Rockey Lee Dickey Jr., 34, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., was hitting another man on a city sidewalk when a patrol car drove by at around 1 a.m., police said. Dickey swung at one of the officers who intervened, knocking off his hat, and had to be subdued with a Taser, police said.

Officials said the teenager, John Katehis (pictured below), of East Elmhurst, Queens, New York apparently answered a Craigslist ad in which Weber, 47, sought a sexual partner, according to The New York Times. The police believed Weber planned to pay Katehis for sex. The police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, said that the two had arranged to meet on Wednesday, March 18 in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, but rescheduled the meeting for Friday evening.

That's what one reporter did Thursday morning during the press conference call to promote the family's new show Osbournes: Reloaded.

On Wednesday night in Seattle, three former members of Soundgarden - minus Chris Cornell - reunited for a three-song set at the Seattle stop of Tom Morello's Justice Tour. It was the first time guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron and bassist Ben Shepherd played together since the band broke up in 1997.more

Grammy-nominated singer Wayna has been arrested at a Houston airport after trying to get on a plane with a collapsible police baton that she uses while performing. Wayna, whose real name is Woyneab Miraf Wondwossen, was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon Wednesday. more

Now that's just Goofy! Daath, who will be hitting the road with Dragonforce and Cynic next month, have been banned from playing the House of Blues in Anaheim, California. The April 15 date will continue without Daath who will rejoin the trek on April 17 in Boise, Idaho. The House of Blues venue is on property owned by the Walt Disney Corporation and the venue must green-light all bands who are scheduled to perform there. Daath was not approved to play the show for undisclosed reasons.more

Dan Seals, who was England Dan in the pop duo England Dan and John Ford Coley and later had a successful country career, has died of complications from cancer. He was 61.more

Shadows Fall are pleased to announce two brand-new shows to their itinerary. The band will be supporting Korn on Friday May 22 in Wallingford, CT and will also be playing this year's Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee this June.

The Legacy Edition of Pearl Jam's debut album Ten hit stores this week, and as a part of the celebration, Legacy Recordings have put together an interactive widget that shows how most any band is connected within 6 Degrees of Pearl Jam. Fans can put in artists and see how they're connected to the band. Check it out here

Tool, Widespread Panic and the Fray will headline the second annual Mile High Music Festival, to be held July 18-19 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colomore

Kasabian have announced a free download of their new single Vlad The Impaler.
It's the first taste fans will get from the band's third album which is due for release on June 8.more

The Rock Band franchise has passed $1 billion in retail sales, according to the NPD Groupmore

Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal will perform with the country sister act Jessalicia at the 31st annual TriWest Superfrog & Superseal Triathlon Concert to benefit the Naval Special Warfare Foundation on March 29more

Great White will release their new album, Rising, in North America via on Shrapnel Records April 21st.more

The fate of music producer Phil Spector was put in the hands of the jury on Thursday after a five month retrial on charges that he murdered a Hollywood actress in his Los Angeles home.more

Relient K have signed to Mono vs. Stereo according to a report from Jesus Freak Hide Out. more

Pop star Madonna is to travel to Malawi in a bid to adopt a second child, government officials from the African country have told the BBC.more

Cradle of Filth has issued the following statement about canceling their scheduled March 28th appearance at the German Tomahawk Festival: 'Attention to those who have bought tickets to the Tomahawk Festival 'Due to circumstances beyond our control we have been prevented from performing at the Tomahawk Festival this weekend.more

Bridge Nine Records has revealed plans to release a limited tour-only split EP featuring New Found Glory and Shai Hulud.more

According to Jam! Rihanna has had a tattoo of a gun inked under her right arm. The 21-year-old flew New York-based body artist BangBang to Los Angeles this week to have the new design finished. more

The Absence will replace Lazarus A.D. on the last three shows of Amon Amarth's "Twilight Of The Thunder God North American Tour Pt. 2" with Goatwhore and Skeletonwitch. more

Apocalypse Hoboken have announced a reunion show this August. The band will be reuniting at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL on August 21st.more

Meliah Rage has announced that founding member Anthony Nichols has composed the music for three tracks on the upcoming solo record being released by Metal Church front man Ronny Munroe. "After the 07 tour, I asked Ronny to make a guest appearance on the next Meliah Rage record," reported Nichols. "We flew him out last year and he sang on the song Last Rites, which will be on Meliah Rage's upcoming record "Masquerade" (due out spring, 2009). "That experience turned out to be highly positive, and lead Munroe to ask me about contributing some music for his solo project," added Nichols. more

Versailles Records is excited to announce the teaming of former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland and Prince and the Revolution keyboardist Matt Dr. Fink on 'Crackerman' as part of the label's forthcoming 'Wicked Garden: A Millennium Tribute to Stone Temple Pilots', due in the summer of 2009! If it's a millennium tribute does that mean it is nine years late?

"Tuesday night [March 24] thieves broke into our trailer at our hotel in Austin, Texas and stole some of our gear and 300+ shirts.

After tirelessly trekking across the globe with his EODM cohorts, Boots Electric will make it back to the good ol' US-of-A for his role as the ambassador of Record Store Day on April 18th.

The Eagles camp will also use the occasion to drop the vinyl edition of Heart On, last Fall's dirty and danceable, rock hard batch of rock tunes. (Rekords Rekords).

The rap star was going to step in to replace actor Forest Whitaker as a mercenary on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator, acting alongside Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li in the Sylvester Stallone-directed film.

According to a posting on the venue's web site, the Poison frontman is suffering from a severe case of laryngitis.

Due on June 30th, the album features the first single, "Her Diamonds," which will hit radio and video outlets in mid-April. Once again produced by Matt Serletic, "Cradlesong" is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Thomas' 2005 solo debut � the #1, RIAA platinum "�Something To Be."

NHOR : The concept of John Henry as an all American blue collar hero you've said is very inspiring to you. What is it about the story which appealed to you, and how does it relate to the songs you've chosen for this album?

JB : The whole thing about the 'John Henry' story to me was not so much the story of John Henry against the machines, but it was more that John Henry did something great and was remembered by it. I think sometimes people in this country lose sense of the difference between being famous and infamous. They don't care how they become famous. They can do something stupid, put it on YouTube and three million people will see it. Famous or infamous. I wanted to make an album, make a track that would be remembered. Not six months from now, when most albums' shelf life come and go. But sixty years from now, like John Henry. Or 100, or 150 years. So that's the concept. Albeit it's a lot of hard work.

It's a lot more work to do something great which gets remembered than it is to do something stupid and be remembered. That's the whole concept, and that's why I called the album 'The Ballad Of John Henry'. Because it really does say a lot about the internal struggle which goes on in this country. Everybody wants to be famous, everybody wants to be rich, but nobody wants to work for it anymore. By and large, that is. People will see MTV Cribs and go, "Wow, how do I get that fast?" Yeah I know. I'll film a lot of college girls taking their tops off and call it 'Girls Gone Wild'. That's the thing that gets me.