Natavia Lowery was sentenced to a prison term of 27 years and four months to life in the slaying of Linda Stein, who co-managed influential punk rockers the Ramones in their 1970s heyday and later became a real estate broker with clients including Madonna and Sting. more

ContactMusic says that Slipknot "Clown" Shawn Crahan is eyeing a move into politics after he was nominated to run for the position of Iowa governor [in] the state's upcoming elections. (He wasn't nominated; he did well in a newspaper poll.) Crahan has laughed off the prospect of running in the November (10) election, but admits the article has made him consider a career in politics in the future. more

The Ataris vocalist Kris Roe was recently in a car accident and as a result, the band has been forced to cancel their upcoming show in San Francisco. The band explained: Kris was in a bad car wreck this week. His car was totaled, front end completely smashed, roof rip opened. The person in front of him slammed on their brakes unexpectedly, he swerved out of the way to avoid hitting them, causing him to slam into a massive LED construction warning sign." more

Bret Michaels' sister Michelle had a positive update about this singer and said he is "definitely doing better and he was starting to walk a little bit." Calling into The Todd N Tyler Radio Empire show on Monday morning, Michelle said she last spoke to Bret on Saturday. more

Limp Bizkit are apparently hitting the road this summer and will include a run with Snoop Dogg beginning on July 11th in Atlanta. Dates are posted here

The Used have canceled all of their upcoming European tour dates after parting ways with their management team. The band was due to play a series of shows across the continent, including an appearance at Britain's Download festival in June, as well as shows in Russia. more

Porcupine Tree's Colin Edwin has produced an EP of material available for free download. Recorded at the same time as his Third Vessel album, the five songs didn't make the running order at that time. more

Stereophonics stormed offstage at a gig in Singapore after lead singer Kelly Jones was hit by a sandal. The band were performing at Fort Canning Park on Friday (April 30) when a fan hurled a flip-flop at Jones' face according to this report

You can check out Coheed and Cambria's new video for "Here We Are Juggernaut" the single from their Year of the Black Rainbow album, here.

Moby has announced the formation of a "heavy metal" band called Diamondsnake with Dave Hill (Valley Lodge), Phil Costello (Satanicide, Valley Lodge) and Tomato (The Sound Of Urchin).more

Elogy has just released a new video for their focus track "Beautiful," check it out here

Bruce Springsteen introduced Danny DeVito into New Jersey's Hall of Fame then the two teamed up to perform "Glory Days" in tribute to their home state. more

Sammy Hagar will add his name and fame to the Atlantic City beachfront Memorial Day weekend when he opens a branch of Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill at Bally's. more

In This Moment will be filming a cowboy themed video for the track "The Gun Show" in the Los Angeles, CA area on May 16th. The band are seeking extras to take part in it. Those interested in doing so can find more details here

Mike Patton Says New Faith No More Album Doesn't Seem To Be 'In The Cards Right Now' more

A new show in Long Island has been added to The Honda Civic Tour. more

Tracii Guns' L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat and John Corabi are teaming up for a North American tour this summer. More dates have been announced for The Triple Threat Tour more

Lamb Of God will release the "Hourglass" collections on June 1st, a career retrospective set that will be available in seven different configurations. More details and a song stream are up at MetalSucks

Video gaming site Kotaku received a survey from Activision "gauging interest in a Guitar Hero: Red Hot Chili Peppers concept." more

In addition to having just been announced as one of the second stage acts on Ozzfest 2010, Kataklysm frontman has been keeping busy with another business venture: opening a pizzeria. more

Framing Hanley are set to release A Promise to Burn on May 25th via Silent Majority Group. more

Less Than Jake has announced plans for two 'family and friends' shows in June, featuring the band playing alongside their side projects Rehasher and Coffee Project. more

Cruel Hand have unveiled plans to release their third album this summer. The record is titled Lock and Key and is due out July 27, 2010 via Bridge Nine. more

The son of the legendary DJ and new music champion John Peel has secured his own show on BBC 6 Music. BBC.com reports that Tom Ravenscroft, 30, will take over from Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson on 4 June with a three-hour Friday night slot. more

Speaking to the Associated Press, the former bassist said, "David (Gilmour) is completely disinterested in anything like that. After Live 8, I could have probably gone for doing some more stuff, but he's not interested, so it is what it is."

The potent rock lineup for the touring music and lifestyle jaunt also features performances from Jagermeister Second Stage headliners Hellyeah, as well as Airbourne, Hail The Villain, New Medicine and the Jagermeister Battle of The Bands Winner in each city.

The new dates kick off the second week of July and will culminate with a performance at Brooklyn's Prospect Park in August.

The band, scheduled for a World Tour in June, offered to help out after hearing about the mission of Bring Our Music Back INC, to promote healing through music and the arts.

