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Josh Homme’s reactivated independent label, Rekords Rekords, will re-release Queens of the Stone Age’s self-titled 1998 debut album with bonus tracks on March 1 in the U.S. and March 7 in the U.K. They’ll promote the album with a U.S. tour, beginning mid-March (see dates below).

Fans will be hearing a lot more from Sebastian Bach in future as he has just inked an exclusive worldwide, multi-album recording contract with Frontiers Records. Bach will head in to the studio later this month with his new young virtuosic guitarist Nick Sterling to record a brand new album...

Former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di’Anno has been warned he is facing jail after pleading guilty to falsely claiming benefits for more than £45,000.

Some bad news out of the Slayer camp: Jeff Hanneman, guitarist and founding member of Slayer, was hospitalized late last month where he underwent emergency surgery on his right arm after contracting a serious infection, according to his bandmates Kerry King, Tom Araya, and Dave Lombardo.

Geezer Butler has posted the following on his website: "I would like to make it clear, because of mounting speculation and rumors, that there will be definitely NO reunion of all four original members of Black Sabbath, whether to record an album or to tour." Geezer Butler That sounds pretty definite.

An Indianapolis sports reporter has posted a rumor that a Guns N’ Roses reunion is in talks with the NFL to appear at next year's Super Bowl in – you guessed it – Indianapolis.

Duff McKagan’s online chat with ESPN.com readers on Wednesday is fueling more rumors about Corey Taylor’s possible involvement with Velvet Revolver.

Today, Gibson concludes their countdown of the Top 50 Greatest Guitar riffs of all time. Here are the three that came out on top:

While Little Rock was rocked by a snowstorm, Kid Rock went on with the show. And he’s taking some heat for it.

Former White Zombie bassist Sean Yseult admits it was heartbreaking to watch original drummer Ivan DePrume quit the band after a furious row with main man Rob Zombie back in the day – revealing the band was never the same again.

Days after the news came down that guitar great Gary Moore died, METALLICA's Kirk Hammett called Rolling Stone writer Andy Greene from his home in Hawaii to talk about his guitar idol.

According to MSNBC.com, Publisher Activision confirms that Guitar Hero is no more, writing, "due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero business unit and discontinue development on its Guitar Hero game for 2011...