According to unconfirmed reports, Velvet Revolver – and former Guns n’ Roses – bassist Duff McKagan will join the re-formed Alice In Chains for their Summer tour of the UK and Europe. This will be as a second guitarist.

US thrash-core act Lamb Of God have completed their drum tracks at Spin Studios in Long Island City, NY. Produced by Machine and engineered by Josh Wilbur, the band is working on a forthcoming Epic Records release while also gearing up for their upcoming tour as opening on Slayer‘s Unholy Alliance tour.

New Order are to release a live DVD on June 19th called New Order – New York / Hyde Park. The live shows were recorded in June 2005 from Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City and Hyde Park in London. The band will be playing a small number of festival dates later this year in […]

The Who have revealed they intend to release a mini-album this June. The release, titled ‘The Glass Household’, based on Pete Townshend‘s ‘The Boy Who Heard Music’, will last just eleven minutes, and precedes a full-length album planned for the Autumn.

Wilco has been road-testing material intended for its next Nonesuch album and will return to the studio next month for more recording. The group has no firm timetable for the release of the as-yet-untitled set, which will be the follow-up to 2004‘s “A Ghost Is Born.”

Franz Ferdinand are planning to work with Sparks on a new album. Alex Kapranos said that his band had met with the Mael brothers a number of times in Los Angeles over the past few months to discuss it. The plan is for each band to write songs for each other to perform and to […]

Former Dimmu Borgir/Cradle Of Filth and current Benediction drummer Nick Barker joined Fear Factory on stage as a special guest for one song during the band’s headlining appearance at the Manchester Academy 2 in England on Sunday, April 9. Barker reportedly performed “Martyr” with the band in what marked the first time Fear Factory have […]

Bright Eyes is eyeing a spring 2007 release for its next Saddle Creek studio album. The three-person crew, whose current incarnation includes leader Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott, has tapped artists like Gillian Welch, Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss and M. Ward to contribute to the as-yet-untitled set.

Former Helloween and current Masterplan drummer Uli Kusch has teamed up with Ronny Milianowicz (Dionysus) and Joacim Cans (Hammerfall) to write a song for the upcoming soccer world championship. Entitled “Glorious“, the song will feature Swedish singer Mikeyla as the main vocalist, with special guest appearances by Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), Tobias Sammet (Edguy), Roland […]

The Raconteurs have been forced to change their name in Australia. Jack White‘s new band will be known as The Saboteurs down under to avoid conflict with a jazz band of the same name. A statement to the Australian press reads: “The Raconteurs name was already taken by a jazz band, to make things easier, […]