"The kind of dirty where the water never cleans off the clothes."

Egomaniac, Matt Tuck talks about the new Bullet For My Valentine album.    RockSound

The Spice Girls create a lot of excitement?  Where?   NME

New Stone Temple Pilots album  MetalHammer

Under Great White Northern Lights, The White Stripes tour documentary is being released March 16th along with their first live album and some other recorded shows in a limited-edition boxed set.    Stereogum

Dads Who Rock

In honor of Father's Day RollingStone.com has put together a few pictures of rock dads with their kids. As a daddy's girl I won't lie and say I didn't get a little misty. My Dad is the whole reason I love music. Had it not been for him and his making me guess the artist and song title for everything we heard on the rock radio stations in the 80's, I am sure I wouldn't even be sitting here typing this out at this moment. I like to joke that the first song I knew all the words to was Zeppelin's 'Black Dog' , but honestly, it probably isn't too far from the truth. Love you Daddy-o. Happy Father's Day!

More dads who rock. ---> here

Stone Temple Pilots announce dates for short North American tour

May

23 - Anaheim, CA House of Blues

24 - Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theater

July

1 - Los Angeles, CA House of Blues

7 - Lansing, MI Adado Riverfront Park

8 - Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion

10 - Rama, Ontario Casino Rama Entertainment Centre

11 - Sarnia, Ontario Centennial Park

13 - Ottawa, Ontario Lebreton Flats Park

17 - Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

18 - Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel and Casino

Weiland back in tow - STP sets dates

May 17 - Rock on the Range Festival, Columbus, Ohio
May 18 - Center at the Waterfront, Camden, N.J.
May 20 - State Theatre, ClevelandMay 22 - "Bank Pavillion", Chicago
May 23 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis
May 26 - Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Conn.
May 31 - Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, N.J. June 1 - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts, Mansfield, Mass.
June 3 - The Fillmore, Detroit
June 6 - Roy Wilkens Arena, St. Paul, Minn.
June 7 - Rock Fest, Liberty Memorial Park, Kansas City
June 8 - "Wireless" Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, Mo.
June 11 - "Entertainment Magazine" Center, West Valley, Utah
June 12, 14 - The Pearl, Las Vegas
June 21 - V Festival, Calgary
June 24 - Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Calif.
June 25 - Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre, Tuscon, Az.
June 27 - "Telecommunications" Center, San Antonio, Texas
June 28 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion, The Woodlands, Texas
June 29 - "Cellular Manufacturer" Theater, Grand Prairie, Texas
July 2 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver
July 4 - Summerfest, Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee
July 10 - Summer Festival, Planes of Abraham, Quebec City, Quebec
July 12 - Edge Fest, Downsview Park, North York, Ont.
July 15 - Constellation Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, N.Y.
July 17 - Oneida Casino, Green Bay, Wis.
July 18 - Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant, Wis.
July 19 - Chippewa Valley Music Festival, Cadott, Wis.
July 25 - Greek Theatre, Berkeley, Calif.
July 26 - Mid California State Fair, Paso Robles, Calif.
July 27 - Concerts on the Green, San Diego
Aug. 8 - Muzikfest, Bethlehem, Pa.
Aug. 9 - The Borgata, Atlantic City
Aug. 10 - V Festival, Baltimore
Aug. 17 - Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte, S.C.
Aug. 19 - UCF Arena, Orlando, Fla.
Aug. 20 - Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Fla.
Aug. 22 - "Automotive Manufacturer" Amphitheatre, Tampa, Fla.
Aug. 23 - Encore Park, Alpharetta, Ga.
Aug. 30 - "Automotive Manufacturer" Place, Vancouver
Aug. 31 - Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle

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Scott Weiland out of Velvet Revolver foreal.

iTunes becomes largest music retailer.

Gwen Stefani talks about recording with No Doubt.

Good grief...New Kids returning?

VH1 Rock Honors will only feature The Who this year.

Avenged Sevenfold will record a live DVD during the first Taste of Chaos stint - I hope it's better than that crappy DVD they came out with last year. Can we say disappointment? Don't lie, you know it kind of sucked.

Alkaline Trio post new song.

Hard copy music magazines begin to drop like flies. Who didn't see this coming? <--- said with more than a tinge of sarcasm.

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State of the music industry means Smashing Pumpkins might not release another full-length album.

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Lily Allen finds new beau.

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Stone Temple Pilots in. Velvet Revolver out.

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Universal censors Be Your Own Pet album for being "violent." Isn't that breaking an amendment? Oh you middle-aged white americans...what are we going to do with you?

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