The Day in Rock Digest for 2/8/11: Avenged Sevenfold will tour with Sevendust this spring according to an interview Sevendust's Morgan Rose did with Hartford's The Rock 106.9 WCCC. moreKorn frontman Jonathan Davis has released a limited-edition DVD/CD of his June 16, 2008 solo concert at the Union Chapel, Islington in London, England. There are only 750 numbered digipacks with a CD and DVD available and just 500 numbered box sets. more
Explore Music had this about the new Foo Fighters single: "Rope" will be delivered to radio stations at 7am ET on February 23rd. So what does it sound like? In a word, Rush. The interplay between guitars, bass and drums could be an instrumental bit from A Farewell to Kings or bits of "La Villa Strangiato" from Hemispheres, complete with multi-park drum breaks and quick shifts in time signature. Check out a video of the song here.
Mike Myers and Dana Carvey recently put back on their wigs in their reunion of their immortal Wayne's World sketch for SNL – a (slightly) updated sketch about this year's Oscar picks. Sure, you can find millions of websites bringing you their picks on the best movies of 2010, but how may of them are brought you to by Wayne Cambell and Garth Algar? Check it out here
Down — the band featuring Corrosion Of Conformity guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod, Superjoint Ritual guitarist), bassist Rex Brown (ex-Pantera), guitarist Kirk Windstein (Crowbar), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (Superjoint Ritual, ex-Pantera) — has scheduled a string of US dates this Spring. more
Is Jon Bon Jovi planning to buy a piece of the Atlanta Falcons? ESPN reported the rumor over the weekend, and now it appears the Jersey rocker is interested in purchasing 15 percent of the team for $150 million. more
Foo Fighters, Death Cab For Cutie and Modest Mouse have been announced as headliners of the 2011 Sasquatch! Festival more
After a year-long respite, TV on the Radio is set to return with a new album. "Nine Types of Light" will be released this spring on Interscope Records more
Ginger Fish (Marilyn Manson) has a temp gig. Rob Zombie announced, " Ginger is helping us out with some warm up gigs before we rejoin with Joey Jordison over in England for our next tour." more
Wizard will release its ninth studio album, "...Of Wariwulfs And Bluotvarwes", on March 25 on CD and limited-edition vinyl via Massacre Records. more
Caliban has announced plans to record an album of cover songs this month. more
Former Korn star Brian 'Head' Welch has ruled out a return to the rock band, urging his ex-bandmates to permanently replace him. more
Primus have announced their first UK shows for 14 years, plus plans to release a new album. The California funk rockers last played the UK in June 1997, but will return this summer to play two gigs. more
Another batch of bands have been confirmed for the 2011 edition of Krazy Fest. This past weekend, the promoters confirmed Cave In, Make Do and Mend, Lemuria more
My Dying Bride have scheduled some 20th-anniversary tour dates in the UK more
Autopsy, has stepped back into the Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA to begin recording its first full-length album since 1995's, Shitfun, entitled, Macabre Eternal. The forthcoming record will be released in early June 2011 on Peaceville Records. more
Judas Priest will headline this year's edition of the Metal Hammer Festival, set to take place August 10 at Spodek in Katowice, Poland. Also scheduled to appear are Polish death metal veterans Vader. more
On this day in 1975, Bob Dylan went to No.1 on the US album chart with Blood On The Tracks his second U.S. #1 album.
On this day in 2005, Keith Knudson drummer with The Doobie Brothers died of pneumonia aged 56. Scored the 1979 U.S. #1 single "What A Fool Believes" and 1993 U.K #7 single "Long Train Runnin.'" Find out what else happened on this date in music history here