Student Shoots Himself After Ordering Teacher To Praise Marilyn Manson

Classmates of the gunman, who they identified as Justin Doucet, said they were surprised by his actions, but noted they found his love for Marilyn Manson and knowledge of Adolf Hitler facts to be odd. Three boys at the school share the name Justin Doucet, but only one of them is in eighth grade, classmates and parents of school-children said. - more on this story

Radiohead Begin Work On New Album

MusicRadar reports: Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood has revealed that the band have already begun work on their eighth studio album, the follow-up to 2007's In Rainbows.

Speaking to the BBC, Greenwood said: "We just went in last week. It was really good. It was really noisy and chaotic and really fun.

"We're at the stage where we've got the big Lego box out and we've tipped it out on the floor and we're looking at all the bits and thinking, what next?" - more on this story

Rock Band Gets Unplugged

PR reports: Harmonix and MTV Games today announced the full setlist for Rock Band Unplugged, the music videogame based on the award-winning Rock Band series of games, coming exclusively to the PSP system in North America and Europe on June 9, 2009.

Based on the award-winning Rock Band series of games, Rock Band Unplugged features 41 songs on-disc that encompass popular tracks from the Rock Band music library, as well as nine songs exclusive to Rock Band Unplugged for a limited time before becoming available as downloadable content on other console versions.

Staying true to the Rock Band franchise, the Rock Band Unplugged soundtrack spans all genres of rock, from punk and metal to alternative and classic rock. - more on this story

The Cranberries Frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan Returns

PR reports: Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer and songwriter of The Cranberries, has signed to Zoe/Rounder Records. The 11 track No Baggage will be released on August 25th.

With No Baggage, O'Riordan's unforgettable, distinguished voice is back and better than ever. O'Riordan co-produced and wrote all the tracks on the album with Ontario-based Dan Brodbeck, resulting in a bright, clean sound that finds the singer's astoundingly emotive voice front and center, be it on the gorgeous piano ballad "Lunatic" or the forthright, anthemic rocking track "Be Careful" or the infectious, driving lead single, "The Journey."

"I probably haven't worn my heart on my sleeve like this since the second Cranberries album [1994's No Need to Argue]," she says. "It's at times very confessional and dealing with my true emotions. Everyone, through their experiences or their background, has had terrible moments where they think they can't handle it. With this record I'm trying to show that, no matter how bad things may seem, it's not really that bad in the big picture" says O'Riordan. - more on this story

10 Bands For $10 Tour

PR reports: 10 For $10 summer tour is set to feature ten bands for ten dollars, headlined by Poison The Well, who will be performing on every date, and on separate legs of the tour headline spots from Madball, Bane and Vision Of Disorder.

Also appearing will be established bands with rabid followings such as Terror, Death Before Dishonor, War Of Ages, Crime In Stereo, Trapped Under Ice, The Mongoloids, The Ghost Inside, This Is Hell and Vision.

Poison The Well's guitarist Ryan Primack says, "This tour is really exciting to us as it shows some massive diversity that occurs in the hardcore scene. I think it's really amazing that Tim put this group of bands together. Some of bands on this tour have really shaped the good things that are happening in hardcore right now. Without some of the bands on this tour I doubt we would even be a band. Were honored and privileged to be sharing the stage with them." - more on this story

Iron Maiden Offering Fans Plenty of Options

Sony reports: Flight 666 is coming out in five different editions. The film documents the first leg of Maiden's legendary Somewhere Back In Time World Tour which took them 50,000 miles round the planet playing 23 concerts on five continents in just 45 days. One of the stars of the movie is the band's customized Boeing 757, Ed Force One, which carried the band, all their crew and 12 tons of stage equipment and was piloted by Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, a fully qualified and active Airline Captain with Astraeus Airlines.
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Flight 666 will be released on extended Blu-ray and DVD formats, alongside a double-CD soundtrack album and limited edition double-vinyl picture disc which will be available Tuesday, June 9.

Filmed digitally in Hi Def to provide pristine picture quality, Flight 666 was directed by Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen with the award-winning Banger Productions team ("Metal; A Headbanger's Story" and "Global Metal") who take you right inside the Maiden family with almost total access to the band, something which Maiden have never allowed before. The stunning 5.1 soundtrack was specially mixed by Maiden producer Kevin Shirley to complement the picture quality as an ultimate attack on your senses.

