Rock out to over 130 on-disc tracks in two games on September 1 by pre-ordering Guitar Hero 5 now at your local retailer or at http://gh5.guitarhero.com/preorder.php and picking up your copy in September, or by buying specially marked copies of the game at any retailer anytime during the month of September, and take advantage of this limited time offer.

This was announced on Tuesday (August 11) by Storm Lion and its Los Angeles conference at The Arts House in Old Parliament Lane in Singapore.

"We were thinking about adding piano to the track and a friend suggested we call Elton," recalls guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell. "I remember laughing and saying, 'Yeah, I'll get right on that.' But I decided it was worth trying and wrote Elton an email explaining what that song means to us�that it's a real, raw openhearted song for Layne. We sent him the track and got a call shortly after saying he thought it was beautiful and that he wanted to play on it. We were blown away. Elton John is a huge influence on me as a songwriter and having him on that song is an amazing honor for us."

The final installment in Heath Ledger's engrossing career, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, won't make it to U.S. theatres until Christmas, but you can score a peek at the trailer for director Terry Gilliam's hotly-anticipated film here. The film also stars Tom Waits who plays the Devil.

It appears that producer John Shanks has confirmed the title of Bon Jovi's upcoming record will be 'We Weren't Born To Follow'. It's due out on or around November 10th according to Tony K more

Nine Inch Nails has been forced to cancel their Taipei, Taiwan show on August 12. Due to "circumstances beyond their control," production and venue issues forced the promoter to cancel the band's performance at Nan-Kang 101. more

Soulfly has announced that they will be hitting the roads of the United States this Fall. Joining them on the tour will be Prong, Cattle Decapitation and Mutiny Within. Only a few dates have been confirmed so far, with more to be announced shortly. more

Candiria have released the first video in a series of promotional videos for their upcoming four-volume set of rarities of remixes, Toying With the Insanities. The first installment of the promotional series, which contains a sneak peak at a remixed track, can be viewed here.

To celebrate Silversun Pickups' headlining tour dates this summer, Dangerbird Records is giving fans a chance to win tickets to every tour date from the label's Twitter account (@dangerbird). To enter to win, fans should simply follow @dangerbird and Tweet in photos inspired by some of the band's best lyrics. For example, via @dangerbird: Win tix to SSPU Edmonton: tweet @ us with a photo inspired by the lyric "I swear any moment you will hear my spirit explode" #SSPUtix * Find each city's assigned lyric and full instructions here

Buckcherry are keeping things busy this fall by releasing an enhanced version of Black Butterfly on September 8, a live album, Live & Loud 2009, on September 29, and embarking on a tour with KISS.more

A finalist in MTV's Best Bay Area Breakout Awards, The New Up will release the EP, Better Off, next Tuesday, August 18th

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play Born To Run in its entirety in Chicago on September 20 as expected, but the band has also revealed they will play the whole album in order on November 18 in Nashville.more

The folks that brought us yesterday's Liskfest "rumor" now says, NOFX, Rise Against and Underoath are not confirmed or rumored to be playing Liskfest 2.0. Sorry about that, we'll refrain from using info from this PR firm in the future.

Monday night, at an impromptu gig at a New York City bar, Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie had a simple message for fans worried about the band's recent personnel shifts: "Don't Stop Believin'! when he jammed the Journey hit. more

Hardcore/metal crossover pioneers D.R.I. will return to the stage in November. The group has been on hiatus for several years now, having played their previous North American show in September of 2004. Further touring plans were sidelined when founding member Spike Cassidy was diagnosed with colon cancer, which he has been fighting since (and is doing well) more

Ozzy Osbourne and Ace Frehley made surprise appearances with Camp Freddy, the Los Angeles-based "jam" group featuring Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers), Billy Morrison (ex-The Cult, Circus Diablo), Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver, ex-Guns N' Roses), Donovan Leitch (son of legendary folk singer Donovan), and Chris Chaney (ex-Jane's Addiction, Alanis Morrisette), during the August 1 ESPN/X-Games party at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California. more including video

Used Kids have offered up their new full length Yeah No available for download via If You Make It. The download is free but the band is asking fans to throw them a donation if they enjoy the music. more

Kittie has announced that they will be joined on their forthcoming tour of North America by SOiL, Arkaea and Straight Line Stitch. The tour is to support Kittie's forthcoming new studio album, "In The Black" which will be released on September 15th through E1 Records. more

For the 3 or 4 people who might care: Former Britny Fox frontman "Dizzy" Dean Davidson will release a new studio album, entitled "Sermons Of The American Tabloid", in late 2009/early 2010 via Greenplanet Records.more

The Aussie rocker is suffering from dehydration and severe low blood pressure and is being held in hospital for a second day awaiting test results.

