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English singer Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in her home in London this morning. The troubled star, pictured here in this photo by Gary Miller at Coachella in 2007, had long battled drugs and alcohol and her most recent performance weeks ago ended after being booed off a Belgrade stage. Winehouse joins an infamous list of rock stars who died at 27 including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones and Kurt Cobain, all who struggled with drugs, alcohol, and fame and left a legacy that far outlived many of their contemporaries. [...]

Pentimento, a melodic punk band from NY, has announced that they will tour with Heartwell starting August 20. The band's main goal is to create music that their fans can relate to on a personal level. They are hoping that they can give off the same feelings in a live concert. Jul 21 Buffalo, NY- Broadway Joe's w/ Make Do and Mend, Hostage Calm, Heartsounds and Lapse Jul 31- Rochester, NY- The Dubland Underground w/ Showbread, Endangered Youth and more! Aug 20 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place w/ Heartwell [...]

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In what has to be one of the more sad and bizarre music stories, Micheal Todd, bass player for Coheed & Cambria was arrested tonight for armed robbery after he allegedly held up a Walgreens by claiming he had a bomb and escaping in a cab with a supply of Oxycontin. Police traced the cab to the venue in Massachusetts and arrested the musician before the band had taken the stage at the Comcast center where they were opening for Soundgarden. No word has been released from the band or its publicist has been released as [...]

Basement will be touring alongside Such Gold and Daylight this August in the US. The tour will start in NY and PA. This is Basement's first tour ever in America and they are hoping to make a big impression on the US. In July they will release their new LP, I Wish I Could Stay Here, and they will be supporting this release by touring in the UK after the American Tour. SUCH GOLD + BASEMENT 8/9 - Buffalo, NY @ Sugar City 8/10 - [...]

California based metal band Machine Head has announced The Eighth Plague Tour. The tour will take the band around Europe and the UK starting November 2nd in support of their newest album "Unto The Locust" slated to release in September 2011. The tour includes Bring Me the Horizon, Devil Driver and the Darkest Hour. 02-Nov Wed Norway, Oslo - Sentrum 03-Nov Thu Sweden, Stockholm - Aren 05-Nov Sat Finland, Tampere - Sorsapuisto-Sali 06-Nov Sun Finland, Helsinki - Circus [...]

Challenger! and Twenty One Pilots will be headlining "The Regional At Best Tour" starting July 16th and ends on July 30th and will travel around the Midwest and Northeast of the US. Challenger! is a dance-core band from Wisconsin and were formed by Chris and Mike in 2010. They started as a cover band and then wrote their own songs and made their own sound. Twenty One Pilots hails from Ohio and started in 2009. With loads of energy and catchy lyrics, Twenty One Pilots puts on jaw-dropping preformances. [...]

by Robin Lardie - Staff Writer and Photographer Last Sunday night, Austin hosted Rock n Roll Hall of Famer William "Bootsy" Collins and his all-star 13 piece band. And what a night it was! The evening started with Mrs. Patti Collins and the "Bootsy Girls" greeting the crowd and introducing some of her husbands students at "Funk University", his online bass instruction school.I'd guess by looking that the students were an average age of about 13 and they took a few of them spoke briefly to the audience about how much they had [...]

Drive A, a rock band from LA, have joined the Rock Alliance Tour alongside Buckcherry, P.O.D., Puddle of Mudd, Red, Papa Roach, and Crossfade. The tour begins August 24th to September 25th. Drive A will be supporting The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus from July 8-13th during Hollywood Undead's Revolt Tour 2011. Drive A will be playing with Limp Bizkit, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, P.O.D., and more during the 2011 Epicenter Festival in Irvine, CA on September 24th. Drive A Tour Dates: [...]

The way the press keeps playing it up it would seem a veritable storm of glass is being shed from Austin's new W Hotel, but in reality the number of panels that have plummeted has been small, and engineers are already swarming over the now temporarily closed hotel removing glass panels and causing traffic tie ups downtown. Also located in the W Hotel is Austin's latest live music venue, ACL Live at the Moody Theater, and though they have shut down todays events they plan on playing through the crisis. According to [...]

Koji and Into It. Over It. have announced that they will be spending two weeks on tour in the United Kingdom this summer. The tour is in support of their newest split record entitled IIOI/KOJI . Both Koji and Into It. Over It.'s singer, Evan Thomas Weiss, have been longtime friends and each created five songs for the album with a few guest musicians, which include La Dispute, Castevet, Cloudmouth, and others. Fri Aug 26 - The Mercantile - Dublin, Ireland Sat Aug 27 - Crane Lane - Cork, Ireland [...]

