Audioslave have explaiend the reasons behind the decision to pull out of the Carling Weekend Festival in Reading and Leeds. This is because new album, ‘Revelations’, won’t be ready in time.

The Rolling Stones have been forced to postpone the first 15 shows of their summer tour. The band will not hit the road until July.The dates have been put back while Keith Richards recovers from brain surgery. The guitarist required an operation after reportedly falling out of a tree in Fiji. The postponed dates are: […]

On May 28, at the Kokaracha club, Stand Up Comedians will present their new single. Also to take part in the event will be Djamesbong and DJ Dontworrior. The vision will be taken care of by OPNN and Kemura. Start: 21:00h.

John Waite returns with a new album through Frontiers on July 7. Called ‘Downtown Journey Of A Heart’, it features re-recordings of some of the British singer’s best known songs, plus a new version of Bob Dylan‘s ‘Highway 61’.

Panic! At The Disco have posted their new video online. It’s for the song ‘But It’s Better If You Do’.

Pearl Jam has unveiled its first music video since the 1998 clip for “Do the Evolution” in the form of “Life Wasted,” the first video directed by visual artist Fernando Apodaca. The clip is available from various sites through Wednesday (May 24) as a free download under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Drivers license. It premiered […]

Kaiser Chiefs and Snow Patrol are to headline a two-day festival in Belfast this summer.The bands play the Tennent’s Vital 06 bash, which takes place at the city’s Botanic Gardens.Kaiser Chiefs will headline on August 22, while local heroes Snow Patrol close proceedings the following day.

New Order have announced a new UK tour for this autumn. The Manchester legends will head out for a series of big shows this October.Meanwhile New Order will release a live DVD, taken from 2005 concerts in New York and London, on June 19.

Lordi are to release ‘Hard Rock Hallelujah’, the track that won them the Eurovision Song Contest, as a single on June 6. The band have also been confirmed to play the Download Festival on June 11.

An ummastered version of the title track from the new Meat Loaf album is now available for download via his official website. Called ‘The Monster Is Loose’, it’s the third part of the ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ saga, and was co-written by Nikki Sixx, John 5 and Desmond Child. The last named also produced it.