Korn decided to cancel plans for their first ever show in Indonesia. They were due to play in Jakarta, but concerns over an active volcano scuppered the gig.

Exciter frontman Jacques Belanger has left the veteran Canadian thrashers, due to various disagreements. It’s the third time in ten years that he’s left the band.

The Zutons and Mercury Rev are amongst the artists confirmed for this year’s Latitude Festival. Also new on the bill are Regina Spektor, 1990’s, The Pipettes and Scissors for Lefty. They all join the already confirmed headliners Snow Patrol, Antony and the Johnsons and Mogwai. The Latitude Festival takes place at Henham Park, Suffolk on […]

Franz Ferdinand have revealed they are to take a break following their festival appearances this summer.The band have announced that after an intensive recording and touring schedule, they are going to head back to Scotland in a bid to lead normal lives.the singer Alex Kapranos revealed that the break will help songwriting for the third […]

Biomechanical will support Poland’s Decapitated at several shows in the UK, all to take place in the period 13-21 May. Biomechanical will be without bassist Jon Collins for this tour, because of university commitments. He’ll be tenporarily replaced by Bowlrider‘s Dom Lawson.

Manowar vocalist Eric Adams has teamed up with outdoors adventurer Chester Moore for a hunting DVD called ‘Wild Life And Wild Times’. It sees the pair on the prowl for emus, American bison, king salmon, elk and wild boar. They also investigate the rattlesnake round-ups. The DVD, featuring incidental music from Adams, is released next […]

Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin is to have a new book published next month. Co-written with Professor Preston Jones from John Brown University, it’s called ‘Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?: A Professor And a Punk Rocker Discuss Science, Religion, Naturalism & Christianity’.

Face To Face are to release a posthumous DVD in October. It’s to be called ‘Shoot The Moon: The Essential DVD’. It will feature the Californian punks’ last ever show, at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, plus interview footage.

Aussie punks The Living End have signed a North American label deal with Adeline, which is partly owned by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. As a result, he band’s new album, ‘State Of Emergency’, is to be issued in the US and Canada in July.

Shadows Fall have uploaded a new track called ‘In Effigy’ onto their official website. This is taken from upcoming album ‘Fallout From The War’, due for release next month.