Fall-Out Boy were unwittingly at the centre of a controversy, because of their song ‘Dance, Dance’. Plans were announced for this tРѕ be covered by a group of children, for the compilation album ‘Kidz Bop 10’. However, when it was pointed out that this featured overly sexual lyrics, the song was quickly dropped.

Brian Eno has re-united with his old band Roxy Music on their next album. Eno actually worked with the band last year writing two new tracks and playing keyboard on others for the follow up to 1982s Avalon. The as-yet-untitled album is being slated for an autumn release.

Rhino Records recently bought the rights to Queensryche‘s Q2K album from Atlantic Records for re-release. According to the band’s official website the track list is as follows: ‘Falling Down’, ‘Sacred Ground’, ‘One Life’, ‘When The Rain Comes…’, ‘How Could I?’, ‘Beside You’, ‘Liquid Sky’, ‘Breakdown’, ‘Burning Man’, ‘Wot Kinda Man’, ‘The Right Side Of My […]

Sick Of It All and Reel Big Fish have been announced as headliners at the Radio One Lock-Up stage at this year’s Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals.Hundred Reasons and Bouncing Souls also join the line up for the three-day event which takes place over the weekend of August 25-27.

Liam Frost and the Slowdown family are amongst the latest acts to added to this year’s Somerset House bill.The Manchester based singer/songwriter and his band will support Elbow on July 13 during the annual summer series in London.Also joining the line up are Fat Freddy’s Drop who will play a show on July 8 joining […]

Splendour in the Grass (Belongil Fields, Byron Bay) has made it’s third and final line up announcement. Bands added for Saturday July 22nd are Mogwai, Dungen, Something For Kate, TZU, Mos Def, Tex Perkins, Lior, Bob Evans, The Predators, Angus and Julia Stone and Raz Bin Sam and the Lion I Band.Line up additions for […]

The last song ever written Johnny Cash will be included on the album ‘American V: A Hundred Highways’, to be released in July. In the months before his death on 12 September 2003, Cash teamed up with producer Rick Rubin to record new material. Cash reinterprets works as diverse as Hank Williams’ ‘On The Evening […]

Porcupine Tree are to release a live DVD in september called ‘Arriving Somewhere…’. The band will tour the UK to coincide. the first confirmed dates are Manchester University September 30, Glasgow Academy October 1.

Finland’s Eurovision champions Lordi are headlining their own shows over here later in the year. They happen at Nottingham Rock City October 26, Birmingham Carling Academy II 27, London Kentish Town Forum 31.

Dry Kill Logic have covered Guns n’ Roses’ ‘It’s So Easy’ for their upcoming album ‘The Magellan Complex’, due for release next month. You may hear their version now here.