Motley Replacing Ozzy?- Slipknot's Future Uncertain After Paul Gray's Death- Guns N' Roses Stage Fall- Godsmack- Paula Endorses Bret Michaels for American Idol- more

Speaking Cruefest, one band you probably won't find on the next one, Godsmack, have added two new stops to their tour schedule. On August 28, they will perform for 99.9 KISW's Pain In The Grass festival at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, WA. Then on August 29, it's KUFO's Rockfest XIV at the Washington County Fairplex in Hillsboro, OR. more

Billboard has apparently been keeping their interviewers busy. They spoke with Corey Taylor about the new Stone Sour release but also had this to report which may be of interest to Slipknot fans: Taylor declined to comment directly about the recent death of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, he did offer a "too soon to say right now" regarding the masked band's future. more

Blabbermouth has posted fan-filmed video footage of Guns N' Roses keyboardist Chris Pitman falling on stage during the band's June 8, 2010 performance in Moscow, Russia here

God Forbid has confirmed a slot on the 6th annual Afropunk Festival taking place at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday June 26th. The festival will be headlined by Bad Brains and also features P.OS., Cipher, and many more. more

Simon gave Bret Michaels his endorsement as his replacement on American Idol and now former judge Paula Abdul comes to the same conclusion. She tells Hollywoodlife.com, "It takes someone who really really understands what it's like for young people who want to make magic happen. If he were to take that position, I think he would fit the mold perfectly." more

Simple Plan announced Monday (June 14) they'd cancelled an Aug. 7 in St. Adele, Quebec due to age restrictions. CHARTattack reports that according to a post on the band's website on Monday, the promoter of the show at the Bourbon Street Club couldn't make the show an all-ages affair more

MTV2 will broadcast Hellyeah's new video 'Hell Of A Time' once an hour, every hour today.

Greeley Estates has confirmed the departure of guitar player Alex Torres. The group had the following to say: "Alex has left Greeley to pursue other musical endeavors. With that said, David [Ludlow] is going to move from bass and take the guitar spot from now on." more

Black Water Rising has added additional shows to their summer schedule including a June 19th date in Long Branch, NJ with Cycle of Pain more

Children Of Bodom are currently demoing material for their next album. Bassist Henkka Sepp�l� has issued the following update: "Yesterday we recorded some demos for the new stuff. Jaska's drums earlier; Alexi and me did our share yesterday. Roope will be doing today. It's exciting!" more

Interpol's upcoming self-titled album will be released on September 14, although at this point a UK date has yet to-be confirmed and could be a day earlier on September 13. more

Death Angel will release their new album through the label on September 3rd in Europe and September 14th in North America. more

The Don'ts will be featured next week in Singled Out special where they'll tell us about their new song "Breakdown." But the band doesn't want to make you wait to check out the tune, so they're offering antiMusic readers a free download! Check it out here and if you like what you hear, share it with your friends so they can get a taste of the band's upcoming album.

We Are Scientist explain the origin of their name to Spin.com here

Finally, if you missed him explaining it during the past 20+ years, AP asked Slash why he wears his trademark tophat: "You can pull it down, pull your hair down over your face and just sort of hide behind that." He said. "I've always been a little nervous in front of crowds and that made it - made me - feel a lot more comfortable." more -

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