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Tony Edwards. Deep Purple's first manager, has died at the age of 78, reports Classic Rock. Commenting on the news that the man who managed the bands from 1967-1976, Ritchie Blackmore has said: "With deepest respect � and with great sorrow � we honour Tony Edwards. Tony was the man behind the scenes for Deep Purple. He was instrumental to the existence and sustenance of the band and its music from its inception to present day." more

Kings Of Leon have taken part in a comedy sketch featuring TV host Jimmy Fallon. The Followills feature in a skit with the Late Night host with the band donning wigs and playing the role of receptionists before they take part in a slapping contest. Watch video footage of the sketch here

Gene Simmons took to the ice in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Friday night, playing goalie during the second intermission of a Western Hockey League game featuring the hometown Saskatoon Blades. Wanna see? Go here

Corpus Christi will team up with Thoughts In Reverse and With Words later this month for a two-week tour, primarily on the East Coast. more

Earache Records is pleased to announce its free 2010 Xmas Party, which is due to be held in Nottingham, UK on Saturday, 11th December and will feature sets from Enforcer, Savage Messiah, along with special guests Annotations Of An Autopsy and Cerebral Bore more

Helmet will head overseas November 17 for a month-long European tour encompassing 11 countries and 26 dates. Looking ahead, mainman Page Hamilton describes Helmet's plans for 2011: "March 3rd to the 24th we're planning another U.S. run, and then April and May we will be Japan and Australia...." more

H20 has announced a few early-December shows in the Northeast with Man Overboard and Wisdom In Chains. more

Cradle of Filth has announced details surrounding its forthcoming album, titled 'Midnight In The Labyrinth.' The new release with feature fully orchestral interpretations of songs taken from its first four albums more

A new Saxon studio album is tentatively due in March 2011 and the band have announce a tour of Germany more

Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott will be playing ten shows with the Down N' Outz in April 2011, as a special guest on Paul Rodgers' (Bad Company, Free, Queen) UK tour. more

Unwritten Law has announced the artwork and estimated March release date for their upcoming album on Suburban Noize Records/BreakSilence. For the artwork, the band invited fans to submit proposed covers and will be releasing three of those covers on three different album versions. more

The 2011 European leg of Kamelot's "The Pandemonium Tour" will begin on April 22 in Paris more

Death Before Dishonor and Casey Jones will co-headline a January tour of the East Coast with support from The Mongoloids and Hundredth. more

Tankard will release their fourteenth studio album, "Vol(l)ume 14", on December, 17 via Afm Records. more

Six years after its Japan only release, SR-71 will re-release their third album, Here We Go Again, worldwide online through digital retailers like Amazon and iTunes more

Alice Cooper has revealed that he has discussed writing a musical with Mighty Boosh star Noel Fielding. more

Duff Mckagan - formerly of Guns N' Roses and Jane's Addiction, currently in Velvet Revolver and Loaded - recently visited The Seattle VA Hospital. An excerpt of Duff discussing the day's events is here

On November 10th and 11th, Metallica performed a pair of sold out shows in Sydney, Australia at The Acer Arena. Official Metallica.com footage of 'Through The Never' from Nov. 10th and 'No Remorse' from Nov. 11th can be seen here

Disturbed, fresh off the release of its new album 'Asylum,' will be bringing its Music As A Weapon Tour to Australia in April. Joining Disturbed will be As I Lay Dying and Forgiven Rival. more

Silverstein are officially Hopeless. As in inked with Hopeless records. They will embark upon a full US and Canadian tour, dubbed Winterizer, and will release a five song, digital EP, Transitions, on December 7. more

Kataklysm will team up with All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth, Conducting From The Grave, and Abysmal Dawn for an early-2011 tour of North America. more

Bret Michaels' website advise fans to look for Bret's upcoming yet to be titled country album due out in early 2011. They say the effort continues to draw & expand on Bret's country rock roots & will appeal to fans of acts such as Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Trace Adkins, Sugarland more

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan compared an upcoming gig with Pavement to a New Orleans funeral, saying that Pavement represents "the death of the alternative dream" and accusing the band of "having no love." more

Amon Amarth is currently more than halfway through tracking their new album, which is expected to consist of ten songs. more

Anvil have had one of their classic tracks included in The Simpsons. A clip from the song Metal On Metal was featured in the latest episode, aired in America on Sunday more

Children Of Bodom has announced a two-month tour of Europe, set to begin in March of 2011. more

