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Death Cab For Cutie is partnering with the Grammy Foundation and the Do Something organization to launch Key Change Grants, a program designed to encourage young people to promote social change throug...

Van Halen Tour Rider Demands No Carpet, Study Room And Booze Onstage

Van Halen's backstage rider for their 2008 North American tour has been posted on thesmokinggun.com. The document shows that the reunion between David Lee Roth and the rest of the band wasn't as cozy ...

Robert Plant On Led Zeppelin Offshoot: 'everyone's Got To Eat'

Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has confirmed that he won't be touring with the band any time soon, although he also indirectly seemed to give his blessing to the possibility of the other Zeppelin me...

Guns N' Roses Threatens Dr. Pepper With Legal Action

Guns N'Roses is threatening Dr. Pepper with legal action following what the group is calling "a complete fiasco" of a publicity stunt, according to RollingStone.com. The soft drink manufacturer promis...

U2 Guitarist Draws 'line'

U2 guitarist The Edge confirmed to Mojo magazine that the Irish band's new album is tentatively titled No Line On The Horizon. The Edge explained the concept behind the title, saying, "It's an image, ...

Paramore Singer 'really Excited' About Next Record

Although Paramore released two new songs last month on the soundtrack of the smash movie Twilight, fans will have to wait a while before getting a full album of fresh material. The band is home in Ten...

Nickelback 'tried Not To Overthink' Latest Hit Album

Nickelback's latest album, Dark Horse, sold 326,000 copies in its first week of release, good enough to debut at Number Two on the Billboard album chart last Wednesday (November 26th). Although the ne...

Next Metallica Album Could Come Out Online

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich hinted to RollingStone.com that the band's next album could well come out through the Internet. Ulrich explained, "We're free of our record contract. We have that element...

My Chemical Romance Singer's Comic Book 'fast-Tracked' For Big Screen

My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way's award-winning comic book series, The Umbrella Academy, has been "fast-tracked" by Universal Pictures to make it to the big screen, according to MTV.com. Way say...

Slipknot Maps Out Early 2009 Trek

Slipknot will head out on its first solo headlining tour in support of the band's latest album, All Hope Is Gone, starting January 23rd in St. Paul, Minnesota and finishing up on March 11th in Sacrame...