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Speaking of Slash, his new solo touring vocalist aka Alter Bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy is currently working on a solo album � and Slash does a guitar solo on it. more

"The Broken," Coheed and Cambria's first new song released to the public in over 2 years, is now being streamed on the Coheedandcambria.com homepage here

Paramore guitarist Josh Farro is sitting out their forthcoming tour dates due to marriage commitments. Farro tells fans that their guitarist Taylor York has drafted his brother Justin to fill in. more

Phoenix have nabbed the #1 single at Modern Rock radio with "1901." Phoenix is only the fourth band signed to an independent label to reach #1 in the Modern Rock chart's 20+ year history, following The Offspring, Everlast and Silversun Pickups more

On February 13, 1970 Black Sabbath released their first album - the self-titled Black Sabbath. This Saturday, February 13th, 40 years after it's release, Rock 50 will celebrate with an hour long special featuring this groundbreaking album. The special will include the entire album and interviews with Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward. High noon, February 13, Rock 50" with Mike Stark on WPMD.org. more

Speaking of Black Sabbath, drummer Bill Ward aims to release three albums this year. Details here

Tony K takes Bon Jovi to task in a new open letter where he asks the band to not just promise to mix things up on tour, but to really do it. Check that out at the Screen Door

Warner Music Group posted a narrower-than-expected loss on Tuesday as strong sales in Britain and France helped overcome declining demand for traditional music discs in the United States and Japan. more

MGMT will release their sophomore album, Congratulations, on April 13. The duo co-produced the follow-up to their debut, Oracular Spectacular, and it features nine songs more

RealNetworks today unveiled plans to spin off the Rhapsody America music subscription service into an independent company. more

Music and video network Music Choice is going the crowd-sourcing route with a new music video network called SWRV. The network lets viewers decide which music video will play next by sending in their vote from either a mobile phone or computer more

Violent Divine will release their third album, Release The Hounds, via Swedmetal Records on March 11th. more

Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Sky Eats Airplane, Motionless In White, Sleeping With Sirens, Attila, and Get Scared will team up for the "Death From Above Tour" this spring dates

U2's latest tour has been voted the year's best stage show by crews who work on major gigs around the world. The 360 Degree tour, which used a groundbreaking "claw" stage, was named live production of the year at the Total Production International Awards. more

Snow Patrol have announced details of their only UK shows of 2010 � set to take place in Bangor and Glasgow in June. more

Born From Pain has announced the impending addition of drummer Igor Wouters to their line-up. more

Los Angeles, CA's 16 will see the reissue of their debut album "Curves That Kick" and legendary 1996 release "Drop Out" this March via 16 Relapse Records. more

A reader wrote in today suggesting that Aerosmith should hire Cinderella's Tom Keifer to fill Steven Tyler's shoes. The Day in Rocker comments, "He already stole Steven's style and show, why not make it official?" Another reader suggested that they hire Justin Timberlake who "would fit great with the style of their recent CDs." Ouch! Sorry, no serious suggestions were sent in today. Maybe tomorrow? -

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