(antiMusic) Eleven people were killed in a stampede at a stadium in the Moroccan capital Rabat overnight when thousands of spectators hurried to leave at the end of a concert wrapping up the city's landmark music festival.moreApparently some online rat is impersonating Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy. His official Myspace page warns fans, "If your getting messages from Stephen Pearcy "Under My Skin" myspace IT IS NOT from Mr. Pearcy. We have been getting notices that this imposter is sending messages saying he's Mr. Pearcy, which he is NOT!". Mr Pearcy? How un-rock n' roll. more
Limp Bizkit are bringing their 'Unicorns N Rainbows' tour to Mandalay Bay Beach on Friday, July 10th to perform in their first North American concert in eight years as a part of the UFC 100 weekend.more
The Beastie Boys have finished their new album, which they have dubbed "Hot Sauce Committee."more
A former drummer for Billy Joel claims the Grammy Award-winning singer of hits including "Uptown Girl" and "Movin' Out" has stiffed him out of royalties for years.more
God Dethroned will be promoting their album 'Passiondale' (based on World War I) with a whole tour of the Balkans, which will begin a massive World tour.more
Selfish C**t, fronted by Martin Tomlinson, are set to open for reunited Faith No More at their first show (sold out) of the tour -10 June at Brixton Academy in London. We received this bit of hype about the band, "Selfish C**t are probably the most exciting and controversial UK band in 2009. They smashed up Snow Patrol's equipment! Their singer threw horsesh*t at Pete Doherty in front of Buckingham Palace!"
1990s have cancelled their upcoming tour. According to the group, all U.S. and Canadian dates scheduled to begin later this month are a no-go "due to some unforeseen circumstances."more
Glastonbury Goes To 11: Status Quo, Tom Jones, Franz Ferdinand and Spinal Tap are among the diverse acts revealed in the final line-up for this year's Glastonbury Festival. They will join previously announced headliners Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young at the Somerset event. more
Atheist and Obscura will team up for a handful of August shows in Europemore
As from Saturday the 17th of May, Darren Goulding is no longer associated with Aeturnus Dominion. Until a new frontman has been secured, vocal duties will be shared among the current members.more
Obliterhate shuffle: Due to Derrick Ramirez's (Dragonlord / Ex-Testament) unavoidable hectic schedule, Terry Butler (Six Feet Under / Ex-Death / Ex-Massacre) will join the ranks of Obliterhate and has recently laid down all the bass tracks at John and Donald Tardy's (Obituary) Redneck Studios for the upcoming debut album Blessing In Disgust.more
T.I. told fans he would stay optimistic when he heads to prison on a federal weapons conviction. The 28-year-old rapper performed for a packed audience Sunday night in Atlanta's Philips Arena less than two days before he is to begin serving the sentence of a year and a day. more
The Autumn Offering, Threat Signal, The Agonist, and Sybreed will be touring together this summer.dates
Massachusetts hardcore/metal band Ligeia has reportedly broken up. The group was formed in 2003 and had released two albums with Ferret Music prior to parting ways with the label earlier this year.more
Night Of The Vinyl Dead have released My Dying Bride's The Dreadful Hours on edition double vinyl, limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. more
Death Threat will release a new EP next month. The effort is titled "Lost At Sea" and will feature three new songs in addition to an Outburst cover.more
Set Your Goals have unveiled the title, track listing and album artwork for their upcoming full-length and debut for their new label, Epitaph. This Will Be the Death of Us and is due out July 21, 2009 and will follow up 2006's Mutiny!. Grab the artwork and tracklisting here
Marilyn Manson's new album 'The High End Of Low', will be in stores tomorrow, Tuesday, May 26th. We had hoped to bring you a review of the effort but his publicist obviously didn't think you were an important enough audience for him to bother with. That being said, you can preview the album for yourself right now on his Myspace.
Scarlet Johansson is continuing her foray into the music world by releasing a second album, which was recorded two years before her atrocious 2008 talking instead of singing debut.more
Former Crisis frontwoman Karyn Crisis is seeking musicians for her new solo band. Drummers, bassists and guitarists in the San Francisco Bay Area who think they are the right people for the project should send links to samples of their playing to karyncrisisband@gmail.com. more
Venom has announced the addition of drummer Dantι to the group's ranks. more
Trivia question of the day: Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen left the band shortly after the group recorded "Ten," he later went on to form a new group with two members of Blind Melon. What was the name of that band? a) Candlebox b) Temple of the Dog c) Unified Theory d) Hovercraft
The answer to yesterday's question: Slash once tried out for Poison
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