Twitter: Trent Reznor On May 15, bassist Eric Avery revealed that he had left the newly resurrected Nine Inch Nails. Avery, a founding member of Jane’s Addiction, recently spent a year on the road with Garbage, leaving the musician “overwhelmed” at the prospect of hitting the road...

Eamonn McCormack, Getty Images There’s a contagion in the One Direction camp, one day after announcing a massive stadium-sized tour set for 2014. Louis Tomlinson started it last week, but he’s since passed it on. Can you guess which member is now under the weather and blaming his bro for...

--- Tim McGraw and a dozen or so other artists from country, rock and hip-hop came together in Las Vegas one night after the 2013 ACM Awards to film the ‘ACM Presents: Tim McGraw’s Summer Night’ television special. The footage will finally air this Sunday (May 19) on...

Los Angeles-based, occult-themed, female-fronted traditional heavy metal band HUNTRESS will release its sophomore album, “Starbound Beast”, on June 28 in Europe and on July 2 in North America via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded at Hobby Shop Studios in Los Angeles with...

  The departure of founding guitarist K.K. Downing obviously left a major hole in Judas Priest‘s lineup, but according to frontman Rob Halford, Downing’s replacement, Richie Faulkner, is doing just fine. “He’s adding some dimensions that are very valuable and important to this...

Paul Marotta, Getty Images Willie Nelson turned his 80th birthday bash into a fundraiser and gathered over $120,000 to benefit two towns devastated by the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. The singer’s representatives presented two checks to separate parties on Monday (May...

  EMI/Capitol As of today (May 16, 2013), it’s been thirty years since Iron Maiden’s lovable mascot, Eddie, lost his mind (not to mention his grizzled mane) and heavy metal fans across the globe lost theirs over one of the most beloved heavy metal albums of all time — 1983’s...

The winner of Season 12 of ‘American Idol’ has been decided, but Kree Harrison and Candice Glover are waiting patiently today — alongside millions of voters nationwide — to learn who received the most votes. Harrison, a country singer, debuted what would be her...

DropKickMurphys.com This week, Boston-based Celtic-punk band DropKick Murphys released a three-song EP to benefit the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. One song features Bruce Springsteen, who sought out the group in hours after the April 15 bombing. “Our friend Bruce Springsteen...

Joel Edgerton and Michelle Williams are set to headline a remake of the 2009 Italian thriller The Double Hour, Deadline reports. The original film, which received a domestic release in 2011, was directed by Giuseppe Capotondi and is officially described as follows: Guido (Filippo Timi), a...

Subba-Cultcha recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Subba-Cultcha: As a performer, you have such energy and enthusiasm, and I can’t help but wonder, does that ever stop? Do you turn off? Do you ever...

Ethan Miller, Getty Images A 22-year-old Chicago man was arrested after he allegedly tried to swim up to Taylor Swift‘s new Rhode Island home. The incident happened around 2AM Wednesday morning (May 15). He was taken into custody and charged with trespassing after admitting his plan to...

With the recent news that Kiss will soon feature a gigantic, fireball-spewing spider in their stage show, we’re reminded of another major rock star who brought a large arachnid on tour: David Bowie. Bowie has often been a performer ahead of his time, pushing the envelope in his music, his...

Austin, Texas-based classic rock sensation SCORPION CHILD will release their self-titled debut album on June 21 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment, the new U.S. partnership between Nuclear Blast owner Markus Staiger and former Roadrunner Records A&R chief Monte Conner. Produced and arranged...

Charles Sykes/Invision/AP NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Taylor Swift leads a list of country’s hottest stars set to perform at the CMT Music Awards next month. Swift, Miranda Lambert‘s Pistol Annies, Luke Bryan, Hunter Hayes and Little Big Town are the first performers announced...

The growing list of special guests that have been welcomed to the stage for the Rolling Stones‘ ’50 and Counting’ tour added another big name on Saturday (May 11), when the band was joined by multiplatinum pop star Katy Perry for a special duet rendition of ‘Beast of...

Deadline Music/Cleopatra Records launched a contest on April 26 for the best video rant on “how much you hate” “Frequency Unknown”, the new album from the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE. The winner is being offered a free VIP trip to the June 29 show by...

BLACK SABBATH will make a rare television appearance when the band performs a new song on the season finale of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”. The episode is set to air on Wednesday, May 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET on CBS-TV. The band will world premiere a song called “End Of The...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – “American Idol” finalist Angie Miller won’t be tickling the ivories on this season’s final showdown. The piano-playing 19-year-old singer from Beverly, Mass., was revealed Thursday to have received the fewest viewer votes on the Fox talent...

Heart‘s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this April was a big deal for the fans who have always believed the band deserved such an honor — and they’ll have a chance to celebrate with Ann and Nancy Wilson when the duo sits for a live Q&A session with HBO on May 18. The...