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The Full Day in Rock Report All of today's top music news stories - more Rock Legend Mobbed By Fans Ramones legend Marky Ramone and his solo band got a lot more than they bargained for when traveling south of the border to play for Mexican fans last weekend. - more Kelly Clarkson To Surpass U2 Kelly Clarkson will replace U2 at the top of the Billboard 200 next week - more Radiohead Working On New Material Radiohead are set to work their first new material since In Rainbows - more Steven Adler Slams Axl Rose Is Axl a victim? Or does he play the blame game? Find out what Steven Adler thinks. - more Metallica Club Show? Metallica on the small stage? Sounds like it's gonna happen. - more NIN's Reznor Vs Chris Cornell- Fiddy Sex Tape Plan- Beatles Were Peripheral?- R.E.M. Surprises, Sting Wines- Spector Rests- Miley Settles- Metallica Reschedules and more Friday's roundup of quick music news stories - more More Dave Matthews Band For Your Buck Tickets for Dave Matthews Band's upcoming summer tour went on sale to the general public Thursday and the band is keeping prices low, as usual. - more "Rapper" Joaquin Phoenix Vs "Fan" Joaquin Phoenix appears to be getting into the act of being a petulant hip-hop star. - more More Nine Inch Nails Dates The Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction tour is starting to shape up with additional dates announced and one date change. - more U2 Looking Backwards U2 is considering reworking and re releasing some early work including its debut album - more Stevie Nicks Announces Separate CD and DVD Releases Stevie Nicks will be releasing the "Live In Chicago" DVD as well as "The Soundstage Sessions" CD - more New Pixies Book A new limited edition book, Pixies: In Print, collects all of the revered and influential band's essential press interactions. - more 3OH!3 Plan Busy Spring 3OH!3 has revealed a jam-packed tour schedule, due to keep the Boulder, Colorado-based electro duo on the road through the summer. - more Dave Koz and Brian Culbertson Team Up Dave Koz and Brian Culbertson will hit the road together this summer - more .

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Coldplay, Wolfmother Rock Soggy Sydney Sound Relief Show Heavy rain fell on the Sound Relief artist parade in Sydney today (March 14), but it wasn't enough to dampen the spirits of the tens of thousands who came. - more Midnight Oil Returns At Wet Melbourne Bushfire Gig Unexpected rain and chilly temperatures were no deterrent for the 81,000 fans who turned out today (March 14) for the Sound Relief bushfire benefit concert at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. - more TV On The Radio, Public Enemy Set For 'Roots Picnic' TV On The Radio, Public Enemy, the Black Keys and Santigold are among the acts handpicked by The Roots to play the band's second annual hometown "Roots Picnic" on June 6 at Festival Pier in Philadelphia. - more Defense Rests In Phil Spector Murder Retrial Phil Spector's defense attorney rested his case Thursday in the music producer's murder retrial involving the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. - more Incubus Collects Greatest 'Moments' For Summer Tour Incubus will take stock of its career so far this year with a greatest hits set, "Moments and Melodies," due out June 16 and a seven-week tour kicking off July 9 in San Diego. - more Pixies Back In Action With European Dates The Pixies return to action this summer with a series of European concert dates, including a June 14 appearance at the Isle of Wight festival with Neil Young, Billboard has confirmed. - more Papa Roach Takes New 'Metamorphosis' On The Road After a couple of support stints this year -- currently with Buckcherry and Avenged Sevenfold, then this summer for Nickelback -- Papa Roach plans to be ready to headline this fall to further promote its new album, "Metamorphosis." - more Country Songs Inspire TV Dramas Country songs can sure tell stories. Now the TV production company Granada America wants to make some of those stories into a series of one-hour TV dramas. - more Feelies, Melvins, Jesus Lizard Join ATP New York Lineup 1980's indie rock stalwarts the Feelies, the Jesus Lizard and the Melvins are all set to play the 2009 All Tomorrow's Parties festival, which will be held Sept. 11-13 at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, N.Y.&#160; Other artists added to the bill this week are The Drones, Dead Meadow, El-P, Sleepy Sun and Akron Family. - more Michael Jackson's 50 Shows Sell Out In Hours Tickets for Michael Jackson's run of 50 O2 Arena shows in London sold out in hours today (March 13) after the general sale opened to the public. - more .        Blabbermouth.net ANVIL Members Interviewed By ROCK SOUND TV: Video Available ANVIL members Steve "Lips" Kudlow (vocals, guitar) and Robb Reiner (drums) were recently interviewed by U.K.'s Rock Sound TV about their acclaimed documentary, "Anvil! The Story of Anvil". - more SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Pays $317K For Rare SUPERMAN Comic According to The Associated Press, SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan paid $317,200 for the first comic book featuring Superman in an Internet auction. - more SLASH: Pro-Shot Footage From Last Year's Birthday Festivities Posted Online Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash has just uploaded footage from last year's two nights of partying in Las Vegas in celebration of his 43rd birthday. - more THE CLEANSING: New 'Poisoned Legacy' Release Date Announced THE CLEANSING, the new Danish band featuring former members of USIPIAN, will release its debut album, "Poisoned Legacy", on June 9 — one month later than the previously announced May 4 — via Deepsend Records. - more GENE SIMMONS Vs. BOB LEFSETZ: Video Of Entire Debate Available Video footage of the entire 34-minute debate between Bob Lefsetz, who is described one of the music industry's most influential online analysts, and KISS bassist Gene Simmons, which took place yesterday (Friday, March 13) in the main ballroom at the Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto during Canadian Music Week, can be viewed below. - more DIO's 'The Very Beast Of Dio' Certified Gold DIO's "The Very Beast of Dio" was officially certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on March 11, 2009 for shipments in the United States in excess of 500,000 copies. - more TESLA: 'Fallin' Apart' Video Available "Fallin' Apart", the new video from California rockers TESLA, can be viewed below. - more CHRIS CAFFERY To Guest On 'Mitch's Metal Militia' Show SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery will guest on "Mitch's Metal Militia" show on Wednesday, March 18 between 4:00 p.m. - more INSIDIOUS DISEASE Taps RUSS RUSSELL For Debut Album Mix INSIDIOUS DISEASE (formerly INSIDIOUS), the international metal project featuring members of DIMMU BORGIR, NAPALM DEATH, OLD MAN'S CHILD and MORGOTH, has tapped Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) to mix its long-awaited debut album, tentatively titled "Shadowcast", due later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined record label. - more SLASH To Play On Instrumental Version Of LED ZEPPELIN's 'Kashmr' Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Just wanted to update you on what's going to be happening in the next few weeks. - more K.K. DOWNING Says JUDAS PRIEST Should 'Absolutely' Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. - more NIGHTWISH's HIETALA Talks About Singing BLACK SABBATH Covers In Finnish Marco Hietala, the bass player and vocalist of the Finnish symphonic power metal band NIGHTWISH, recently spoke to Finland's Musiikki TV about his new gig as the singer of SAPATTIVUOSI, a band that performs BLACK SABBATH covers in Finnish. - more UFO: 'The Visitor' CD, LP Artwork Unveiled British rock legends UFO will release their brand-new studio album, "The Visitor", in late May/early June via SPV/Steamhammer. - more GRAVES OF VALOR New Song Posted Online South Carolina's GRAVES OF VALOR has posted new track, "Locusta", on the band's MySpace page. - more WARRIOR: Key Club Footage Posted Online Fan-filmed video footage of SoCal metal legends WARRIOR performing the song "Ruler" off their classic 1985 debut album "Fighting For The Earth" on February 28, 2009 at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California can be viewed below. - more .        Billboard.Biz Sony/ATV, Granada Developing TV Series Country songs can sure tell stories. Now the TV production company Granada America wants to make some of those stories into a series of one-hour TV dramas. - more IFPI's Kennedy: Canadian Gov't Not Interested In IP Canada’s continued development of world-class musicians is in jeopardy as the country is mired in sky-high piracy rates and lack of cooperation between Internet service providers and music companies, John Kennedy, chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, said today at Canadian Music Week. - more Simmons, Lefsetz To Debate At Canadian Music Week Industry pundit Bob Lefsetz and outlandish Kiss bassist/gadfly Gene Simmons were poised to square off in a battle royale of massive egos at Canadian Music Week after the pair exchanged e-mail insults on the first day of the conference. - more Ziggy Marley Schedules ‘Family Time’ Paul Simon, Jack Johnson and Willie Nelson are among the guests joining<br clear="none"/> Ziggy Marley on “Family Time.” - more U.K. Govt Warns Biz On File-Sharing The U.K. government has begun consultation on a proposed digital rights agency to encourage legitimate online entertainment services and reduce piracy, while warning that it will consider far-reaching legislation to tackle P2P activity if the biz does not work to find a solution. - more Paz Takes Home BMI Latin Songwriter