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.

German power metallers Gamma Ray will be filming their May 6 show at Medley in Montreal, Quebec for an upcoming double DVD, to be released in September. In addition to the concert, which will be filmed with several cameras, the DVD will contain lots of bonus features, like a road movie, a documentary covering the […]

VH1 announced Thursday (April 6) that it will debut the “VH1 Rock Honors” next month to pay homage to the gods of hard rock. The inaugural honorees are Kiss, Queen, Def Leppard and Judas Priest. The ceremony, to take place May 25 in Las Vegas, will pay tribute to hard-rock legends much like the Rock […]

Nine of the ten Ozzfest 2006 dates that are expected to feature OzzyВ Osbourne in the headlining slot have been revealed. Ozzy will also be playing one other Ozzfest show that has not been announced yet. The main-stage lineup of this year’s Ozzfest will feature Osbourne for 10 shows, along with System Of A Down, Disturbed, […]

Primus bassist Les Claypool is to release a new solo album next month. It’s called ‘Of Whales And Woe’, and is on the Prawn Song label.

Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez guests on the song ‘Especially In Michigan’, which is on the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album ‘Stadium Arcadium’. Produced by Rick Rubin, this is a double CD; the first one is called ‘Jupiter’ and the second has been named ‘Mars’.

Canadian crew Saga play the London Highbury Garage on May 24. Get tickets via the ticket link at www.totalrock.com

Warrior Soul are to have their back catalogue re-issued by Escapi Music on May 26. All the records have been re-mastered. These are ‘Last Decade, Dead Century’, ‘Drugs, God And The New Republic’, ‘Salutations From The Ghetto Nation’, ‘Chill Pill’ and ‘Space Age Cowboys’.