METALLICA’s official web site has been updated with the following message: “We’re getting psyched up for our return to Australia and New Zealand next week . . . It’s been six long years since we’ve visited and we’re ready to throw down! The nice people at Universal Music were so darn excited that they actually […]

Kings Of Leon have given fans a taste of their new material with the song, Radioactive, which debuted yesterday on the radio and as a video. The track is the first single off the band’s upcoming fifth album, Come Around Sundown, which is due out 18 October in the UK and the next day in […]

Bob Marley’s youngest child Makeda has pleaded guilty to growing marijuana at her U.S. home. Makeda Jahnesta Marley was arrested in 2008 after cops were called to her Pennsylvania property over a domestic dispute and discovered her removing plants from the basement. On Tuesday, the 29 year old pleaded guilty to the manufacture of a […]

MotГ¶rhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister is set to join a benefit concert organized by Ramones drummer Marky Ramone. The bassist/singer, who wrote the punk rock tribute ‘R.A.M.O.N.E.S.,’ will join Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big), Michael Graves (the Misfits), Jeff Duncan (Armored Saint), Marko DeSantis (Sugarcult) and Marky himself at a fundraiser for the Marky Ramone Drum Scholarship […]

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has issued the following update: “Today, Sept 7th, between the hours of 1:15 PM and 3:15 PM while I was picking my son up from school, my house was broken into and many priceless items were stolen. Items include my wife’s jewelry, laptops, wakeboards, cash, and most importantly 4 of […]

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has posted on Facebook that he has left the band. His post reads as follows: “I am about to write something I never imagined I’d ever write: After 25 years, I have decided to leave Dream Theater….the band I founded, led and truly loved for a quarter of a century. […]

Our favorite BulgarianВ Southern rock will be releasing it’sВ second album -В ‘A Bottle of Friends’ onВ 22 October. The same day, ODD CREW will be launching their National tour with a gigВ at Sofia’sВ R.B.F. club. The first single of the album, calledВ ‘We Won’t Betray Ourselves’ will be played for teh first time on the radio today at 3:3- BG […]

John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman has been denied parole for the sixth time. The murderer, who gunned down the former Beatles star outside his home in New York in 1980, has been eligible for parole since 2000. He’s scheduled to appear before the parole board again in 2012. Chapman, 55, was convicted of murdering […]

Current RATT and former VINCE NEIL bassist Robbie Crane will be replacing James Lomenzo (ex-MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) in LYNCH MOB for their upcoming European tour. Confirmed dates are as follows: October 30 – Nottingham, England – Firefest November 2 – Sofija, Bulgaria – Rockbar Fans 3 – Budapest, Hungary – A38 Ship 6 – […]

Jamie Price sentenced to at least 21 years in prison. Goldie’s son has been sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday (September 7) after being found guilty of killing a disabled man in 2008. Jamie Price stabbed Marlon Morris four times – once fatally in the heart – in Wolverhampton city centre on August 24, 2008. He […]