(antiMusic) All month, Rhino Records is celebrating Zeptember. Check out Rhino's Twitter profile, they're giving away free Led Zeppelin music everyday. But it looks like you gotta know your Zeppelin trivia to get the free goods. Try your luck here According to Norway's Fζdrelandsvennen, guitar legend Slash (Velvet Revolver, ex-Guns N' Roses) was paid 10 million Norwegian kroner (approximately $1.65 million US) for his headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart Festival that was held on June 30th in Kristiansand, Norway. In comparison, DAVID BOWIE was paid 1.2 million Norwegian kroner (approximately $198,000 US) in 2002 for his appearance at the festival. How very ironic. more
Rush could be back on the road with a new album in 2010. The trio would love to work again with Nick Raskulinecz, who co-produced the last studio album, Snakes & Arrows, but he'll have to hang on a bit longer. more
Keith Richards says he has been recording with Jack White, but the Rolling Stones guitarist refused to say too much about what exactly the two guitar greats have been working on. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Richards said they've "done a couple tracks" but wouldn't confirm rumors that White would produce a new Stones album.more
Former Stooges guitarist James Williamson was in the parking lot of his dentist's office earlier this year when he heard a familiar voice on his cellphone: Iggy Pop. "He asked me if I wanted to play guitar again," says Williamson, who hasn't performed a single gig since the Stooges dissolved in 1974. "I was about to take an early retirement from my job in Silicon Valley, so I figured 'What the hell, let's do it.' "more
TV on the Radio have announced that they'll be taking a year off. In an interview with MTV News, Adebimpe said that the band's recent appearance at San Francisco's Outside Lands festival would be the last time they perform for a bit. "This was the last show for us for a while," he said. "We've decided to take, well, the going theory is to take about a year off, because you have to go and live a life and change things up." more
Megadeth will perform on NBC-TV's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Thursday, September 17. (Note: The program will actually air the morning of Friday, September 18). Wanna check it out in person?
Lenny Kravitz has been added to the bill as a headliner at this year's Voodoo Experience festival in New Orleans, organizers announced Thursday (Sept. 3). more
Blindside fans can check out a new interview done in Las Vegas this past Saturday. Read it here
Anthrax, featuring vocalist John Bush (Anthrax's singer from 1992 to 2005), will perform at this year's installment of the Loud Park festival more
The Tracii Guns version of L.A. Guns - fronted by vocalist/guitarist Jizzy Pearl, with Tracii's son Jeremy on bass and Chad Stewart on drums - has issued their finalized 2009 tour schedule. Confirmed dates are here.
A full American Fall Pelican tour has been announced. The tour begins just days before the release of the band's upcoming Southern Lord Records debut, 'What We All Come To Need,' which comes out on October 27th. A variety of bands will be joining Pelican on the tour including labelmates Black Cobra for most of the dates more
Destruction has issued the following update: 'After Mikes broken bones last week in Belgium, the band has chosen a great replacement for the upcoming show in Portugal.' 'Our friend Ol Drake from Evile will step in and shred for Destruction at the Caos Emergente Festival in Portugal."more
Battle Of Mice (Neurot Recordings), the group featuring Julie Christmas (Made Out of Babies), Josh Graham (Neurosis, ex-Red Sparowes, A Storm of Light), Joel Hamilton (Book of Knots), Tony Maimone (Book of Knots, Pere Ubu), and Joe Tomino (Fugees, Dub Trio, Peeping Tom), has called it quits. more
Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was buried in a private ceremony Wednesday (September 2), according to US magazine. more
Teenage Rehab have confirmed a November 10th release date for their fourth full length Let's Be Enemies on Jailhouse Records. more
Frontiers Records will release Mr. Big's reunion live CD and DVD, entitled "Back To Budokan", on October 16 in Europe and October 27 in the USA. more -
