Nude Rihanna Photo Scandal

Officials in the legal department at Island Def Jam Music Group, Rihanna's record label, have moved swiftly to bury the scandal, sending cease and desist notices to websites that have posted the photos. - more on this story

Dead To Fall Announce Final Show

antiMusic reports: Dead To Fall have announced their farewell gig. Here is what they had to say: Back in 1999, there was a little band out of suburban Chicagoland honing a sound that would shape the sound of metalcore in the Midwest for years to come. Who knew that this band, Dead To Fall, would go on to release 4 full-length albums on Victory Records and tour the world several times over with everyone from Napalm Death to Darkest Hour to Kingdom of Sorrow to Obituary, and play numerous festivals on US and international soil, including Hellfest, Pressure Fest (Germany), New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, and Power Fest (Netherlands). As if that wasn't incredible enough, Dead to Fall's career spanned a solid 9 years while the band managed to play close to 1,000 shows all across the globe. To say they created a sound and legacy for many young Midwestern bands as well as bands around the country to follow would be an understatement.

Sadly, last April, while on their headlining tour in support of the release of the band's 4th studio album Are You Serious?, the constant touring finally made Dead To Fall collapse under their own weight. Vocalist Jon Hunt said, 'We just fell apart. After so many lineup changes, tour struggles, and internal struggles, it was just time to let it go.' The band cancelled the remainder of their headlining tour and went their separate ways.

Almost exactly one year later, Dead To Fall is excited to announce their final farewell show – a proper way to say goodbye to their original hometown, Chicago. - more on this story

Staind, Shinedown and Chevelle Hope To Stimulate Fans With New Tour

PR reports: Staind, Shinedown and Chevelle will be teaming up this summer for the "Stimulate This!" tour, a bill designed to offer fans maximum value at a minimal price.

Making its way across the U.S. beginning July 1 and extending through early September, the "Stimulate This!" tour will hit more than 40 U.S. markets, including some of the hardest hit by the recession. In a show of solidarity for their fans, the four bands have worked closely with the concert promoters to create a package of exceptional value for ticket buyers.

Through their collective efforts, they've been able to maintain modest base ticket prices that remain mostly under $40 each - half the cost of comparable multi-band summer tour packages - with some venues offering lawn seats for less than $10. Additionally, each tour stop will include special promotions for ticket holders that will vary from market to market, but could include discounts on concessions at the venue during the show, store discounts at local retailers, and online rebates for band merchandise to name a few. - more on this story

White Stripes At Work On New Songs

MusicRadar reports: During a chat with MusicRadar about drumming his brand-new outfit The Dead Weather and forthcoming cinematic guitarfest It Might Get Loud, Jack White exclusively revealed a few snippets of news about that other band of his. No, not that one - we mean The White Stripes.

As evidenced by the Stripes' dramatic return to the stage on 20 February, when they performed on the last-ever Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Jack and Meg are still together. Meg has overcome the 'acute anxiety' that upended the band's 2007 tour, which, according to Jack "was a very real problem, but one that I'm happy to say is in the past."

In fact, White says the two had already begun work on a new White Stripes album before the Conan gig. "It won't be too far off. Maybe next year" Jack White on when fans can expect a new White Stripes album - more on this story

Slash Fans Will Need A Little Patience

SleazeRoxx reports: Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has issued his latest weekly update regarding the progress of his upcoming solo album. "By next Monday we will have 9 songs with vocals recorded. It really is a killer record so far & it sonically sounds amazing. We've recorded everything analog & that makes a huge difference in the most positive way. Eric Valentine is the perfect producer to handle all this spontaneous information & energy I've been throwing at him, he is really a one of a kind technician.

Its hard to explain, but I really needed this creative outlet to do stuff I haven't been at liberty to do in a LONG while. To be honest, I have been having a ridiculously good time working on this project.

And, the singers have all been genuinely awe inspiring & a pleasure to work with. They are the focus of what this record ultimately will sound like, regardless of how good the instruments sound. With their input, every session has had its own unique vibe & character & the songs have developed a personality unique to each individual vocalist, cool stuff.