Of The Year Honor Young singer/songwriter Espinoza Paz received his second consecutive Latin Songwriter of the Year award at the 16th annual BMI Latin Music Awards, celebrated March 12 at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla. - more Concord Music Group Co-owner Hal Gaba Dies Aged 63 Hal Gaba, the chairman and co-owner of Concord Music Group, co-chairman of Village Roadshow Pictures, and CEO of ACT III Communications, passed away on Monday (Mar. 9) of cancer. - more Michael Jackson Sells Out 50 O2 Arena Shows Tickets for Michael Jackson's run of 50 O2 Arena shows in London sold out in hours today (March 13) after the general sale opened to the public. - more Live Nation's Mojo Finalizes Amsterdam Venue Mojo Concerts, the Dutch branch of Live Nation, has revealed that its new arena venue will be called the Ziggo Dome. It is set to open in 2011. - more Time Warner Names Google's Armstrong As AOL Chief Time Warner Inc has named Google executive Tim Armstrong to lead AOL, in what was seen as a bold move to reverse the fortunes of the struggling Internet unit in preparation for a spin-off. - more .         BW&BK TESLA - 'Fallin' Apart' Video Available Online The new video from California rockers TESLA called 'Fallin' Apart' can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's latest album, Forever More, which... - more THE CLEANSING - Poisoned Legacy Release Dates Announced Danish death metallers THE CLEANSING will release their debut album, Poisoned Legacy, on June 9th via Deep Send Records. However, pre-orders will ship one month... - more KISS' Gene Simmons Vs. Bob Lefsetz; Complete Audio/Video From "Cage Match Debate" Available As previously reported, music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz and KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons squared off at Canadian Music Week yesterday (March 13th) in the main... - more CREMATORY Discuss New Album And Reasons For Recent Split-Up Dimitris Kontogeorgakos from Metal Temple recently conducted an interview with long-time gothic metallers CREMATORY. Markus Jullich and Matthias Hechler discussed the new album and the... - more SLASH To Record Instrumental Version Of LED ZEPPELIN 'Kashmir' For All-Girl UK Group ESCALA VELVET REVOLVER guitarist SLASH (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has issued the following update: 'Just wanted to update you on what's going to be happening in the next... - more JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. Downing - "Sometimes, It's A Bit Scary When You Open A Book Like Martin Popoff's Heavy Metal Painkillers" JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing is featured in a new interview with Robert Gray as part of a new series at Ultimate-Guitar.com entitled Hit The... - more MOTÖRHEAD, ANTHRAX, SOULFLY Confirmed For Germany's Devil Side Festival MOTÖRHEAD, ANTHRAX and SOULFLY are among the confirmed acts for the Devil Side Festival 2009, which is scheduled to take place Sunday, June 28th at... - more UFO - The Visitor CD, LP Artwork Revealed The 20th studio album from UFO called The Visitor will be released in CD and LP format. There will be also a digi-pack album with... - more ROSE TATTOO Confirm New Aussie Live Date Australian rockers ROSE TATTOO have confirmed an April 12th live date at the Coolangatta Hotel in Coolangatta, Australia. (southern end of the... - more WARRIOR - 'Ruler' Key Club Live Video Footage Online Fan-filmed video footage of SoCal metal legends WARRIOR performing the song 'Ruler' off their classic 1985 debut album Fighting For The Earth at the Key... - more GRAVES OF VALOR - New Track Online South Carolina's GRAVES OF VALOR has posted the first preview track, 'Locusta', from their forthcoming Relapse debut Salarian Gate online now via the band's more IRON MAIDEN Takes Off - Sneak Peak At Flight 666 Mark Levine from Huffingtonpost.com is reporting: You've never experienced 'The Trooper' or 'Run To The Hills' until you've heard Iron Maiden perform them in... - more THE WILDHEARTS Frontman Confirms UK Solo Dates THE WILDHEARTS frontman GINGER has announced a solo tour in early May, supported by Tony Wright of TERRORVISION. The currently confirmed dates are as follows: May 1... - more RIOT Guitarist Mark Reale - "I Am Very Happy To Inform All Of You That Mike Tirelli's Operation For Stomach Cancer Was A Huge Success" As previously reported, singer MIKE TIRELLI has been an integral part of the music scene for over 20 years, as part of BURNING STAR, HOLY... - more CARCASS Kick Off North American Tour; Report, Photos Available Special tour report and photo by Mark Gromen The tour kicked off (March 13th) at the Trocadero, in Philadelphia, with PSYCROPTIC, SAMAEL, SUICIDE SILENCE (the lone... - more .         