Def Leppard The Cartoon TV Series?

Here are the general comments from the band and the company about the partnership: "We couldn't be happier to be a part of the Primary Wave family," said Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott. "I am confident that Primary Wave is the best partner to tastefully market our catalog of songs to a wider popular culture audience." - more on this story

Jimmy Page TV Gig- U2 Extortion?- Goo Goo Dolls- David Bowie The Gayest- Guns N' Roses Make History- Linkin Park, Nickelback Top Decade's Rock Charts and more

An array of artists, including Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, will take part in the first annual Show Of Peace Concert, a globally televised event that will take place April 17 before an expected crowd of 100,000 at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, China. more

NME had this bit of news: U2 bassist Adam Clayton is taking legal action against his former personal assistant over allegations she stole £1.6 million from his accounts. The star has secured a temporary court order to freeze Carol Hawkins' assets after she was alleged to have spent the money on property, including a New York apartment, flash cars and jewellery. more

The Goo Goo Dolls plan to have their next album, "Something For the Rest of Us," finished in February and out in late spring, bassist Robby Takac tells Billboard. Takac describes the Goos' first new album since 2006's gold-certified "Let Love In" as "the extension of what we've been doing for our whole career, the next step." more

David Bowie's The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars has been crowned the gayest album ever released. Bowie's masterpiece featuring his well-known gender-bending alien character beat The Smith's 1984 self-titled debut album to take the top spot on Out magazine's list of the greatest and gayest albums. more

Muse will be playing a show in Baltimore next March! The band will be playing the 1st Mariner Arena on 3rd March 2010. more

Linkin Park's "In the End" places at No. 2 on the Rock and Alternative decade-encompassing charts. On the former survey -- which encapsulates airplay from alternative, mainstream rock and triple A (adult alternative album) radio stations -- Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" claims top song honors. more

According to Newgnr.com, Guns N' Roses played their longest show ever Saturday (December 19th) in Tokyo, Japan at the Tokyo Dome. It looks like it was just shy of 30 songs (not including the solo jams) and included some covers like The Who's "My Generation," AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie," The Simpsons theme and of course "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." Check out the full set list at BW&BK here

Relapse Records will re-release Convulse's first proper full-length, World Without God, this coming January. World Without God is an underground metal classic and will be available once-again for the first time in over 10 years on January 19th. more

Hatebreed postponed their show on Sunday, December 20th, in Philadelphia "Due to severe winter weather condition." The rescheduled gig will take place on Dec 26th more

Paul McCartney has admitted he wants to play a residency in London. The former Beatle is due to perform at London's 02 Arena on Tuesday (December 22) and has hinted at the idea of doing an extended run of shows at the venue. more

Porcupine Tree is happy to announce its return to Mexico City, on the 14th April 2010, at the José Cuervo Salón. more

Slayer are the latest band to be confirmed for next years edition of the Wacken Open Air, which will be held from August 5th -7th in Wacken, Germany. more

The settlement of a lawsuit against Marilyn Manson by a former band member is being held up by the filing of a $72,000 lien for attorneys' fees, lawyers told a judge today. Stephen Bier, better known by the stage names Pogo and Madonna Wayne Gacy, brought his breach-of-contract suit in Los Angeles Superior Court in August 2007 against Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner more

Trap Them has cancelled their Australian tour dates with Every Time I Die. more

Haste The Day will enter the studio in early-2010 to begin recording a new album for Solid State Records. more

The line-up has been solidified for Maryland Deathfest 2010, which is scheduled for May 28-30 at Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland. Check it out at Lambgoat

The Frank Hannon Band, featuring Frank Hannon of Tesla on vocals and guitar, is gearing up for the release of '100 Proof Live'. more -

Dio Thanks Fans for Cancer Fight Support

Legendary metal frontman Ronnie James Dio has issued his first statement since it was announced over Thanksgiving weekend that he is battling cancer. Here is what he had to say according to BW&BK:

"I'd like to take the time to thank everyone for the most wonderful gift I have ever received - your good wishes, your prayers, your support, your tears and laughter, your anger, your rejoicing, and most of all the unwavering love you have bestowed upon me.

