After his now-cult debut novel “And the Ass Saw the Angel” in 1989, Nick Cave prepares to please his adorers with a second book. Entitled “Death of Bunny Munro” and due out in September 2009 via Canongate, it focuses on a man who travels around the south of England with his son after the suicide […]

Marillion shall play live at the Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria on February 21, 2009. Tickets cost 15 and 25 Euro, and are on sale now via Eventim.bg.

Bulgaria’s ethno metal masters Balkandji shall play live on November 20 at the Blue Box in Sofia, Bulgaria as support for HaggardВ and Remember Twilight.

This year’s Sofia: Poetics festival shall take place this Sunday,В September 21, at the Party Center “4 km”В in Sofia, Bulgaria, featuring live sets by a.o. Leepra DeLuxe, Cigaretta, Ambient Anarchist, Mind Trips, Free Will Society and many more.

KGB shall present their new album “Swing Time” live on the radio today at noon.

After being staged over four continents over a 24-hour period in 2007, this year’s Live Earth event is set to become a single one. It will be held in December in Mumbai, India, and the first act confirmed to take the stage is Jon Bon Jovi.

The new James Bond theme song, called “Another Way to Die” and written and performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys, is streaming online now at thirdmanrecords.com. The new Bond film itself, “Quantum of Solace“, is due to hit theatres in November.

After leaving Soilwork some three years ago, guitarist Peter Wichers has now rejoined the ranks of the Swedish extreme metallers. He’s taking over from Daniel Antonsson, who replaced him in 2006.

After reuniting with their original vocalist Jonny Santos a month ago, California’s Spineshank have already started working on songs for their next full-length album. THe first fruit of it – a new track entitled “Born Conform Repent“, can be listened to on myspace.com/spineshank. Spineshank – “Synthetic“

Two new solo tracks from Scott Weiland, entitled “Missing Cleveland” and “Paralysis“, can be heard online. They are available for streaming respectively here and here. Both cuts will appear on the singer’s sophomore solo album, “Happy in Galoshes” (view cover in the left), scheduled for release on November 25 via the artist’s label Softdrive Records.