The Smashing Pumpkins will be inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk on April 23. Frontman Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin will be place their handprints in cement alongside other honourees, including Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder and Brian Wilson. Smashing Pumpkins – “Ava Adore“

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has revealed to BBC that he’d like to collaborate with Mike Skinner of The Streets on a “London rap-rock project”. “We haven’t asked him yet”, Muse’s singer admits, “but we would like to do England’s answer to Rage Against the Machine.” Muse – “Micro Cuts“

The German avantgarde solo project Allroh shall supportВ Steve AlbiniВ and his bandВ Shellac at their show inВ Sofia, BulgariaВ on May 12. Check out Allroh’s audio art atВ myspace.com/allroh, as well as on the video below. We’d like to remindВ you thatВ Shellac shall perform live at the Backstage ClubВ in less than a month. Tickets for theВ May 12В show are limited to 200В and […]

Buckcherry are hard at work on their next album. The quintet is finishing up the songwriting and shall enter studio in May, and the follow-up to 2006’s platinum “15” is going to surface sometime in the summer. Buckcherry – “Crazy Bitch“

Trip-hop’s finest Massive Attack will play live at the Parkorman in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 13. Additional info should be made available soon… Massive Attack – “Angel” (live)

The video for the song “The Islander” by Finland’s sympho metal superstars Nightwish can be viewed below. The clip premiered yesterday on MTV Finland, preceding the maxi-single “The Islander” (view cover in the left), due out on May 21. The substance of the MCD was revealed here. Nightwish – “The Islander“

The current alias of Green Day, Foxboro Hot Tubs, have made six new tracks available to download from Foxborohottubsdownload.com for $5.49. The band is expected to release a full-length album, entitled “Stop Drop and Roll!!!“, sometime in May. In other words – Green Day is dead, long live the Foxboro Hot Tubs!

Ozzy Osbourne is going to do his own one-day open air event, called The Monsters of Rock. The festival will take place on July 26 at the McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Canada. The Ozzy Osbourne’s Monsters of Rock billing is shaping up as follows: Ozzy Osbourne Judas Priest Serj Tankian Cavalera Conspiracy Shadows Fall Voivod […]

New York’s hardcore godfathers Agnostic Front uploaded the video for their current single “For My Family” on the Internet. You may check it out below. Enjoy! Agnostic Front – “For My Family“

Queen and Paul Rodgers performed a brand-new song from their eagerly awaited upcoming studio new album on Englands’s top comedy TV show “Al Murray’s Happy Hour”. The track is entitled “C-Lebrity” and is available for viewing here: Queen + Paul Rodgers – “C-Lebrity” (live)