Label Blames Axl for Weak GNR Sales? Record label bosses are fuming after Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose went missing for two months, costing the band a No1 album. - more

Band Vs Semi Truck, Truck Wins Cobra Skulls had a little run-in with a Semi truck and lost. - more

Metallica Eye Two More Years of Touring Lars Ulrich says Metallica will tour through 2010 - more

No Blink Reunion- GNR Home Movies- Hudson Murder Charge- Keith Urban Tour- Boy George Won't Testify- Kanye Needs AutoTune- Rancid Gay Porn- more - more

Green Day Going For It On New Album Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong promises the group aren't resting on their laurels - more

Akon Fan Tossing Trial Delay The trial of Akon has been postponed. - more

Stephen Colbert Declares War On Kanye West Stephen Colbert declares "Operation Humble Kanye" - more

Ryan Adams Top 9 Albums of 2008 Magazine asked Ryan Adams what his favorite records of the year were - more

Vince Neil Cancels Tour At The Last Minute Motley Crue singer Vince Neil has cancelled his European solo tour just one day prior to kickoff - more

My Chemical Romance Offshoot Sets CD Release Epitaph has set a date for the debut full length from New Jersey's Leathermouth. - more

The Pretenders Map Out Tour The Pretenders announced a tour through North American - more

Face of Jesus Appears on Guitar The silhouette of a bearded face has been discovered on a Washburn Dreadnought D46SP acoustic guitar - more

Kanye Blows Keane After conquering the dance world with latest album Perfect Symmetry, Keane are moving on to rap. - more

Smashing Myspace MySpace Music proudly presents Smashing Pumpkins' new music video - more

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Boy George escort is 'unreliable' A male escort who claims singer Boy George beat him after handcuffing him at his flat is unreliable, jurors hear. - more

Girls Aloud to support Coldplay Coldplay reveal that Girls Aloud will support them at one of their gigs at Wembley Stadium in September 2009. - more

Bid to scrap Polanski sex charge Lawyers for director Roman Polanski ask a US court to dismiss a 30-year-old charge of unlawful sex with a minor. - more

Pitt visits New Orleans project Actor Brad Pitt visits the New Orleans area where the familes are moving into new homes built by his charity. - more

US folk icon Odetta dies aged 77 US folk singer Odetta, a civil rights campaigner and major influence on Bob Dylan, dies aged 77. - more

Rourke up for indie film accolade Mickey Rourke's comeback performance in The Wrestler is shortlisted at the Spirit Awards, Hollywood's leading prizes for independent film. - more

Ban for speeding comedian Presenter Nick Hancock is banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding at nearly 100mph during a trip to Scotland. - more

McLean evicted from jungle show Glamour model Nicola McLean becomes the latest star to be voted off I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! - more

First Book honour for author Ross Alex Ross wins the Guardian First Book Award for his musical history The Rest is Noise. - more

Gallery acquires Tudor portrait A rare portrait of a Tudor family is acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, in London. - more

Human skull abandoned by Hamlet A human skull will no longer be used in Hamlet starring David Tennant in case it distracts the audience. - more

Rediscovered art sells for £2.8m An Italian masterpiece, which had been hidden in the attic of a French chateau since the 19th Century, sells for £2.84m at auction in London. - more

Lily savaged? Chat show host O'Grady's adder mishap Chat show host Paul O'Grady suffers a bite after being attacked by an adder at his home in Kent. - more

Take That record huge first day Take That score the biggest first day sale of the year with their new album, The Circus, despite problems getting it into shops. - more

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Britney's 'Circus' On Track To Top Album Chart Britney Spears' sixth studio album, "Circus," is on track to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 next week, as the Jive set will lead Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart when it is released later today (Dec. 3). - more

Fleetwood Mac Returning To The Road In '09 As expected, Fleetwood Mac will embark on its first tour in five years next spring, beginning March 1 in Pittsburgh. Tickets for the Live Nation-produced "Unleashed" tour begin going on sale Dec. 15. - more

Elton John Mulling Ronson Collaboration Elton John may enlist producer Mark Ronson to work on his next studio album, which is being penciled in for release in late 2009 by Universal. "They like each other and know each other well. There's been lots and lots of conversation, but nothing is finalized yet," a source close to the artists tells Billboard. - more