FMQB Jackson Sells Out Massive Run Of London Shows Michael Jackson has now sold out a 50-show residency at London's O2 arena. - more Quick Hits: The Roots, Chris Brown & Rihanna, Heaven And Hell, Supersuckers - more Jack White Forecasts Dead Weather White Stripes main man unveils a new band and Nashville HQ at secret event. - more Quick Hits: Prince, R.E.M., NIN, Coldplay, Incubus, Chris Brown, Mandy Moore & Ryan Adams, Taylor Swift, Capitol vinyl series - more U2 Scores "Magnificent" Debut No Line On The Horizon debuted at #1 this week, marking the band's seventh #1 album. - more 311 Unveils Uplifter The band's new album is coming in June, along with a spring and summer tour. - more Quick Hits: Jonas Brothers, Michael Jackson, Blue October, Green Day, Death Cab For Cutie, Tori Amos, Devo - more Rihanna, Chris Brown Recording Duet The pair is reportedly in an L.A. studio working on a new track together, as well as songs for their own albums. - more U2 Talk Hip-Hop Influences Bono says he has a greater respect for lyrics, thanks to Jay-Z and Kanye. - more Quick Hits: Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Van Halen, Coachella, Nirvana, Pete Yorn, Tom Morello - more .         Gibson.com • How To Get That Robin Trower Sound • 5 Acts You Must See at SXSW • Dave Hunter’s Guitar Pickup Handbook • Where Can You Download 6,498 Shows by the Grateful Dead Legally? • Gregg Allman Talks About Duane, Southern Rock And Role As Elder Statesman • Nick Perri On Guitars as Investments and Quitting Shinedown • Allman Brothers Begin Beacon Run To Celebrate Duane & 40th Anniversary • KoRn Bassist Fieldy On His New Memoir: ‘I’m Only Realizing Now How Bad I Sucked’ • Presenting the New SG Carved Top-Autumn Burst • Meet The Tribal V! .        Hecklerspray Britney Spears Gets New Boyfriend, Lets World Down Oh Britney Spears, you were doing so well - screaming about your vagina during a concert was a masterstroke. - more Is Michael Phelps Sorry For The Drug Thing? Um… When a newspaper published a photo of him smoking a bong at a party, it was Michael Phelps' darkest day. - more Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is Nestle Crunch and credit crunch. - more MySpace Trawl – Message To Bears Before we harp on about why Message To Bears are unbelievably ace, we’d like to let some of our dimmer readers down. - more PETA Hopes To Eat George Clooney The reason hecklerspray can never enjoy a tofu-heavy diet is because generally when we eat, blood spurting out of whatever we just bit into is our favorite part. - more Rihanna/ Chris Brown Duet Even More Mental Than You Thought Eventually this moronic Rihanna and Chris Brown twaddle is going to make a brilliant made-for-TV movie.]]> - more Anna Nicole Smith’s Creepy Boyfriend & Creepy Docs Charged The world's been a sadder place since Anna Nicole Smith died. Well, not sadder - quieter and less booby, mainly. - more SLACKERJACK - Dinowaurs As we've learnt at great expense, Dinowaurs isn’t the sort of game you should play if you’re pushed for time. - more Shannen Doherty Returning To Show Nobody Watches Any More Gee, things on 90210 sure are hotting up - like last week, when that person did that thing to that person? Wow. - more WEBTHUMP! Friday 13 March 2009 10 - The most gruesome thing you'll read, possibly ever - Best Week Ever - more .        Jam Gospel singer accused of assaulting ex-wife NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gospel singer BeBe Winans has been charged with misdemeanour domestic assault after a dispute with his ex-wife in Nashville. - more Live Review: Eagles in Winnipeg WINNIPEG - Perfection always comes at a steep price. At Friday night's sold-out Eagles concert at MTS Centre, it was about $250 a head. - more Joe's men Strumming for punk icon London's calling -- and Los Mondo Bongo is happy to answer the call. - more Bif Naked a breast cancer survivor The story of Vancouver rocker Bif Naked's year-long battle to overcome breast cancer is written right there on her left shoulder. - more Korn rocker off drugs and on Christ CHICAGO - The members of Korn are about to get a big apology from one of their own - and you can read it along with them. - more Bono slams illegal downloaders U2 rocker Bono has slammed music fans who download songs illegally - insisting laws against the practice will eventually be tightened when movie studios begin to lose revenue through the web. - more .         Music Radar Chris Cornell-Trent Reznor Twitter war, round 2 Cornell responds to Reznor's diss - more U2's Bono: 'I'm overpaid' Star still slams web file sharing - more The Roots to play with Public Enemy at their Picnic It Takes A Nation Of Millions in full - more 8 things we've learned about music this week Biggie speaks, SFA play, Oasis are free and more - more Andy Burrows: 'Razorlight was hell' Drummer admits he and Johnny Borrell fought - more iPhone OS 3.0 to be previewed next week What will it mean for music software? - more The best of YouTube: #51 See the world's most awkward interview ever - more Deadmau5 releases royalty-free samples Now you CAN use his sounds - more Trent Reznor disses Chris Cornell on Twitter Says singer 'embarrassed' himself with new CD - more Van Morrison disses The Beatles 'The Beatles were peripheral' - more .        