A message on the website of his record label Undertow Music, Undertowmusic.com, explained that he died "in his sleep."

Copney, 20, reportedly turned himself in to authorities at the Cambridge Police Station Thursday around 7:00 p.m. and has been charged with murder of Justin Cosby, 21, accessory after the fact to murder, and possession of a firearm, according to Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone. [on a side note, he was only 15 when he cowrote that New Edition song?]

The movie is about the Norwegian black metal scene and the church burnings and other crimes connected to it.

There's apparently no love lost between Ruben Studdard's second banana and Kris Allen's, evidenced by an entry posted yesterday on Aiken's subscriber-only-accessible blog. "For the record�I couldn't be happier about the way AI ended this year," Aiken wrote, per Defamer. "I only turn the show on once a season, and only to see what the set looks like each year.

"We hope it is a clear statement that we would never allow the Czech Republican party 'N�rodn� Strana' to use any of our music. The fact is, we were never asked if they could use our material.

There was a slight problem however, Tyler didn't know who the troublesome bloggers were and he filed a lawsuit against unnamed bloggers.

Chickenfoot, the new rock supergroup comprised of drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), bassist Michael Anthony (ex-Van Halen), guitarist Joe Satriani and vocalist Sammy Hagar (ex-Van Halen), will be the featured musical guests on Conan O'Brien's "The Tonight Show" on Friday, June 5 at 11:35 p.m.more

The Mexico Metalfest 2009 will take place on August 2nd in Mexico, Maine. The currently confirmed line up includes Ravage, Ripfence, Psychostick, In the Kingdom of Nightmares, Lost Conscience, Absence of the Sun, and Hatred Alivemore

Nine Inch Nails fans have pledged over $260,000 in the space of two days to give to a man in need of a heart transplant.more

Amy Winehouse cancels her appearance at a concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of music label Island Records causing the entire gig to be cancelled..more

Trivia question of the day: Guns N' Roses / Velvet Revolver axeman Slash once tried out for which band? a) Megadeth b) Michael Jackson's backing band c) Poison d) Bon Jovi

Tickets for the band's "Black Ice" tour went on sale in Australia Monday morning. Within 15 minutes, shows at Sydney ANZ Stadium and Melbourne Etihad Stadium sold out. Second shows at both venues also sold out hours later and third concerts look likely to do the same.

Rolling Stone asked Brian May about rumors of the group offering Lambert the gig, here is what he said, "Amongst all that furor, there wasn't really a quiet moment to talk," May tells Rolling Stone in an e-mail interview.

The following statement was posted on his website explaining the cancelation: Unfortunately, due to severe thunderstorms and inclement weather, the commanding officer/event coordinator Lynette Foster and promoter Rick Johnson mutually agreed, to cancel [Sunday night's] performance at the Ft. Campbell Army Base due to risk of injury to fans due to weather conditions.

Nevertheless, Uncle Al is keeping his fingers in all sorts of pies, such as having three of his Ministry songs make up the Ministry Three Pack soon to be made available for the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft on and the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system. Starting May 26 for Xbox 360 and May 28 for PLAYSTATION 3, you'll be able to download the Ministry Three Pack which includes the Grammy-nominated songs "The Great Satan" and "Lieslieslies" from Rio Grand Blood, and, from The Wicked Soundtrack, "Cuz U R Next." The pack will retail for $5.49/440 Microsoft Points, or you can download the individual songs for $1.99/160 Microsoft Points each.

This song was inspired by my hope that the world would soon heal itself. Watching events unfold on TV was maddening and after seeing so much negativity day in and out and I found myself turning off the TV one night and wandering over to the piano, sitting there for only a moment before starting to write. "Clearwater" was done an hour later. Most likely the fastest song I've ever written.