The group consists of Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, long-time Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, REM collaborator Joey Waronker and Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco.

The hugely successful tour saw sold-out shows last year, including a stint at the Mohegan Sun, where he sold more than 8000 tickets. The dates will begin on January 1st, 2010 with a special New Year's Day concert at the Green Valley Ranch Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada.

Johnny Siera wrote of his fallen bandmate: "R.I.P. my dear brother, friend and band mate Beau Velasco. We are all so devastated that I will keep this short. We love you and you will be missed. You affected us all so much in the most positive ways. Our lives would not be as is if not for you. We love you. For all those who wish to pay their respects we will let the details be known soon."

The band posted this statement on their news page: Beau Velasco, beloved brother and co-founding member of The Death Set, passed away Sunday, September 27, in Brooklyn, New York. Beau co-wrote the Worldwide album with Johnny Siera, with whom his partnership reaches back beyond The Death Set's beginnings, to Black Panda from Gold Coast, Australia. The Death Set moved from Sydney to the US in 2005, but Beau took a back seat from touring a while later. This original core lineup of the band had recently rejoined to write and record the next record and to resume touring together. At the moment, few details are available about the circumstances of Beau's passing, but information will be shared as soon as possible, including about immediate plans for The Death Set.

Howard is currently bed-ridden with a gallstone issue and has been told by his doctor that he should not leave his bed until further notice. He is currently getting proper medical care and hopes to be on his feet and in less pain by the end of the week, at which time we will determine how soon we can reschedule these South America dates.

The Mancunian rock legends are hoping to form a supergroup to write the soundtrack for a friend's TV dramas. "The idea is that Johnny writes the music and I write the words and the melodies," Brown told BBC News.

Thanks to Kid Rock's loyal fan base, "Chillin' the Most" sold out within just a few days of going on sale to the general public. In addition to his legendary performances, the unparalleled experience of partying side-by-side with Kid Rock created exceptionally high demand. Passengers will enjoy music, activities, contests, and an atmosphere that will make this cruise truly Kid Rock's party. There will be around-the-clock concerts from choice artists and DJs, and Kid Rock will be rockin' the boat from coast to coast on the "Chillin' the Most" Cruise.

Jamie Hope was driving a van carrying members of his band The Red Shore on the Pacific highway north of Coffs Harbour in the early hours of December 19 2007.

Working Men, the first 'best of' live performance compilation from renowned rock trio Rush is due in stores and online November 17th, the collection will be released on DVD in partnership with Rounder and on CD via Atlantic Records outside of Canada. details

A Massachusetts company that claims rare film footage of the late John Lennon was stolen and sold to Yoko Ono without its permission asked a federal judge Tuesday to award it $6.3 million in damages. more

Graham Coxon has confirmed that Blur have no further plans to play live together or do "anything else" as a band following their reunion this year.more

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform an entire album from their back catalogue each night of the 5-night run at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. in October. "Born To Run" and "Born in the USA" which each be performed twice, while "Darkness on the Edge of Town" will be played at the other show. more info at Billboard

Korn will play exclusive and intimate concert on October 24 in Malibu, California. Proceeds from the event, which will have limited, reserved seating (450 tickets), will benefit the local pre-school program The Garden of Childhood. more

Propagandhi, Protest The Hero, and Strike Anywhere will tour the UK together in December. more

The once controversial Wolfgang's Vault, which has amassed the largest collection of licensed streaming live recordings on the Internet, is about to make a treasure trove of those concerts available for downloading. more

Lillian Axe has been added as the support act for Alice Cooper's "Theater Of Death Tour." more

Motorhead perform on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Thursday, October 8 (which will actually air the morning of Friday, October 9). more

Stigma has parted ways with guitarist Morgan Ferrua and will enter the studio this November as a four piece. more

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview host Mark Strigl conducted with Michael Amott of Arch Enemy. Topics include "The Root Of All Evil" album, Carcass, Bill Steer, Ozzy Osbourne, the Swedish Death Metal book, the G1M, Carnage, and Gus G. The episode also features an interview Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Sean Baker of the Sean Baker Orchestra. Topics include Mike Varney, Bruce Bouillet, and Joe Stump. The podcast can be downloaded here

Parlour to Parlour continues its swing through Portland with a visit to the adorably blasphemous toy piano-collecting singer-songwriter (and Fear of Heights keyboard player) Rachel Taylor Brown. Check it out here

Incorporating the warmth, melodies and simplicity of 70's and 80's California rock/pop, Battle Studies is a confessional, relaxed and liberated album recorded in a private home in California where Mayer lived and worked over the course of six months before wrapping at the famed Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.

Brian had the following to say about the contest: "I wanted to let everyone know that for the rest of the tour I will be using my Twitter and Facebook account for daily giveaways for each show of this tour. Each show day at 3PM local time I will be posting instructions or a code word.

The tour dates include a stop at the Austin City Limits Festival on October 4 and two weeks supporting 311.

Hulu's coverage of the weekend-long concert will feature 26 musical performances from popular acts like The Dave Matthews Band, John Legend, Ben Harper & the Relentless 7 and The Dead Weather, to name a few.

Following the DIY nature of Initial, Person L's 2008 self-released debut, the band looked to Aaron Marsh, lead musician and producer of the band Copeland, to produce The Positives at his home studio, The Vanguard Room. Marsh helped the band forge a new sound which clearly represents a huge departure from frontman Kenneth Vasoli's former band, The Starting Line. A major contribution was helping them to bring to the fore the band's trademark complex rhythms with their unique use of percussion and two drummers. "We were aiming to keep a very raw and dirty quality to the record while still making it comprehensive and colorful," notes Vasoli.