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Linkin Park takes on NYC for their exclusive television event, "Fuse Presents: Linkin Park". Tune into Fuse TV at 9:30/8:30C on Friday, 2/18, as they take the stage for their "A Thousand Suns" tour.

Ex-KORN guitarist BRIAN "HEAD" WELCH is begging his former bandmates to permanently replace him. Brian Tweeted on Saturday that he has no intention of ever rejoining Korn and pleads with the guys to hire touring guitarist Wes Geer as a full time member...

(anitmusic) Axl Rose once again took to his Twitlonger account to address the recent rumors swirling around Guns N' Roses and also to announce yet another change in management. The key issues addressed were the rumored U.S. tour plans as well as the relaunch of "Chinese Democracy."

(bravewords) Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has announced via Twitter that he is working on a new project with SYMPHONY X vocalist Russell Allen. Portnoy's Tweet reads as follows:

(Alternativeaddiction) Shinedown is readying a Live CD/DVD with a collection of footage from their Carnival of Madness and Anything & Everything 2010 tours.  The band is currently asking fans to suggest a title for the Live package at their website.

(NME) Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst could be the recipient of a bizarre new accolade. The Solid Waste Services Department in Austin, Texas is being renamed, with officials asking for residents to vote for the suggestions they like best.

Kurt Cobain wrote a song for the cartoon "Ren & Stimpy," but the producers threw it in the trash. Voice actor Billy West, who did the voice of Stimpy (and later Ren too), revealed in a Nerdist.com podcast that one day this scraggly kid wandered into the offices of Spumco, said he was a "Ren & Stimpy" fan and offered up a song for the show. This w...

Judas Priest wants you to know that even though its 2011 world tour will be the final trek, the band is not breaking up. Guitarist Glenn Tipton posted on the group's official Web site that they are writing new material and fully intend to stay together, but this will be the last big world tour...

(gibson) William Shatner has dropped a couple of tantalizing tweets suggesting that he and Zakk Wylde have recorded a cover of the Black Sabbath classic, “Iron Man.”

The Big 4 of Thrash, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, will make a big announcement today about their plans for America. Speculation has it that they will be announcing a tour.

Slash and Ozzy Hit Denver February 8th (bravewords) Slasher Films is the horror film production company formed by Slash in partnership with Michael Williams and Rob Eric of Scout Productions.

A musical landmark has burned down. The New York Post says the building immortalized on the cover of the Beastie Boys' 1989 album, "Paul's Boutique" caught on fire Thursday. The extent of the damage is not known. Years after the boutique closed, the store at 99 Rivington Street in Manhattan had different owners, but it's been a restaurant called The Three Monkeys for the last few year