Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has announced the debut UK headline show for his new side project Dead By Sunrise. The band will play London's HMV Forum on February 19, showcasing tracks from their 2009 debut album 'Out of Ashes'. Speaking of the project, which unlike his main band features no hip-hop influences, Bennington said it reflects a "darker and moodier" side to his songwriting th...

Avenged Sevenfold member Jimmy Owen Sullivan's death has been ruled "inconclusive" following an autopsy. The Orange County coroner's office said more tests will have to be performed to determine a cause of death after the initial autopsy was carried out on Tuesday night (December 29). The drummer, nicknamed The Rev, passed away the previous day (December 28) at his home in southern California at t...

My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way has hinted the band will tour "punk clubs" for their new album, the recording of which is nearing completion. In an interview you can read in full in this week's issue of NME (out now nationwide) Way tells all about the follow up to 2006 album 'The Black Parade'. As well as talking about new songs like 'Black Dragon Fighting Society' and 'Light Behind Your Eyes', h...

Guns N' Roses' former guitarist Slash has revealed that he has turned down "seven, eight digit kinds" of sums of money to reunite with his old band at various times since his departure. He said that despite the huge amounts of cash being put on the table for him to hook up with frontman Axl Rose – who is fronting the current incarnation of the band – he is still not interested in a reunion. "I...

Green Day are to follow in the footsteps of The Beatles by launching their own version of the Rock Band game. The game, which is set to be released in 2010, allows fans to play tracks spanning the band's 22-year history and also features a number of venues that feature prominently in their history. It will be available on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Singer Billie Joe Armstrong said the game w...