Fans can now pre-order any version of Joy at the band's online store, Phish Dry Goods (http://drygoods.phish.com/). Those who pre-order the vinyl or the Joy Box will receive a free MP3 download of Joy on September 8th. And fans pre-ordering any configuration at Phish Dry Goods will automatically be entered to win a travel package for two (including air fare, hotel and tickets) to Phish's Festival 8, which will take place October 30th, 31st and November 1st at The Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. Phish will play eight sets - including a Halloween performance wherein the band dons a "musical costume," performing an album by another band - during the three-day celebration, which, as its name implies, is the band's eighth festival. As with previous Phish festivals, fans will enjoy on-site camping, numerous attractions and art installations. For ticket information and additional details about Festival 8, visit http://www.phish.com/festival8/.

Well, it's happening. Samantha Fox plans on marrying her long time partner/manager Myra Stratton.

Those Morrissey collections, coming this fall from EMI/HMV/Parlophone, are titled The 7" Singles '88-'91 and The HMV/Parlophone Singles '91-'95.

In a post on his MySpace blog, guitarist McCabe told fans: "The Verve seems to be on holiday and shows no sign of not being on holiday. I've been hesitant to breach Official Secrets-style policy with any missives from the, well, from any front, basically. Don't ask me anything about the big V".

He didn't punch bandmates or anything. Sandoval was fired because he wasn't able to play the drum parts for the band's new songs.

To hold curious and eager fans over, Dangerbird Records is offering a taste of the cinematic journey that Sea Wolf's music undeniably possesses with the free download, "Stanislaus".

A featured bonus track on the vinyl version of the record, "Stanislaus", continues in the melodic tradition that remains Alex Brown Church's signature.

Vocalist Mike Stacy: "Slave was really a song that re-defined the sound of our music. Johnny and I had been playing together since 2001 in a band called Subtitle. I don't know if there was an ex out there somewhere with a voodoo doll or just karma but Subtitle was a cursed band. We must have gone through half a dozen drummers, a handful or bass players, and a second guitarist over a five year period. Then just when things were rolling I managed to fall off a fence and take a concrete post in the throat. I lost my voice for a month and I couldn't sing for almost a year. Once again our band fell apart in that time. Amazingly, Johnny never gave up on the fact that I was his singer and I would be back and sure enough about 9 months later we were writing again. Slave came out of those first sessions and it really was the defining song of our sound in Edgewise.

The song itself is about being a Slave to the technology of our world. A lot of people think it's a relationship song but this one isn't meant to be. It's about how technology connects us in more ways than ever and yet I think we all feel somehow more alone and isolated than in the past. People would rather poke you on Facebook or send you a text than drop by and talk. We're all slaves to our cell phones, the Internet, and the next new thing that we have to buy. The song's aggression comes from being pissed off about it all. The lyrics reflect the frustration of being tied to cell phones and PDAs and wanting to throw it out the window but being unable to because everyone else is also tied to them. You simply couldn't function in our world without technology anymore. If you listen to the lyrics with this in mind you will come away with a different impression of the song. Things like the line "Come to me, to come undone" is saying let's interact like humans again and undo ourselves from this web of technology or in the bridge "See I belong, it's wasted" we're saying yea you are connected and in touch with everyone but you're sitting at your computer alone aren't you."

Guitarist Johnny Peralta: "The song is basically about being a slave to technology. Every time a person's cell phone rings, guaranteed there are at least 20 people around that person who reach for their cell phones. People can't leave the house without them.

It's funny, we recorded Slave a couple years ago but never really released it until this year. Now that we have it's causing a bit of a stir for us. The song was selected for the Sponsored Songs program, made possible by Microsoft Windows, and has been downloaded over 1000 times now for free. We've also been asked to do a music video for the track which is currently in the works."

For anyone who would like to download Slave for free you can find it here