As a very special bonus for the fans, Maiden have included a second disc - more

Watch The Wreckage Of Ozzy's Past- Nude Photos Don't Sell CDs- T.I.'s New Crib = Prison Cell- Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Collab On Hold?- and more

antiMusic reports: A trailer for "Wreckage Of My Past", the forthcoming film documenting the life of music icon Ozzy Osbourne as he approaches his 60th birthday, can be viewed here

Nude Photos Don't Sell CDs The adage is all publicity is good publicity, and publicity equates to sales. But according to Billboard data, this isn't necessarily the case. When nude photos of artists Cassie and Rihanna leaked earlier this month, the numbers prove that while there was indeed a huge increase in internet buzz chatter there was no affect on salesmore

T.I. will serve out his sentence of one year and one day in the Forrest City low-security prison when he turns himself in on May 26, reports E!. According to a population report filed just yesterday by the all-male prison, located 85 miles east of Little Rock and 45 miles west of Memphis, the double-fenced facility is currently housing 2,085 inmates.more

Former American Idol winner and country star Carrie Underwood will come back home for a second time this season on Tuesday, when she performs as part of the show's two-night finale.more

Metallica frontman James Hetfield joined Machine Head on stage Saturday night at KoPi-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany to perform the song "Aethetics Of Hate", taken from MH's latest album, "The Blackening". more

Green Day knocked Bob Dylan off the top of the UK albums chart Sunday, going straight in at Number One with their new effort '21st Century Breakdown'. more

A boyish, fiddle-wielding Norwegian singer won the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow on Saturday nightmore

According to Accept's official website, the band have reunited with T.T. Quick vocalist Mark Tornillo who has taken Udo Dirkschneider's place in the group.more

Because of unspecified legal issues with EMI, "Dark Night of the Soul," a collaboration between the producer Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, The Black Keys) and psych-rock act Sparklehorse (a.k.a. Mark Linkous), official release has been either scrapped altogether or put on indefinite hiatus.more

Kaiser Chiefs have denied tabloid reports that they have been dropped by their record label.more

Blink-182 performed live for the first time in four years on Thursday night at a private Hollywood party sponsored by T-Mobile.more

Motograter is back with a new lineup, including original guitarist Nuke, motograterist Bruce, Twitch on drums, Mylon on bass, Tyler on guitar, and brand new vocalist Angel (real name: Michael E. Woodruff), formerly of Relevent.more

Nick Hoenig, guitarist for Tucson, Arizona band Blues has amicably left the band to "pursue other things in his life."more

Shiddy Deal? Yung Joc has fighting words for Diddy. The Southern rapper tells Billboard.com that he plans to file a lawsuit against Bad Boy Records and Block Entertainment for a host of contractual discrepanciesmore

Reunited Cleveland all-star brute-metal masters Years Of Fire have recruited former Pro-Pain/Spudmonsters drummer Eric Mathews.more

Now you can SEE the most talked about comedy of the year online. [most talked about by their publicist at least] The Official Website for How to Make Love to a Woman starring many of today's favorite bands (Saosin, Ludo, Hellogoodbye, Mayday Parade, Yellowcard) alongside Krysten Ritter (Confessions of a Shopaholic), Josh Meyers (That '70s Show, MADtv), Ian Somerhalder (Lost), Ken Jeong (Knocked Up, Pineapple Express), James Kyson Lee (Heroes), James Hong (Balls of Fury) and Jenna Jameson is here: www.INeedSexAdvice.com .

Saviours will head to Los Angeles in June to begin recording a new album. The effort will be produced, engineered, and mixed by Joe Barresi (Kyuss, Isis).more

Fall To Prey have entered D.O.W Studios to record three new songs with producer Nick Goodyear. The band will return to the facility later in the year to lay down a full-length albummore - more News Quicks

Guitar Hero 5 Details Announced

PR reports: Guitar Hero continues to re-define the music and gaming experience this Fall with the release of Guitar Hero 5. Featuring the best variety and biggest rock stars of today combined with classic rock anthems, Guitar Hero 5 is the latest installment of the world's most popular music game.

