The reunited UGLY KID JOE have issued the following update: “We have read all your requests for a club show in London, and we really liked the idea. So we thought…why not kick off the whole tour there! June 6th at the Underworld Camden. You better hurry up, tickets are going fast!“ Go to this […]

After debuting new songs last fall and promising the best Pumpkins’ LP since Mellon Collie, Billy Corgan & Co. have finally revealed the release date for the new SMASHING PUMPKINS album, Oceania. The record, part of the 44-song Teargarden By Kaleidyscope project, is due out on June 19th in the United States. The Pumpins’ label […]

ANNEKE Van GIERSBERGEN will be playing for the first time with her band in Sofia on April 22, Saturday. The gig is part of the special live series for radio Tangra Mega Rock’s SIXTH Anniversary this spring. The support act for ANNEKE Van GIERSBERGEN at the MIXTAPE 5 club will be announced in the coming days. You can […]

GARBAGE’s first new album in seven years, Not Your Kind of People, arrives worldwide May 14th via the band’s own STUNVOLUME imprint. You’ve already heard the lead U.S. single, ‘Blood For Poppies’; now check out ‘Battle in Me’, which serves as the lead UK single. Not Your Kind of People Tracklist: 01. Automatic Systematic Habit […]

KILLING JOKE are currently streaming 30 seconds of each track from their new album MMXII. The band promise that the snippets of the 10 songs will give fans ‘a chance to salivate at the genius of the forthcoming tour-de-force’. MMXII (aka 2012), featuring the single In Cythera, is released April 2 via Spinefarm Records/Universal. The […]

Guitar legends Joe Satriani (CHICKENFOOT), Steve Vai and Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE) recently announced that they will join forces for the European edition of the G3 tour in July/August. According to an update on STEVE VAI’s official website, the previously announced tour schedule has been shuffled slightly and now includes a show in Italy, and venues […]

SOUL legend Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with colon cancer after he was admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia, according to his pal William ‘Bootsy’ Collins. The singer/songwriter’s health battle was revealed by Collins in a series of posts on his Facebook.com page on Sunday. His first message read, “Funkateers, Send Prayers & Love Vibes Up […]

TENACIOUS D, literally rock and roll’s most important duo ever, has released the triumphant music video for ‘To Be The Best’. The six-minute epic begins with a Maria Menounos-narrated news story chronicling the band’s downfall after the pitiful performance of their film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. However, following Val Kilmer’s assassination, the […]

Australian squad behind Are You Gonna Be My Girl say “thank you and goodnight” in brief statement after two-year hiatus. Australian outfit JET have officially split after going on hiatus two years ago. The four-piece formed in Melbourne in 2001. After releasing an EP they achieved global success with first album, Get Born, featuring hit […]

SOUNDGARDEN has contributed its first piece of new music in 15 years to the soundtrack to The Avengers. Its comes in the form of a track called ‘Live to Rise’ and you can sample 22 seconds of it below. The new flick is the sixth in the Marvel comics superhero series. The film soundtrack will […]