May 10th, 2012

Iggy Pop has revealed he purposefully avoided established record labels when planning his new album ‘Apres‘, as he felt the majors – whom he claims to have only ‘humiliated’ him down the years -  would shun the Gallic-inspired record.

Blink-182 have cancelled their entire North American tour itinerary due to Travis Barker undergoing a tonsillectomy.

California Heavy Metal rockers Metallica, formed in 1981, are the fourth best-selling music artists since the SoundScan era began tracking sales. Around 53 million albums have been sold in the US alone. The band have announced that their forthcoming album recorded with Lou Reed will be released on October 31.The 10-track album is titled Lulu.

Check out our monster gallary of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo during a performance at NYC’s Madison Square Garden.

Biffy Clyro will play a one-off UK gig next month in preparation for a series of festival appearances this summer.

Black Sabbath have unveiled details of a Best Of collection to be released next month as they continue work on a new studio album following their recent reunion.

Online streaming services such as Spotify and Napster are to get their own Official Chart, with this week’s launch being described as a ‘real coming of age moment’ for the sites.

The Hives have debuted the video for their comeback single ‘Go Right Ahead‘, which can be viewed below.

The Walkmen have announced five UK dates this year in support of their impending seventh studio album ‘Heaven‘.