Fish is being forced to take a six-month break from touring because of severe throat problems. The singer has been suffering for a while, and is currently undergoing tests. He has stated in an open letter to fans: “I was in hospital yesterday and had an examination under general anaesthetic which involved taking a biopsy […]

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson has signed a book deal with Pengiun. He intends to write a collection of anecdotes and thoughts…

Therapy? are to release their new album in March. The effort was produced by Andy Gill and shall be entitled “Crooked Timber”.

The first 333 cheap promo tickets for the upcoming HammerFall, SabatonВ and Bloodbound show in Sofia, Bulgaria on April 10, 2009 are almost sold out now. The remaining tix cost 20 Euro.

It’s official now – U2’s twelfth studio album shall be entitled “No Line on the Horizon” and is scheduled to arrive on March 3, 2009 from Interscope Records.. A tracklist for the follow-up to “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” (2004), which was produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite, has not been […]

Eufobia entered Sofia’s Stain Studio to record their sophomore album. Entitled “Insemination”, the effort is due out in March 2009.

A new The Doors documentary, entitled “When You’re Strange”, will premiere on January 17 at the Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Tom DiCillo, the film utilizes a wealth of previously unseen footage to chart the band’s beginnings at UCLA’s film school through to frontman Jim Morrison’s mysterious death in 1971. The Doors keyboardist […]

Samples of the new Candlemass songs “Hammer of Doom”, “If I Ever Die”, “Demon of the Deep”В and “Funeral Dreams” are available on myspace.com/nuclearblasteurope.

Franz Ferdinand have made a new track – a live version of “What She Came for” – available to download for free from the new NME.COM Franz Ferdinand microsite. The song appears in recorded form on the band’s forthcoming third album, “Tonight: Franz Ferdinand”, set for release on January 26.

Brian Eno is set to provide the score for the newest movie from “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson. The producer, who’s recently worked with Coldplay and U2, is listed as the “Original Music” creator in the film’s credits. According to Upcoming Film Scores, “The Lovely Bones”, which will star Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz […]