Robert Plant is to play a show at the Old Billingsgate Fish Market in London on May 9. It’s a charity show, with all proceeds going to the Evaline Children’s Hospital Appeal.

Korn decided to cancel plans for their first ever show in Indonesia. They were due to play in Jakarta, but concerns over an active volcano scuppered the gig.

The Rolling Stones have confirmed that Kaiser Chiefs and Kasabian will be joining them as special guests on their upcoming ‘A Bigger Bang’ European tour, which includes 36 shows in 20 countries. Kasabian will open for the Rolling Stones at the Zurich Airfield Dubendorf (August 5) and the Nice Palais Nikaia (8), while Kaiser Chiefs […]

Guns n’ Roses are to support the Rolling Stones on two German dates. These happen in Nuremburg on July 10 and Leipzig on July 12. GNR and the Stones last played together in Los Angeles during 1989.

The Dears have revealed all about their “stripped down” new album.It’s called ‘Gang Of Losers’ and will be out at the end of August. The tracklisting is: ‘Sinthintro’, ‘Ticket To Immortality’, ‘Death Or Life We Want You’, ‘Hate Then Love’, ‘There Goes My Outfit’, ‘Bandwagoneers’, ‘Fear Made The World Go Round’, ‘You And I Are […]

Franz Ferdinand have revealed they are to take a break following their festival appearances this summer.The band have announced that after an intensive recording and touring schedule, they are going to head back to Scotland in a bid to lead normal lives.the singer Alex Kapranos revealed that the break will help songwriting for the third […]

Biomechanical will support Poland’s Decapitated at several shows in the UK, all to take place in the period 13-21 May. Biomechanical will be without bassist Jon Collins for this tour, because of university commitments. He’ll be tenporarily replaced by Bowlrider‘s Dom Lawson.

Manowar vocalist Eric Adams has teamed up with outdoors adventurer Chester Moore for a hunting DVD called ‘Wild Life And Wild Times’. It sees the pair on the prowl for emus, American bison, king salmon, elk and wild boar. They also investigate the rattlesnake round-ups. The DVD, featuring incidental music from Adams, is released next […]

Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin is to have a new book published next month. Co-written with Professor Preston Jones from John Brown University, it’s called ‘Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?: A Professor And a Punk Rocker Discuss Science, Religion, Naturalism & Christianity’.

Face To Face are to release a posthumous DVD in October. It’s to be called ‘Shoot The Moon: The Essential DVD’. It will feature the Californian punks’ last ever show, at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, plus interview footage.