The band has�beginning July 24 in Cleveland�which include headlining shows with The Morning Benders, The Whigs, and Nicole Atkins; dates with Kings of Leon; and a performance with The Flaming Lips in Canandaigua, NY.

There has been, over the years, a veritable mountain of debate, conjecture, written words and mythologizing about this most classic album. It has been the subject of books, of rumors, of innuendo, of stories that have only added to the Stones' legend. Now, for the first time, one can step back in time to the spring of 1971 and enter the villa called Nellcote at Villefranche-sur-Mer in the South of France where Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor created and recorded this most classic of albums in the most chaotic of circumstances.

This year's headliners are Hank III and Morningwood. Once again, the spectacular party will conclude with The Joey Ramone Birthday Bashers featuring Richie Ramone, Hank III, Walter Lure, Cheetah Chrome, JP Thunderbolt, Ed Stasium, Jean Beauvoir, George Tabb, Ivan Julian, Al Maddy, Walt Stack, Dave Merrill, Mickey Leigh & others.

He has enjoyed a career that spans 35 years, and has performed in front of millions. BBC Radio One placed Trout at number six on their Top 20 guitarists of all-time, offering tribute to a player whose place in history continues to become more significant as the years go on.

Hackett and company will tour in support of Steve Hackett's new album Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth, which hits streets in North America on June 8th via InsideOut Music. The release includes a special live bonus disc featuring solo and Genesis classics including Firth Of Fifth," "Fly On A Windshield" and more. Please see below for complete track listing and tour dates.

Currently, the group is wrapping up their first outing in 14 years, a sold out spring theatre tour run, since officially announcing their return to the stage with new frontman Rome.

You know what? I'm not. I don't know about talking, but I'm not sick of playing it. I understand it, I guess, in a way, that some of these bands� I think the bands that shy away from what made them attractive to people, I think those bands write their own exit strategy. Whereas, did Angus ever shy away from wearing his schoolboy outfit? No. Does he get sick of wearing it every night? I doubt it. Because it puts him in his mindset, and it puts him in his character � that is who he is. Does Gene Simmons get tired of putting on his makeup if there's a dollar to be made? Hell no! Does Iron Maiden regret that they have to have Eddie walking out onstage? Do they wish they hadn't of done that? Did they ever shy away from those things? They didn't. We never shied away from the chainsaw. It's part of what makes us who we are. Either somebody gets it, or they can get the f*** out of the way. There's going to be this guy that's going to prejudge us or write us off or whatever. They haven't taken time to come and understand that it's about just a true spirit of rock n' roll and having a good time. Is that same guy going to look at Kiss and go, "Why don't they take that stupid makeup off? Why won't Angus get rid of wearing that stupid little outfit?" Do they stand up in the middle of a movie and say, "Spider-Man is not real!" I mean do they really do that? I don't know.

I look back on the archive footage of when rock and roll was first invented. The footage where you see the news people asking the kids, "So what do you young people think about this new rock and roll music?" Have you ever seen any of that footage? Not one single kid back then said, "Oh, it's going to bring about world peace." "It's going to cure cancer." Nobody said that. If you went back in time and told those people that there's going to be a guy named Bono, and he's going to save the world� He's going to be in a band called U2, and he's going to save the world. Those kids would have went, "I don't give a damn. My glands are getting stimulated right now, and I want to hurry up and rock out and jump in the backseat with this girl I'm dancing with and knock out the old dirty-dirty." That's what rock and roll was built on. If you forget that, then you're just missing out.

With tracklistings personally selected by Steve Winwood from his five decade career, Revolutions � The Very Best Of Steve Winwood will be available in two high quality formats: a single CD for the casual fan and a four CD deluxe box set including a 52 page book for the connoisseur, with sleevenotes by writer Dylan Jones. Also included in the four CD deluxe box set and single disc is a re-recorded version of "Spanish Dancer."

Nashville Pussy is currently out on the road with Green Jelly and Psychostick on the Parental Advisory Tour in support of their recent release "From Hell to Texas"

The video for "Waiting on the Western World" can be found on Napalm Records' YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/napalmrecords.

Eisley will be joined on most dates by fellow Tyler, Texas, band The Lion & The Sail, as well as singer-songwriter Christie DuPree (younger sister of Eisley's Chauntelle, Sherri, Stacy and Weston DuPree). See below for a list of dates.

Tropical ports and luxury cruise ship amenities are only part of the Jam Cruise experience. Ultimately, Jam Cruise is about celebrating the MUSIC and incredible community that comes together each year to share in this special musical experience. Jam Cruise 9 returns with as strong and eclectic a lineup as ever.

The week-long national celebration is part of the NAMM Wanna Play? public awareness campaign, which recognizes the vital role which music and music education play in people's lives, and how recreational music making can directly impact the health and social well being of people in all stages of life.