"I genuinely couldn't believe it, because it wasn't as if it was close� it was basically the same riff," says Newton in the Rolling Stone report. "Anyway, I called my publishers to check whether they knew anything � which, of course, they didn't � and then basically left it with them."

The epic track is entitled "The Day That Never Comes" and it's now available through iTunes and is streaming on the band's site.

"They just keep going, making more and more mistakes," Hagar said. "The reunion with Dave was the greatest thing they could have done, but why didn't they just keep Mike one more time?!

The new 411 has it that they will be performing the Led Zeppelin classic "Whole Lotta Love". We're not 100% sure of this info as it comes from a UK site that has a tendency to take tabloid reports and turn around and report them as hard news. The reported source of the information was musician Guy Pratt, who is said to have let the cat out of the bag on his blog.

A report in The Sun (August 21) suggests that the band's 'Viva La Vida..' sessions with producer Brian Eno had been so successful that they were now looking to rush-release a new album of already recorded material.

A source at the band's label EMI said: "The majority of the follow-up is already in the can, though they will have to go back into the studio at some point to add a few more songs."

Miley Cyrus wants fans to help her celebrate her Sweet 16 � for a little green. According to Entertainment Tonight, the teen queen � who earned $18.2 million last year � is selling a limited number of $250 tickets to her bash, set to take place at Disneyland. more

A scheduled U.S. court appearance on drug possession charges for Barenaked Ladies lead singer Steven Page has been delayed. Page's Buffalo-based lawyer, Mark Mahoney, says the singer's next court date is now slated for Oct. 14 more

Billy Idol Strips! The House Of Blues on the Sunset Strip will be transformed to the House Of Billy when legendary rocker Billy Idol ignites the venue with three special shows on Tuesday, September 16th, Wednesday, September 17th and Friday, September 19th. more

Celine Dion blinked away the first of many tears Thursday when she was presented with an honourary doctorate from Universite Laval that adds the title "Dr. Cealion " to her resume. What has happened to educational standard? more

Jessica Simpson Drinks Beer to Make Her Smart, Which Explains a Lot. Yes, marketing hits a brand new low. Read all about it here

Universal Music Group suffered a setback in its defense of a lawsuit over a YouTube takedown notice, when the presiding judge declined to dismiss the case. The ruling opens the door to how "fair use" may be taken into account before demanding a video be removed. The dispute focuses on UMG's request to remove a short video of a baby dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy." Billboard has all the details

The Allman Brothers Band is planning to use next year's engagement at New York's Beacon Theatre as the focal point for the group's 40th anniversary celebration.more

It Dies Today has cancelled its participation in the upcoming U.S. tour featuring Bury Your Dead and The Ghost Inside. According to a posting on the It Dies Today MySpace page, the group's guitarist, Mike Hatalak, "has four herniated discs in his back and some slight nerve damage, and won't be able to tour for a bit." more

The Kerrang! Awards were handed out this week. Some real headscratchers here, like with any awards, but we really love the idea of corporate sponsorship of specific awards that even goes so far to have a record label sponsoring one of them(a mallcore label at that) and shock... that label's artists win other awards! Check out the winners� here

Helloween is returning to North America on the Hellish Rock Tour with Gamma Ray. The tour kicks off on September 18th in Quebec, and will finish up on October 11th in Guadalajara, Mexico. more

Finck has served in numerous touring configurations of NIN, from tours supporting The Downward Spiral (1994-1997) to The Fragile (2000-2001). More recently, he played for Guns N Roses. Meldal-Johnsen previously performed with Beck for more than a decade and was a founding member of Ima Robot.

The album boasts some of the best from those sessions, featuring hilarious renditions of ZZ Top, Sublime, and Queen fare, and a tear jerking piano version of the dead pet lament "Canine Euthanasia." Plus there's exclusive new tracks � "Long Haired Lover" and "You're Not The Boss Of Me (Kick It)" � featuring Emmy-winning comedian Bob Odenkirk (AKA the Bob half of Mr. Show).

Guy died Wednesday morning at Saint James Hospital in Chicago Heights of complications from prostate cancer.

Now all you need is a marketable image, throwaway pop songs from generic songwriters, a producer that can work magic with AutoTune. Hell, you don't even need to have the ability to sing live, you can just lip-sync and claim that you do it because of all of your dancing. But what would happen if a major popstar's actual voice was captured during a concert and uploaded to the web?

Flouride spoke on his departure earlier this week. Guitarist East Bay Ray will form a new band with the Wynona Riders' Skip, who was singing for the Kennedys on their last two tours. While the band has not announced a formal breakup the did phrase their recent years in a retrospective light:

Today's misheard lyric is to Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" and the line "I want to f*ck you like an animal, You get me closer to god." That lyric has been misheard as "I want a duck shaped like a triangle, You give a toaster to Bob."

The band will give "Valerie Plame" its national television debut on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on November 3rd, the eve of the United States presidential election.

Brian Wilson's return to Capitol Records / EMI, where The Beach Boys caught their first hit wave with the 1962 classic, "Surfin' Safari/409," is a triumphant homecoming for one of the world's most gifted and beloved musical talents.

We wrote the song "Sugarbaby" in one day in the studio with these awesome dudes named Sam & Dave. We went in and they asked us if we had anything we wanted to write about, I took out my little notebook of ideas and the phrase "sugarbaby" was one of the things that stuck out. The vocal that I sang that first day is the vocal that is still on the released recording. I always enjoy writing about NYC hipsters, it provides endless hours of mockery. This is sort of a continuation of what "Nu Rock" was from the first album. It is poking fun at the typical downtown kid who come to the big city and tries to assimilate themselves by dressing "cool" and getting into the party scene all while their parents foot the bill for their education. Once their parent's are done footing the bill the kids have to find new ways live their life, so we figured the girl would get a sugardaddy.

At the same time, it is also sort of making fun of my upbringing in NYC because it is going through all of the places I have lived in NYC on the LES (lower east side) and the UES (upper east side). So I get to sing about all of the places that were my old stomping grounds. When we filmed the video it was like filming my life story, I got to go to all of the places I grew up around so it was pretty amazing to capture that on film.