Unfortunately, this record is not going to come out until next year, but its going to be worth the wait, I promise. - more on this story

Green Day CD Leaked- Coldplay Denied Stealing Classic Song- Late Night Prince- Priest Protests Band at Punk Benefit and more

antiMusic reports: Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown is here. Even though it doesn't hit stores for another week, MTV is premiering the album right now, in its entirety, on "The Leak."more

Coldplay drummer Will Champion has denied that the band have ripped off any other artists for their music, following Yusuf Islam's (formerly known as Cat Stevens) suggestion that they ripped off his song 'Foreigner Suite' for their own hit 'Viva La Vida'.more

The Stone Roses' 1989 self-titled debut, one of the most celebrated Britpop efforts of all time, is on deck to get the deluxe reissue treatment this summer. On August 11, Silvertone/Legacy will release a 20th anniversary reissue of Madchester act's finest moment, and give hardcore completists and newbies alike three different packages to choose from.more

Franz Ferdinand will open the last 13 shows of Green Day's upcoming tourmore

Prince has agreed to perform on the penultimate edition of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno alongside Billy Crystal on May 28more

A priest protests a band at a punk benefit: Hellmouth have been targeted for protest by a priest around their performance this weekend at Failure Fest 5. The fest which takes place in Logansport, IN is an annual canned food drive put on by punks for punks. Hellmouth is scheduled to appear on Saturday but apparently a flyer which a high school student brought home wound up in his parents hands who brought it to their local priest.more

Paula Abdul has claimed that statements recently attributed to her about getting off prescription drugs were taken out of context. Hecklerspray wonders, "apparently you can take harrowing descriptions of withdrawal out of context now. Who knew?" Abdul reportedly said in part, "I could have killed myself… I was freezing cold, then sweating hot, then chattering and in so much pain, it was excruciating." Now she says it's not true, she hasn't had so much as a beer. So we have to assume she just slurs her words naturally. more

Rapper T.I., who was sentenced to one year and a day behind bars on federal weapons charges last month, has booted fellow rapper Alfamega from his Grand Hustle Records.more

Protest The Hero will release its new live CD/DVD on July 14 via Underground Operations/Universal Music Canada and Vagrant Records in the U.S.more

Legendary punks T.S.O.L. have joined DC Jam Records for the vinyl release of their new album, Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Free Downloads.more

Irv Gotti, whose Murder Inc. label once boasted such chart-topping artists like Ja Rule and Ashanti, says he's "going to drop" the latter.more

Graham Coxon has announced that he will release a limited-edition run of 1,000 hand-numbered art prints to accompany the release of his new single, 'Sorrow's Army', on May 18.more

Metalunderground.com is exclusively premiering industrial metal act Skumlove's first single, 'Anti American Idol,' from the new album 'The Church of the New Perversion' on Misfortune Records.more

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour is set to make an appearance at a "hidden" gig later this month, joining Mali musical pair Amadou and Mariam onstage in Londonmore

Pearl Jam have announced two headlining shows in North America, set to take place in Toronto and Chicago. The band have already been confirmed to play two US festivals- Outside Lands in San Francisco in late August and Austin City Limitsmore

Echo & The Bunnymen are set to launch a copy of their 1984 album Ocean Rain into space. NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra is set to take a copy of the classic album, his favorite record, with him when he blasts off to the International Space Station on June 13. more

Daft Punk are set to work on the soundtrack for Tron 2.0. The follow-up to the 1982 sci-fi classic is being made by Disney. It will see Jeff "Dude" Bridges reprise his role as Kevin Flynn, while Joseph Kosinski will direct the film. more

Lamb Of God have announced a live streaming of their upcoming show at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on May 9, 2009. This will mark the first time the band has offered a live stream of an entire show to the public. The festivities begin at 9:30 PM EST on the band's official website

Columbia Records has revealed that thrash metal legends Slayer will be releasing their brand new studio album on July 7th. The album title is still unknown but it will contain the song, "Psycopathy Red" which was posted online last October.more

Defiance has finished tracking the new album for Candlelight Records. The label is looking at a September release date for first album from Defiance since 1992's 'Beyond Recognition', released by Mallcore (Roadrunner) Records.

"Don't Trust Me," the first single from Photo Finish recording group 3OH!3's full-length debut, "WANT," has been certified platinum by the RIAA for digital sales now exceeding 1.1 million.

Kiefer Sutherland was charged with misdemeanor assault Thursday for allegedly head-butting a fashion designer at a Manhattan nightclub.more You can go to jail for that?

Fall Out Boy will be meeting and greeting at two Midwestern Best Buy locations next week. The band will be pushing copies of their latest full-length, Folie a Deux, and signing autographs.details

American Idol Extra caught up with Season Four American Idol runner-up Bo Bice as part of the AI Extra recap series. They talked about life after Idol and being on the road – giving a 'behind-the-scenes' glimpse into the post-Idol world. more

Swedish progressive death metallers Skyfire will premiere the song "Esoteric" on 'The Entropy League' podcast via Metal Injection's podcast network on Monday May 11th. The track comes off of both the band's 'Esoteric' full-length due out in August/September and the still-to-be-announced digital EP due out in June/July. The podcast will be available at http://www.metalinjection.net on May 11th.