Tori Amos Signs With Universal Republic Tori Amos has signed a new deal with Universal Republic, and is eyeing a late spring/early summer 2009 release for her tenth album. - more

Folk Legend Odetta Dies At 77 Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. Odetta died Tuesday (Dec. 2) of heart disease at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital, said her manager of 12 years, Doug Yeager. - more

'Twilight' Star Stewart To Play Joan Jett Fresh from the box-office success of "Twilight," Kristen Stewart is set to portray Joan Jett in "The Runaways," the rock'n'roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band. - more

Staind Frontman Lewis Eyeing Solo Album Staind frontman Aaron Lewis anticipates having a "kind of endless" supply of songs when he hunkers down to record his first solo album in the spring. - more

Black Dice Call In The 'Repo' Men A mixture of old-fashioned studio work and home recordings will comprise Black Dice's fifth album, "Repo," due in April via Paw Tracks. - more

Britney Spears Plots 'Circus' Tour As first tipped here in October, Britney Spears will embark on her first arena tour in five years next spring. The "Circus Starring Britney Spears" jaunt begins March 3 in New Orleans, with support from the Pussycat Dolls. - more

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Sewing Machine Signed By METALLICA Up For Grabs Jennifer Maerz of SFWeekly.com reports that a sewing machine supposedly signed by METALLICA is up for grabs in a raffle at a Wee Scotty shop in San Francisco, California. - more

THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER Confirmed For Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival Canadian cult metal band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER (a.k.a. - more

HANOI ROCKS Frontman, THE 69 EYES Members To Take Part In Helsinki Signing Session HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe and Jyrki 69 (vocals) and Jussi 69 (drums) from THE 69 EYES will take part in a signing session on December 4 at Nokia Store (Aleksanterinkatu 46) in Helsinki, Finland. - more

TONIGHT IS GLORY Completes Work On 'The Vision And Reality' El Paso, Texas-based melodic hardcore quintet TONIGHT IS GLORY has completed recording its new full-length album, "The Vision and Reality", with producer Grant Beachy (AGRACEFUL). - more

BALTIMOORE Frontman Leaves His BALLS Behind Vocalist Björn Lodin (SIX FEET UNDER, BALTIMOORE) has announced his departure from BALLS, the Swedish project he formed with Micke "Nord" Andersson (guitar; NORD, ROXETTE, JAMIE WALTERS, SKIFS), Janne Stark (guitar; OVERDRIVE, LOCOMOTIVE BREATH), Björn Lundqvist (bass; SKYRIDE) and Robban Bäck (drums; ECLIPSE, BILLION DOLLAR BABIES, BLACK LADIES). - more

VEX To Team Up With DIVINE EVE For Split EP Texas-based metallers VEX, who feature in their ranks vocalist Orlando Logan Perez (AGAINST THE PLAGUES), will participate in a split EP with reunited Texas deathlords DIVINE EVE, to be released early next year. - more

GLENN HUGHES Working On 'Bootilicious And Soul-Saturated' New Material Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has been writing material for a new solo album, tentatively due in the spring of 2010. - more

HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTÖRHEAD Confirmed For Holland's WALDROCK Festival HEAVEN AND HELL, the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums), MOTÖRHEAD and CARCASS have been officially confirmed for next year's Waldrock festival, set to take place June 13, 2009 in Burgum, The Netherlands. - more

INTO ETERNITY: 'Time Immemorial' Video To Premiere Next Week Canadian extreme progressive metal icons INTO ETERNITY shot a video for the track "Time Immemorial" earlier this year with acclaimed director Craig Bernard (THEORY OF A DEADMAN). - more

PSYOPUS Guitarist Offering Lessons Guitarist Christopher "Arpmandude" Arp of the Rochester, New York-based tech grindcore/hardcore outfit PSYOPUS is offering "weird guitar lessons" in the Rochester area. - more

UNEARTH, HEATBREED, BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH Featured In FUSE ON DEMAND's 'Best Of 2008' Former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch and members of UNEARTH and HATEBREED are featured in Fuse On Demand's "Best of 2008" special talking about their favorite movies, artists and albums from the past year. - more

ENSLAVED: 'The Watcher' Video Available "The Watcher", the new video from Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED, can be viewed below. - more