Lambgoat New England Deathfest takes shape The first round of bands have been announced for this year's New England Deathfest, scheduled to tak... - more Hull tour dates Hull has just hit the road for a two-week tour as they make their way to and from SXSW in Texas. Her... - more Between The Buried And Me set to record Between The Buried And Me is currently finishing up the writing process for their next Victory Recor... - more Destruction of a Rose signs w/ Standby Recs Official press release: Melodic metal band Destruction of a Rose, hailing from Las Vegas, NV has ... - more Nahemah records new album Spanish metallers Nahemah have finished recording a new album and are currently in the process of mi... - more Zoroaster, The Gates Of Slumber tour dates Zoroaster, The Gates Of Slumber, and Serpent Cult will hit the road together in August. Dates includ... - more Double Or Nothing Recs signs Clenched Fist Official press release: Double Or Nothing Records is extremely proud to announce the signing of M... - more Death Before Dishonor recording new album Boston hardcore band Death Before Dishonor has been in the studio as of late recording a new album f... - more Beneath The Sky back together Ohio's Beneath The Sky, who released two albums with Victory Records before breaking up last August,... - more Force Of Change announces final show California hardcore band Force Of Change has announced their break-up. The group will play its final... - more Coalesce completes new album Coalesce has completed work on their new full-length album, "OX," the band's first in 10 years and f... - more Hella prepares new album Zach Hill (drums) and Spencer Seim (guitar), of experimental rock outfit Hella, are currently writin... - more Exclusive: Cable studio report <div style="color:#666666;">Cable has now finished tracking their new album, "The Failed Convict," w... - more Poison The Well tour dates (Europe) Following their current European tour with 36 Crazyfists, Poison The Well will remain abroad for a h... - more Chimaira shoots new video Chimaira recently finished shooting a new video for "Destroy and Dominate." The piece was directed b... - more .        Metal Underground Tesla Posts "Fallin' Apart" Video Online California hard rock group Tesla has posted their new music video online for the song, 'Fallin&apos; Apart.' You can check it out below. The song comes from the bands latest studio album, 'Forever More' which was released in Octtober of last year. - more Kamelot Prepares For European Tour Power metal band Kamelot has issued the following statement about their upcoming European tour: 'Well its less than one week from the European Tour kickoff at the SOLD OUT Tilburg Netherland show on March 20th. I can honestly say I have never been so excited about a tour as I am with this one. Once we arrive in Europe early next week we will fin... - more Prey For Nothing Parts Ways With Guitarist, Eyal Glotman Israel&apos;s Prey For Nothing has parted with guitar player Eyal Glotman. The band issues the following statement regarding the split: 'The last 2 years with Eyal were a great expirience. Eyal is a very talented musician and song-writer, with great passion for music in general and metal music in particular. This decision was not an easy one, but due... - more Coronatus Announces New Show Dates German gothic metallers, Coronatus, have announced the following shows: 05/17 - Ludwigsburg, Rockfabrik w/ Eigensinn 10/18 - Wieze (BE), Metal Female Voices Fest 10/24 - Friedewald, MetalFest 01/30 - Stuttgart-Botnang, Intus - more Tyrants Blood Reveals New Album, "Crushing Onward Into Oblivion," Details Vancouver metallers, Tyrants Blood, have revealed the cover artwork for their new album, 'Crushing Onward Into Oblivion.' The artwork was done by Rob Macabre. The tracklisting for 'Crushing Onward Into Oblivion' is as follows: 1. Cast Into Hell 2. Torn From The sky 3. Slithering Into Exile 4. Behold The Conqueror 5. Deciever 6. Empire Of... - more Scorngrain Recording New Album Finland&apos;s acid cyber thrashers Scorngrain have issued the following update about recording a new album: ?There&apos;s nine tracks ready and we are very excited to do the album. Most of the recordings are done by ourselves without an external help. Just drums and final mixing is planned to do in studio with sound engineer Rane Paananen? ?Actually, ... - more The Cleansing Announces New Album "Poisoned Legacy" Release Date Danish death metallers The Cleansing have issued the following update about the release of their new album: 'A slight misunderstanding had slipped into our previous news update. We apologize. So? to clarify: The album will be available in stores on June 9. That is the official release date. But pre-orders