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Alien Ant Farm’s tour bus collided with a truck in Cáceres, Spain, early Wednesday morning (May 22), resulting in the bus driver’s death and the band sustaining minor injuries. The members of the band were taken to a nearby hospital, roughly 200 kilometers west of Madrid, according to a Dreamworks Records spokesperson. Singer Dryden Mitchell sustained back injuries, guitarist Terry Corso broke his ankle, bassist Tye Zamora injured his foot and drummer Mike Cosgrove entered the hospital with cuts and bruises as a result of the accident. The bandmembers were asleep in their bunks at the time of the crash,… Read more »

Lance Bass of ‘N Sync is competing with a former NASA official for the next seat on a Russian spacecraft. Dmitry Malashenkov, spokesman for Russia’s Institute of Biomedical Problems, said Tuesday that Bass and ex-NASA employee Lori Garver were undergoing medical tests at the Moscow center to evaluate their fitness for space travel. They must spend time in a pressurized chamber and undergo a centrifuge test to determine how their bodies would respond to the spacecraft’s liftoff. The results will be forwarded to a state commission, which will deliver a final report on both candidates’ fitness, Malashenkov said. Russia’s space… Read more »

Billy Bob Thornton’s counting on an Elvis sighting. The “Monster’s Ball” actor and screenwriting Oscar-winner for “Sling Blade” began a two-week, nine-city concert tour Friday showcasing his rockabilly musical roots. He announced he’s going to team up with rocker Elvis Costello on dates in Minnesota, Michigan and Ohio. Thornton, who began his music career playing drums and opening for artists including Humble Pie, Hank Williams Jr. and the Earl Scruggs Review, met Costello during the actor’s recent European tour. Costello joined him on stage for a surprise guest appearance in Dublin. “I have always been an admirer of Elvis Costello,… Read more »

U2 fans hoping to see their heroes play in Europe have been stung by a simple ticketing scam. Tickets for a show at the Amsterdam Arena this summer were advertised and sold through website LatestEvents.com, part of a London firm called Total Entertainment Ltd. The £199 fee included tickets, travel and accommodation. However, U2 were never booked to play the Amsterdam Arena. After announcing the “cancellation” of the gig, Total Entertainment subtracted £17.50 from each package sold for their “insurance fee.” The scam has enraged U2. John Giddings, the band’s global tour manager, said he feels severe action should be… Read more »

Swedish experimental extreme metal band Meshuggah have been praised by the mainstream music press and metal mags alike, and have cultivated a loyal underground following since their first LP, Contradictions Collapse, was released in 1991. But even the largest crowds at a European metal festival pale in comparison to the millions that heard Meshuggah on “The Osbournes” when Jack, in an effort to piss off the family’s obnoxious neighbors, blasted “Future Breed Machine” from the band’s 1995 album, Destroy, Erase, Improve. The young metal powerbroker also recruited the band to play the second stage of this year’s Ozzfest, and the… Read more »

The Hives begin swarming the U.S. next week. Even though the Swedish rock band have been playing since they were seventeen-years-old, they are just now finding themselves pinned as rock’s next critical darling, alongside bands like the Strokes and the White Stripes. “We get asked a lot of times if we compare ourselves to those bands, but it’s hard to say,” says guitarist Vigilante Carlstroem. “We might have some of the same influences but we come to different conclusions.” And the Hives certainly are not an overnight success – their most recent album, Veni, Vidi, Vicious was recorded over two… Read more »

After finishing their opening slot on the Green Day/Blink-182 Pop Disaster tour, Jimmy Eat World will embark on another trek, this time with their own name atop the marquee. The Mesa, Arizona, quartet will launch a headlining tour July 16 in Columbus, Ohio, according to their publicist. Eleven dates follow, and then it’s off to Europe for a few weeks of shows and festivals that culminate in the U.K. Reading and Leeds festivals on August 24 and 25. The Promise Ring, on the heels of the release of their fifth album, Wood/Water; Desaparecidos, the side project of Bright Eyes mastermind… Read more »

Oasis have confirmed twelve North American summer tour dates in support of their upcoming fifth album, Heathen Chemistry. The trek kicks off on August 2nd in Fort Lauderdale, Florida – six days after the band wraps its European tour in Rome – and is now scheduled to run through an August 21st date in Detroit. Heathen Chemistry, the follow-up to 2000’s Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, will be released in July. The album is the first to feature Oasis’ new guitarist Gem Archer and bassist Andy Bell. No opener has been set for the tour and more dates are… Read more »

Papa Roach continues to ramp up its promotional appearances in support of its second major-label album, Lovehatetragedy, which arrives June 18 from DreamWorks Records. The Northern California band is currently in Europe hyping the release, while its first big splash back home in the United States will be when it hits the road in mid-July as part of the Anger Management tour, also featuring Eminem, Ludacris, and the X-ecutioners. Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix (previously known as Coby Dick) said that the group is going to do its best to represent rock on the Anger Management tour. “That’s gonna be… Read more »

The pieces of Jimmy Eat World’s summer headlining tour are starting to come together, if very slowly, with eight new shows being scheduled over the next three months. Dates take the Arizona group to Canada, the Midwest, and Northeast, the earliest of these being June 19 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, according to the group’s website (jimmyeatworld.com). Opening acts will include the Promise Ring, Recover, and Desaparecidos. Jimmy Eat World is touring in support of its breakthough album, Bleed American, which features the hit single “The Middle.” The tour’s kick-off will follow visits to Europe for Jimmy Eat World, but is… Read more »