Travis Barker Plane Crash

Travis Barker of Blink 182 and DJ AM have been involved in a plane crash in South Carolina. Check out the story in our music news section for more info…

New Album, Tour For R.E.M.

R.E.M. gets back to basics on their new album titled Accelerate due out on April 1st. R.E.M.’s first single from the new album is “Supernatural Superserious” and will hit radio in mid February. The band recently shot the video for the single in Manhattan’s Lower East Side at a restaurant and sex shop. The band set up in the corner of the restaurant and shot the first half of the video, while surprised patrons enjoyed the show during lunch. The second part of the video was shot in the front window of a nearby sex shop.

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Give Against Me! A Show

Florida band Against Me! are currently out on the road with the Foo Fighters, but since Foo singer Dave Grohl has the flu, the tour has been put on hold for a few days. Against Me! aren’t the type of band to rest on their laurels, so they are looking for some gigs. According to their MySpace page, the guys are looking for some shows, saying, “If you live in OKC, Albuquerque, or Las Vegas (or somewhere on the way to any of those places) and can help us out with a show, any kind of show, drop us a line.” The guys are scheduled to play Reno, Nevada alongside the Foos on Friday night.

Manson Defends His Music

Marilyn Manson is fighting back against criticism that his music influences teenagers to act out on violent urges that leads to tragedies such as the Columbine High School Shooting.

While doing an interview with the Boston Globe about his reunion with good friend, bass player and songwriter Twiggy Ramirez, Manson had this to say ”… we get blamed for every act of violence. They don’t have a Grammy award for school shootings, but I guess I would get one if they did, whether I asked for one or not.”

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Avenged Sevenfold To Open For Maiden

California band Avenged Sevenfold will be fulfilling a dream this summer. The guys will be opening for Iron Maiden this July in London and Paris, as well as a string of dates in Finland and Scandinavia. Frontman M.Shadows says they are honored to be sharing the stage with the rock legends.

Slash Confirms STP Reunion…

Slash tells Billboard.com that Velvet Revolver singer, Scott Weiland, will be rejoining his previous band, Stone Temple Pilots, for some shows this summer. He also confirmed that Weiland would be working with Velvet Revolver on their third album starting this spring.

Vineland Festival Moved To 2009

The inaugural Vineland Festival, which was set to take place from August 8th to the10th in Vineland, New Jersey, has been moved back by a full year. According to Billboard.com, the festival’s producers moved the event to summer 2009 because of the overall festival traffic in the Northeast at that time.

Basically, since Coachella producers announced last week that they would be hosting a new summer festival called All Points West during the same dates at Liberty State Park in New Jersey, Vineland got the shaft. Either way, you can look forward to seeing Radiohead in New Jersey at some point this year.

Rivers Has Too Much Time, Ink

A few months ago, we reported that Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was penning his memoirs, but now it appears he will be writing volumes of his life. The singer tells Gigwise.com that he has eight volumes sketched out and plans to release 1992 through 1994 first. However, he still plans to release a volume dedicated to his childhood, and even his parents’ childhood. So far, Rivers has not made a good record since 1996’s Pinkerton, nor has he signed a deal with publishers for his volumes.

STP Reunion?

Is there a Stone Temple Pilots reunion in the works? Frontman Scott Weiland tells the Miami Herald that the band will reunite in “the coming months.” His other band, Velvet Revolver, performed without him at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend and guitarist Slash said that they hope to begin work on a new album in April.

Sounds like Scott has a busy few months ahead.

Chevelle & Finger Eleven Tour

Chevelle and Finger Eleven will team up in February for some live shows. According to MTV News, the bands will get things underway on February 19th in Flint, Michigan and play through March 18th in Providence, Rhode Island. More dates are expected to be announced soon, so stay tuned for details.

In the meantime, check out this half-a-video of Finger Eleven performing their single “Paralyzer” during their visit to the Opie & Anthony Show on Tues. Jan 22nd.