OVERKILL: South American Dates Announced Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will embark on a headlining tour of South America in May 2009. - more

SCOTT WEILAND's 'Happy In Galoshes' Cracks BILLBOARD's Top 100 "Happy In Galoshes", the sophomore solo album from STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland, sold 10,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. - more

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Madonna Postpones Concert In Buenos Aires Madonna has postponed the first of four shows in Argentina. - more

Reggaeton Superstars Prep New Tour Plans Reggaeton superstars Wisin & Yandel will perform 31 dates in Mexico in 2009, Billboard.biz has learned. - more

Austin Fights To Keep Its Music Rep Thriving nightclubs, popular festivals and favorite sons like Willie Nelson and Stevie Ray Vaughan have given Austin a well-deserved, if boastful, moniker: "Live Music Capital of the World." - more

Warner Music Canada Locks In Merch Deal Warner Music Canada has inked a deal with music merchandising company Philcos Enterpriser Ltd. that will see it offer sales, manufacturing and distribution for a variety of clothing and other items relating to the record label's artists. - more

Distributor Neuton Announces Insolvency Following the footsteps of UK vinyl distributor Amato and Japanese<br clear="none"/> distributor Cisco, German vinyl distributor Neuton has announced its<br clear="none"/> insolvency. - more

Tori Amos Signs With Universal Republic Tori Amos has signed a new deal with Universal Republic, and is eyeing a late spring/early summer 2009 release for her tenth album. - more

Kindred The Family Soul Plans Eastern Swing Kindred the Family Soul is launching the eastern swing of its "House of Love" tour. - more

Fleetwood Mac Returning To The Road In '09 As expected, Fleetwood Mac will embark on its first tour in five years next spring, beginning March 1 in Pittsburgh. Tickets for the Live Nation-produced "Unleashed" tour begin going on sale Dec. 15. - more

Live Nation, Blockbuster Ink Ticket Deal Live Nation has signed a three-year deal with Blockbuster whereby the latter will be the exclusive physical retail ticket outlet for Live Nation Ticketing, Live Nation's new in-house ticketing company, beginning with the start of the 2009 concert season. - more

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MURDER THERAPY Ink Deal With Holland’s Deity Down Records Italian outfit MURDER THERAPY have found a partner in Holland's Deity Down Records who will release the band's debut full-length in the summer of 2009. ... - more

QUEEN Guitarist Brian May - "We Need A Rest" Rumours are running rampant that QUEEN have split unexpectedly with lead singer PAUL RODGERS. Austrian newspaper Österreich is reporting that their concert... - more

2009 Waldrock Open Air Festival - HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTÖRHEAD, CARCASS Confirmed HEAVEN AND HELL - the band featuring legendary BLACK SABBATH members Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums)... - more

More LIZZY BORDEN European Tour Dates Announced After a successful Live Nation tour with Finnish Monster rockers LORDI, LIZZY BORDEN has announced additional headlining European tour dates. The band's itinerary is now... - more

THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER Confirm Performance At Headbangers Open Air Canadian heavy metal cult band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER are confirmed to perform at next years Headbangers Open Air Festival in Germany next July. Guitarist Kinky Pork... - more

Meet The PIRATES OF THE BALTIC SEA As previously reported, HANOI ROCKS' frontman Michael Monroe has teamed up with Jyrki 69 (vocals) and Jussi 69 D(rums) from THE 69 EYES, underground legend... - more

SWALLOW THE SUN To Be Joined By SILENTIUM On Select Finnish Tour Dates Finnish metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have announced that fellow countrymen SILENTIUM will be joining them on the following Finnish tour dates: January 7 - Lutakko -... - more

BALLS Singer Björn Lodin - "I'm Leaving The Band" As previously reported, Swedish band BALLS, featuring Björn Lodin: vocals (BALTIMOORE), Micke “Nord� Andersson: guitar (NORD, ROXETTE, JAMIE WALTERS, SKIFS), Janne Stark: guitar (OVERDRIVE, LOCOMOTIVE... - more

OVERKILL Announce Dates For South America New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have lined up the following dates for South America (venues TBA): May 13 - Caracas, Venezuela 14 - Bogota, Columbia 15 - Santiago, Chile 16 -... - more

