"Babez For Breakfast", the fifth studio album from Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI, is available for streaming in its entirety at the band's MySpace page.

HORTUS ANIMAE vocalist Martyr Lucifer has commenced work on his debut solo album, tentatitively titled "Farewell To Graveland".

Fan-filmed video footage of former WARRANT singer Jani Lane performing with GREAT WHITE on September 4, 2010 in Galveston, Texas can be viewed below.

Fan-filmed video footage of GUNS N' ROSES' September 5, 2010 concert in Milan, Italy can be viewed below.

A nine-minute video teaser for "Autumn Sky", the new album from BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the renaissance-inspired rock band formed by Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night, can be viewed below.

ELVISS SIMMONS AND THE MEMPHIS STRUTTERS is led by an overweight Elvis impersonator combined with the heart (and face paint) of Gene Simmons of KISS.

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach was interviewed on the August 31, 2010 edition of "The Danny Bonaduce Show" on the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania radio station 94 WYSP.

Ugly Phil of Australia's long-running rock station Triple M spoke to L.A.

Tricia Weight of Technorati recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna.

"On A Wicked Night", the new video from DANZIG, can be viewed below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep).

Original GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler was interviewed on the July 26, 2010 edition of "The Leonard Lopate Show", which airs on WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820.

According to Reuters, JANE'S ADDICTION has parted ways with bassist Duff McKagan (DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) after only five months of working together.

Brendan Crabb of Utopia.com.au recently conducted an interview with guitarist Dan Donegan of Chicago heavy rockers DISTURBED.

The original lineup of Swedish AOR masters ALIEN has reunited after some 22 years and will release a new single, "Ready To Fly", on October 10 via Manora Records.

VOODOO SIX, the British hard rock band formed by ex-DIRTY DEEDS bassist Tony Newton, will release its new album, "Fluke?", on October 18 via Powerage Records.

A video for "Radioactive," the first single from Kings of Leon [ tickets ]'s new album, "Come Around Sundown," will debut on kingsofleon.com and Vevo on Sept. 8, and will hit radio on Sept. 13.

The album is due in stores on Oct. 19, but pre-orders via iTunes are set to begin Sept. 14. Fans who pre-order the album will receive "Radioactive" immediately as a free download. A standard configuration will be offered, as well as a deluxe version that will include bonus tracks. ...continued
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"Radiohead [ tickets ] Live in Praha" -- a fan-created DVD concert film recorded by a group of 50 fans wielding inexpensive video cameras during the band's Aug. 23, 2009 performance in Prague -- is now streaming on YouTube and available for free download.

The Czech fans who undertook the project expertly edited the footage into a compelling document -- a feat that reportedly impressed the band, which in turn allowed the filmmakers to use the soundboard recordings from the show. ...continued
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Nearly two months after asking his drummer, Cindy Blackman, to marry him during a Chicago concert, Santana [ tickets ] has decided to follow up a forthcoming European run with another round of Las Vegas performances that extend into 2011.

The legendary guitarist and his backing band will continue their in-progress residency at Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, adding another seven dates to the roster. Dubbed "Supernatural Santana: A Trip Through The Hits," the concerts feature an ever-changing set list of hits from the performer's extensive catalog. The current slate of shows wraps up Sunday (9/5) and begins again Jan. 5. ...continued
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As the final stretch of Green Day [ tickets ]'s North American tour winds down, the band appears to be readying a live album featuring highlights of the trek.

Word of the project initially surfaced in an Aug. 24 tweet on the band's official Twitter account, saying, "We've been recording our live shows since the beginning of tour. Possible Live album coming. A ton of songs! We're in texas!" ...continued
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Bon Jovi [ tickets ] and Brad Paisley [ tickets ] -- following in the footsteps of Jimmy Buffett [ tickets ] -- are set to play free concerts in Gulf Shores, AL, that city officials hope will draw tourists back to the region as it recovers from the recent oil spill.

Bon Jovi's gig is set for Oct. 15, and Paisley will play two days later, according to local officials. ...continued
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Axl Rose responded via Twitter to reports that Guns N' Roses [ tickets ] were at fault for delays at the Reading and Leeds festivals, but that didn't assuage fans in Ireland who greeted the band with boos and thrown bottles when they once again took the stage late for a show.

