New Musical Express revealed the names of the headliners for this year’s Lollapalooza festival. Radiohead, The Raconteurs, Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails are all on the bill for the event at Chicago’s Grant Park, as are Rage Against the Machine, Bloc Party, Wilco, Battles and Stephen Malkmus. Also listed are Girl Talk, Cat Power, […]

The Sex Pistols are to release a live DVD of their 2007 reunion shows. Entitled “The Sex Pistols: There’ll Always Be an England“, this will be the first ever full-length concert DVD to be authorized by the band. Due this summer, the effort features footage of the five nights of gigs at London’s Brixton Academy […]

The next edition of the FractureВ weekly metal show on РњРњ TV shall feature videos by Onslaught, Kamelot, Velvet Revolver, President Evil, She Was Asking for It, Sonata Arctica, Suicide Silence, Linea 77, Eluveitie, Behemoth, Deathstars and many more. Watch out for Fracture Sundays at 10 p.m.

Bulgaria’s alternative rock quartet Sepuko 6 is ready with its new single. Entitled “No Drama“, the song shall be presented live next Wednesday, April 16, at Sofia’s The Club. Additional details can be found in our GIG GUIDE. SepukoВ 6 – “Dushcomfort“

While working on the new Motley Crue studio album, bass player Nikki Sixx has been named the president of Eleven Seven Records. The notorious musician will oversee a roster that includes Buckcherry, Trapt, Drowning Pool, Marion Raven and up-and-coming rock outfit Chosen Son.

Bob Dylan has confirmed 29 European live dates to start on May 26 in Reykjavic, Iceland. The tour includes 11 performances in Spain, and is scheduled to end on July 11 in Lisbon, Portugal. All dates and venues can be seen here. Bob Dylan – “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (live)

Last Friday’s show by The Bullets in Sofia, Bulgaria had to be stopped after just one song due to technical problems at the venue. The concert shall be rescheduled, however it’s still unknown neither when nor where…

Portishead will perform 8 tracks from their forthcoming album, “Third”, on Current TV on April 11 – three weeks before the album is released on April 28. The show will be recorded live in the town from which the band took their name (13 km west of Bristol), and as such the programme will be […]

Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid have won back full royalty rights for “A Whiter Shade of Pale”. The pair had been forced to share the songwriting credits with organist Matthew Fisher after a 2006 legal ruling, but now London’s Court of Appeal reversed the decision in favour of Brooker and […]

Germany’s industrial veterans KMFDM have decided to issue a retrospection of 3 double-CDs full rare and unreleased material. Simply entitled “Extra“, the trilogy shall start surfacing on June 3 via Metropolis Records – that’s when the first double CD shall be born. KMFDM – “Attak“