Gay For Johnny Depp, Get cape Wear Cape Fly, Getamped, Viking Skull and Evergrey have all been confirmed for the Snicker’s Stage at this year’s Download Festival. This happens at Donington from June 9-11.

US rockers Firehouse are the latest act confirmed for Z Rock 06 Part 2, which is being held on Sunday, September 24th at JB’s in Dudley, UK. Other acts confirmed for the event include: Toby Jepson (ex-Little Angels), Snakeryder, Lost Weekend, Tiger Tailz, Eden.

It Dies Today have just started recording a new album.As yet untitled, this is being produced by Garth Richardson and guitarist Mike Hatalak.

The Rolling Stones have confirmed that Kaiser Chiefs and Kasabian will be joining them as special guests on their upcoming ‘A Bigger Bang’ European tour, which includes 36 shows in 20 countries. Kasabian will open for the Rolling Stones at the Zurich Airfield Dubendorf (August 5) and the Nice Palais Nikaia (8), while Kaiser Chiefs […]

Guns n’ Roses are to support the Rolling Stones on two German dates. These happen in Nuremburg on July 10 and Leipzig on July 12. GNR and the Stones last played together in Los Angeles during 1989.

The Dears have revealed all about their “stripped down” new album.It’s called ‘Gang Of Losers’ and will be out at the end of August. The tracklisting is: ‘Sinthintro’, ‘Ticket To Immortality’, ‘Death Or Life We Want You’, ‘Hate Then Love’, ‘There Goes My Outfit’, ‘Bandwagoneers’, ‘Fear Made The World Go Round’, ‘You And I Are […]

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’.