will ship 1 month prior to the release d... - more Bands Announced For Summer Slaughter 2009 This years edition of the Summer Slaughter tour will be headlined by death metal legends Necrophagist and will also feature fellow death metal favourites Suffocation, along with Darkest Hour, Dying Fetus, Origin, Born Of Osiris, After The Burial and Winds Of Plague. Beneath The Massacre and Decrepit Birth will also be performing on the first half o... - more Glorior Belli Unveils New Album "Meet Us Of The Southern Sign" Details French black metal band Glorior Belli has announced that their upcoming album will be titled 'Meet Us Of The Southern Sign' and it will be release through Candlelight Records. Two new songs from the album are currently streaming on the band&apos;s MySpace page. The cover art for the album can be viewed here. The track listing will be as follows: ... - more Eluveitie Comments On 2009 PaganFest Tour Cancellation Eluveitie has issued the following statement about dropping off the 2009 PaganFest tour: 'We are very sorry to announce that we will not be able to make it to this years edition of Paganfest USA after all. 'We would like to make clear that this was in no way the decision of the band and that we all were looking forward to do this tour a lot. ... - more .        MTV Gwyneth Paltrow Talks Joaquin Phoenix Gwyneth Paltrow has hinted to MTV News that Joaquin Phoenixs rap career and bizarre behaviour may be a hoax. When asked about if her co-star in Two Lovers was actually giving up acting - more Britney Spears' New Boyfriend? Britney Spears is dating her long time agent Jason Trawick- according to a report. E! News claims that the pair have got close whilst working together. 37 year old Trawick has been travelling - more Final Jacko Tickets Sell Out The last few tickets for Michael Jackson's O2 Arena concerts have sold out. Hundreds of fans had camped out over night at the venue to get tickets to his London residency. Tickets went on general - more Exclusive Royksopp Artwork Royksopp will release their new album Junior on March 23 and ahead of that have given MTV the below exclusive artwork for your viewing pleasure. The Norwegian duo have scattered a design relating - more Jen Aniston Dumped By Mayer? Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer have reportedly split up. People Magazine claims that singer John called the relationship off after the actress returned from Europe- where she was promoting Marley - more Lily Allen Allegedly Attacks Pap’ Lily Allen hit out a paparazzo who apparently crashed into her yesterday. Reports say the LDN singer swung a punch at the photographer before being pulled away by a bodyguard. Pictures - more Kerry Katona 'I Want A Divorce' Exclusive Video Rumours about the break-up of Kerry Katonas marriage to Mark Croft are rife. Kerry is currently filming a new series with MTV called &lsquo;Whats The Problem? and our cameras were - more Radiohead Talk New Material Radiohead are set to work their first new material since In Rainbows- one of the group has revealed. Guitarist Ed OBrien also hinted to BBC Radio 1 that the band will be announcing live - more 50 Cent’s Rick Ross Porn 50 Cent will reportedly release a sex tape featuring the mother of one of Rick Rosss children. TMZ claims the rapper has bought a raunchy video of his so called &lsquo;baby mama - more Joaquin Phoenix In Bizarre Brawl The world of Joaquin Phoenix took another weird turn yesterday when he got into a fight as he played a hip hop gig in Miami. The actor-turned-rapper was performing and ended up in a brawl with a member - more .         Nightwatcher's House of Rock • Deep Purple Made In Japan Film Unearthed • Bad Company Feel Like Makin' a Comeback • Johnny Winter And The Allman Brothers Band Cruisin' Down Highway 61 • Riding That Blues Train With Seasick Steve • Status Quo Loses Trademark Tail • Mick Fleetwood To Get 'Blue Again' March 17th • Legendary Santana/Journey Founding Member Gregg Rolie to Release Live DVD • Roger Daltrey Slams Animal Loving Public • The Answer Storm Into UK Charts • Moogis, Skydog And The Beacon Theatre : An Exclusive Interview With Butch Trucks Of The Allman Brothers Band .        