VEX Featuring AGAINST THE PLAGUES Singer Orlando Logan Perez Featured On Split EP With DIVINE EVE VEX, featuring singer Orlando Logan Perez of AGAINST THE PLAGUES, have issued the following update from guitarist Ciaran McCloskey: 'I am pleased to announce that Vex... - more

ALICE COOPER - "There's Not One Moment In The Show That's Not Guitar Rock - I'd Never Let It Get Soft, Syrupy And Stupid" The following story is courtesy of Keith Carman from Chartattack.com: ALICE COOPER is renowned for creating the shock rock genre. The likes of W.A.S.P.,... - more

GLENN HUGHES Checks In; New Album Due In Spring 2010 GLENN HUGHES has issued the following update: 'Hi Everyone, Gab and I are leavin' for London 2nite...the gal needs a lil' vacation, so she is joining... - more

Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting - KATAKLYSM Confirmed? As previously reported, the 14th edition of Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting is scheduled for the last weekend of June: 26th-27th-28th. On Sunday, November 30th, KATAKLYSM... - more

INTO ETERNITY - 'Time Immemorial' Video To Premier December 10th; Behind-The-Scenes Footage Available Now INTO ETERNITY's site has been updated with the following: 'It has been an extremely productive and successful 2008 for Canadian extreme progressive metal icons Into Eternity,... - more

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News:Say Hi Inks with Barsuk Seattle indie-pop outfit, Say Hi (formerly Say Hi to Your Mom), has just joined the Barsuk family of artists for the release of their upcoming LP, Oohs &amp; Aahs. &nbsp; Brainchild and founding member Eric Elbogen wrote and recorded the album at his home studio over the last year. - more

News:Mirah Reveals New Album Details Experimental folk&nbsp;rocker&nbsp;Mirah&nbsp;revealed details regarding&nbsp;her new album, the follow up&nbsp;to 2004's C'mon Miracle, although she has dabbled elsewhere with the Spectratone International. &nbsp; Her fourth solo outing will be entitled (a)spera, and promises to observe how humans are all connected. - more

News:Murder By Death Plan Something Special For Next Tour Indianapolis rockers, Murder By Death, have something special planned for the new year. &nbsp; The quartet plan on crossing the country and have chosen to play two of their favorite albums in sequence. - more

News:Filter's Top 10 of 2008, Day 3: Peter Holmstrom of The Dandy Warhols Alt-psych rockers The Dandy Warhols have spent the second half of 2008 on tour promoting their sixth studio album . . - more

News:Filter's Top 10 of 2008, Day 3: Steve Wynn of The Dream Syndicate Singer/songwriter, Steve Wynn, has been rocking the music industry since the 80s with his band, The Dream Syndicate. &nbsp; Since then, he's been in a handful of other projects, but has found the most success as a solo artist. - more

News:Filter's Top 10 of 2008, Day 3: John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats Since hitting the indie scene over 15 years ago, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats knows how to fill his time. &nbsp; 2008 proved such a theory as The Mountain Goats released their latest album, Heretic Pride and an exclusive Kaki King collaboration EP. - more

Blog:Chart Rundown As expected, Kanye West took over the charts with the release of 808&#39;s & Heartbreak, easily grabbing the #1 spot, selling just over 450K. &#0160; The Killers&#39; Day & Age and Coldplay&#39;s Prospekt&#39;s March EP also saw excellent first week sales, each making it into the top 15. - more

News:ANTICS and Gibson Present the Quiksilver All 80's All Day Vert Challenge This Saturday December 6th, Quiksilver skaters Tony Hawk and Christian Hosoi, along with 20 of the most iconic skateboarders from the 80&rsquo;s will come together at the Quiksilver Headquarters in Huntington Beach for a single-day skate challenge hosted by ShredOrDie. com and Quiksilver. - more

News:The Pretenders Announce Massive Tour The Pretenders have announced their first US headlining tour in over five years. &nbsp; The tour is in support of their latest album, The Breakup of Concrete, which was recorded over a twelve-day period in Los Angeles and released in October. - more

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Nickelback: Still The Underdogs? The band has sold millions of records, but still sees itself as a Dark Horse. - more

Quick Hits: Staind, Joan Jett, Fall Out Boy, Disturbed, The Pretenders, Maynard James Keenan, Odetta - more

Britney's Traveling Circus Takes Off In March Spears has announced a 25-date tour, her first arena run in five years. - more

New Green Day Record Expands "Three-Chord Mayhem" Billie Joe Armstrong discusses long-awaited follow-up to American Idiot, due in 2009. - more

Quick Hits: Jennifer Hudson, Creed, Metallica, Jay-Z, Beyoncé & Solange, Blink-182, Chris Brown & Lil Wayne, My Chemical Romance, Bonnaroo, The Specials, Neko Case - more

It's Springsteen's Lucky Day On Amazon, MySpace The two Web sites are offering Bruce Springsteen's new single and video for "My Lucky Day." - more

Quick Hits: Madonna, Travis Barker & DJ AM, Weezer, Coldplay - more

Beyoncé, Nickelback Come Up Big The two stars debuted at #1 and #2 on the sales chart this week. - more

Quick Hits: U2, Metallica, Velvet Revolver, Death Cab For Cutie, Prodigy - more

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Brad Pitt Gets All “I! Hate! EVERYONE! (In The Paparazzi)” You know how Brad Pitt is constantly getting stalked by the paparazzi wherever he goes, much to his clear annoyance? - more

Badvertising: Marks & Spencer, Take That Christmas is a time to spend with family and friends. Or, failing that, a rubbishy old boyband from the 1990s and a gaggle of neatly age-diverse supermodels. And if you could spend it in what's basically the hotel from The Shining just to make it even more super-depressing, why that'd be just dandy too. - more

WEBTHUMP! Wednesday 3 December 2008 9 - Amy Winehouse give someone a gift. Strangely enough, it wasn't some form of disease - Holymoly - more

Science And Technology Used To Track Simon Cowell’s Every Dull Movement The only reason, and we do mean the only reason, we'd ever be seen following Simon Cowell all over town is if we'd gotten reliable word that there's a fist-sized diamond lodged somewhere inside him, and he's carrying a lunch-pale chock full of old fruit. - more

Patrick Swayze Wants You All To Know That He Isn’t Dead Yet The fact that Patrick Swayze is still around nine months after he was apparently given five weeks to live is clearly impressive. - more

Roman Polanski Says He Didn’t Boff That Child 30 Years Ago Roman Polanski is a modern-day superhero - he can direct films quite well and also he's great at having sex with children. - more

SLACKERJACK - Turkey Fling So we may have completely neglected any Thanksgiving games last week, and that's why we're getting in early now. Ladies and gentlemen, the first game for Thanksgiving 2009 - Turkey Fling! - more

Gossip: Gossip Girl Girl Kelly Rutherford Is Pregnant Nothing makes us happier than when a woman from a TV show we never watch announces that she's got a bun in the oven. - more

Strictly Come Dancing Recap: Austin Healey Time for some more Strictly Come Dancing recaps, so hold onto your hat. No, literally, hold onto it. OK, go and get a hat and then hold onto it. - more

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Akon looks for fresh start ATLANTA - Akon's explosive rise to the top of the music charts was fuelled by feel-good songs and naughty grooves - but his criminal past was always an underlying part of his success. - more

Folk legend Odetta dies at 77 NEW YORK - Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. - more

Nickelback shuns print media TORONTO - Nickelback has just released one of the most anticipated albums of the year, "Dark Horse," and yet there have been virtually no profiles of the rock band in newspapers across the country. - more

Madonna delays Argentina show BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Don't cry Argentina: Madonna has postponed the first of four shows in Buenos Aires. - more

Madonna still tops the list of the top-grossing concert tours The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers and is in U.S. dollars: - more

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Man makes his own Daft Punk helmet Motorcycle lid fitted with LEDs - more

13 songs to love/hate this Christmas U2, The Killers and Twisted Sister get festive - more

New Jay-Z song leaks online Check out Brooklyn (Go Hard) here - more

Have an indie Christmas with band baubles Hang Bright Eyes and Black Lips on your tree - more

Windows vs OS X: who's winning? Research indicates changes in market share - more

Metallica sign sewing machine, rocks up as raffle prize Master Of Gussets …And Sewing For All - more

Tone2 gives Gladiator synth more power Version 2 brings a long list of improvements - more

New Apple iPod headphones now available Official white buds promise immersive sound - more

Lars Ulrich says Metallica will tour Death Magnetic through 2010 Drummer jokes about playing other planets - more

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On Broken Wings, ABACABB tour dates On Broken Wings and ABACABB will hook up for a few shows in the Northeast later this month. Here you... - more

Stick To Your Guns drummer leaves band Lambgoat can now confirm that Stick To Your Guns and drummer Casey Lagos have gone their separate wa... - more

Years Spent Cold looks to replace guitarist New Jersey's Years Spent Cold has announced the departure of guitar player Frank Russo. The group co... - more

Sumerian Records signs ABACABB Sumerian Records has officially signed Washington D.C. metal band ABACABB. The group's new album, "S... - more

Thursday to headline Taste Of Chaos 2009 Thursday will headline the Rockstar Taste Of Chaos Tour 2009. Support will be provided by Bring Me T... - more

Divine Heresy prepares new album Official press release: Divine Heresy are hard at work on their much anticipated sophomore releas... - more

Bad Brains mini-tour Bad Brains will play a handful of shows this month in California and Hawaii. Here are the dates: ... - more

The Banner singer forms Wolve The Banner frontman Joey Southside has announced the launch of a new band called Wolve. Here's what ... - more

Dillinger Escape Plan to record album in June Dillinger Escape Plan has announced (via a lengthy blog <a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?f... - more

Cipher seeks new bassist Long Beach, New York's Cipher is currently in search of a new bass player. Candidates must have expe... - more

Liferuiner back together Just weeks after breaking up, Liferuiner has reformed. The group is currently in Buffalo, New York m... - more

Zero System recruits Glass Casket singer Zero System has officially parted ways with vocalist Joel Collins as he has chosen to dedicate more ... - more

Lecherous Nocturne, Sol Asunder, etc. tour Lecherous Nocturne, Sol Asunder, and Embryonic Devourment will hit the road together next February. ... - more

Southern Lord Records signs Black Cobra San Francisco's Black Cobra has officially joined the Southern Lord Records roster. Formed in 2002, ... - more

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Rob Zombie To Direct Halloween Sequel? Reports are coming in that French directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo have departed from the making of a second Halloween movie and that Rob Zombie, who directed the previous effort will be reprising his role as director. Whilst a representative for Rob Zombie refused to comment, Trancas International has stated that they will make an ann... - more

Overkill Announces South American Tour New Jersey based thrash metal legends Overkill will be heading to South America in May. The venues have not yet been confirmed but here are the tour dates: May 13 - Caracas, Venezuela 14 - Bogota, Columbia 15 - Santiago, Chile 16 - Buenos Aires, Argentina 17 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - more

Misery Index Posts New Video Teaser Trailer Online Baltimore, Maryland based metal act Misery Index has uploaded a thirty second teaser trailer for their new video, 'Traitors.' You can check it out below. The song is the title track to their latest album which was released on September 30th in North America via Relapse Records. - more

Bloodbath Causes Controversy With New T-Shirt Swedish metal act Bloodbath has posted the following message online: 'We have just learned that our latest shirt design has run into some controversy. Actually, It?s been a bit of a rocky road from the start with this one. Back at the sketch board, some of our art direction ideas were met by hesitation and according to the designer would feel &apos;u... - more

Enslaved Posts "The Watcher" Video Online Norwegian metallers Enslaved has uploaded their brand new music video for the song, 'The Watcher' online. You can check it out below. The band travelled to Gothenburg, Sweden to film the clip along with director Patric Ullaeus, who has previously worked with the likes of Dimmu Borgir and In Flames. The song comes off the bands latest album, 'Vertab... - more

Judas Priest Cancels Nottingham Show Judas Priest has announced some changed to their tour of the United Kingdom in February. The band has had to cancel their show in Nottingham and existing ticket holders are being offered a pair of tickets to either the show in Sheffield or in Birmingham. Also, the band has changed the venue of their show in Manchester and will now perform at the Ap... - more