"I guess I've always felt that we were one person and that you've allowed me to be our spokesman, but until this time of my greatest peril, the truth was perhaps slightly hidden. It is hidden no more. Together we shall face the foe and live on to climb higher mountains and explore greater magic. Together we cannot fail."

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First Round of Warped Bands and Dates Announced

It's just before Christmas; it must be time to think about next summer's touring season. The Warped tour folks announced the initial list of bands that will be playing next summer's outing, plus the dates for the tour.

The prefaced the announcement with this, "As always we'll be adding more bands over the next few months but we wanted to share what we think is a great lineup for next summer."

So who can you plan on seeing on the tour? Here is the long list in alphabetical order: Ace Enders whole tour- After Midnight Project whole tour- AM Taxi whole tour- Anarbor whole tour- Alesana whole tour- Andrew WK whole tour- Artist Vs. Poet whole tour- Attack Attack! whole tour- Breathe Carolina whole tour- Breathe Electric whole tour- Bring Me The Horizon 6/24-7/30, 8/5-8/15- Call The Cops 6/24 - 7/18- Chaseband 7/22 - 7/26- Chase Long Beach 8/7 - 8/15- Closure In Moscow whole tour- Confide whole tour- Deal's Gone Bad 7/26 - 8/2- Disco Curtis 7/20 - 8/15- Emarosa whole tour- Emmure whole tour- Enter Shikari 6/24 - 7/18- Every Time I Die 7/2 - 8/15- Eyes Set To Kill whole tour- Fake Problems whole tour- Far From Finished whole tour- Fight Fair whole tour- Flatfoot 56 7/11 - 8/2- Haste The Day 7/20 - 8/15- Hey Monday whole tour- Initials 7/29 - 8/8- In Fear and Faith whole tour- I See Stars 6/24 - 7/18- iwrestledabearonce 7/20 - 8/15- Last Call Chernobyl 6/27 - 7/10- Mayday Parade whole tour- Middle Finger Salute 7/11 - 7/26- Motion City Soundtrack 6/24, 6/27- 7/16- NeverShoutNever whole tour- Of Mice and Men whole tour- Parkway Drive whole tour- Pierce The Veil whole tour- Polar Bear Club 6/24 - 7/18- Reel Big Fish 7/13 - 8/15- Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band whole tour- Riverboat Gamblers whole tour- Set Your Goals whole tour- Sparks The Rescue 6/24 - 7/18- Speakeasy Tiger 6/27 - 7/6- Suicide Silence whole tour- Sum 41 whole tour- The All-American Rejects 6/24 - 7/18- The Cab whole tour- The Casualties whole tour- The Dillinger Escape Plan whole tour- The Frantic 6/27-7/8, 7/31- The Flatliners 7/9 - 7/18- The Rocket Summer whole tour- The Snips 7/9 - 7/10- The Swellers 6/24 - 7/17- The Summer Set whole tour- The Word Alive 7/20 - 8/15- Tip The Van 7/20 - 7/31- VersaEmerge whole tour- We Are The In Crowd whole tour- We The Kings 6/26 - 8/2- Whitechapel whole tour- You Me at Six whole tour. - Want the dates?

Rage Against The Simon Cowell Machine A Victory, Band Promises Free Concert

It all started with a Facebook campaign where fans wanted to keep the X Factor winner from topping the UK Christmas charts. And the grassroots effort not only succeeded in that goal but they also brought a band back together. How long that will last is anyone guess, but Rage Against The Machine promised a free concert if they won and now they say they plan to deliver.

Here is the statement that was sent over Sunday morning: "Rage Against the Machine is honored to have been drafted by this historic grassroots campaign to make our song 'Killing in the Name' the No. 1 song on the UK Christmas Week pop chart. This is a huge victory by and for fans of real music and we extend our heartfelt thanks to every fan and freedom fighter who helped make our anthem of defiance and rebellion the Anarchy Christmas Miracle of 2009.

