Sum 41 had a little bus driver trouble as they kicked off the Warped tour according to several "tweets" by the band. "So our bus driver was drunk," the band wrote on Sunday (June 27) morning. "We are at the side of the road. This tweet is not a joke. Trying to get to Ventura for warped tour." Tweet 1: "Recap. Our bus driver ran off the road. He was drunk. Deryck [Whibley, vocals/guitar] tried to fight him." ChartAttack will fill you in on the rest of the "tweets" hereMae is proud to announce the reunion of their best known lineup. Dave Elkins, Zach Gehring, Jacob Marshall, Rob Sweitzer and, Mark Padgett, will reunite for the "Goodbye, Goodnight Tour" this fall. more
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler tells AP, " I've got 12 songs I'm sitting on right now for a solo record. Aerosmith has to finish a studio album; we're gonna do that first." more
Slipknot have yet to decide whether or not to continue as a band following the death of bandmate Paul Gray because recording and performing again without the bassist is almost unthinkable. Guitarist Jim Root insists the group needs time to grieve before even contemplating continuing to make music together. He says, "There's going to be a big healing process that needs to happen before we even think about whether or not Slipknot will continue. And right now that's the furthest thing from our mind." more
Glenn Danzig has been sued by a guy named Guy ... who claims the rocker is a pretty crappy driver. In a lawsuit filed Friday in L.A. County Superior Court, Danzig is accused of allegedly "recklessly crashed" his car into the rear end of another car back in January. more
Another death has rocked the Lynyrd Skynyrd family: JoJo Billingsley , who was a backing singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1975 for two years, has died from cancer at the age of 58. Along with Cassie Gaines and Leslie Hawkins, she joined Skynyrd in December 1975; the trio became known as The Honkettes. more
Less than two weeks after announcing his departure from Greeley Estates, guitar player Alex Torres has joined North Carolina's Alesana (Torres replaces Jake Campbell). more
Queensryche have just announced a new batch of dates for their 'Queensryche Cabaret' Tour. The tour, which features the band playing alongside go-go dancers, burlesque dancers, drag queens, a juggler, ballet dancers, trapeze artists and a contortionist, has been and is making newly added stops across the United States more
Jay Bentley and Brooks Wackerman of Bad Religion revealed that the band's upcoming LP will be called The Dissent of Man and is due out on September 28 more
Producer/musician Daniel Lanois has been released from the hospital following a recent motorcycle accident. more
On Saturday (June 26), Ollie Campesinos!, drummer for Cardiff, Wales indie-pop octet Los Campesinos!, announced he would be leaving the band via a post on their website. more
The Gaslight Anthem have announced a series of UK and Irish dates in the autumn. NME says the band will hit the road for 11 gigs, kicking off at London's Hammersmith Apollo on October 21 more
Hatebreed will headline a string of Canadian shows in September with support from Emmure and Straight Line Stitch. more
InTheStudio is featuring the 30th Anniversary of Queen's The Game, the week of July 19th. more
Porcupine Tree have announced four German concerts taking place in various spots throughtout the country. These will be the first German dates the band have done in support of their latest album 'The Incident', excluding festivals. Fans can also expect to hear longer sets from the band on these dates. more
Suffokate, The Red Shore, And Hell Followed With, Murder Death Kill, and King Conquer will team up in August and September for "The No Mercy Tour." more
God Dethroned have hired guitarist Danny Tunker and have an album update here
Bad Company, featuring original members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke, have announced North American tour dates more
Helmet return September 7th with a new full-length album, Seeing Eye Dog - their first since 2006's Monochromeand will tour North America immediately upon its release and then Europe more
Have you ever wondered why your favorite artists won't play or don't smaller shows at clubs in addition to festival gigs they're scheduled to appear at in your city? It might be because of something called a "radius clause," which basically means... well... they can't.. ChartAttack reports, that the radius clause Lollapalooza is using this year has gotten it investigated by Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan for antitrust issues. more
Ruiner have announced October 5 and 9 as dates for the band's final shows. Killing the Dream will be joining them on the October 9 gig in Baltimore, MD. more
Of Montreal have announced details of their new album. Entitled 'False Priest', the Georgia group's tenth studio effort is due out on September 14, with a UK release date expected on September 13. more
During Iron Maiden's June 19th show in San Bernardino, CA, frontman bruce Dickinson dedicated the song 'Blood Brothers' to the late Ronnie James Dio, who passed away on Sunday, May 16th at the age of 67. Check out the footage here
Becoming The Archetype has announced the "Bring Your Own Bowl Cut Tour," also featuring Onward To Olympas and To Speak Of Wolves (on select dates). more
Mystery Jets have announced details of three upcoming US shows in support of their forthcoming new album 'Serotonin' more
Cephalic Carnage have set "Misled By Certainty" as the title of their new album, due on August 31 via Relapse Records more -
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