HMV is to close 60 of its UK stores over the next 12 months, the company has confirmed. The music retailer has seen shares fall drastically recently, with Christmas sales also down 10 percent. By closing the stores, it is hoped that the company will be able to control its costs more efficiently, reports BBC […]

Japan bass player Mick Karn died of cancer on Tuesday (January 4) afternoon at the age of 52. A statement posted on his website says that Karn was “surrounded by friends and family” when he “passed away peacefully” at his Chelsea home in West London. Born in 1958 in Nicosia, Cyprus, as Andonis Michaelides (later […]

In an update from Pearl Jam, the band has given hint to some of the things they have prepared to celebrate their 20th anniversary. According to the newsletter update: 2011 will be a yearlong celebration of Pearl Jam’s twenty-year history. The anniversary festivities kick off in a few weeks with the release of Live on […]

Wanna live like a true rock n roll king? You can, if you have about $3.5 million kicking around; that’s about the asking price for the Los Angeles mansion previously owned by the late Ronnie James Dio. Here’s the listing courtesy of L.A. Weekly‘s article listing the “Top Ten L.A. Musician Mansions For Sale.” Dio’s […]

Rocker Huey Lewis is set to be exposed as the biggest man in music – below the belt – in a saucy new TV documentary. Legendary groupie Pamela Des Barres has gathered the most famous backstage girlfriends in rock ‘n’ roll history to speak candidly about their conquests for VH1’s Let’s Spend The Night Together. […]

Paul McCartney has written to ask Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to declare a national Vegetarian Day in the country. Ther ex-Beatle urged Prime Minister Singh to introduce the meat-free day in order to celebrate compassion towards animals, reports the Press Association. In the letter he wrote that a Vegetarian Day “would be a celebration […]

‘Tequila’, the new video from Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band’s new album, ‘Ukon Wacka’, which will be released in Europe on February 4, 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. According to the band, “Ukon Wacka, or Ukon Vakat, is a pagan sacrificial feast from ancient times, on […]

Robbie Robertson, of The Band fame, is to release his first solo album in over a decade during April. It’s to be titled How To Become Clairvoyant, and will be on the 429 Records label. This has guest appearances from Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Tom Morello and Trent Reznor. Also featured are bassist Pino Palladino […]

Former Survivor singer Jimi Jamison has teamed up with ex-Toto vocalist Bobby Kimball.The pair are currently working on an album, which is being produced by Matt Sinner (Primal Fear bassist). As yet untitled, the album should be released in the spring. CLICK HEREВ to see the pair presenting the album.

Limited to just 250 guitars worldwide, the LTD Slayer-2011 is highlighted with a custom graphic finish that employs elements of the cover artwork from the Reign In Blood album. Details include a special LTD headstock logo in Slayer’s distinctive typeface, pentagram-shaped neck inlays, and the Slayer logo inlaid near the 12th fret. The guitar uses […]