The line-up for this year’s eagerly anticipated Carling Weekend has now been confirmed. As is now tradition the festival has an eclectic mix offering something for everyone from indie kids to emo fans and even the welcome return of a legendary act from Generation X. Also in keeping with tradition some of the most interesting […]

After their recent chart success with ‘Over and Over’, Hot Chip announce that their next single will be ‘Boy from School’ available as two 7″s, a CD and a 12″ featuring new songs ‘The Bell Ringers’, ‘A Glue Too Thick’, ‘Laws Of Salvation’ and ‘A Bad, Bad, Tackle’, as well as a version of ‘Boy […]

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’.

Alice In Chains will be fronted by William DuVall, when they tour Europe in the Summer. A one-time member of AIC guitarist Jerry Cantrell‘s own band, DuVall has most recently been with Comes With The Fall.

David Gilmour of Pink Floyd performs April 4 at Radio City Music Hall in New York, where David Crosby and Graham Nash were guest performers. Gilmour‘s third solo album (his first in 22 years), “On an Island,” is a collection of songs and instrumentals that had its origins in Gilmour‘s 2002 London Festival Hall concerts.

For the second time in a year, R.E.M. reunited with original drummer Bill Berry on stage in the group’s Athens, Ga., home base. The action took place Saturday (April 5) at the end of a performance by the Minus 5, which features R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck. Berry eschewed drums to play bass on a version […]

On April 4, 2006, Queensryche – singer and chief songwriter, Geoff Tate; guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone; bassist, Eddie Jackson and drummer, Scott Rockenfield – will release the much-anticipated sequel, Operation: Mindcrime II. Set 20 years after the original, the 15-song story arc continues the story of Nikki, Dr. X and Sister Mary.