Anfield group Anathema were ready to perform a sold out gig in the capital Tunis when they were told they could not go ahead.

"Chinese Democracy" will be released in its entirety into the Rock Band Music Store on April 14 and gamers will be able to download and play all 13 songs from the record, Harmonix and MTV Games announced Friday. "Shackler's Revenge," the first track to emerge from the album, made its debut in the "Rock Band 2" release.

Green Day will appear at New York's Bowery Ballroom on May 18, just three days after the release of the band's hotly anticipated eighth studio album, "21st Century Breakdown," according to MTV Germany.more

Billy Bob Thornton's band has canceled the rest of its Canadian tour after the actor compared the country's fans to mashed potatoes with no gravy in a testy interview that caused a sensation online.more

Today's "Well Duh" report comes from Billboard.biz. Apparently Apple and the labels are finding out the hard way that raising prices leads to a drop in sales. A lesson Apple learned the hard way years ago with the Mac but must have forgotten when they agreed to a 30% hike in the prices of the most popular iTunes. Billboard says "Two days after the Apple iTunes Music Store raised prices on some individual tracks, there was evidence the increases have hurt the sales rankings of songs given the higher $1.29 price." more.

Randy Cain, a founding member of the soul group the Delfonics, which had such hits as "La La Means I Love You," has died. He was 63. Cain's death Thursday at his home in Maple Shade, N.J., was confirmed by investigator Rob O'Neal of the Burlington County medical examiner's office, who declined to release other details.more

The spring U.S. tour by The Dead may well be the first step towards turning the band into a recording entity again -- or at least that's what the surviving members of the Grateful Dead hope.more

When the New York Times asked Fleedwood Mac legend Stevie Nicks her thoughts about Lindsay Lohan possibly portraying her in a movie, Nicks responded, "Over my dead body." Find out why (It's not the obvious and assumed question of credibility) here

Manowar continues to make history with innovative ways for warriors from all corners of the globe to enjoy metal at its finest! Manowar is currently recording a song from their new album in 15 (and counting...) different languages!! more

Khanate will release a new (and final) album on May 26th via Hydra Head Records titled "Clean Hands Go Foul." Last active in 2006, the group includes James Plotkin (OLD) and Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O)))). The album has been made available on black, gold, and vanilla bean swirl vinylmore

Warpath's lead guitarist Pete Hawthorne has been indirectly involved with a motorbike accident, burning his left hand, which has forced the band to pull out of the up-coming Evile / Mutant tour, according to a band statement more

Antagonist has cancelled their upcoming tour with Fate. The band has issued the following: "The fact is, we have a broken down van, no trailer, and no money to fix any of these problems. We thought we'd have these problems resolved in time, but it just didn't work out that way.more

Maroon has announced the new dates for their visit to Russia. They will be playing on June 6th in St. Petersburg at Club Orlandina and June 7th in Moscow at Club Tochka. Both shows will be with Canadian death metal band Kataklysm.more

Early Man has backed out of their April tour dates with Valient Thorr due to injury. band statement

Amy Winehouse is reported to have declined an offer by Eminem to collaborate on a song for his new album 'Relapse'. A UK tabloid claims that the rapper wanted the troubled singer for his highly anticipated comeback record, for a similar track to his worldwide smash 'Stan' - which featured the vocals of Dido. more

Robbie Williams will not be rejoining Take That despite recent media speculation, Gary Barlow has said. "People constantly ask if Robbie will rejoin us but nothing has changed," said Barlow more

In Duff's interview he confirms that Velvet Revolver have NOT yet found a singer. He reveals that he has heard the new Alice In Chains album and calls it the best album of the past 10 years. He also discusses Slash's book and Loaded's new album.

The drummer made a guest appearance at the HMV London Forum on the last night of the band's UK tour - playing on a cover of his band's 1976 debut single 'New Rose', widely considered to be the UK's first punk release.

"Iron Maiden: Flight 666" is a revealing portrait of one of the world's most successful rock bands in an entertaining and inspirational account of their chaotic lives during the infamous 45-day world tour, "Somewhere Back in Time." Considered to be the most ambitious and adventurous tour in rock history, Maiden journeys through 13 countries on their own "magic carpet," a customized Boeing 757 airliner carrying the entire tour, including stage, crew, and twelve tons of equipment to 23 sold out shows in Asia, Australia and North, Central, and South America.

Frontman Alex Kapranos said a large Mexican chain wanted to use the song 'Bite Hard' from their current album 'Tonight: Franz Ferdinand', for an advertising campaign.

While brainstorming some ideas for our debut EP, The Static Seas, Dave was working on a song that was built around a catchy piano part that he had come up with. We were all really stoked on the song, but realized that we needed to rework some of its parts. We ended up scratching the piano, changing the key, and creating a more developed, upbeat rock song. Like most of the tracks on The Static Seas, Dave sat down and wrote most of its musical structure before any vocals were laid down.

I would have to say that the vocal melodies and lyrics of How To Feed A Skeleton came together relatively quickly. This song was written at a time when I was facing some difficult choices in my life and I was consumed with the realization that some of my closest of friends were falling quickly into a life of alcohol and drug abuse. How To Feed A Skeleton was written as an anthem for those who have decided to leave those "so called" friends behind and lead a much more fulfilling life.

We all decided that the best way to address this touchy subject was to just be completely straightforward and honest lyrically. The chorus hook, "And now I see you're too high to figure it out" was actually the first line that I had come up with for the song, so I decided that I would try and work the lyrics around that specific line. The title, How To Feed A Skeleton, is a poke fun at those people who are caught up in the trendy designer drug craze.