Bret Michaels was hospitalised over the weekend, suffering from acute appendicitis. The Poison singer, who’d been complaining all day of stomach pains, was taken into surgery just minutes before he was due to play a solo set at Sea World in San Antonio, Texas. Fortunately, he is now making a good recovery.

Roger Waters is taking Pink Floyd’s The Wall on the road this fall for a 36-date North American tour. The trek starts on September 15 in Toronto and wraps on December 13 in Anaheim. Prior to this run, the 1979 concept album has only been performed in its entirety 31 times. Pink Floyd did it […]

Hristo Stoyanov – Etsi passed away in his home last October aged 42. The friendsВ of the bass player are now putting together an art exibition with his latest work. BesidesВ playing in the vamous Bulgarian blues band 3 1/2 – Etzi was a professional in graphic and industrial design. The Exibition will be opened at 6 […]

В Nu metal pioneers KOРЇN, whose lineup is now down to just three of its original members, are ramping up for the release of their ninth album, Korn III — Remember Who You Are, this June. They took the wraps off what’s expected to be the new record’s first single, ‘Oildale,’ at a gig in Utica, […]

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is about to get all arty – with his first exhibition of paintings. This happens at the Micaela Gallery in San Francisco, from May 6 to June 27. According to Blabbermouth, Newsted had the following to say about his skills with a brush: “I am possessed by an undercurrent of […]

British rockers Supergrass have decided to call it quits after a 17-year career that included six studio albums. Not the kind to keep fans guessing on their status (unlike other bands), the Oxford, England band jokingly chalked up the split to a “17 year itch” and released a statement Monday (April 12) confirming the break-up. […]

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has been voted the best guitarist of the last 30 years by listeners of under-threat radio station BBC6 Music. Their Axe Factor contest polled more than 30,000 listeners, who voted for Frusciante ahead of stars including Slash, Prince, Matt Bellamy of Muse and Johnny Marr of the […]

Jeff Beck is said to have insured his fingers and thumbs for ВЈ7 million after slicing off one of his digits chopping carrots. The guitar legend, 65, was thought to be making a stew at his Wadhurst home when the accident happened. Surgeons managed to sew the tip of his left index finger back on […]

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith has teamed up with Mary Poppins star Dick Van Dyke to record a children’s album. ‘Rhythm Train’, which has been co-produced by Smith with LA Kids[singer Leslie Bixler, sees the sticksman play vocal characters like a pirate and train conductor on several tracks. “I may not be playing […]

What a night, huh? The second BIG Tangra Mega Rock show for the fourth anniversary bash of the one and only rock radio in Buglaria saw an amazing crowd and jaw dropping performances of FOUR killer bands at the Blue Box club in Sofia. Thursday nigh, 8 April. Headliners THE EXPLOITED had the longest set […]