Kid Rock has posted the official "Born Free" music video here

Damon Albarn is resurrecting Blur next year - the bandmembers are planning to work together in January. The group returned to the music scene after a six-year hiatus to headline a series of U.K. festivals last year. more

Gorgoroth, Belphegor, Impiety, The Way Of Purity and one more yet-to-be-announced act will take prt in the "Blackfest Over X-Mass Tour 2010" in December. more

Obscura has recently completed work on their brand new album Omnivium which is expected to see a March 2011 release date more

Unbroken continue their sporadic reunion shows with a just-announced date on April 9th, 2011 in NYC more

Spin.com is spinning a brand new Trail of Dead song which comes from the group's forthcoming album, Tao of the Dead, check it out here

Former Crimson Glory frontman Wade Black has resurrected his Black Reign project which also features Rick Renstrom (ex-Rob Rock, Leash Law, Tiwanaku) on guitars and Rich Marks on bass more

Daytrader will play a handful of Northeast shows next month more

Pulp to headline Isle Of Wight Festival 2011 The band will join Kings Of Leon at June event more

Testimony and Devil have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Metal Merchants Festival, set to take place January 28-29, 2011 at John Dee in Oslo, Norway. more

Playboy TV will be premiering a new reality series, Playboy's Beach House, on December 3rd featuring special guests Steel Panther. Check out the trailer here

While Steven's away the Aerosmith members will still play: Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry will be giving a special performance at the first ever CMT Artists Of The Year special on Friday, December 3rd at 8/7c on CMT. more

Joe Perry will also join Juliette Lewis on stage during the pre-game tailgate party for the Miami Dolphins game against the Chicago Bears on Thursday (November 18th). more

Taking Back Sunday vocalist Adam Lazzara has posted the first new publicly released song from the band's original line up since 2002 on his SoundCloud page. Tentitively titled "Best Places to Be a Mom," the name will probably change before it's formally released, but enjoy it for now here

Social Distortion returns to Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, as "Machine Gun Blues" debuts at No. 40, according to Billboard. With its latest chart entrance, Social Distortion extends its chart span on Alternative Songs to 20 years and eight months more

After a near 6 year hiatus, Trust Company will return in 2011 with a brand new album titled Dreaming In Black And White, which hit stores on February 8th.

Murderdolls will be hitting the road this December for a three-week trek across the U.S., dubbed "Violent Night, Deadly Night" more

Poisonblack has announced the departure of guitarist Janne Markus. The band comments, 'After four years and two albums we have to announce that Janne is no longer in the band." more

The Hold Steady have just confirmed the first four dates of their Australian tour in March of 2011. more

Former Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach has lashed out at Toronto Sun reporter Kevin Conner for calling his wife Maria a 'former stripper' more

Dropkick Murphys have officially announced the first string of US dates in the 2011 tour schedule. They will be accompanied by Against Me! on all dates more

Apocalyptica have been forced to reschedule the current run of (North American) dates to the beginning of March 2011. This is due to issues with Perttu's health more

Macabre will release their brand new studio album,"Grim Scary Tales," in Europe on January 31st, 2011 by Hammerheart Records and in North America on February 8th, 2011 by Willowtip Records. more

The 88 are will be the musical guest on today's Conan. While you wait for the show to air, you can check out their latest video here

Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke has announced that shows previously scheduled in Bolivia and Paraguay for his upcoming South American tour, have been canceled. more

Band of Horses Kill Cops & Dance With Bikers In New Video Band of Horses have unveiled a new & hilariously bizarre video for Dilly, one of the poppier tracks off their excellent self-funded Infinite Arms more

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced the full line-up for their 12th annual Hometown Throwdown, being held at the House of Blues in Boston from December 26th through the 28th. more

Not to be confused with their latest greatest hits album, on November 23rd in the US/December 7th in Canada, Rockabye Baby! is releasing Lullaby Renditions Of Bon Jovi. more

Dying Fetus, Keep Of Kalessin, Carnifex, Annotations Of An Autopsy, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Angelus Apatrida will team up for this year's Bonecrusher Fest in Europe. more

"Beach Boys: An American Band" is now available to watch, for free, at Snagfilms.com The film is a biography of the band featuring interviews, concert footage and clips from movies and television shows they appeared in. more

A**holeparade recently completed work on some new material, tracking 15 new songs at Black Bear Studios in Gainesville, FL with producer Ryan Williams. more

Danger Danger vocalist Ted Poley announces the addition of guitarist/keyboardist Paul LaPlaca to his solo touring band. LaPlaca has previously worked with such acts as ZO2, Zandelle and Chris Caffery of Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Savatage. more -

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