Motley Crue will have to finish up their Canadian tour without drummer Tommy Lee, who’s still suffering from tendonitis. His replacement is former Skrape man Will Hunt, with Dark New Day.

Simply Red, fronted by Mick Hucknall will play a gig in Sofia on September 1st. The gig will take place at Festivalna Hall starting at 8 pm. Simply Red‘s gig in Sofia is a part of their European tour, which is set to start with UK-gigs in June. The tour will feature 31 live dates […]

Extreme, one of the biggest bands of the late 1980s, are to re-form for a show in their home town, Boston, on June 30. The line-up is Gary Cherone (vocals), Nuno Bettencourt (guitar), Pat Badger (bass) and Paul Geary (drums).

Swedish metalheads Wolf are to start recording their new, as yet untitled album in June. It’s to be produced by Fredrik Nordstrom, and released towards the end of the year.

The Southport lads Gomez release their new long-player ‘How To Operate’ on May 29, which will be preceded by the single ‘Girlhshapedlovedrug’ a week earlier. The band then play a nine date jaunt around the UK in June.

Paul Weller is to release a double live album with songs spanning his entire career. ‘Catch – Flame!’, out on June 12, was recorded at London Alexandra Palace on the star’s UK tour last December. The set features a host of Weller solo tracks, as well as classics from his former bands The Style Council […]

Robert Plant is to be the main attraction at the Cornbury Oxford Music Festival 2006, which happens on July 8/9.

The Doors will celebrate their 40th anniversary by releasing a 12-disc box set in the Autumn through Rhino. As yet untitled, this will include their first six studio albums – all remastered, with bonus tracks – plus six DVDs featuring 5.1 remixes of the studio albums and bonus material.

Limp Bizkit mainman Fred Durst has announced that the band’s next release, ‘The Unquestionable Truth (Part 2)’, will be a full album, followed by a tour. Durst is currently directing his first movie, ‘The Education Of Charlie Banks’.

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.