KissOnline.com, has released photos (see link) of the unpainted sculpts of the new KISS dolls (they call them action figures) being released by KISS licensee Promotions Factory. more

Pandemonium live up to their name. We'll let them tell you about it: "A while ago some minor changes occurred in the line-up. Guitarist Enki decided to leave his post and keyboardist Nirah has taken a long time break due to personal reasons. The band will for now continue as a quartet with session members live."more

On Monday, May 18th at 5pm, Duff Mckagan's Loaded will be signing autographs and giving an in-store performance at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey.more

Eminem will sit down for an exclusive, three-hour interview on his Shade 45 channel on Sirius XM. "Shade 45 Presents...Eminem: The Prelapse Special" will debut on Friday, May 15more

Perry Farrell says Jane's Addiction won't play songs from 2003's comeback album Strays on their "NIN/JA 2009" tour because "it doesn't feel right to have [original bassist] Eric [Avery] playing that material."more

Elvis Costello, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, Mary J. Blige and Sheryl Crow are set to appear in the season finale of the television show '30 Rock'.more NBC's five viewers will be ecstatic!

The third installment of Unicorn Fest will be taking place at 180 Skatepark in Englewood, Ohio on Saturday, June 27th. See who is set to play it here

Moribund Records has signed Australian black metal band Nazxul. The label will be releasing the band's highly comeback album, Iconoclast, later this summer.more

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Snoop Beats Fan Assault Rap

AP reports: A civil jury says Snoop Dogg didn't hit a man who came up on stage during a 2005 concert near Seattle.

The rapper wasn't in court Friday when the jury's verdict cleared him of civil assault and battery claims.

The jury did find that Richard Monroe Jr. suffered serious injuries during the concert and awarded him $449,400 in damages to be paid by a record label, another performer and others involved in the concert. - more on this story

AC/DC Plan Homecoming

Courier Mail reports: Their knees might be creaking and the school uniform has seen better days, but AC/DC will be ready to rock when they bring their Black Ice World Tour to Australia in February.

The hard-working, hard-rocking band will unleash their high voltage rock 'n' roll during five shows in Australia, including a date at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre at Nathan in Brisbane on February 25.

Their first Australian tour since 2001 is their largest yet, with 48 semi-trailers required to shift sets around the country. - more on this story

Mother Nature Rains on Amy Winehouse's Comeback Parade

AP reports: Amy Winehouse was forced to cut short a comeback gig in St. Lucia because of heavy rain.

Winehouse spokesman Chris Goodman said in a statement Saturday that the singer abandoned her performance Friday at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival.

He says heavy rain pounded the stage on the Caribbean island, causing a lighting rig to fail and disrupting sound equipment - more on this story

Tom Morello and Boots Riley Group Hit The Road With NIN and Jane's Addiction

PR reports: Street Sweeper Social Club, the new band unifying Tom Morello and Boots Riley, took NYC by storm this week playing two surprise, impromptu shows at small clubs. Tuesday night, SSSC took the stage before a packed house at The Roots sold out jam session at Highline Ballroom and Wednesday SSSC rocked Kenny's Castaways in the West Village.

Their debut self-titled album of self-described "revolutionary party jams" is out 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. SSSC's debut tour with Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction kicks off tonight in West Palm Beach, FL.

SSSC is set to make their national TV debut Weds, June 17th on Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon. Tom & Boots will be hosting MTV2's "Rock The Deuce" Saturday, June 20th. The video for "100 Little Curses" will debut on that show as well. Also look for SSSC to be featured on MTV's "The Drop" week of release. - more on this story

Singled Out: J.R. Richards (Dishwalla) Pt I

antiMusic reports: J.R. Richards made a name for himself fronting Dishwalla but this week he takes it a step further as he releases his new solo album, "A Beautiful End," exclusively at iTunes (everywhere else later this month). Normally we ask the artist to tell us about just one song but we've waiting a long time for this album, so to celebrate we asked J.R. to pick some of his favorite songs from the album and tell us a little bit about each one. We'll be bringing you different song stories throughout the month. Here is J.R. with today's song "ABE":

I had just moved to Florida and was just beginning to write songs for what was going to be my first solo record when one of my good friends Michael Godard called me. His daughter Page had been fighting cancer for quite a while and had just past away at 15. He asked if I could sing at her service......so I immediately jumped on a plane and headed back to California.

That day was a powerful one........ I was amazed at how much she had affected the world at such a young age and carried the stories I heard that day with me as I boarded the plane taking me back home. By the time I landed in Florida I had finished the lyrics to the song.

Learn more about J.R., his new album, find out where he's playing, and preview tracks from the new CD (and order a physical copy of the CD) - right here!

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