Them Crooked Vultures, a long-rumored collaboration between Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, Foo Fighter Dave Grohl and former Led Zeppelin multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones, is set to stage its first ever show at the celebrated rock club Metro.

Aberdeen city officials are upset about the quote that says, "Drugs are bad for you. They will f--- you up." The marker contains the full F-word.

The former Guns N' Roses drummer was in a Los Angeles Superior Court to hear the good news from Commissioner Donald Kennedy.

HeadbangerNYC.com has this interesting tidbit in their RUMOR MILL: 28-year-old Greek guitarist Gus G. (Firewind) has been tapped to play with Ozzy Osbourne

Down has reportedly tapped Danny Theriot of Metairie, Louisiana to fill in on bass for the band's current North American tour, which kicked off Monday night (August 3) at Beaumont Club in Kansas City, Kansas.more

As expected, Paul McCartney has dismissed the claims of one of those infamous unnamed sources that the UK tabloids seem to pull out of their TMZs. The "source" claimed that the former Beatles was planning on retiring. According to Jam!, McCartney addressed the report with the following, "All I can say is that I'm not retiring. It's like 'Paul is dead'. 'No, I'm not,' is all I could say. I did talk about retirement in one sentence in one story and only to say 'No way, Jose.' But someone must have only read part of that one sentence. " more

That's McCartney, how about some Lennon news?: Sam Taylor-Wood's "Nowhere Boy," which centers on the early life and times of John Lennon, will signal the end of this year's Times BFI London Film Festival, organizers said Monday. more

Jack White is set to release a new solo single titled 'Fly Farm Blues' later this month. The tune is set to be released August 11 as a special vinyl 7-inch single by Nashville's Third Man Records as well as digitally via US iTunes. more

Jason Mraz is planning to film one of his 2009 shows for an eventual DVD release, while he has begun writing for his next release.more

Mnemic have selected producer Tue Madsen (The Haunted) to produce their upcoming Nuclear Blast Records release.more

King has parted ways with Equal Vision Records. The group, which features Jason Hale of Chiodos, signed with the label last winter. The band has issued the following: "We are f**kin' excited to announce we have dropped from Equal Vision Records. We don't have any fake ass reason like 'creative differences' as an explanation here. We're just done." more

This week's episode of Parlour to Parlour spotlights the Bay Area trio The Aimless Never Miss, led by singer/guitarist/songwriter Jonny Latimer. Check it out here.

Drake will need six to 10 weeks of recovery time from surgery on his torn ACL, reports Rolling Stone. more

Atreyu and Hollywood Undead will hit the road together this fall for a U.S. tour.more

Snoop Dogg is set to guest on the 10th anniversary of the TV game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' . The rapper is one of several celebrities who will take part in the TV special, which will run over two weeks. more

"Weird Al" Parodies The White Stripes, Charles Nelson Reilly here

Woodstock promoter Michael Lang has reportedly abandoned plans for a free 40th anniversary gig after failing to find funding more

Mob Rules will release their sixth album, "Radical Peace", in November via AFM Records.more

The Dethklok and Mastodon tour will kick off on October 2 in Portland, Ore. and bring mayhem and destruction to local venues throughout the nation.

Universal Music will distribute the record internationally. Backspacer will be available digitally at the iTunes Music Store and via the band's website.

NHOR : Hendrix was a big fan of the original Santana band. Did you ever meet Jimi? Gregg Rolie : I have a great story about Hendrix. I never really met him, but when we went to go play Woodstock, I was in our truck, and I went swimming every day at this waterhole. I was coming back from it, in our truck, and I got behind somebody in a Corvette doing about 15 miles per hour. I couldn't believe it, and it was on a winding road in Upstate New York. I was honking my horn, and I was really angry. I went by, and looked over, and it was Hendrix. I'm honking and flipping him off, and I went, "Oh my God!" I just kept on going. I'll never forget that. I was like, "Man, he can't drive". (Laughs)

The album's first single, "Mind Control," is currently #34 on the Mediabase Active Rock chart, garnering spins on over 50 radio stations nationwide including, WRIF/Detroit, WRAT/New Jersey, WIIL/Chicago, WCCC/Hartford, WIYY/Baltimore, and Sirius XM's "Octane" channel. The Mason Dixon-directed video for the track also makes its world premiere today, all day, as part of MTV2's "UNLEASHED" program.

Having already established themselves as the new sound of rock music in Europe and Australia, the band's focus on our fair shores is not to be ignored! Their live chops are unquestionable having played with the Rolling Stones, The Who and Aerosmith, throughout Europe, Japan and Australia.

Volume Two will be released digitally on all major digital platforms (iTunes, Amazon, etc.), with a limited print of 500 LPs in two separate colors.

The US run will be sponsored by BW&BK magazine and will kick off September 7 in Iowa, and conclude in Montreal on September 13. The tour will include stop at the famed ProgPower USA festival in Atlanta on September 10.