LiveDaily: What do you see for the future of Metallica? You have one more album left on your deal with Warner Bros., correct?

Keep in mind this is a comedy show. Here is the exchange that took place between host Stephen Colbert and Macca. "I have a beef to pick with you, sir, in that you don't eat meat," Colbert said to vegetarian McCartney. "Don't you think if the animals had the opportunity, they would eat us?"

They join previously announced performers Kenny Chesney, Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson, Jonas Brothers, Lil Wayne, Paul McCartney (with special guest drummer Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters), Katy Perry, Radiohead, T.I. and Justin Timberlake, Carrie Underwood, and Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I. and Kanye West in a special performance of their hit single "Swagga Like Us."

ABKCO Music Inc, UMG Recordings, Inc., Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., EMI April Music, Inc. and other parties, including Dwayne Michael Carter, p/k/a Lil Wayne, announced the settlement of all claims asserted in the litigation between the parties commenced, in July, 2008, by ABKCO in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Grammy.comreports: Album sales in the United States have fallen 54.6 percent since 2000, according to figures from Nielsen Soundscan. In 2000 U.S. album sales exceeded 943 million units, while in 2008 physical and digital album sales combined to total 428.4 million, a sizable drop of 514.6 million units. First week album sales have also shown a marked decline during the period. 'N Sync's No Strings Attached sold 2.4 million units during its first week in March 2000. In May 2008 Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III posted first week sales of 1.01 million units. (1/29) [Keep in mind that 2000 was the year of boybands and teen pop. And there were far fewer albums released in 2008 that were worth buying(yes that's an opinion but the numbers don't lie either)]

Writer Cheo Hodari Coker, whose "Notorious" followed the life of late rap star Notorious B.I.G., has been tapped to write a similar biopic about Run-DMC. more

British singer-songwriter John Martyn, whose soulful songs were covered by the likes of Eric Clapton, died Thursday. He was 60. Martyn's official Web site said the musician, who lived in Ireland, died Thursday morning. It did not give a cause of death.more

Ben Kweller is proud to announce the premiere of his new music video for "Fight" on MySpace. As one of the highlight tracks from his soon-to-be released ATO Records album "Changing Horses," "Fight" is a good-natured clip that illustrates exactly the lengths one will go for their buddies in a pinch. watch it

Super Furry Animals are putting the finishing touches to their ninth studio album and it will be released this Spring. The album will first be released digitally on March 16 through the band's official website, with a physical format following on April 13 for the UK and April 21 for the US. more

Metallica has been confirmed as one of the headlining acts for this years edition of the Belgian festival, Rock Werchter.more

CKY has entered the mixing stage of their forthcoming new studio album, 'Carver City.' The album will be released via Mallcore Records on May 19th and was produced by the bands guitarist Chad I Ginsburg. more

The Streets gig at London's O2 Academy Brixton last night (January 29) was cancelled at the last minute due to a power failure at the venue. more

Century Media Records will release Daath's new album, The Concealers, on April 21st. more

It Dies Later Than Today: "Lividity", the new album from Buffalo's IT DIES TODAY, has had its release date pushed back to March 3 (via Trustkill Records). Commented the band: "So everyone, you might be wondering why the record didn't come out yesterday [January 27]. We've had some serious setbacks throughout the process of trying to finish 'Lividity' and put it out." more

On Monday, January 26th Kristopher 'Kristov' Krmp, drummer and a founding member of Marazene passed away due to complications with his fight with cancer. more

Dead By Wednesday, featuring former member's of the underground heavy weight outfit Gargantua Soul & drummer "Opus", have announced a 'Precious Metal Monday' sponsored showcase on Feb 23rd, 2009 at Lit Lounge in New York City.

The �10m Sanctum Soho, which opens in March, is the second hotel from Concept Venues, Fuller's company set up with chef Garry Hollihead.

The soundtrack is filled with a lot of tracks from 80s metal and glam bands which can be found on countless compilations already. Perhaps they were cheap to license? Apparently a lot of these tracks were used in scenes from wrestling halls and the strip club and the Ratt songs in the film were by Rat Attack, which is frontman Stephen Pearcy's cover project which also featured George Lynch of Dokken and Tracii Guns of LA Guns on some tracks on a CD release. Who knows if they actually use the original versions on this soundtrack which are in fact credited to Ratt? But another notable song from the film, Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child of Mine" isn't found here either.

Lead guitarist and band founder Lizzie Grey, vocalist Nadir D'Priest, co-lead guitarist Sean Lewis and drummer Tim Yasui will perform songs from the LONDON albums "Nonstop Rock" (1984), "Don't Cry Wolf" (1986) as well as the songs "Breakout" and "Russian Winter" (see video below) from the 1988 "Metal Years" movie.

'Sounds Of The Universe' marks a reunion between Depeche Mode and Ben Hillier, who previously produced their 2005 album Playing The Angel. Eclectic and energized, the band's new LP was recorded in Santa Barbara and New York.

'Sounds Of The Universe' Track Listing: 1. In Chains 2. Hole To Feed 3. Wrong 4. Fragile Tension 5. Little Soul 6. In Sympathy 7. Peace 8. Come Back 9. Spacewalker 10. Perfect 11. Miles Away / The Truth Is 12. Jezebel 13. Corrupt

January 12, 2009. It's 6:00am. I crawl out of bed, splash some water on my face, pack up my things, and head downstairs to the hotel's lobby. Darren Smith and I have an 8 o'clock flight this morning�with an hour layover in Denver�en route to Indianapolis: our 2nd stop of Repo Road Tour 3. An airport shuttle is picking us up in a half-hour and I've barely slept; it was hard for me to shut down after last night's energetic REPO! screening in Salt Lake City.