A reformed Alice In Chains played a free show in its Seattle hometown on May 16 with help from such local heroes as former Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil and Heart principal Ann Wilson.Subbing for vocalist Layne Staley, who died of a drug overdose in April 2002, is William Duvall.Other guest performers at the Moore show […]

The Raconteurs, the band staffed by the White Stripes’ Jack White, Brendan Benson and the Greenhornes‘ Patrick Keeler and Jack Lawrence, make their first big splash this week with their V2 debut, “Broken Boy Soldiers.”Рўhe album is led by the single “Steady, As She Goes,” which is No. 5 this week on Billboard’s Modern Rock […]

Queensryche‘s new video for the song ‘The Hands’ is available for viewing at the Windows Media website here. ‘The Hands‘ is lifted from the band’s Operation: Mindcrime II album, which was released on April 4th by Rhino.

Funk-rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers topped the U.S. charts for the first time in its 22-year history on Wednesday. The Chili Peppers‘ two-disc set, “Stadium Arcadium,” opened with sales of 442,500 copies, a record for the Los Angeles-based quartet.“Stadium Arcadium” was also tops in Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, […]

Elbow, The Divine Comedy, Jose Gonzalez and Damian Marley are among the acts who will play at The Summer Series.The gigs kick off on July 6 and run until the July 16 at the London venue.Robert Plant and Corinne Bailey Rae also perform.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are slated to join Keith Urban, the Black Crowes, Big & Rich and Nickelback at Rock ‘n the Rally, a five-day music festival to be held this August in South Dakota during the celebrated Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Muse have confirmed the tracklisting for their forthcoming fourth album ‘Black Holes And Revelations’.The follow-up to 2003’s ‘Absolution‘ is released on July 3. A single, ‘Supermassive Black Hole’, is released a week earlier (June 27) but is currently available as a download via online music shops.The tracklisting for the album is:‘Take A Bow’‘Starlight’‘Supermassive Black Hole’‘Map […]

Middlesbrough Music Live festival – which is free! – takes place on Sunday 18th June, with loads of great bands and more.The 96.6TFM Main Stage has headliners Ocean Colour Scene, as well as Morning Runner, The Fratellis, Paolo Nutini, Little Man Tate, The Modern, The On Offs, Lorraine, and This Is Seb Clarke.Middlesbrough Town Hall […]

Former Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear is to re-join the band for a two-month US tour, when the Foos will do an all-acoustic set. Also linking up with Dave Grohl are violinist Petra Haden, Wallflowers keyboardist Rami Jaffee and percussionist Drew Hester.

Isis are to perform their seminal ‘Oceanic’ album in its entirety at the Camden Koko in London on July 23. This is part of the ‘Don’t Look Back’ series of shows under the umbrella of All Tomorrow’s Parties.