Rose walked off stage at the O2 in Dublin on Wednesday (9/1) after fans expressed their displeasure that GNR was starting an hour late. Twenty minutes in, Rose stopped the show in the middle of "Welcome to the Jungle" and said: "Here's the deal: One more bottle and we go home," according to the BBC. ...continued
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California-based alt-rockers Cake [ tickets ] will visit a handful of North American cities this fall as they continue to work out the distribution aspect of a newly finished -- though still-untitled -- studio set.

The band will kick off the three-week tour with a Sept. 10 stop in Quebec City and a Sept. 11 show in Montreal, after which the group will return to the US for another eight concerts. The itinerary, which is shown at right, also includes a New Year's Eve (12/31) performance in Austin, TX. ...continued
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Yoko Ono [ tickets ]'s upcoming Plastic Ono Band [ tickets ] concert in Los Angeles will feature guest performers Lady Gaga [ tickets ], Iggy Pop [ tickets ], Perry Farrell [ tickets ], and Sonic Youth [ tickets ]'s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, among others.

The shows are set for Oct. 1 and Oct. 2 at L.A.'s Orpheum Theater. Nels Cline, Iggy Pop and Mike Watt [ tickets ] will appear Oct. 1 only, and Gaga, Gordon and Moore will appear only at the Oct. 2 performance. ...continued
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A new Neil Young [ tickets ] album titled "Le Noise" is set for release on Sept. 28, Reprise Records announced Wednesday (9/1).

Famed producer Daniel Lanois (U2, Peter Gabriel) collaborated with Young on the forthcoming set, marking the first time the two have recorded together. ...continued
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The tracklists for the forthcoming John Lennon box sets were announced Wednesday by EMI Music as the label prepares to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the former Beatle's birth on Oct. 9.

Besides remastered versions of Lennon's albums -- on CD and digital downloads -- EMI will release a "stripped down" version of "Double Fantasy," a 15-track hit compilation, a CD/DVD package of hits, a four-CD box set and an 11-CD set of all his solo work. ...continued
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Liz Phair [ tickets ] will venture to major markets throughout the western portion of North America this fall in support of her first album in five years, "Funstyle."

The alt-rock singer/songwriter will first dive into three consecutive nights (10/1-10/3) at Las Vegas' Pearl Concert Theater before stopping by clubs in six more cities. The two-week excursion finishes up Oct. 15 in Vancouver. The full schedule is at right. ...continued
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Chicago power-pop outfit OK Go [ tickets ] has unleashed a string of North American performances behind the band's January release, "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky."

The rock quartet -- known for it's creative viral videos, most notably for "Here it Goes Again" and "This Too Shall Pass" -- will kick off the expansive run with an Oct. 3 appearance at Pomona, CA's Los Angeles County Fair. The tour's itinerary, which is shown at right, spans about five weeks and concludes Nov. 9 in Santa Barbara. ...continued
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Grinderman [ tickets ] -- Nick Cave's relatively new band with Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos -- will start a three-week tour on Nov. 13 at the House of Blues in Cambridge, MA.

The band will be supporting "Grinderman 2," which Anti- will release on Sept. 14. An iTunes LP has been assembled as well, which will contain the album, the bonus track "Fire Boy," remixes from Andrew Weatherall and Factory Floor and "Super Heathen Child," a collaboration with Robert Fripp, as well as a digital booklet and lyrics. The iTunes LP also includes the "Heathen Child" video and seven video trailers. ...continued
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A concert canceled by the city of Los Angeles has led a promoter to file a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million from the city, the Los Angeles Times reported in its Tuesday (8/31) edition.

Insomniac Inc., a dance promoter based in Los Angeles, scheduled an Oct. 30 concert featuring Tiesto at the Los Angeles Convention Center that the city canceled in the wake of Insomniac's Electric Daisy Carnival at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, where a teenager died. ...continued
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A unique new interactive film created by Chris Milk (Gnarls Barkley) -- along with Google developers -- for the Arcade Fire [ tickets ] track "We Used to Wait" uses Google Maps to incorporate visuals from the user's hometown to create unique music videos.

The video, which is optimized for the Google Chrome web browser, is perhaps the first major HTML5-powered music video. Dubbed "The Wilderness Downtown," available at this link, the video "takes you down memory lane through the streets you grew up in," Aaron Koblin with Google Creative Lab wrote in a blog post. ...continued
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