Thursday News

BILLY IDOL has joined the lineup for this summer's Warped Tour. The veteran rocker will join the OFFSPRING, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, THRICE, FALL OUT BOY and the TRANSPLANTS for seven dates from July 6th to 24th on the traveling punk fest ...

STING will be featured in Stand In, airing April 25th on the MTV twenty-four-hour college network MTVu. The former teacher surprised the University of Illinois college students when he performed during their music composition class on April 18th ...

FRANZ FERDINAND are allowing fans to view their progress as they work on the follow-up to their 2004 self-titled debut through video clips on their Web site, franzferdinand.co.uk ...

YOKO ONO will headline the U.K. festival All Tomorrow's Parties, which also features Ono's son SEAN LENNON, the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS' JOHN FRUSCIANTE, PJ HARVEY and JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION. The festival -- curated by director and musician VINCENT GALLO -- will take place April 22nd to 24th ...

The ROLLING STONES, the BEATLES, AC/DC, KISS, OZZY OSBOURNE, METALLICA, PEARL JAM, U2 and the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS are donating rare guitars, albums and gear for the Save the Earth Foundation's Earth Day charity online auction, beginning April 23rd at auctions.overstock.com/earthday. EMINEM, JENNIFER LOPEZ, JAY-Z, BEYONCE, NELLY, DR.DRE, SNOOP DOGG and CHRISTINA AGUILERA will donate autographed microphones ...