MusicRadar spoke exclusively with Peter Mensch, Jimmy Page's manager, who stated categorically, "Led Zeppelin are over! If you didn't see them in 2007 [when they played a one-off reunion at London's O2 Arena], you missed them. It's done. I can't be any clearer than that."

"They tried out a few singers, but no one worked out," says Mensch. "That was it. The whole thing is completely over now. There are absolutely no plans for them to continue. Zero. Frankly, I wish everybody would stop talking about it." more

The Pennsylvania rapper was headed to Los Angeles to perform on late-night television show 'Last Call With Carson Daly' when a man threatened to explode a bomb on his plane.

General Motors Corporation has decided to cancel plans to produce the 50 Cent-sponsored Pontiac G8 sport truck. The company unveiled the truck in March 2008 at the New York International Auto Show, and had planned to begin selling it next year. more

Nine Inch Nails has posted about 405GB of HD footage online from three stops on their Lights in the Sky tour. It was recorded with multiple consumer HDV cameras during three shows, and can be downloaded via bit torrentmore

The year is off to a bad start for the music industry with U.S. album sales off 6.2 percent from the first week of 2008, according to data issued Wednesday. Country star Taylor Swift is doing her best to keep the industry afloat. Her second album, "Fearless," notched a fifth week atop the Billboard 200 on Wednesday, moving 90,000 copies in the latest sales period.more

Static-X will be release their new full length, "Cult of Static", on St Paddys day (March 17th.) more

Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood has shelled out �13,000 for a vintage guitar once played by legendary axeman Jimi Hendrix for his young girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova. Eka is still a beginner and has been having lessons from Ron. But a source said she saw the guitar a few weeks ago and hasn't stopped talking about it since. more

In Flames won the Swedish Grammi award Wednesday (January 7th) for the Best Hard Rock category for their album A Sense Of Purpose.more

Betty Freeman, patron to such contemporary musical masters as John Cage, Philip Glass and Pierre Boulez, has died. She was 87. Freeman died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at her Beverly Hills home, daughter Shelley Butler said Wednesday. more

The long awaited 5th release by Atlanta's own Nashville Pussy is right around the corner. The latest rock n roll assault will drop in stores February 3rd '09 (Europe) and February 10th (USA)!! And no doubt the band will be barreling thru a town near you soonmore

Jesse McCartney will release a remix of his single How Do You Sleep? featuring Ludacris. "I've been a fan of Luda's throughout his career and having him on this track was an amazing honor. He's innovative across the board and always brings the freshest lyrics to any track. With Sean Garrett producing this collaboration, everything came together," stated McCartney.

Rascal Flatts' sixth album, "Unstoppable," will be released April 7 by Lyric Street. As of yet there are no details about the first single or track list.more

HalfDown Thomas will see their new album, "Beautifully Strange," released via Rock Ridge Music on February 17, 2009. The band had the honor of working on the record with 3 Doors Down's Chris Henderson as producer. Bobby Capps of .38 Special contributed vocals on several songsThe first single, "Guiltless (Mend Your Broken Heart)," will for adds at rock radio on January 27, 2009.

Amy Speace will be debuting new songs from her upcoming album "The Killer In Me" at Joe's Pub on January 15th @ 7pm at Joe's Pub, NYC. The Wildflower Record's release will be available in stores March 10, 2009.

"The Classic Struggle regrets to inform everyone that our friend, brother, and drummer, Tyler Solnosky has decided to leave the band due to personal reasons. We, as a band, support Tyler in this decision. TCS is currently seeking a drummer." more

Biclops (ex and current The Postman Syndrome, East Of The Wall, Day Without Dawn) will be entering the studio on March 15th to record their debut full-length for a to-be-determined label. Recording and mixing will be handled at The Machine Shop (Clutch) by producer Will Putney.more

Rapper T.I. went to court and promptly paid an $8,000 overdue lawyer bill for the mother of two of his sons, telling a judge the debt was an oversight.more

Exodus have confirmed a one-date in Athens, Greece at the venue Gargarin 205 with openers Entombed and Sabbat. more

Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango and the Beautiful Creatures have announced January tour dates across the pond where they apparently still have fans. Aren't Bang Tango and BC basically the same band? dates

Sammy Hagar announced today that Cabo Wabo Radio will be on hiatus starting at midnight on January 10, 2009. Sammy's 60th Birthday Bash from Cabo will be replayed all day on the 10th as a closing celebration to the stations first year of operation. more

Femi Kuti has cancelled his upcoming North American tour due to an undisclosed illness.more

The plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother before she died has been sentenced to a year in jail for drunken driving.more

UK singles sales grew by 33% in 2008 thanks to a growth in download sales, the BPI has said. Figures from the body, which represents record labels, showed more than 115 million singles were sold across digital and physical formats. more

"Be it to me to thrust morality into anything I write, and I'm sure once again I will get a lot of guff over this, but man it has to be said by someone and I figure who better to say it but me, that freedom of speech thing I value so dear to my heart�

"OK� Who is with me on that the whole Bret Michaels 'Rock Of Love' thing is the stupidest thing ya ever seen in your life? It makes me want to buy his records just so I can throw them at passing cars� Come on, ya got this dude who's day came and went with the Jheri curl, and the moon-walking craze. Now VH1, in their desperate hour, gives this glitter-glam goof from yesteryear a show about what? Old whores and some new ones who are just as desperate as him that no bands making records today would touch� or, should I say, any of us who have any respect for ourselves� and our families. I have had the displeasure of seeing a couple of episodes, and it is clearly a feeble attempt on everyone's behalf involved in that show to obtain the almighty 15 minutes of fame and play it out as long as they can� It's going on three seasons now, and now ya got this doofus out and about in the States on buses with his troop of bim bags. You can easily see any of these chicks at your local strip bar. If that's your gimmick.

"I know lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work every day, no problem at all," the Metro quotes the singer saying.

Overall, the top five biggest selling albums of last year were all made by British artists - and sold a combined 25.5million copies.

The musical companion to the Fox Searchlight motion picture event features Notorious B.I.G. classics like "Juicy" and "Hypnotize" alongside never-before-released demos and new tracks by some of hip-hop's biggest stars, including Jay-Z and Jadakiss. The album arrives in stores and online on January 13th, while Notorious hits theatres nationwide on January 16th.

Britney's "Circus," No. 1 last week, dipped from 30,000 to 8,100 this week -- a massive drop of 73 per cent. AC/DC's "Black Ice" took a similar blow, sinking from No. 3 to No. 8 with sales of 5,400, compared to 30,000 last week -- a drop of 74 per cent.

The band will appear at Hastings Entertainment in both to sign copies of the band's new album for fans. (Hed)pe has also announce the dates for their upcoming tour of Japan in February.