The venue lists the show as "S*blime" and Bud Gaugh (of Sublime) notes: "VERY VERY special guests performing. Trust us, you will kick yourself in the ass with spiked steel-toe boots if you miss this show. "

Sarkozy has admitted using the song at the UMP party's national congress, but claims the lack of permission was a mistake and offered the band one euro as a gesture, reports BBC News.

Billboard's European Top 100 Albums chart gives Bruce Springsteen a fourth week at No. 1 with "Working On A Dream" (Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment), while Morrissey's "Years of Refusal" (Decca/Universal) makes a pan-European No. 2 debut. more

Guns N Roses have officially been confirmed for this years edition of Spain's Kobetasonik Festival which takes place in the city of Bilbao between June 19th and 20th. Also on the bill will be Motley Crue, Anthrax, Marilyn Manson, Trivium, Dragonforce, Hatebreed, Cradle Of Filth, Papa Roach, Devildriver, Gojira, God Forbid and more more

Pop singer Jewel says she injured her knees while rehearsing for "Dancing With the Stars" but plans to return to the dance floor as soon as she heals.more

Twista has brought his Get Money Gang Entertainment label to EMI Global Music Services. The first project under the new partnership is the rapper's sixth studio album, "Category F5." Preceding the album's June 16, 2009 release is the buzz track "Wetter," available for digital download on Feb. 24.

Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff said his company received a warning from AEG Live, the owner of 130 venues including the Staples Center in Los Angeles, that it may cancel its contract with Ticketmaster if it merges with Live Nation Entertainment Inc.more

Bill Wyman, the former arts editor of NPR and Salon.com, has blasted a Rolling Stone writer for basically rewriting a Chicago Sun Times article. more

The six-unit Virgin Megastore chain will close two more stores, the Union Square location in New York City at the end of May and the Market St. store in San Francisco at the end of April, sources say. more

Rich Tschirhart (The Suicide Machines, Hifi Handgrenades) and Nick Gigler (Mest, The Get Go) have united along with pals Chuck Vroom, Steve Kenzo, and Ben Wixson (Frank White) to form The A-Gangmore

Dragonforce will be back on US shores this spring to support last year's Ultra Beatdown. The band will embark on a month-long, headlining tour more

Christian rockers Stryper have confirmed a late July release date via Big 3 Records for their new album, Murder By Pride. more

The North Carolina Symphony has released its first commercial recording, but it's a jazz saxophonist, three-time Grammy winner Branford Marsalis, who gets top billing on the classical release.more

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was a guest on the "Happy Hour" show on Thursday (February 26) on the Fox Business network. During the segment Stanley confirmed to that he, Gene Simmons and the rest of KISS will enter the studio next week to grind out a new record for release this fall. watch the video

According to Stltoday.com, Sammy Hagar (ex-Van Halen) will be in the house at his Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill restaurant at Harrah's St. Louis on Friday, February 27th. He will address his fans, pour drinks, and hold a press conference beginning at noon Friday. more

Five more bands have been added to this year's edition of the Download Festival in Britain. Progressive metal act Dream Theater will be on the bill as will Canadian rockers Anvil and Buckcherry, Billy Talent and The Blackout. more

Altitude TV has posted video footage of Mark Slaughter, frontman of veteran rockers Slaughter, struggling to hit the high notes during a solo performance of the band's 1990 hit "Fly To The Angels" at the Gift of Music concert in Nashville on February 2. Watch it more and check out the original video for comparison.

Abigail Williams will apparently no longer be a part of Napalm Death's big tour of North America. Replacing them on the bill will be Coliseum. more

Cradle Of Filth, Moonspell and Turisas will team up for the Filthfest Tour 2009 in April/May.dates
Blur fans can expect to see the band play at this summer's Glastonbury Festival, Michael Eavis has said. "You can look forward to that yeah, but it's not officially announced yet," he said when asked if Blur were lined-up. more

With a satanic bible in the boot of their car and using a tourist guide to pilgrimage sites they selected holy places of worship where they claimed Catholic saints had raised ancient Celtic pagan monuments replacing them with Christian churches and chapels.

But the comments will not make it to air when the episode premieres on the lifestyle cable network on Saturday.

This isn't the first time that Def Leppard has teamed with established acts. In 2005, the band toured with Bryan Adams, and last year had Styx and REO Speedwagon join them. Singer Joe Elliott seems to thrive on packing a wallop in a shortened amount of time.

Slated to play in "Scott Ian's Home Game" online poker tournament are Ian, Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, Vinnie Paul of Pantera, Metallica's Kirk Hammett and rock legend Slash. Also playing will be 11-time World Series of Poker winner Phil Hellmuth, and World Poker Champion Annie Duke. Online poker players will be able to chat with the rock stars and poker legends through the UltimateBet software's chat feature.

Recorded at PinkDuck and 11AD studios in Los Angeles, the EP features a slough of guest musicians including Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age), Tony Bevilacqua (The Distillers), and Jack Irons (Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers).