The Raconteurs have announced a new set of North American tour dates that will see them head out again in the late summer.Having previously announced details of their first ever North American tour last month the band featuring Jack White and Brendan Benson will play ten dates in SeptРµmber.The gigs kick off in Houston at […]

The Rolling Stones have confirmed details of their next single. The wrinkly rockers will release the latest track from their album ‘A Bigger Bang’, ‘Biggest Mistake’ on August 21. The release coincides with the European leg of their World Tour.

“Waterloo to Anywhere,” the debut album from ex-Libertines principal Carl Barat‘s new band Dirty Pretty Things, will be released Aug. 1 in North America via Interscope. The set has been out since last month internationally; first single “Bang Bang You’re Dead” reached No. 5 on the U.K. singles chart, while the album debuted at No. […]

Grateful Dead keyboard player Vince Welnick has died. He was 55. Welnick took over as the cult band’s keyboard player in 1990 and continued until the band retired from performing following the death of founder and frontman Jerry Garcia in 1995.

U2 front man Bono is to power down the politics and return to music this summer with bag full of songs he has written on the piano. Talking to the Guardian, Bono explained: “I’ve got a lot of songs, oddly enough, from taking piano lessons. My kid’s piano teacher, Dawn, has been teaching me the […]

Rob Zombie is to direct the latest instalment in the classics ‘Halloween’ series of horror movies. He’ll also write the script for what will be ‘Halloween 9’, and he promises his own take on the Michael Myers legend.

Metallica delighted fans by playing the whole of their classic 1986 album ‘Master Of Puppets’, during their headlining sets at both the Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park Festivals in Germany.

Open Hand have posted a new track on their myspace page: www.myspace.com/openhand

Former Faith No More/Bad Brains frontman Chuck Mosley has a new band: Vandals Against Illiteracy. They’re currently working on a debut album, which will be called ‘Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food’.

Slayer are to release an EP on June 6. This will feature new song ‘Cult’. The band’s still untitled new album is due out at the end of July.