NME.com Coldplay, Kings Of Leon star at Australian bush fire benefit Over 120,000 people have attended the Sound Relief fundraising concerts in Sydney and Melbourne to help aid victims of devastating fires and floods in Australia. - more A Camp announce very first US tour A Camp have announced that they will embark on their very first tour of the US this spring. - more Dinosaur Jr plot US tour Dinosaur Jr have announced the dates of an extensive North American tour this spring. - more TV On The Radio, Public Enemy for Roots Picnic TV On The Radio, Public Enemy, The Black Keys and Santigold are set to headline this year's Roots Picnic in Philadelphia in June. - more Cosmetics giant reportedly questioning Rihanna as role model A cosmetics company in the US has reportedly enlisted a market research company to find out if Rihanna is still considered an 'appropriate' spokesperson for beauty brands after the incident in which she was allegedly assaulted by boyfriend Chris Brown. - more Chris Cornell responds to Trent Reznor Twitter diss Former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has responded to Trent Reznor's Twitter blast, with a bible-themed update on his own account. - more Radiohead respond to Miley Cyrus' rant, sort of Media sources have been reporting that Radiohead responded to teen star Miley Cyrus, who lashed out at the band for snubbing her at the Grammy Awards last month. - more Poison's Bret Michaels writes autobiography Poison frontman Bret Michaels is set to release a tell-all book which will hit shelves in June. - more Green Day's entire back catalogue to be release on vinyl Green Day's entire back catalogue is set to be released on 12-inch vinyl, including records that have been out of print for years. - more Jesus Lizard, Feelies, Melvins added to ATP New York The Jesus Lizard, The Feelies, The Melvins and more have been added to the bill for the second All Tomorrow's Parties New York, which will take place in September. - more .         PunkNews.Org • The New York Times shines a light on all-Black Detroit protopunk act Death • The Secret Lives of The Dropkick Murphys by Tripp Underwood (The Unseen) • Sebastien Grainger • Against Me!, New Pornographers, Papa Roach join Rock Band 2 • Off With Their Heads: "Before I Grow Too Old (Silver and Gold)" (Joe Strummer) • Hella plan new album as duo • Defiance, Ohio launch donation site for "Songs for the Icarus Project 1" • Friday, March 13 2009 • Shinobu release "Strange Spring Air" • Sum 41 post trailer for greatest hits comp. • Coalesce plan June release • Goes Cube announce "Another Day Has Passed" • Thursday performs on "The Daily Habit" • Nations Afire (Rise Against, Ignite) post new music • The Menzingers - "They speak of my drinking but never of my thirst" .         Rolling Stone • Rolling Stone’s Top Stories • Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily • Random Notes: Phish, Britney Spears, Allman Brothers and the Week in Rock • Comment of the Week: Cheap Trick Make Our Readers Do Strange Things • Dhani Harrison’s thenewno2 Live at Rolling Stone: Up Close With the Beatle Progeny’s Band • Talk Show Flashback: Soundgarden. Seattle. 1989. • Weekend Rock List: Animal Bands • Exclusive Premiere: Neil Young’s Video for “Light a Candle” • Chris Cornell Quotes Scripture, Responds to Trent Reznor’s Twitter Slam • Last Night at the Beacon With the Allman Brothers … Phish Edition .         SleazeRoxx.com Tesla Release Video For "Fallin' Apart" Tesla have released the second video from their 2008 'Forever More' album. - more Slash To Do Guitar Work On Led Zeppelin Cover Former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash issued the following statement explaining what he is currently working on. - more Bangalore Choir Singer Posts New Song Sample Online Bangalore Choir singer David Reece, who once replaced Udo Dirkschneider in Accept, has posted another sample from his upcoming solo album. - more Impellitteri Posts Video For "Last Of A Dying Breed" Impellitteri has posted the world premiere of their second music video titled "Last of A Dying Breed". - more Feds Demand Prison For Guns N' Roses Uploader Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are pursuing a 6-month prison term for a Los Angeles man - more Doro's Johnny Dee To Be Part Of Perfect Timing Roundtable This Wednesday This week on Purrfect Timing we're talking "bad boys of rock" and for our special roundtable I brought in two great guys - more Lillian Axe Wants Fans To Request Their Favorite Classics Lillian Axe is requesting your 10 favorite classic Lillian Axe songs that you want to hear the band play live on their upcoming "Sad Day on Planet Earth World Tour." - more Steven Adler Says Axl Rose "Likes To Blame People" The phrase "Appetite for Destruction" once seemed to apply to Steven Adler. - more Cats In Boots And Helix Get CDs Reissued ock Candy Records have announced their latest reissues - more Sunstorm And Joe Lynn Turner Releasing 'House Of Dreams' In April Frontiers Records is proud to announce the release for the second SUNSTORM album, House of Dreams. - more Johnny Burning Cover Robert Palmer Classic Johnny Burning has posted a brand new track, a cover version of Robert Palmer's classic "Addicted To Love" - more Cirkus Release Video For "Trashy" The wait is over. Swedish rockers Cirkus are more than happy to present the first video from the Let the Madness Begin album. - more Motley Crue FanCam Is Calling On All Die Hards This Monday, March 16th, Motley Crue will be rocking MSG the only way they can: hard! - more UFO, Tyketto And Journey Confirmed For Sweden Rock 2009 Journey, UFO, Tyketto and Tank confirmed! Time to proudly present another 4 bands confirmed for Sweden Rock Festival 2009. - more Poison's Bret Michaels Pens Tell-All Book Poison frontman Bret Michaels promises to tell all when he publishes his autobiography, "Roses and Thorns: The Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy to My Reality" in June. - more .         