Newsted said he had modest expectations for his role in the group's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction on Saturday in Cleveland. "I just planned on going, looking good in my suit, hanging out with my family, going up and getting the award, making a nice speech...," he said. Then, last Thursday, he got a call from drummer Lars Ulrich that changed things.

Panama City Fox affiliate WPGX has decided not to air "Osbournes: Reloaded," which premieres Tuesday night after "American Idol." General Manager David Cavileer says the show does not fit with "community standards." Instead, the station will air an episode of "The Simpsons."

Content creators, the music industry and end users are now able to enjoy the ultimate audio quality experience with the same ease of use as the mp3 format. Users and content owners can organize their music library with the simplicity that they are used to with mp3 files. With the mp3HD format, the music industry can engage in user-friendly distribution of lossless music and audio files. The added file size required for lossless compression no longer being a limiting factor thanks to the continuous increase in Internet bandwidth capacity and file storage size.

Truth be told, Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls only wrote the words to Drop Me, which she dedicated to Roadrunner Records during a recent performance in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Rivers Cuomo of Weezer fame has announced plans to release a new CD/DVD titled Live At Fingerprints. Due out April 28, 2009, as the name implies, the release documents Cuomo's visit to Fingerprints Record Store and features live tracks performed by Rivers from Weezer and his solo albums.more

SideOneDummy Records has announced that Anti-Flag will be releasing their next album via the label. The record is titled The People or the Gun and is due out June 9, 2009. The record comes after the band finished their two-record contract with a major, RCA Records more

Former Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland has parted ways with Columbia Records after recording two solo albums for the label.more

MTV is currently launching a program called AMTV which will feature music videos between 3am and 9am. The network, which began in primordial times in this fashion, later changed their focus to retarded TVmore
2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the event, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based band Benjy Davis Project is confirmed to perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival again this year after a rousing set at the last two annual fests. The band is scheduled to appear the first weekend of the festival, with date and time as follows: Friday, April 24th Fairgrounds Race Course New Orleans, LA 12:45 p.m. set time (Gentilly Stage)
Music search engine Seeqpod has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of California, according to TechCrunchmore

After filling in as guest drummer on dates with TSOL Dave Raun of Lagwagon will be joining Black President full time replacing drummer Roy Mayorga.more

Rehasher, the skate/pop-punk side project from Roger of Less Than Jake has wrapped up recording and mixing for their second full length.more

Barely a shell of the 85-square-metre house originally in Seattle's Central Area neighbourhood remains on a lot across the street from where Hendrix was buried.

Doc Coyle further comments: "There have been a barrage of rumors and questions on whether or not Dallas has left God Forbid. It's true that Dallas has left the band. It's taken us a few days to confirm this definitely, and figure out what we were going to do considering the fact that we are starting a very important tour with LAMB OF GOD this week.

Produced by Serge Pizzorno and Dan the Automater (Gorillaz, DJ Shadow), it is a follow up to their second album Empire which debuted at #1 on the UK charts

But long before he began globetrotting, J.D. started out like most accomplished musicians, in the garage with a band and a bottle of Captain Morgan. Twenty-five years later, that same band has emerged as Cycle of Pain with an intense and diverse self titled hard rock album.

The Puerto Rico native and five-time All Star is a classically-trained musician who developed his love for playing guitar alongside baseball, while listening to salsa, merengue and 80's rock. Moving Forward embraces those early influences, while also reflecting a unique mixture of classical and jazz guitar topped-off with additional Latin rhythms. In conjunction with the album's release, Williams will give an April 18 concert (featuring very special guest artists) at New York's Nokia Theatre Tickets go on sale December 6 at 12 noon via TicketMaster and the Nokia Box Office.

"We got really lucky with having the material to make one movie," Cyrus said in an interview Monday. The film reveals Hannah Montana's identity to the world in a way Cyrus says is "very clever" and diminishes the chances of a sequel � but doesn't dampen the future of the popular Disney TV show.

The three friends, bound by Memphis and North Mississippi roots, will tour ahead of recording their debut album later this year. So far only two songs have been unveiled, both at the trio's MySpace page myspace.com/southmemphisstringband. So the April and May dates will be an opportunity for fans to get in on the ground floor.

What's up everyone, right now I am sitting on our tour bus in Phoenix, AZ on what is day 6 of the Music As A Weapon Tour with Disturbed, Killswitch Engage and Lacuna Coil. Also there is a second stage that includes our good buddy's Spineshank, Suicide Silence (on select dates) and more.

The crowds have been amazing! This is definitely a great way to start off a tour cycle. Also on April 21st our new record "The Infection" is going to be in stores so we are having fun playing a couple new songs every night. So far so good! Great bands, great friends, booze, and great times! This is one of many blogs I will be posting weekly so stay tuned for more news, debauchery, and crazy stories!