A statement from the city reads "There have been known disturbances associated with one of the bands, 'Fall Out Boy'. We anticipate that the concert will generate security challenges".

A representative for the superstar said Madonna suffered "minor injuries" after she fell while horseback riding in the Hamptons, a playground for the rich and famous on the eastern end of Long Island, N.Y.

The Stockholm district court sentenced Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Carl Lundstrom to one year each in prison.

The village recently approved a permit for the Music as a Weapon event, set to take place 2-6 p.m. May 17 at the Resch Center before a Disturbed concert later that night. Organizers say the event won't happen near the memorial, which sits on the corner of South Oneida Street and Armed Forces Drive, but some vets are wary the scene will mock the memorial.

The band got together in 1992 and released "Diary" in 1994, an album I discovered after Kurt Cobain killed himself and upon first listen I immediately fell in love with every song on the album. Unfortunately, after a few lineup changes and some reported struggles with its label, Sub Pop, the group disbanded in 2001.

On the fact that many people � including Adler � argue that his Guns N' Roses replacement Matt Sorum could never fill those shoes: "Yeah, I know that. And all the other guys know that. It's just Axl doesn't want to admit it. That's why the songs work � because of all five of us. 'Use Your Illusion' would have been bigger than 'Appetite For Destruction' if it was recorded the way the demo tapes sounded. But every record they did with less members sold less and less."

Coverdale said, "I am shocked, very disappointed and surprised by Mr. Turner's misleading and completely untrue observations he felt it necessary to discuss in a recent interview. Whatever his motives, they are disturbing, to say the least.

The German Voluntary Monitoring Organization of Entertainment Software (or, in the far more awesome original German, the "Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle") has posting a listing for Guitar Hero headlining Van Halen, for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Smashing Pumpkins auditioned possible replacements for Jimmy Chamberlin. According to the group's official website "Some of the candidates include John Dolmayan of System Of A Down and Frank Lenz, a past bandmate of guitarist Jeff Schroeder from The Lassie Foundation."more

KISS will appear on the cartoon series The Fairly OddParents airing on Nickelodeon. It's a three-part series, The Fairly OddParents: Wishology, beginning Friday, May 1st.more

Entwine's tour bus was burnt to the ground (see photo below) in �ht�ri Saturday morning (April 18). The driver sleeping in the top bunk of the bus barely managed to escape from the burning vehicle.more

Kid Rock, the Raconteurs and George Clinton were among the winners at the 18th Annual Detroit Music Awards, held Friday night at the Fillmore Detroit. The show also featured the first reunion in 40 years of Ted Nugent with the original members of the Amboy Dukes, who received a Distinguished Achievement Award.more

Reunited Brit-rockers Blur have announced a pair of small warm-up gigs to prepare for their massive outdoor reunion shows in the U.K. this summer.more

Christina Aguilera has never been the shy and retiring type and now the singer is said to be eyeing up her first movie lead role as a burlesque dancer.more

The 14-year-old son of rock singer John Mellencamp has won a division title in the Indiana Golden Gloves boxing tournament.more

Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails, Oasis, Lil Wayne and Coldplay are set to headline the 39th annual Roskilde Festival, to be held July 2-5 outside of Copenhagen, Denmark.more

Brazilian prog/power metallers Daydream XI recently finished the recordings of their debut EP, entitled "Humanity's Prologue", produced by the guitarist Renato Osorio (Magician, Scelerata, Fighterlord). An audio sample is available on the band's MySpace page

Threat Signal will be heading out on a short headlining tour this summer where they will be joined by The Agonist, Thy Will Be Done and Flatline. During the tour, the band will be playing new songs which will appear on a new studio album later this year.more

Reno, Nevada hardcore/metal band xAFBx (formerly xArmed For Battlex) recently broke up. The group has issued the following: "Due to a conflict of members we have decided to go our separate ways. We ARE in the works of booking a final European tour for our fans overseas."more

Infini was built from the final songs created by the band with Piggy. There were many discussions and ideas as to how to complete these recordings of songs that had never been actually performed with the whole band in one room. All of his original demo guitar tracks appear as they were recorded, no re-amping, no overdubs, just Piggy as he played the tracks he envisioned in his small bachelor apartment, the amp in the bathroom, capturing his performance with the laptop given to him by Jason Newsted.

These shows will feature Bonnie and Taj on stage alone and together. Bonnie, backed by her always-dazzling group, and Taj, with the six-piece, Grammy-winning Phantom Blues Band, will play full sets separately, before closing each night with a collaborative, blow-out performance.