Yahoo Music Bozo the Clown creator Alan Livingston dies at 91 (AP) AP - Alan W. Livingston, the music executive who created Bozo the Clown and signed the Beatles during his tenure as president of Capitol Records, has died. He was 91. - more Stars flock to Australian wildfire benefit concert (AP) AP - Grammy-winning British rockers Coldplay and the recently reunited Midnight Oil rallied huge crowds Saturday for benefit concerts to raise funds for victims of Australia's deadly wildfires. - more Australian stars line up for bushfire victims (Reuters) - more Tenor Philip Webb makes surprise Met debut (AP) - more New Orleans musician rebounds, opens "Gate" (Reuters) - more Nelly Furtado takes indie route to launch label (Reuters) - more A-Z of Aussie musicians unite for bushfires benefit (Reuters) - more Feelies, Melvins, Jesus Lizard join New York fest (Reuters) - more Bluegrass "Brothers" Daily & Vincent ready new CD (Reuters) - more Reinvigorated, lip-synching Spears wows N.Y. fans (Reuters) Reuters - Britney Spears must make other pop singers angry. - more Slimmed-down singer Mandisa sings of "Freedom" (Reuters) - more Kid Rock ready to roll again with new songs (Reuters) - more Ryan Adams weds Mandy Moore in secret ceremony (Yahoo! Music) - more Jessica Simpson: Run Away From Abusive Men (E! Online) E! Online - First Oprah and Tyra. Now it's Jessica's turn. - more Fatboy Slim goes into rehab (Yahoo! Music) - more .         BBC Entertainment Warrant issued for Lohan's arrest An arrest warrant is issued for actress Lindsay Lohan, according to a statement released by Beverly Hills police. - more Webb dances to Comic Relief title Comedian Robert Webb wins charity show Let's Dance For Comic Relief with his leotard-clad performance of What A Feeling. - more Shetty flying in to visit Goody Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is planning to visit terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody at her home in Essex. - more Australia hosts bushfire benefit Australia's biggest music stars are joined by international bands for a charity concert for victims of recent natural disasters. - more Stars celebrate Minghella's work Actors Jude Law and Alan Rickman join film producer Lord Puttnam at the launch of a weekend-long memorial event for director Anthony Minghella. - more Clooney cameo boosts ER ratings Actor George Clooney's brief return to US TV in medical series ER gave the show its highest ratings in two years. - more YouTube music video row heats up UK Music boss Feargal Sharkey accuses YouTube of trying to "bully" songwriters in a growing row over pay for music videos. - more Michael Jackson tickets sell out Tickets for Michael Jackson's 50-date residency at London's O2 arena sell out in a morning, organisers confirm. - more O'Grady and Carr join BBC Radio 2 Comedians Paul O'Grady and Alan Carr are to join BBC Radio 2 in a revamp of its weekend schedule. - more Portrait of Kids Company charity founder is unveiled A portrait of charity founder Camila Batmanghelidjh goes on display at the National Portrait Gallery. - more Northern opera base 'needs cash' Millions of extra pounds of investment is needed if plans for a northern base for the Royal Opera House are to be realised, a report has concluded. - more Heathers gets musical treatment Heathers, the film which made Christian Slater and Winona Ryder into Hollywood stars, is to be made into a musical. - more Archive lifts lid on Graham Swift The British Library acquires the archive of the Booker Prize-winning novelist Graham Swift. - more Pricier than a speeding bullet: rare Superman comic fetches £227,000 A rare copy of the first Superman comic, dating from 1938, sells at auction for $317,200 (£227,000). - more Defence rests in Spector retrial Phil Spector's defence lawyer has rested his case during the producer's re-trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. - more .         AngryApe Lil Mama 'I Would Definitely Work With Chris Brown' Miley Cyrus Mistaken For 40 Year Old Zac Efron Denies Proposing To Vanessa Hudgens Katy Perry 'The Media Brings Everybody Down' Carrie Underwood Returns To American Idol Selena Gomez 'Britney Is Someone To Look Up To' The Maccabees Reveal Wall Of Arms Details Taylor Swift Will 'Get Revenge On Bad Boyfriends' Mandy Moore 'Giddy' At Wedding Ceremony Hayden Panettiere Denies Shouting At Reporters The-Dream Wants To Make An Album With Kanye West Video: New Found Glory - Listen To Your Friends Jonas Brothers To Launch JONAS Clothing Brand Miley Cyrus 'Not Moving In With Justin Gaston' Video: Groove Armada - Drop The Tough