According to The Tennessean, a Kentucky man has been charged with vehicular homicide after police said he drove into a concrete wall, killing Daum.

Unfortunately, we have had to flee the country of India due to having our whole tour canceled and having to escape being held by police for indecent exposure during our most rawkus set in Chennai at the Campus Rock Idol showcase.

Speaking from a hotel room in Paris, West says that the new name came to him when he saw the shoes he designed for Louis Vuitton hit the runway last week:

Bullet For My Valentine have announced a one-off show in Russia, due to take place in Moscow at DS Luzhniki Hockey Arena on April 20th. more

Michael Jackson will help develop his ground-breaking "Thriller" video into a musical theater production, producers said on Monday.more

Lil Wayne has announced a tentative April 7 release date for his next album, "Rebirth." The set's first single, "Prom Queen," will debut live Tuesday (January 27) on Wayne's MySpace page.more

Mastodon revealed a brand new song, "Divinations," from their new studio album, Crack The Skye, yesterday. The single is available digitally from iTunes and all other participating digital retailers.

Oasis, Kings of Leon and Vampire Weekend lead the field of nominees at the NME pop music magazine awards this year. more

Janet Jackson has postponed the Japanese leg of her tour, blaming the slumping economy, the singer's representatives said on Monday.more

Contrary to rumors that Faith No More will reform to play the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April, the group's frontman Mike Patton will perform at the event in tandem with beatboxer Rahzel, Billboard.com has learnedmore

It seems that Microsoft's Zune just can't catch a break. Despite a holiday ad blitz and introduction of new services - including a feature that lets subscribers keep 10 free songs a week - revenue for the Zune division fell 54% in the fourth quarter from the year prior. more Standing in the story looking at the Zune and the iPod. Let's see both are the same price, one is the elegant device from the innovative company that created the market and the other comes from Microsoft. Wonder which one people went with? Had Microsoft offered their lesser device for a lesser price they might have done better. Xbox anyone?

M83 have announced a co-headlining performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in Los Angeles in March. more

Harlots has announced that they're now on what they consider to be an indefinite hiatus. The group's the last album was released in 2007 via Lifeforce Records, though they had since written a handful of songs for a new release.more

Tune in to catch Americana/folk favorite James McMurtry in the latest webcast from online-concert-channel www.fabchannel.com. Today, January 27, McMurtry will take to the stage at the legendary Paradiso in Amsterdam as part of his highly anticipated European tour. Viewers from all over the world can join the audience at the venue, live at www.fabchannel.com/james_mcmurtry. The webcast will start at 19.00 (GMT).

Plushgun will release their debut full length, Pins & Panzers, on February 17th. To celebrate, they are throwing parties in NYC and Boston. 2/18 New York, NY @ Fontana's and 2/19 Boston, MA @ Harper's Ferry

Rumor has it that Paul McCartney may appear at Coachella. info on those rumors

Three 'secret' Lady Sovereign gigs in the US have been pushed back a week due to complications in securing the rapper's visa.more

Ontario metal/hardcore band Dead and Divine is currently preparing to record their next album, titled "The Machines We Are." The effort will be produced by Garth "GGGarth" Richardson (Rage Against the Machine) and Eric Ratz (Cancer Bats) and is expected to hit streets this summermore

However, according to a spokesperson for Bowie, the singer won't be assuming his early '70 glam-rock persona.

KISS became on of the first bands to tap into this market when they released dolls of their face-painted likeness in the 70s. They did have the intellectual honesty to call them dolls at the time, but strangely the TV ad jingle was performed by a studio band. The latest rocker to be immortalized in doll form is Slash. Oops, we mean action-figure.

Billboard is reporting that Paul McCartney and Radiohead have both signed on to perform. According to the report, McCartney will be joined by Foo Fighter Dave Grohl for his performance.

The dates then continue through a May 6th show at Atlanta's Fox Theatre. Cold War Kids will be direct support in April, with Matt Costa taking over direct support for dates in May. Ra Ra Riot will be opening all shows on the tour.

The UK rockers will play just three shows in April, held in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

The album marks the studio debut of new singer Dan Nelson who joins long-time members Scott Ian (rhythm guitar), Frank Bello (bass), Charlie Benante (drums), and Rob Caggiano (lead guitar). According to early reports, "Worship Music" is Anthrax's heaviest album to date.