exclaims Axl Rose. "We're very excited to have the opportunity to work together. Guns' radar has silently been aware of Dj's presence for quite some time! He brings a fresh approach to our particular brand of mayhem expanding the tapestry of Guns N' Roses live. Once Dj's name was in the hat, the hat disappeared!!"

Run-DMC will be inducted by Eminem, Jeff Beck will be inducted by Page, and Wood will induct Bobby Womack.

"We're a young band from Norway and we want to get signed," Metallica frontman James Hetfield told the audience at the heavy metal band's SXSW performance Friday night.

Jimmy Chamberlin, the group's original drummer and the only original Pumpkin to play with the band on its recent 20th anniversary "reunion" tour, "has left the group" according to a terse statement released on the band's website.

The word is among the ten most common words that parents are blocking their children from searching for. Other words include "suicide" and "depressed" and "skinny."

Jane's Addiction released two new studio tracks online Friday (March 20) via Ninja2009.com (http://Ninja2009.com), the tour site for the forthcoming co-headlining tour with Nine Inch Nails. Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder were acting as producers for the new cuts. But can fans expect a new record? "I don't think so," Farrell says.more

South By Kanye West. The rapper performed twice Saturday at the annual South By Southwest music conference and festival, dominating the final night of the live music event mostly populated by lesser known acts.more

Jurors in Phil Spector's retrial can consider the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter instead of second-degree murder in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson, a judge ruled Friday.more

Universal Music Publishing Group has become the exclusive administrator of the Jimi Hendrix catalog throughout the world outside the United States.more

U.S. glam diva Lady Gaga took top spot in Britain's singles pop charts Sunday, emulating the success of her debut release.more

Boss Hires Temp: Following in your father's footsteps doesn't get cooler than this: 19-year-old Jay Weinberg will be subbing for his dad, Max Weinberg, as drummer for Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band. The younger Weinberg will play "a small number" of gigs with the band this summer, most likely in Europe more

Slash N' Ozzy: According to Quart.no, former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash will be joined by Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne for the axeman's headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart festival more

Fred Durst says bullying was actually one of the reasons that Limp Bizkit split up. "The irony is, Limp Bizkit, for a while, [was] the fuel for bullies to beat up a lot of these underdogs," Durst explained. "That's when I decided to stop. I was like, 'You know, that's me they're beating up, and my music is fueling them.' So I held back for a while." more

Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins meant it when he told the crowd at Stubbs for the group's official South By Southwest showcase on Saturday that "we're gonna play some brand new songs for you." Those new songs, from the San Francisco quartet's forthcoming fourth studio album, "Ursa Major," due in stores June 23, comprised the bulk of the group's 15-song set. more

Neil Young's oft-delayed "Archives" collection will finally be released on June 2, Young's manager Elliot Roberts announced at South by Southwest in Austin, TX today (March 21).more

John Mellencamp posted on his website that a "special tour is in the works," fueling the rumor that he and Bob Dylan will be hitting the road together.more

Overlorde are happy to announce the return of none other than Bobby 'Leather Lungs' Lucas as their new vocalist!more

My Hero Is Me has called it quits. Formed in 2004, the band put out two releases with Tragic Hero Records. Their final show will take place on May 9th at Club Oasis in Winston-Salem, NC.more

Early Graves has added bassist Matt O'Brien (ex-Grace Alley) to their line-up. O'Brien replaces bassist Tyler Jensen, who has moved to guitar in the band.more

Rapper Big Boi, one half of the musical duo Outkast, told Rolling Stone that his upcoming solo album, Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty, will feature 16 tracks that will cover "electro, funk, blues, some of everything. It's all over the place."more

Iglu & Hartly's Michael Anderson Jarvis was arrested in Austin in the early hours of Thursday (March 19) after allegedly assaulting a hotel security guard while half naked. more

Swedish rock heavyweights Raised Fist will enter Dugout Productions in Uppsala, Sweden in April with producer Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Meshuggah) to begin recording their fifth album for a late 2009 releasemore

Finnish metallers Gloria Morti have issued the following update: "After 10 years as the band's drummer, Jarmo [Juurikka] has decided to leave the group due to personal reasons. There is no grudge between him and the other members. Gloria Morti is now in progress of finding a new drummer.more

Norway's Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with Gorgoroth guitarist Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) about his court battle against vocalist Gaahl and bassist King ov Hell over the rights to the Gorgoroth band name. more

An excerpt from his obituary, which was published in The Tribune-Democrat, reads as follows: "Newbaker was employed by the family business at the Johnstown Planing Mill and was employed as an instructor at the Hiram G. Andrews Center and also Penn Highlands Community College, where he was well-liked and admired by his colleagues and students, and his talents did not go unnoticed.

On March 28, Prince is scheduled to perform three full-length concerts at Los Angeles' $2.5 billion L.A. Live sports and entertainment complex.

All three records will be released in 2009, with "Nevermind" out first, said Monti Olson, a senior vice president of Universal Music Publishing Group/Interscope Records and founder of ORG, which produces and markets high-quality vinyl records. He will announce the deal at the South by Southwest music conference Saturday (March 21).

But that's just what happened last night when Eric Clapton sat in during the Allman Brothers' show at the Beacon Theatre, 03-19-2009.

The hundreds of bands are rushed on stage rapidly at the annual Austin music conference and festival, and they rarely get enough time to properly set up or tune.