"As promised we will play a free concert in the UK in celebration of this incredible upset victory over the heavily favored X-Factor single. We are also pleased that so much money has been raised for homeless charity Shelter and are happy to donate as well to aid this important cause. While there are many lessons that can be drawn from this historic upset, the main one is this: that ordinary people, banding together in solidarity, can change ANYTHING, be it the pop charts or the world." - more on this story

Halford Slash Bonham Supergroup

(BW&BK) The Halford Slash Bonham Supergroup performed at 95.5 KLOS' Mark And Brian Christmas Show, which took place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday, December 16th.

The band featured singer Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Slash (Velvet Revolver, Ex-Guns N' Roses) and Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin). Other guests included Steve Lukather (Toto) and Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake & Palmer).

Halford's Metal God team captured exclusive rehearsal, sound check and performance footage. Once edited, the footage will be made available as a free download on a date to be confirmed next month (January 2010). - Set list

Ozzy Plans Soul Sucking New Album

We had the check the calendar when we saw this news. No, it's not April 1st. Ozzy Osbourne actually plans to call his next album "Soul Sucka." Perhaps it's his tribute to 70s porn? Or the answer to "No Bone Movies"?

Metal Underground had this info: Ozzy Osbourne has revealed that his next studio album, the first with new guitarist Gus G. of Firewind fame, will be released in the summer of next year, probably around June time.

The album will be entitled, "Soul Sucka" and features a song of the same name. Two more revealed song titles for the album include "Let It Die" and "Diggin' Me Down. - more metal news from Metal Underground

3 Inches Of Blood, The Black Dahlia Murder and Necrophobic Bonecrusher Fest

It's been a very successful year for the biggest defenders of traditional heavy metal, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, who released a new, highly acclaimed album, Here Waits Thy Doom, and relentlessly toured throughout North America.

In 2010, the band continues their touring onslaught aiming their sights on all of Europe as part of the much anticipated "Bonecrusher Fest" tour in January with The Black Dahlia Murder and Necrophobic.

Justin Hagberg (guitars) checks in with the following report: "Hails! - I hope you're all doing awesome! We just got home from a CRUSHING tour with our bros SAVIOURS and HOLY GRAIL! What a fucking awesome time that was! Many thanks to those bands, and to everyone who came out to the shows and partied with all of us. There was no shortage of good times on that tour. - more on this story

Smile Empty Soul and Burn Halo Team Up for Tour

Smile Empty Soul have announced more headlining tour dates for their run with Burn Halo (ex-Eighteen Visions). The tour is now scheduled to run through February 6th, 2010 in Ft Wayne, IN. Smile Empty Soul frontman offered the following update from the road:

"This last week has been great! We had a day off at home, which was awesome because I was able to go see my Doctor who told me I can start to put weight down on my leg soon. From there we started back up at the Whiskey in Hollywood, where Jake and I got tattooed by our tour manager Brian's friend, Slim, in the bus in front of the venue. We did a show in Fullerton and then headed out to play the Jingle Bell Ball in Santa Rosa, CA. The show was great and it's always a pleasure hanging out with the people at the 'FOX' rock station out there.

"Next we headed to Las Vegas to play Holiday Havok with Dead by Sunrise and Alice in Chains. Our set was only half an hour so I stood on one leg the whole show and said 'screw the stool', which was exciting cause it means that I'm on my way to standing at all shows, and even walking again. I can't wait!! That show was a blast and the other bands we're amazing! Now we're up north in Washington and we've been driving through tons of crazy snow storms. We don't get up to the northwest too often so it's nice to be here, hope to see you all at the shows." - more on this story

Copeland Announce Farewell Tour

Back in October, Copeland announced that they decided to call it a day as a band. (Statement about the break up is below). But before they go gently into that good night, the band are going to rage on the road for one final run of dates.

Here is what they had to say: "Hey guys, we are extremely excited to make our way around the country to come see you guys one final time. Below are the dates for our Farewell Tour. We will be bringing along some dear friends of ours, and we're confident this will be a fun and memorable tour.

"We wanted to make the announcement and get the dates out there now so you guys could start making any travel plans needed to be at the shows. We are really looking forward to this tour, and hope you can come celebrate the end of an amazing journey." - more on this story

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