The Nothing to Something Tour with Plug In Stereo, Weatherstar and Bird by Bird: Nothing To Something Tour introduces bands Weatherstar and Bird By Bird. Other bands include The Scene Aesthetic, He Is We and Carter Hulsey. The band Plug in Stereo are to headline the tour which is the first time for the band. Another artist on this tour is 17 year old Trevor Dahl. Dahl is an acoustic instrumentalist with an easy-going sound. Friday, August 5- Seattle, WA- [...]

Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger have changed their tour dates due to Aaron Barrett (lead singer of Reel Big Fish) having acute appendicitis. Tickets are valid for the new dates and Aaron will be ready to be on stage for their North American Tour starting July 6th. Reschduled Tour Dates: Sat 22 October @ Carioca Club, Sao Paulo, Brazil Sun 23 October @ Criciuma Music Hall, Criciuma, Brazil Wed 26 October @ Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Thu 27 October @ Bar Opiniao, Porto Alegre, Brazil [...]

SCREAM THE PRAYER TOUR DATES: 7/1 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown 7/2 Bushnell, IL @ Cornerstone Festival 7/3 Bushnell, IL @ Cornerstone Festival 7/5 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock 7/6 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar 7/7 Charlotte, NC @ Amos 7/8 Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue 7/9 Jacksonville, FL @ Murray Hill Theatre 7/10 Pratville (Montgomery), AL @ The Blue Iguana 7/11 Little Rock, AR @ Riverfront Pavilion 7/14 Willmar, MN @ Sonshine Festival 7/15 Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre 7/16 Willmar, MN @ [...]

InVogue Records Tour will feature Another Hero Dies, Sleep City, As Artifacts, Royal, Get Up Texas, and Spies Like Us. The tour kicks off July 6th in Chicago IL and take the bands around the entire US ending in Texas. THE INVOGUE RECORDS TOUR Another Hero Dies, Sleep City, Spies Like Us July 8th - Cleveland, OH - RocBar July 9th - Findlay, OH - The Lighthouse July 10th - Detroit,MI w/ Get Up Texas - Venue TBA July 12th - Buffalo, NY [...]

Not Tonight Josephine, from Tampa FL, have announced their upcoming tour "The Horizon Strikes Back" Tour. Begining June 22nd in Chicago, IL and continuing throughout the eastern part of the USthe tour will end up in West Plains, MO July 13th. Not Tonight Josephine will be playing songs from their newest album All On The Horizon that came out April 26th. June 22 - Chicago, IL @ The Elbo Room June 23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Vision's June 24 - Detroit, MI @ NYNY w/ Seven Day Sonnet [...]

Japan's Shonen Knife have been the staple that has bound the Japanese Rock music together since their inception in Osaka in 1981. 2011 celebrates thirty years since the band began releasing albums of their mixture of pop, punk, food and fantasy and in celebration of this milestone Shonen Knife is paying tribute to one of their biggest musical inspira­tions … NYC's legendary Ramones. "Ramones were my all-time idols since I first heard their music from a radio and rushed to a record shop. This year is the 30th anniversary of Shonen Knife. For celebration, we [...]

Shonen Knife have been the most internationally recognized name in Japanese Rock music since their entrance onto the alternative rock scene in the early 90s seeing them become the indie darlings of hipsters and rock stars alike. 2011 celebrates thirty years since Naoko and the band began releasing albums of their joyous mixture of pop, punk, food and fantasy for the world to enjoy. Since their inception in Osaka in 1981 (featuring Naoko's sister Atsuko and their friend, bassist/vocalist Michie) to their current lineup featuring members Ritsuko (b,v) and Emi (dr,v), SK have maintained their rightful place in the ever [...]

Toronto Canada's metal legends Anvil are headed back on the road again, following a successful tour across Canada this past May. Making a US return, the band has a string of tour dates lined up for July in support of their 16th studio album Juggernaut of Justice . Fans in Cleveland, Philadelphia & Chicago will also get a chance to meet the band at select in-store appearances, with chances to get autographs as well as meet these rock legends. Cleveland radio stations WJCU, WCSB, WRUW and WBWC will [...]

by Jeff Barringer - Staff Photographer These Widespread Panic guys are pretty hard core for being so mellow. After playing ACL Live during this years SXSW, they took time off their current U.S. tour to come back to Austin and do a 2 day live internet telecast on Facebook from the ACL Live stage. Once they finish their tour of North America they immediately head off again for a Japanese tour at the end of July. For the list of tour dates see their site at widespreadpanic.com [...]