The first acts for this year’s TDK Cross Central festival have been revealed.The event which takes place in London’s Kings Cross Goods Yard between August 26 and 27, features a mix of bands and DJs.Leading the bands are Ladytron, The Research, Clor and Good Books, while, DJs include Bloc Party, Andrew Weatherall and Sasha. Meanwhile […]

Fall-Out Boy are to start recording a new album in June. Neal Avron will do the bulk of the production work, although Babyface will also be involved. And the band hope to persuade members of Taking Back Sunday and My Chemical Romance to guest on the as yet untitled record.

Billy Talent will have a new album in the shops during late June. Released by Atlantic, it will be called ‘Billy Talent II’.

Slayer will now release their new, as yet untitled album in July. Produced by Josh Abraham, they hope to precede this with a digital release on June 6. Among the 11 tracks on the album are ‘Eyes Of The Insane’, ‘Cult’, ‘Catalyst’, ‘Jihad’ and ‘Catatonic’.

Evanescence will finally release their new album in August. It’s to be called ‘The Open Door’.

It seems that Florida band Cold aren’t yet finished. Despite the recent announcement that they were splitting up, there’s been a change of heart. Cold are taking a break, but will return. In the meantime, frontman Scooter Ward and drummer Sam McCandless are carrying on with their new project, The Witch.

Nightwish are to release the ‘End Of An Era’ DVD in the UK on June 5. This 18-tracker was filmed at the band’s last gig with former singer Tarja Turunen on October 21.

The Almighty are to headline the Bulldog Bash on August 11. This happens at the Shakespeare County Raceway in Warwickshire.

A website has been set up to aid Love mainman Arthur Lee, who’s battling against leukemia. This is to help pay for Lee’s ongoing treatment.

Originally scheduled for a June 6 release via Warp, Boards Of Canada’s new “Trans Canada Highway” EP has been bumped up a week to May 30. In addition to the studio version of “Dayvan Cowboy” from the group’s 2005 album “The Campfire Headphase,” the EP features an Odd Nosdam remix of that cut plus the […]