As I Lay Dying are to release an album of early recordings next month. It’s to be called ‘A Long March: The First Recordings’. This is also to feature new versions of old songs.

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.

US thrash-core act Lamb Of God have completed their drum tracks at Spin Studios in Long Island City, NY. Produced by Machine and engineered by Josh Wilbur, the band is working on a forthcoming Epic Records release while also gearing up for their upcoming tour as opening on Slayer‘s Unholy Alliance tour.

The Ordinary Boys and Hard-Fi are set to play a unique gig on a beach. The bands have been signed up for T4 On The Beach on June 18 which will see the groups playing on the front at Weston-super-Mare. Boy Kill Boy, Frank, The Automatic, Basement Jaxx, Feeder and The Feeling have all also […]

Hot Hot Heat have started writing new material for the follow-up to 2005’s ‘Elevator’. The band are preparing to enter the studio on May 1 to record their third album, with a view to release it in September. Original guitarist Dante DeCaro left Hot Hot Heat during the recording of ‘Elevator’ and was replaced with […]

The V Festival 2006 takes place on the weekend of 19-20 August 2006 at Weston Park, Staffordshire and Hylands Park, Chelmsford. Here’s the full line-up: The V Stage: MorrisseyRadioheadBeckBloc PartyFaithlessHard-FiPaul WellerMagic NumbersKeaneSugababes Other Stages: RazorlightGroove ArmadaThe CharlatansKasabianEditorsFatboy SlimOrdinary BoysThe Go! TeamBic RungaDaniel PowterDelaysGavin De GrawGirls AloudJames Dean BradfieldKubbOrsonPhoenixRufus WainwrightStarsailorThe CardigansThe FeelingThe RiflesThe Saw DoctorsWe Are […]

Franz Ferdinand are planning to work with Sparks on a new album. Alex Kapranos said that his band had met with the Mael brothers a number of times in Los Angeles over the past few months to discuss it. The plan is for each band to write songs for each other to perform and to […]