Motley Crue Want American Idol Theme Show

And Neil has become such a big fan of Underwood and the show that made her famous, he's now eyeing a Crue-themed night for the series' remaining singers. He tells the New York Post, "Knowing that she was a fan made it a lot easier... That (having a Motley Crue theme) would really shake them up wouldn't it? Might be good for the show." [??? doesn't he really it would be mean good for Motley Crue's sales? Perhaps Idol could also do a show with the 90s answer to Motley Crue: Limp Bizkit =)] - more on this story

Beyonce's Vocal Talent Called Into Question

Jam! reports: Beyonce's father/manager has lashed out at critics doubting the singer's vocal ability after an "altered" recording of the star screeching along to one of her hits was aired on radio.

The singer's "board mix" from a November performance on America's The Today Show was played by shock jock Howard Stern on Wednesday, and the audio quickly circulated the internet.

Fans were shocked to hear a voice purported to be Beyonce's screeching a rendition of her hit tune If I Were a Boy into the mic. But Mathew Knowles has slammed the singer's critics and insists the recording has been tampered with. - more on this story

Velvet Revolver Did Pick A New Singer

Blabbermouth reports: Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan has told RollingStone.com that the band does not yet have a new lead singer. However, turns out all those recent reports that the group was close to naming their guy also were true.

"We thought we landed on the singer. We all did," McKagan said. "We played with him and we said, 'OK, we got our guy. He's great.'"

McKagan told RollingStone.com the group simply had second thoughts. "Maybe if we would've got there and had gigs booked right then and there it would've been a different story," McKagan said. "But we didn't have gigs booked. We were given too much time and we were able to go, 'Ah, f**k, I don't like that about the guy.'" - more on this story

Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart Reunite

PR reports: For the first time in over 25 years, Tuesday night recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Jeff Beck was joined by former band mate and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rod Stewart for a surprise two song performance at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles.

The duo performed their 80's hit remake "People Get Ready" and "I Ain't Superstitious," originally recorded in 1968 during Stewart's tenure as the vocalist in The Jeff Beck Band.

Beck and Stewart were visibly moved as the SRO audience cheered as they witnessed this historic reunion.

[It's cheating a bit, but we like you, so we'll give you a link to the new live review for Jeff Beck which officially goes live on antiMusic tomorrow. - Read it here]

iLinkin Park- Aerosmith Toying With Full CD Concert Idea- Hannah Tops Chart- Billy Bragg Blasts Greedy Copyright Law- Rare Live John Lennon Concert DVD and more

antiMusic reports: Linkin Park has inked a deal to produce a series of applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, with the first debuting in the fourth quarter of '09.more

In its fourth week on the Billboard 200, the "Hannah Montana: The Movie" soundtrack reached No. 1 for the first time on Wednesday, becoming the third album from the Disney franchise to accomplish this feat.more

According to Classic Rock Revisited, Aerosmith is considering performing an entire album on their upcoming tour with ZZ Top. Guitarist Joe Perry told VH1 Radio's Dave Basner that he would like to do "Toys in the Attic"

British singer Billy Bragg blasted Wednesday a proposed European Union law to nearly double music copyright to 95 years, saying it would give a huge windfall to major recording labels.more

John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band's only recorded concert is coming to Shout! DVD on June 23. Filmed live on the eve of the release of Abbey Road, this concert features Lennon paying homage to a couple of his heroes with covers of "Blue Suede Shoes," and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy," playing some Beatles ("Yer Blues" and "Money") and the now-classic "Give Peace A Chance."more

Josh Reichmann Oracle Band (formerly of Frenchkiss post-punk band Tangiers) is offering his own spin on Deerhunter's song "Agoraphobia" for free mp3 download. The song is available on Josh's brand new digital-only Shivering Black EP, out this week on Paper Bag Records. Download "Agoraphobia" here

"Her Diamonds", the new single from Rob Thomas has been released, it comes from his new album cradlesong which hits stores JUNE 30th. You can listen to the new song via Atlantic Records

Derek Sherinian Molecular Heinosity Record Release Party will take place Thurs, April 30th 7pm PST at: Musicians Institute 1655 McCadden Place Hollywood CA 90028 The event will be free and open to the public. Derek will be there shaking hands and signing CDs.

Reggae legend Bob Marley's "One Love" topped a list of Jamaica's 100 best songs over 50 years that was unveiled on Tuesday by a panel of musicians and cultural officials associated with the University of the West Indies.more

A baby grand autographed by the Piano Man is being sold to raise money for music students in New York City. The $60,000 Steinway is being auctioned for a program at Mount Carmel-Holy Rosary School in East Harlem. Singer-songwriter Billy Joel will autograph it above the keyboard for the winning bidder. more

Dying Fetus have entered Wright Way Studios in Baltimore, MD to begin work on a new full-length album. The follow-up to 2007's "War Of Attrition" is being recorded with producer Steve Wright and will see a September 2009 release via Relapse Records.more

The Rascals' Miles Kane has revealed that he has enlisted Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys to help out on the scouse trio's second album.more

The Artery Metal Tour will kick off in June and feature Carnifex, Impending Doom, Underneath The Gun, Conducting From the Grave, and Miss May I. dates

Grave Maker and Give Life will tour the West Coast together later this spring.dates

Epiphone announces the release of the new limited edition "Oh, Pretty Woman" 12-string acoustic guitar. Produced in close cooperation with the legendary singer/songwriter Roy Orbison's estate, this signature guitar is based upon Roy's own 1962 Epiphone "Bard" 12-string acoustic guitar. more

Current L.A. Guns and former Roxx Gang guitarist Stacey Blades has published his first book, 'Snake Eyes: Confessions of a Replacement Rockstar'.more

Classic Rock Magazine is reporting that to celebrate 20 years since the release of their debut album A Bit Of What You Fancy, The Quireboys will play the album in full - from start to finish - on eight dates across the UK this December. To add to the nostalgia, support comes from the original line-up of Wolfsbane, who were the opening act on the very first A Bit Of What You Fancy tour. - more

Tom Morello and Boots Riley Announce Street Sweeper Social Club Debut

WMG reports: Tom Morello and Boots Riley have joined forces to form Street Sweeper Social Club. The group's anticipated self-titled debut album will be released June 16th through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. The 11-song set was produced by Tom Morello and features Boots Riley on vocals, Morello on guitar and bass, and Stanton Moore (Galactic) on drums.

"It's revolutionary party jams," said Morello of Street Sweeper Social Club. "It's got huge steamroller riffs combined with depth, charge, funk, while Boots unloads clip after clip of incendiary rhymes rich with satire and venom." Riley added, "This is a time when the working class is being fleeced left and right. More families will be homeless and more people will be jobless. They'll need something to listen to on their ipods while storming Wall Street."

Street Sweeper Social Club's debut tour will be opening all dates in North America on the Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction May-June Tour (confirmed dates below). The tour will find Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction sharing a stage for the first time since the debut of the Lollapalooza festival in 1991 (as well as the first tour by the original lineup of Jane's Addiction in seventeen years). - more on this story

Underoath Slams Avenged Sevenfold as a Gimmick Band

Punknews.org reports: In the latest Metalhammer, Underoath shared some choice words for popular punk/glam metal act Avenged Sevenfold. Guitarist Tim McTague explained:

"People might associate us with Avenged Sevenfold because they're pissed Republicans and 'so metal', but they're a gimmick, they're a circus. They can't play and they can't write a song. What's worse is the way they look.

"If you need to have make-up and crappy names like Synyster Gates to sell records, then you shouldn't be here. That's not rock'n'roll to me. Arena rock maybe, but not real rock'n'roll. If you're basing yourself on how cool you are or how many girls you can trick into thinking your band is cool you can just… take that home." - more on this story

Christians Protest Metal Festival

Blabbermouth reports: Full Metal Racket festival, set to take place this Saturday (April 25) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is under deep scrutiny from the Northern Irish religious factions. After causing uproar at concerts from Akercocke and Gorgoroth, it is now time for Rotting Christ to be targeted.

Full Metal Racket will go ahead without any problems and the festival promoters, in conjunction with Rotting Christ, have released the following statement.

"...We absolutely refute the frankly ridiculous negative satanic connotations that unaware people attach to the band on account of their name. The band are personally agnostic in their religious outlook, and are in no way involved with any aspect of Satanism." - Read the full statement

New Nirvana Live DVD A Bootleg, Official DVD Planned

Rock Radio reports: Universal Music have confirmed that the Nirvana DVD announced yesterday is a bootleg but an official release of Live at Reading 1992 is coming in November.

Online fan groups raised the alarm after the artwork of the long-awaited release, titled Life Takes No Prisoners, didn't live up to expectations. It later became apparent that the version on offer has been in circulation for some time, and even if it's been improved it won't have been made from master recordings.

Universal moved quickly to confirm that the release by Stomp Records isn't approved by surviving band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, or the estate of Kurt Cobain managed by widow Courtney Love and her associates. - more on this story

Lil Wayne Loses Documentary Lawsuit

Billboard reports: A state court judge has refused a request by rapper Lil Wayne to block the release of a documentary titled "The Carter," based on his life.

The artist sued QD3 Entertainment - a company owned by producer Quincy Jones III, son of legendary musician Quincy Jones - and Digerati Holdings last month, alleging the company failed to comply a deal that would allow him to have approval of the film's final version, reports Variety.

According to allhiphop.com, the rapper took issues with scenes that displayed his drug use in the documentary, which follows him around Amsterdam. According to the lawsuit, Lil Wayne's manager reviewed "The Carter" in December and requested that the scenes be removed. But in January, when the film premiered during the Sundance Film Festival, the scenes were still in the film. - more on this story

Vh1 Keeping D-List Celebs Busy

antiMusic reports: Drop some brain cells and dig in. Vh1 sent over the following "big" announcement today: On the heels of another viewership milestone, VH1 has ordered additional seasons for five hit series including: "I Want To Work For Diddy" (season 2), "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" (season 3), "Brooke Knows Best" (season 2), "Gotti's Way 2" (season 2), and "Tool Academy." (season 2)

In addition, VH1's own Tiffany "New York" Pollard is set to star in a new show on the channel with "New York Goes To Work," where she will have to learn a new job skill each week. VH1 has also greenlit a spin-off of "Celebrity Rehab" that will venture into the rarely talked about world of sexual addiction in "Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew." - more on this story

New Jet Album Landing in August

PR reports: Jet return to form with their long awaited third album, 'Shaka Rock' which is set to hit stores on August 25th. Here a little bit their PR sent over about the album:

After almost four million albums sold worldwide and four Top Ten (Modern Rock) hits, the Australian rockers have returned to form with an album that parallels their smash debut, Get Born, which produced hits like "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" and "Cold Hard Bitch." The new album closes the gap between the raw roots of Get Born and the grace and melody of Shine On (recorded just after the passing of Nic and Chris Cester's father), which together went on to make Jet an international band of style and substance. Shaka Rock captures the charisma and energy of classic rock and roll with just enough punk swagger and contemporary flair to create something uniquely Jet.

When speaking about the new album Chris Cester states, "I think Shaka Rock is like when TV went color. It's our musical equivalent. There are moments on this record that are just pure...and moments that just rock harder than we ever have before." - more on this story

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