Organ Recording New Album, Posts New Song Online Atlanta, Georgia-based metal band ORGAN has tapped Warren Riker (DOWN, CROWBAR, CYNIC) to produce its new album for an early 2009 release. Recording began in November 2008 at PigPen Studio in Athens, Georgia and will continue at Broken Wave Studios in Glendale, California. A new song, 'Burnt Down Again,' is available for streaming on ORGAN&apos;s MyS... - more

Napalm Death Posts New Song "Diktat" Online British grindcore masters Napalm Death has uploaded a brand new song online entitled, 'Diktat.' You can check it out by heading to the bands official Myspace. The song will be featured on Napalm Death&apos;s forthcoming new album, 'Time Waits For No Slave' which will be released on January 29th in Europe, February 2nd in the United Kingdom and February ... - more

Callisto To Release Third Album Featuring New Vocalist Callisto&apos;s third album Providence will be released in Finland on February 18th. The album?s debut single Covenant Colours is now streaming on the band?s MySpace. The single and the album will also be the debut for the band?s new vocalist Jani Ala-Hukkala (Pofony), whose screaming and clean vocals mark a new element in the band?s sonic palette. N... - more

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Madonna postpones Buenos Aires show Madonna has postponed her concert in Buenos Aires tonight (December 3), citing technical difficulties as the reason. - more

Glasvegas announce New York Webster Hall show Glasvegas have announced they will headline Webster Hall in New York City on March 30, just six months after performing their first NYC show in front of a couple of hundred people at Mercury Lounge. - more

Dr Pepper responds to Guns N' Roses letter over free soda debacle Drinks company Dr Pepper has responded to a letter from Guns N Roses lawyer last week that demanded an apology for the free drinks promotion intended to celebrate the release of 'Chinese Democracy'. - more

David Cameron gives Barack Obama Smiths, Lily Allen, Gorillaz CDs Conservative leader David Cameron gave US President-elect Barack Obama gifts of albums by The Smiths, Lily Allen, Radiohead and Gorillaz when they met in July, it has emerged. - more

Amazon launches digital service to rival iTunes Online entertainment store Amazon.co.uk launched its UK MP3 service today (December 3). - more

Futureheads play Glasgow shop gig The Futureheads played a gig for the staff at the Queen Margaret Union shop at Glasgow University yesterday (December 2). - more

UNKLE to release new album this month UNKLE are set to release a new album this month that features classical reworkings of some of their existing songs plus two new efforts. - more

Cribs to release 'Cribsmas' DVD The Cribs are set to release a triple-disc DVD capturing their special 2007 'Cribsmas' shows in Leeds. - more

Blur, Radiohead and Kate Nash launch 'music artists' coalition' Kate Nash, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Blur drummer Dave Rowntree are among the artists hoping to establish a new committee dedicated to give bands in the music industry more of a voice. - more

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The Runaways Biopic Aiming For 2009 Release Fresh from the box-office success of "Twilight," Kristen Stewart is set to portray Joan Jett in "The Runaways" - more

Ozzy Osbourne Rock Memorabilia Up For Auction A former rock drummer is planning to write a book about his unorthodox life - more

Wednesday 13 Announces U.K. Tour Wednesday 13 recently announced yet another U.K. Tour. - more

Bullet's 'Bite The Bullet' Finally Available On Vinyl LP Bullet will release their outstanding latest album "Bite The Bullet" on vinyl on January 30th - more

Ozzy Osbourne Turns 60 Happy birthday Ozzy! Rock's Prince of Darkness turns 60 today - more

Jorn 'Live In America' DVD Available In January Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of the long awaited JORN DVD "Live In America" on January 23rd - more

Badmouth Releases "Heartbreaker" In Honour Of Pat Benetar Swedish Rockers Badmouth will release their new single "Heartbreaker" on December 5th. - more

Trouble 'Live In L.A. 2008' CD Now Available Trouble have made their new CD, 'Live In L.A. 2008', available for purchase - more

Interview: Rev - Underride vocalist Who would have ever guessed that one of the must own rock albums of 2008 would come from a band out of Seattle - more

Poison Drummer Rikki Rockett Gets Married Poison drummer Rikki Rockett and Melanie Martel officially tied the knot on Oct. 18th 2008. - more

CD Review: Hungryheart - Hungryheart This album can be summed up in two words 'hot damn'! - more

