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Anthrax fans in West Hollywood were treated to some surprise guests last night. Slash and Chuck D joined Anthrax on stage at the House of Blues.

Robert Zildjian, founder of Sabian Cymbals, has died at the age of 89.

Status Quo are about to become movie stars. Prepare yourself for the first Quo action comedy ‘Bula Quo’.

Wilko Johnson, who has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and has not sought treatment for the disease, has played his final show.

Seeing Paul Simon, one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th Century, performing other people’s songs shows the reverence he must have for those artists.

Sir Paul McCartney joined his son James on stage in London this week.

The Presets will tour the USA and Canada in May.

Guns N’ Roses guitarist Richard Fortus will be doing time in Australia as a member of The Dead Daisies.

The Arctic Monkeys frontman has been officially confirmed as a guest on the new Queens of the Stone Age album titled ‘…Like Clockwork’.

Elvis Costello will scale back his shows this summer, dropping the Spectacular Spinning Songbook, which saw his sets each night chosen by the spin of a fair wheel, to a straight forward show with his band the Imposters (keyboardist Steve Nieve, drummer Pete Thomas and bassist Davey Faragher).

Gordon Stoker, tenor and manager of the Jordanaires who spent years backing Elvis Presley along with many other greats, died on Wednesday after a long illness at the age of 88.

There are still a couple of days left, but the midweek chart for British Album sales, as published by the Official Charts Company, has Depeche Mode’s new album, Delta Machine, just 4,000 copies behind Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience which is in its second week of release.

Eric Burdon has signed with Alfred Music and ABKCO Music and Records for the release of his memoir, Breathless. The book is expected late this year.

The Rolling Stones will perform at the Glastonbury Music Festival this year.

Bruce Springsteen has premiered ‘Better Days’ at his third Melbourne concert.

The Australian music industry is planning a Sydney-sized farewell for Aaron Chugg, who died on March 18 from complications from a stroke he had while tour managing The Stone Roses.

Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale is going solo for what was to be the band’s third album.

Craig David has arrived in Australia to start the tour that nearly ended in tears.

Justin Bieber’s neighbour has accused the singer of assaulting him.

Deke Richards, the songwriter who led the Motown writing and production team The Corporation, died on Sunday from esophageal cancer. He was 68.

Alice Cooper has paired with Tom Sheppard (The High Fructose Adventures of the Annoying Orange) for a new Kickstarter project revolving around an Uncle Alice Presents series of comics and, possibly, more.

Albert Hammond was only 16 years old when he saw a girl in Gibraltar that inspired him to write his first song, Blue Boy.

Lou Reed has cancelled five dates in April including both weekends at the Coachella Festival plus shows in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Monterrey.

Justin Timberlake’s ‘The 20/20 Experience’ has sold almost 1 million units in its first week on sale in the USA.

‘Rosalita’ (Come Out Tonight), the one time centrepiece of a Bruce Springsteen live performance, has made its second appearance on the E Street Band Australian tour.

The house in Los Angeles that George Harrison wrote the song ‘Blue Jay Way’ about has sold for $3.8 million after nearly a year on the market.

The Dead Daisies guitarist David Lowy says his new band will be an ongoing concern.

Bruno Mars only needs “wine and wet wipes” in his tour rider.

Royal Court Liverpool are bringing back one of their most successful shows of recent times with a brand new star name. John Power (The La’s, Cast) will be making his theatrical debut in Bob Eaton’s fantastic musical ‘Lennon’.