Snow Patrol and REM supergroup Tired Pony have announced they will record a new album in February. The band – which features Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody, REM’s Peter Buck, Belle & Sebastian drummer Richard Colborn and producer Garret ‘Jacknife’ Lee, amongst others – will head into the studio early next year. “We’re going to tour […]

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong showed off his acting chops on Broadway last TuesdayВ night (Sept. 28) while making his debut in the band’s musical, ‘American Idiot.’ After announcing the acting gig last weekend, Armstrong kicked off an eight-day run of performances at New York’s St. James Theater as the character St. Jimmy, the show’s […]

According to the Irish Independent, Philomena Lynott — the mother of late THIN LIZZY legend Phil Lynott — will officially launch an exhibition of his memorabilia this weekend as part of the Hot Press Music Show in the RDS in Dublin, Ireland. Among items being displayed this Saturday and Sunday are four guitars owned by […]

Sally Menke, the Oscar-nominated editor who collaborated with director Quentin Tarantino on all of his films, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 56. She is thought to have died from heat stroke while hiking in the Hollywood Hills during a record hot spell. Menke edited every Tarantino film from Reservoir Dogs in […]

SLIPKNOT have released the third teaser clip from their new DVD (sic)nesses which is in stores everywhere yesterday, September 28th. Watch the video below. (sic)nesses, captures Slipknot’s unforgettably electric headlining performance at the annual Download Festival 2009 in the UK, where they performed a parade of hits in front of 80,000 screaming fans. Slipknot brought […]

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett may be the next rocker to hit the bestseller lists: the Metallica shredder says in a new interview that he’s writing a book. Gibson has the details: When asked if he would consider releasing a solo album, Hammett told Matera, “Yeah, eventually, but right now I have to say that Metallica is […]

Steven Wilson, founder of legendary British progressive rockers Porcupine Tree, has released a new solo song entitled ‘Home In Negative.’ The song was recorded in Steven Wilson’s home studio. The song is available for streaming and free download at this location. Porcupine Tree’s latest album, titled ‘The Incident,’ was released on September 14, 2009 through […]

The story of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is to be told in a biographical comic book, it has been announced. Mark Zuckerberg: Creator of Facebook, will be available to buy before December, publishers Bluewater Productions said. Writer Jerome Maida called Zuckerberg’s tale “fascinating” and “compelling”. A film based on Zuckerberg’s Facebook creation, called The Social […]

Rock fans have been betting for decades that Keith Richards would join the angels. It’s finally happened. Yesterday, the disc Wingless Angels II came out, featuring Richards as impresario and occasional guitarist, bassist and singer for the Wingless Angels band. Recorded at Richards’ home and studio in Jamaica, the Wingless Angels are an aggregation of […]

AOR band Nelson release a new album on November 5. It’s called Lightning Strikes Twice, and the band – featuring twins Gunnar and Matthew Nelson – see it as a sequel to their classic After The Rain album, released two decades ago. The full track listing is: 01. Call Me02. Day By Day03. Ready, Willing […]