Don Dokken Interrupts Sebastian Bach Interview To Slam Lynch And Skid Row In the middle of 3 Guys Pickin's Sebastian Bach interview, Don Dokken just walks right in and starts talking to Sebastian. - more

Motley Crue And Buckcherry Help Eleven Seven Music Dominate iTunes Eleven Seven Music, the top Independent rock label, dominates the iTunes Critics Picks for 2008. - more

Vince Neil Cancels European Tour Swedish rockers Fatal Smile, who were scheduled to open for Motley Crue's Vince Neil, have confirmed that the European tour has been cancelled - more

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APNewsBreak: Andrews to succeed Cronkite on PBS (AP) AP - Julie Andrews is succeeding Walter Cronkite as host of the Vienna Philharmonic's annual New Year's Day concert on PBS. - more

No relief in sight as radio ad revenue declines (Reuters) - more

Fleetwood Mac returning to the road in '09 (Reuters) Reuters - Fleetwood Mac will embark on its first tour in five years next spring, beginning March 1 in Pittsburgh. - more

Tori Amos inks with Universal Republic (Reuters) Reuters - Tori Amos has signed a deal with Universal Republic and is eyeing a late spring/early summer 2009 release for her tenth album. - more

Colombian singer Fanny Lu makes stateside inroads (Reuters) Reuters - With a mix of pop, vallenato accordion and the husky voice of an ingenue, Colombian singer Fanny Lu found success in 2006 with her catchy single 'No Te Pido Que Me Mandes Flores.' - more

Katy Perry Cast Her Chest and She Liked It (E! Online) E! Online - Wanna take home Katy Perry's breasts? - more

Bedroom Bach? YouTube starts a cyber symphony (AP) AP - There's a new way to get to Carnegie Hall — YouTube, YouTube, YouTube. - more

Rihanna & Chris Brown's $1M Hit (Not the Good Kind) (E! Online) E! Online - A photographer won't stop the music until Rihanna and Chris Brown have forked over $1 million. - more

Country star Alan Jackson honored with CMT special (AP) AP - A veteran star being saluted by a bunch of hot new ones — Alan Jackson knows this can be trouble. - more

Madonna postpones opening concert in Argentina (AP) AP - Don't cry Argentina: Madonna has postponed the first of four shows in Buenos Aires. - more

Apple may be chilling iTunes competition: critics (Reuters) Reuters - Apple Inc might be unfairly blocking rival software makers who want to sell music for its iPhone, according to some rivals and a technology rights group. - more

Green Day speak about new 'powerpop' album (Yahoo! Music) - more

Civil rights beacon Odetta dead at 77 (Reuters) Reuters - Odetta, the deep-voiced folk singer whose ballads and songs became for many a soundtrack to the American civil rights movement, has died at age 77, her manager said on Wednesday. - more

Akon 'fan tossing' trial postponed (Yahoo! Music) - more

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The Cribs To Release 3 DVD Live Album Featuring their Leeds Cribsmas shows from last year1 - more

Kevin Federline: It Was Britney Who Filed For Divorce He claims it was the singer who ended things - more

Coldplay Add Second Wembley Stadium Show With Girls Aloud The girl band have been confirmed as support - more

Gwen Stefani Angry At Gavin Rossdale Over Duet He's included a fun recording of the couple on his new album - more

Akon Plans Beyonce And Jay-Z Collaborations He's eager to get the pair in the studio - more

Goldie Lookin Chain Announce "Pay-As-You-Want" Gig The band will let fans choose how much to pay for entry - more

Robbie Will Rejoin Take That One Day Says Gary Barlow The band are getting to know each other again - more

The View 2009 Tour Dates Just Announced As the band promote their forthcoming second album - more

Paris Hilton Wants Mark Ronson For New Album The heiress hopes the producer can secure her a hit record - more

Starsailor Announce 2009 Tour To coincide with their brand new album - more

Take That Slam Britney's X Factor Performance It's claws out, the band were not impressed by her miming - more

Coldplay Want Girls Aloud To Support At Wembley Stadium Show The band want the pop group for their huge 2009 event, say reports - more

Tokyo Police Club To Tour The U.S. In Spring 2009 The band announce new live dates with Ra Ra Riot, Born Ruffians and more - more

Lily Allen Slams Diana Vickers The 'Smile' singer is not a fan of X Factor contestant - more

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