The Grammy winner was masturbating in view of other passengers Thursday, prompting the plane's captain to radio the Miami International Airport's air traffic control tower, the police report said.

Jones, the last surviving drummer in the Motown session band known as the Funk Brothers, was stricken in mid-February but had been showing signs of improvement, said his sister-in-law Leslie Coleman.

The album, hailed as the most intense rock'n'roll album since Led Zeppelin, coincides with a European tour that will consist of outdoor festivals, including Montreaux, Switzerland, and Bospop, Holland, plus various intimate indoor rock shows including the London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on June 25th.

On whether Metallica needs a major label: "Without offending any of the good people from the record company in the room, no. Let's cut to the chase. . . . The primary � not the only, but the primary � function of a record label is to act as a bank. When you're fortunate enough to be successful and so on, you don't need to rely on record companies as the banks. . . . We're doing a bunch of shows with Trent [Reznor, Nine Inch Nails] this summer in Europe. I look forward to sitting down and talking to him about what's on his radar."

Adler told Sonic Excess, "I am going to play a song on Slash's solo record too, so I will be doing some recording with him on that, but he is going to be producing my record." He went on to describe his plans for this solo CD, "we want eight cover songs. With each song we do we want at least one person who played on the original version to play on my record. I am thinking about changing the name to Adler's GNR too, because you cannot copyright the letters. I am one-fifth of the band just like he is one-fifth of the band (Axl Rose). At least I'm out their playing the songs people want to hear."

According to a post on Tool's official web site, the band will embark on a tour this summer. No dates have yet been announced, but it is widely expected that Tool will fill one of the remaining headlining slots for this year's Lollapalooza festival.more

The reunited original lineup of Limp Bizkit will embark on the "Unicorns N' Rainbows" tour in late May. 3 Dollar Bill, Chocolate Starfish, Unicorns N' Rainbows.. can you spot a pattern? Confirmed dates are here

It's a hold-steady kind of week on the Billboard 200 as Kelly Clarkson's "All I Ever Wanted" (S/19/RCA) remains at No. 1 for a second frame, shifting 90,000 (down 65%). U2 were No 2 details

KISS is recording its first new album in 10 years and they're rehearsing for a South American Stadium Tour, which starts April 1st. Then they head to Canada. more

Nuclear Blast Europe has issued a 5 CD box set featuring Judas Priest's as part of the Original Album Classics series. Albums featured are Sin After Sin, British Steel, Turbo, Painkiller and Angel Of Retribution.more

Blink 182 have launched a video teaser for their upcoming summer tour. It was directed by Haven Lamoureux and features some music from their final album, 2003's Blink 182more

The family of Deftones bassist Chi Cheng has started a web site asking for donations to help pay for his medical costs. Cheng's insurance has reportedly refused to continue coverage for his ongoing treatment.more

At a New Jersey rehearsal show, Bruce Springsteen brought out new faces and new songs for an intimate crowd FMQB has all the details

While Muse are still holed up recording that "orchestral" fifth studio album, they've at least confirmed plans to tour this autumn including with U2.more

A Danko Jones Best Of compilation called This Is Danko Jones will be released in Canada on April 7thmore

Sworn Enemy will team up with For The Fallen Dreams, ABACABB, and Suffokate this spring for a U.S. tour.more

Kanye West will headline Wireless Festival in London this July in what is likely to be his only UK festival date this year.more

Eminem, Dr Dre and 50 Cent have hit the Palms Casino in Las Vegas to film the video for Ems new single. The three rap legends hooked up to play poker for the music video to future single We Mademore

The Chariot will release their next album for Solid State Records on May 5th. Titled "Wars and Rumors of Wars" more

Raven will release its new album, "Walk Through Fire", on March 25 in Japan through King Records.more

Zac Efron has dropped out of a remake of Footloose after reportedly deciding against more musical roles. Remaking Footloose? Who else thinks that the Botox has seeped into people's brains in Hollywood. That's the only explanation for all of these bad rehashes of bad movies and TV shows. It's either that or they are hiring creatively bankrupt people like say music labels A&R folks?more

The 46-date tour commences June 26 in Pomona, CA and finishes August 23 in Carson, CA. The tour's kick-off party is confirmed for Thursday, April 2 at the Key Club in West Hollywood with performances from the Adolescents, TSOL, Sing It Loud, TV/TV and TAT.

21st Century Breakdown is divided into three acts: "Heroes and Cons," "Charlatans and Saints," and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades," and follows a young couple, Christian and Gloria, through the mess and promise of the century so far.

One of the tracks is a demo of the Bob Dylan song Tears Of Rage, which did not feature on Electric Ladyland. Instead, Hendrix covered Dylan's All Along The Watchtower.

As one of the most highly anticipated albums to be released in years, many agree this is H.R's best work to date.