For the first time ever, players can customize the make-up of their band by rocking with any combination of instruments in-game: whether it be two guitars and two drums, or three guitars and a microphone, any combination is possible, allowing players to experience music their own way. Brand new, innovative, easy-to-use gameplay modes like Party Play and RockFest put fun, competition and control at center stage as fans tailor the Guitar Hero experience to match their personal style and interests. For extended hours of entertainment, downloadable content from Guitar Hero(R) World Tour will be compatible with the game and will automatically be updated to include all of the upgrades and enhancements of Guitar Hero 5.*

Guitar Hero 5 features the strongest, most varied set list to-date comprised of master tracks from 85 of the hottest bands of today and the biggest classic acts including; Kings of Leon, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Santana, Vampire Weekend, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, plus more than 25 artists from a variety of music genres that will be making their music video game debut. - more on this story

Emery Heading out On Thee Summer Bailout Tour

PR reports: Emery will be headlining Thee Summer Bailout Tour. The tour starts in Des Moines, IA on July 16th and wraps up in Richmond, VA on September 3rd – all this in support of their latest release, … In Shallow Seas We Sail, that hits stores on June 2nd.

Also on Thee Summer Bailout Tour will be Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and Closure In Moscow. Labelmates, Secret & Whisper will join the first half of the tour (July 16 to August 10) and Ivoryline will join the tour on the second half (from August 11 to September 3). Kiros will be handling the opening duties every night.

Anticipating the tour, vocalist / bassist, Devin Shelton states, "We're really excited about this tour. I'm going to watch all the other bands play every night, because they're all great, and they all bring something different to the tour. It'll be great to headline again. We haven't headlined in over a year, and the last time was fantastic. I can't wait for July!" - more on this story

Big Brother, Racism or Just Good Police Work? Guess What The Cops Say?

BBC reports: Police have defended their use of a controversial form that requires live music venues to hand over details of performers, promoters and fans.

Form 696 has helped cut shootings and stabbings in and around London gig venues, the Metropolitan Police said.

The Met introduced the risk assessment form to identify gigs where trouble might flare up, partly in response to black-on-black violence. - more on this story

Joe Lynn Turner Goes From The Street To The House of Dreams

PR reports: Frontiers Records is proud to announce the release for the second Sunstor album, "House of Dreams." This AOR masterpiece, featuring former Rainbow, Malmsteen, and Deep Purple vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, will be out in America on May 19 via Frontiers/Super D and in Japan on King Records.

The first Sunstorm album saw the light of day in 2006 when Turner accepted Frontiers President Serafino Perugino's concept to blow the dust off from some potential AOR hit songs that Turner had writtern for the aborted follow up to his 1985 solo debut "Rescue You." It turned out to be one of the most successful, straight-ahead melodic rock releases of 2006. Jim Peterik (ex=Survivor, Pride of Lions) supplied additional tracks and the album was rounded off with some other AOR classics picked by Turner and Perugino.

The stunning production, courtesy of Pink Cream 69's studio wizard Dennis Ward, was hailed as one of the highlights and key factors to the album's success. When the second release was being planned, it was a natural choice to ask Ward to be a part of the project again. This time, he played bass and sang background vocals. He also enlisted Uwe Reitenauer and Thorsten Koehne on guitars, Chris Schmidt on drums, and Gunter Werno on keyboards. - more on this story

Singled Out: Matt York

antiMusic reports: Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Matt York tells us about "Those Days" from his new album "Mine". We now turn it over to Matt for the story:

Those Days by Matt York: The story behind this one is that I knew someone who for a long time (let's call him my uncle...) was seeing a girl and loved her to death. His only problem was that he never took it to the next level, never really told her how much he dug her and never made it official that she was the one he wanted to spend his life with. Because he never moved it along, she ended up leaving and I don't think he's ever recovered.

Recently a fan told me his story of marriage, divorce, marriage, kids and another divorce and this song goes out to people who had a lot going for them and then lost it for one reason or another. Hopefully, it'll help them figure out why things happen but give them some fire in the belly to do something about it.

This tune was written in a matter of hours in a tiny rehearsal space that I had in Toronto over the winter. It was one of those tunes that just came out of nowhere but was completed so quickly. I'd have to say it's one of my favourites for sure.

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