Today's digest is a bit shorter than normal given the extended Day in Rock report but we begin with this sad news: The Warped Tour's stop in Kansas ended in tragedy when a man died after falling ill at the show, according to Ace Show Biz. The victim, Curtis Alan DeForest, a 26-year-old resident of Wichita, Kansas, was taken by ambulance to the Providence Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. moreSoul legend Aretha Franklin has cancelled shows after breaking two ribs in a fall at her US home, according to the BBC. The 68-year-old also suffered abdominal pain and has been advised by doctors to undergo further medical tests. more
P.O.D have been announced as the headlining act for the upcoming benefit concert for hospitalized Deftones bassist Chi Cheng. The event is taking place on August 14th, 2010 at the Fairplex in Pomona more
Rare live footage of David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails performing together has surfaced online and you can watch them play 'Hurt' on NME.com here
EMI have released a new Iron Maiden online game. BW&BK reports: Set en-route to the band's first intergalactic gig, The Final Frontier game extends the deep space concept of the album into a fun but feisty dodge-and-fight challenge over five levels. Fierce Space Pirates attack and destroy the band's cargo ship, scattering equipment across the galaxy! Piloting Ed Force One (a space shuttle version of the band's customized Boeing 757), players must retrieve enough cargo for Iron Maiden to perform the loudest gig in the Universe! more details. Play the game here
Metric will stage a free concert Wednesday evening beginning at 7 p.m. at Toronto's Union Station. more
Black Label Society frontman Zakk Wylde has announced a trio of special in-store appearance to sign copies of the new BLS album, Order Of The Black. The events will take place in Chicago, Manhattan, and Seattle. Details here
Chart Attack tells us: In another installment of crazy people doing crazy things because of their own craziness, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has banned all music in the country. more
Riot Fest has announced another round of confirmations. New additions include Cap'n Jazz, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Pennywise, The Bronx, Torche, Kylesa more
The bands with four words in their names tour! We Came As Romans will headline a Canadian tour this fall with support from In Fear and Faith and Upon A Burning Body. more
The Agonist has announced the addition of guitar player Paco Jobin to their current roster. more
Suffocation will tour North America this Fall with The Faceless, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Decrepit Birth, and Fleshgod Apocalypse. more
Lemuria's sophomore full-length, Pebble, is due out on November 9, 2010 more
Behemoth will be releasing their second-ever DVD titled Evangelia Heretika this fall more
Born on this day: 1901, Louis Armstrong, singer, bandleader, trumpeter. 1936, Elsberry Hobbs, singer, The Drifters. 1947, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream. 1947, Paul Layton, The New Seekers. On this day in music history in 1980, John Lennon began recording what would become his final album Double Fantasy at The Hit Factory, New York. In 1984, Prince started a 24-week run at the top of the US album charts with Purple Rain. It went on to sell over 10 million copies. more -
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