The unidentified 17-year-old died overnight after apparently swallowing three ecstasy tablets outside the sold-out event, held Sunday at the Claremont Showground.

The singer, who recently suffered the tragic loss of three members of her family in a triple-shooting, sang the national anthem at the opening of the game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and producer Ricky Minor says miming was the "right way to do it."

The long-awaited Phish tour was the first rest test for Live Nation's online ticket site, and depending on who you listen to, it was either a success or a disaster. "[The demand] overwhelmed the system for a minute," a Live Nation spokesman told Rolling Stone, who added, "We sold all the tickets to all the shows. At the end of the day, it was successful."

"We got together last fall" says Sheehan. "It was just one of those things, the timing was right. We played a gig at the House Of Blues in LA and we smoked the joint. Afterwards, we all kind of looked at one another and were like, 'OK, that was cool...Now what?"

Tucson-based KVOA-TV said it was "dismayed and disappointed" after some cable viewers had their match coverage disrupted towards the end of the game.

Lily Allen and Bruce Springsteen were the new champions on the U.K. singles and album charts yesterday (Feb. 1). Allen's "The Fear" (EMI) debuted atop the singles chart, while Springsteen's "Working on a Dream" (Columbia) entered the album survey at No. 1more

Four major video game franchise titles with music tie-ins sparked a record year for US video and computer game software, representing more than 5% of the total 298 million units sold in 2008, according to the NPD Group that tracks sales at retail.more

Rob Zombie has announced that he's completed his upcoming studio album, but is delaying its release until he finishes directing the sequel film Halloween 2.more

3 Inches Of Blood's first album, "Battlecry Under a Wintersun", will be released in the U.S. on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 and in Canada on Tuesday, February 24, 2009.more

Astralwerks is releasing 'Heroes' on February 24th, a unique album of cover versions by artists such as The Kooks, Lily Allen, Duffy, Hot Chip , The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio and more conceived to benefit War Child, an award-winning humanitarian organization that provides relief to children in some of the worst war-ravaged parts of the globe. more

With his "Reflections" box set coming today (Feb. 3), Graham Nash is looking ahead to mining the past on a number of other projects -- including a new Crosby, Stills & Nash covers album the trio is making with producer Rick Rubin. more

Frank Zappa's two longest-running band members, Ike Willis and Ed Mann, and Mothers of Invention's original synth player, Don Preston, have united to faithfully recreate the live Zappa experience for an East Coast tour.more

According to the New York Post, guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen has been awarded $820,000 in damages after he was allegedly defrauded by his former accountant and manager.more

P.O.S's new record Never Better (Out today on Rhymesayers) is currently streaming in its entirety on MySpace

BreakThru Radio aired Mumiy Troll's first-ever live North American radio performance on Live Studio last week and the on-demand recording can be found here

Eyehategod will headline the fifth annual Los Angeles Murderfest, set to take place on May 9-10 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. more

New Nightwish release is out at March 2009. MCD was recorded during still continuing "Dark Passion Play World Tour". Release will include also bonus-DVD with material from Israel to South-America, directed by Ville Lipi�inen. more [This came from an official announcement]

Animal Collective have announced that they are rescheduling two sold-out Los Angeles shows that they cancelled in January due to the lead singer's illness. The shows have been rescheduled for February 26 and 27 more

Bon Jovi and 12 others � including NBA star Shaquille O'Neal and civil rights activist Paul Robeson � were named to the New Jersey Hall of Fame on Monday. The honor is meant to highlight positive contributions made to a state often stereotyped as a land of corrupt politicians, belching refineries and gangsters.

The gimmick for "Live From the Artist's Den" is placing musicians in unusual venues. Ani DiFranco is captured at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and The Hold Steady perform at a former bank in New York.