One Man Army And The Undead Quartet, the new Swedish band featuring former The Crown vocalist Johan Lindstrand, have replacedВ Impaled Nazarene on the billing of this year’s Metal Therapy festival, set to take place on April 15 in Amneville, France. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: MoonspellMayhemHypocrisySoilworkAmorphisGojiraDagobaSikthBlockheadsThe Old Dead TreeOne Man Army […]

Primal Scream premiered their new album in London last night (April 6). During the course of the 20-song set, the band played five other songs from their forthcoming LP ‘Riot City Blues’, out on June 5. Guests in attendance included Noel Gallagher, The Chemical Brothers, The Kills and actor John Simm.

The Zutons singer Dave McCabe has been hospitalised in London. McCabe suffered an allergic reaction to a drink, and was taken in for treatment. However, he was well enough to make a trip to Amsterdam for a live show that night. TheВ Zutons released their comeback single ‘Why Won’t You Give Me Your Love?’ last Monday […]

British rock act Embrace has been chosen by soccer’s ruling body the FA to record the official England World Cup song. The song, titled “World at Your Feet,” will be released prior to the soccer World Cup, due to start June 9 in Germany. The final release date has yet to be confirmed.

Razorlight and The Streets have been confirmed for the Hi-Fi Ireland festival. The acts join the likes of Ian Brown, Mylo, The Prodigy and Art Brut at the event which will take place over the Bank Holiday weekend of August 5-6 at Belvedere House, Mullingar, Westmeath. Razorlight will also be headlining the second stage at […]

U.K. rock act the Futureheads will release its sophomore album, “News and Tributes,” June 13 via Vagrant/StarTime International. It’s the follow-up to 2005’s self-titled debut, which was issued by Sire in North America. In the United Kingdom, “News and Tributes” is due May 29 via Warner Bros. The single “Skip to the End” will precede […]

Sonic Youth‘s Thurston Moore has been chosen to curate the Nightmare Before Christmas edition of the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival later this year. The event will be held Dec. 8-10 in Somerset, England, and will feature performances by Sonic Youth and Iggy and the Stooges. The full lineup will be announced in the coming months.

Judas Priest have announced that they are creating their first conceptual album based upon the life and predictions of Nostradamus. The CD will be theatrically staged and performed in its entirety as an epic musical by Judas Priest.

Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton told WZLX-FM’s Carlson & McKenzie on Wednesday (April 5) that frontman Steven Tyler‘s throat had an “overuse injury…like tendonitis” that forced them to cancel shows. “He had this minor, minor, minor [surgery] done and it went really well,” Hamilton told the morning men. Despite this setback, Aerosmith plan to return to […]

Neil Hannon returns as The Divine Comedy in June with the follow up to 2004’s ‘Absent Friends’. ‘Victory For The Comic Muse’ will be released on Parlophone on June 19th. This will be preceded by a new single on June 12th. The album was recorded virtually live in the studio over a period of two […]