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Scalpers have hijacked Adelaide's Metallica concert, reselling tickets bought in an exclusive pre-sale offer to desperate fans for more than twice the retail price. Visa Entertainment Pre-sale on Ticketek.com allowed Visa card holders to book tickets. A search on eBay for Adelaide Metallica tickets for sale on Sunday returned 18 results. One seller was advertising more than 10 tickets more

This Is Spinal Tap star and all-around funnyman Michael McKean put his best brain forward to win Jeopardy!'s Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational tournament, the final round of which aired Friday. Over the course of two days, his total winnings of $35,700 topped fellow finalists Jane Curtin and Cheech Marin, landing him in the winners' circle. more

Poison singer Bret Michaels' new ballad 'Wasted Time' is available on Bret Michaels - Wasted Time. The track was recorded before his recent health scares and will be included on his forthcoming solo album, Custom Built, due out later this year. The track's lyrics are eerie to say the least more. Michaels is currently at a rehabilitation facility for physical therapy, and is expected to make a full recovery -- something his doctor says only occurs in 10 to 20 percent of all cases. more

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith has said that the band are due to begin recording their next album in July. more

Muse's summer European stadium shows will feature support from Friendly Fires, The Big Pink, White Lies, Ghinzu, Calibro 35, I Am Arrows and Devotchka will be joining the already announced Editors (who will now also be main support in Madrid) and Kasabian. See the line-up for each show here

In other Muse news, A brand new track from the band will be the lead single off this summer's soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The track, "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)," will be out May 17 more

Epica will headline a late-2010 North American tour with support from Scar Symmetry, Mutiny Within, and Blackguard. more

Lawrence Gowan of Styx recently spoke with Ross CAT of Nightlife Magazine about his new solo re-release which he recorded at Ringo Starr's home studio with Peter Gabriels Band back in 1985 also the site were Lennon's Imagine Record was recorded. The location actually proved rather inspiring to Lawrence on at least one track as you'll read here

Steel Panther could soon have their own TV show. A pilot has been commissioned by the Comedy Central� apparently it's a loosely scripted docu-drama. more

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has invited artist Andie Airfix (responsible For Def Leppard's iconic album covers of Pyromania, Hysteria, Adrenalize and Euphoria, as well as most artwork used for single releases of those albums) to show original artworks in a section of a wide-ranging exhibition showcasing rock bands of the '70's and '80's. more

The May 28th edition of Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson's Friday Rock Show on BBC 6 in the UK will be his final, following BBC's decision to replace him with the son of the legendary DJ and new music champion John Peel, 30 year-old Tom Ravenscroft.more

B.B. King and ZZ Top headline this year's Telluride Blues and Brews Festival (September 17-20), joined by the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, Allen Toussaint, Galactic, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears and more

Keep Of Kalessin is streaming their new album over at MetalSucks

Drummer K.C. Howard and guitarist Dan Eggers have both decided to part ways with Decrepit Birth. We want thank them very much for the hard work. K.C. left the band right after the recording of the new album to pursue his career as a full-time music teacher. K.C. contributed since 2004 and has been an integral part of the band over the past years. Dan, who joined in 2008, decided to part ways to due to personal career choices.

Queens Of The Stone Age will re-release 2000's Rated R in a deluxe, 10th anniversary edition, slated for this July. more

The Kills' Jamie Hince has reportedly formed a new five-piece band featuring his girlfriend Kate Moss. The guitarist's new group with his supermodel partner have reportedly started recording sessions, having laid down a cover of a song by The Velvet Underground already. more

Mike Inez of Alice In Chains, has taken the plunge and starts a whole new chapter of life; marriage. At an undisclosed location Inez tied the knot with his bride, Sydney Kelly Saturday (May 8th). more

Nevermore's long-awaited follow-up to 2005's This Godless Endeavour, entitled The Obsidian Conspiracy, is set for release on May 28th in Europe and June 8th in North America via Century Media. Six full length clips from the record are available for streaming here

Crime In Stereo will head to Europe late this month for a two-week tour: more

Iggy Pop has the ugliest face in showbiz, according to 1,300 people polled by cosmetic surgery advice group The Good Surgeon Guide. Cher, Dead or Alive's Pete Burns, Iron Man 2 star Mickey Rourke also made the top ten. more. Can think of one current chart topping pop star who is uglier.

Various current and former cast members of Saturday Night Live honored host Betty White by sitting her down and singing the classic Golden Girls 'Thank You For Being A Friend' theme song � until White herself stated that she preferred the heavy metal version and quickly turned the short into a violently bloody affair in which Betty was sporting a ski mask Watch it here

Cynic has lined up a two-week European run scheduled to begin in early-June more

NWOBHM rockers Tokyo Blade are offering fans free downloads of four of their classic albums. more

Vader will appear on the 'Unholy Titans Tour 2010' together with Deicide and Marduk. Right after the tour the group will cross the eastern border of Poland to kick off the next part of 'Blitzkrieg 5.' The tour consists of 12 shows that will cover Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine, and Moldovia more

Lewd Acts have dropped off the remainder of their with Converge et al. to go home to regroup and refocus more -

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