U2 are streaming the first single from their highly anticipated forthcoming album online now. ‘Get On Your Boots’ is the first single from ‘No Line On The Horizon’, the band’s first studio album since 2004. You can hear it here now. The Irish rockers reportedly debuted the high-energy track on Dublin state radio this morning […]

Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Norah Jones and Jack Johnson are among the acts confirmed for a Nick Drake tribute album to be released by Johnson’s Brushfire Records. The recording process was filmed for release as part of a DVD package. It will also include the late actor Heath Ledger‘s version of “Black Eyed […]

The former Husker Du frontman will release his latest solo effort, ‘Life And Times’, on April 7. The follow-up to 2008’s ‘District Line’ features 10 tracks including ‘The Breach’ and ‘Spiraling Down’. The album tracklisting is: ‘Life and Times’‘The Breach’‘City Lights (Days Go By)’‘MM 17’‘Argos’‘Bad Blood Better’‘Wasted World’‘Spiraling Down’I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand […]

It appears that the Hot Leg and former The Darkness frontman will be hitting the silver screen in a ‘psychological horror’ movie. According to horror movie web-site Bloody Disgusting, Justin Hawkins will co-star alongside former ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ hottie Charisma Carpenter in the forthcoming movie, ‘Vivid’. The story centres around a New York novelist […]

The mega-legendary Mott The Hoople have announced a pair of reunion shows to celebrate their 40th anniversary. The concerts, which are being billed as ‘the return of one of the best loved rock’n’roll bands of all time’, are at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on October 2 and 3. These will be momentous occasions for the following […]

British heavy rock legends, Iron Maiden, in association with EMI Records, Universal (USA) and Arts Alliance Media, announce that they will be releasing a feature length documentary film into cinemas worldwide on April 21st 2009. Entitled ‘IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666′ the movie follows the band on the first leg of their “SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME […]

New York’s extreme metal machine SUFFOCATION will enter the studio to begin the recording of their new steamhammer “Blood Oath“. Once again the recording will be produced by Joe Cincotta (Obituary, Animosity) and mixed by Zack Ohren (All Shall Perish, Decrepith Birth). Some tentative song titles for „Blood Oath are: “Dismal Dream”, “Undeserving”, “Confines of […]

Placebo have announced that they will release their as-yet untitled next album in June. The album was produced by David Bottrill and wil be the follow-up to 2006’s ‘Meds’. The record will be the first to feature new drummer Steve Forrest. The band have signed with [PIAS], a European entertainment group they will now release […]

As reported, rock bar ‘Fans’ will host a very special show on FerbuaryВ 17. Ex-Anathema bass player Dunkan Patterson (Antimatter, ION) and Mick MossВ (Antimatter) will perform an acoustic set of some old and new songs including Anathema, AntimatterВ and Ion stuff. The show starts at 9pm You can buy your ticket at the Gorgon shop now, price […]

POISON frontman Bret Michaels has confirmed that his band is in talks to tour with DEF LEPPARD later in the year. Speaking to CNN about his upcoming activities, Michaels said, “I’ve got a huge announcement, which actually just happened this morning. DEF LEPPARD and POISON are gonna go out on the road this summer. And […]