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For those about to rock, AC/DC salutes you. Unless, that is, you want to buy the Australian heavy metal group's newest album, "Black Ice," on iTunes, or anywhere but Wal-Mart when it drops in record stores on October 20. "Maybe I'm just being old-fashioned, but this iTunes, God bless 'em, it's going to kill music if they're not careful," lead singer Brian Johnson, 61, told Reuters. AC/DC, formed by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young in 1973, is among only a handful of musicians to refuse to put their music on the popular download website in a move that Johnson defended… Read more »

For a band that makes such edgy, experimental music, TV on the Radio is almost quaint when it comes to its business strategy. “We haven’t put our music in ads so far, and we have a clause in our contract that states our songs won’t be associated with cigarettes, alcohol brands or the military,” singer Tunde Adebimpe says. “We don’t want to see corporate banners at our shows, either. I want the live experience to remain unmarred.” The same uncompromising ethic runs through the songs on the band’s latest record, “Dear Science,” due September 23 via Interscope. Previously signed to… Read more »

Pink scored her first solo No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Thursday with “So What,” ending the three-week reign of T.I.’s “Whatever You Like.” The feisty pop singer previously topped the in 2001 through a Grammy-winning remake of Labelle’s “Lady Marmalade” with Christina Aguilera, Mya and Lil’ Kim. “So What” is the first single from Pink’s fifth album, “Funhouse,” which is slated for an October 28 release. T.I. slipped to No. 2, swapping places with Pink, while Rihanna’s “Disturbia” held at No. 3, and M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” rose one to No. 4. The chart’s top debut was Jay-Z’s all-star… Read more »

Kings of Leon may be from  Tennessee, but the rock band’s music has resonated in a bigger way overseas than it has in its own backyard. The family foursome hopes that will change with its fourth album, “Only by the Night,” due September 23 via RCA. Kings of Leon’s previous records have sold a combined total of 620,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen  SoundScan, topped by second album “Aha Shake Heartbreak” in  2005 at 232,000. But overseas, the numbers are more robust on a per capita basis. RCA says the band’s albums have sold nearly 600,000 copies… Read more »

The first time Arcade Fire performed in Paris, Mathieu Saura stood outside the venue with his girlfriend, holding up a sign that read, “Please, we want to come to the show.” The band’s bassist, Richard Reed Perry, got them in, and ever since, Saura might as well have not left. Under the name Vincent Moon, he’s gone from a fan begging for tickets to an in-demand filmmaker who has revolutionized music video. His films are stripped down, intimate videotaped performances – shot in one take, often of an act simply strolling down a street or playing in a parking lot.… Read more »

The Verve considers its upcoming album, “Forth,” the reunited British group’s first new set in 11 years, to be the beginning of its new era — and the continuation of a career that’s been interrupted by two previous breakups. “This definitely is an ongoing concern; it’s not something that we’re all just gonna chuck away again,” bassist Simon Jones told Billboard.com. “Looking back I don’t think we had to be so blunt and, ‘Alright, we’re splitting up!’ really. We should’ve just chilled out for a bit and taken some time out, to be honest. “But obviously we all had a… Read more »

It’s not so easy being Steven Adler. Guns N’ Roses’ ex-dummer pleaded not guilty to drug charges today in Los Angeles Superior Court stemming from a bust last month  at his Hollywood home. Adler, 43, was ordered to remain in a drug treatment facility for at least another month (much to the relief of Dr. Drew, no doubt) until his preliminary hearing. The musician faces one felony charge of possession of a controlled substance, an opiate, and a misdemeanor count of being under the influence of drugs. After Judge James Bianco remanded Adler to rehab, the rocker began crying in… Read more »

Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” led Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh week on Thursday, tying the Beatles to become the longest-running No. 1 in the rock era for the singer’s Capitol Records label. The Fab Four ruled for seven weeks in 1964 with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” Perry was previously tied at No. 2 with the Knack’s 1979 song “My Sharona.” If Perry’s song can hang on for three more weeks, it will tie rapper Flo Rida’s “Low” as the second longest-running No. 1 of 2008. But challenges loom from R&B singer Chris Brown’s… Read more »

Tapping on fake instruments and screeching into microphones connected to video game consoles has become lucrative for both the music and gaming industries. Downloadable tunes for music-based games “Guitar Hero,” “Rock Band” and “SingStar” have become as vital as iTunes itself – and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock. The genre will evolve again later this month when game publisher Activision and developer Neversoft release “Guitar Hero: Aerosmith,” the first such play-along rhythm game pegged to one music group, instead of featuring a multi-artist compilation more akin to one of those “Now That’s What I… Read more »