plays the Sound & Vision show in aid of Cancer Research UK at Abbey Road Studios on February 25. more Duff Mckagan's Loaded, the band led by velvet Revolver /ex-Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, has parted ways with Century Media Records after releasing one EP (2008's "Wasted Heart") and one full-length album (2009's "Sick") through the label. more Coldplay have made their long-awaited cameo on The Simpsons, and you can see a video of behind-the-scenes footage here. The band who featured on the cartoon to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show, played a private gig for Bart and Homer, after Homer wins a million dollars in the lottery. As I Lay Dying are pleased to announce the title of their upcoming, fifth full-length album (fourth for Metal Blade Records) as "The Powerless Rise." The band is currently finishing up recording of "The Powerless Rise" in San Diego with producer Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage). Fans can expect "The Powerless Rise" to be released this spring with plans for a headline tour also slated around the same time. More information on the tour and the street date for "The Powerless Rise" will be made available in the coming months. Darkest Hour will be embarking on a North American tour supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan, I Wrestled A Bear Once, and Animals As Leaders. The currently confirmed tour dates are here Jack Johnson plans his first world tour in two years and series of high profile festival appearances in support of his yet-to-be-titled fifth studio album, which will be released worldwide the week of May 31st more Broken Social Scene have announced details of a new album and US tour. Released on May 4, the as-yet-untitled album is the follow-up to 2005's self-titled LP more Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor had this to say on his Twitter account this past weekend: "Grammy a**hole weekend in LA. Yuck... The Grammys = the old guard / old media propping up their puppets trying to convince the outside world (and each other) they're relevant." But was back to business on Monday when he told fans "1st official day of work in the studio." - Preview and Purchase Blink-182 CDs |
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