Scissor Sisters have announced plans to tour the UK in October. Tickets are available now. Them Crooked Vultures / Queens of the Stone Age‘s Josh Homme features in an infomercial spoof for the band’s upcoming album ‘Magic Hour’ to be released on Monday; watch it below. The band have organised a special Facebook app that allows fans to preview clips from ‘Magic Hour’ along the theme of the album’s artwork, which has today been updated... Continue reading Scissor Sisters / October 2012 UK/Irish Tour

Entertainment Weekly reports that Fire">Arcade Fire and Foo Fighters will join Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live‘s season finale, which Jagger is hosting. Between Nirvana, Them Crooked Vultures, Foo Fighters, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers this will be Dave Grohl’s tenth appearance drumming on the show. It airs 5/19.

Earlier this week rumors were circulating on Rolling Stones message boards that Mick Jagger would use next Saturday’s appearance on Saturday Night Live as a platform to announce the return of the Stones and a forthcoming tour. While nothing concrete has come out of those rumblings yet, we now know that Jagger will be joined by other rock royalty on the season finale of the long-running SNL. Entertainment Weekly reports that Foo Fighters and Fire">Arcade Fire will join Jagger during the SNL finale on May 19. Details are sparse, but considering Mick doesn’t have a true solo ...

Recently, Florence + The Machine filmed an appearance on MTV Unplugged. And the appearance featured the indie pop group covering Johnny Cash and June Carter’s “Jackson” with a special guest: Queens Of The Stone Age/Them Crooked Vultures’ Josh Homme. The MTV Unplugged performance will air on April 8, while the recordings will be available for [...]

Damon Albarn’s obvious analogue is David Byrne , a guy bored with his not-exactly-basic rock band and far more interested in setting up collaborations between world-class musicians and positioning himself as the nucleus, the Pop Star With Taste. But how about Tony Allen, who’s clearly the Dave Grohl of Afrobeat? Like Grohl, he’s a colossally skilled drummer yet still approachable, which might explain how he’s worked with everybody. With Chili Pepper-turned-Thom Yorke-gun-for-hire Flea somewhere in between the two, Rocket Juice & The Moon could be these superstars’ own Them Crooked Vultures . (The goofy name sure matches up.) But ...

It's almost time. After months of waiting, rumour and speculation the organisers of Reading & Leeds unveiled the line up for this summer's event. One of the biggest summer events in the UK this year, the festival have installed The Cure, Kasabian and Foo Fighters as headliners with plenty of acts sitting beneath them. Check out the initial details HERE. Clash writer Jamie Carson is a long time fan of the festival, having attended Leeds faithfully since his teenage years. Asked to pen a very personal look at the line up, he responded with something which reflects his own ...

Kyuss Lives! may not be able to live up to their name much longer. Josh Homme and Scott Reeder have filed a lawsuit against their former Kyuss bandmates, vocalist John Garcia and drummer Brant Bjork, for using the early '90s Palm Desert stoner-rock outfit's name. According to a statement released by Reeder and Homme, the pair had started talks with the rest of the ex-Kyuss crew in January to negotiate terms of Garcia and Bjork's use of the name, but found out recently that all four musicians weren't on the same page. The duo are suing for ...

Die US-amerikanischen Alternative-Rocker Foo Fighters veröffentlichen mit "These Days" ein neues Musikvideo aus ihrem letztjährigen Erfolgs-Album " Wasting Light ". Dass die Rock-Fraktion um Dave Grohl mit ihrem siebten Studioalbum zu ihren Ursprüngen zurückgekehrt ist und auf unverfälschten Garagen-Sound setzt, bewiesen die fünf Mannen bereits in der ersten Single-Auskopplung "White Limo", das mit keinem geringeren als Motörhead -Lemmy in einem trashigen Road-Movie endete ( motor.de berichtete ). Mit "These Days" besinnen sich die Foo Fighters auf ihre denkwürdigsten Auftritte und zahlreichen treuen Fans, was sie hier visuell mit eindrucksvollen Bildern unterstreichen. Überzeugt euch selbst: Foo Fighters – "These Days" Seit mittlerweile 17 Jahren treibt ...

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Them Crooked Vultures, Probot, Queens of the Stone Age, etc. has collaborated with members of 1980s metal band, Ratt. Noise Creep reports that Grohl has joined forces with Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy (vocals) and Warren DeMartini (guitar) to record a brand new song. The track is apparently for a new [...]

Cairo Knife Fight, New Zealand’s electrifying power rock duo, makes an intergalactic impact on US ground as they announce the arrival of their sonic sound to this year’s 2012 SXSW Festival in Austin, TX.  Cairo Knife Fight, who released their second EP “II” via Liberation Music in August 2011, is comprised of drummer / lead vocalist Nick Gaffaney and Aaron Tokona on guitar and effects.  Together, this potent pair issues forth pulsating guitar riffs illuminated with haunting vocals and phantasmal effects which have taken the stage alongside Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures and Queens of The Stone Age Says ...

Queens of the Stone Age are apparently well on their way to completing their first album since 2007's Era Vulgaris . "Yep. the Queens are deep into makin the new album," a post on the Palm Desert, California-based band's official Facebook page says. "Locked away in the desert. & shit yeah. it. sounds. fuckin. killer." In May, frontman Josh Homme told the BBC the band's upcoming sixth album would be completed by the end of 2011. He also said the new album probably wouldn't mark a huge shift in trajectory for the group. "We're at a weird ...

According to News Shopper, legendary LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones, who is also a member of THEM CROOKED VULTURES, will receive an honorary fellowship from Deptford's (a district of South London, Engand) Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

There's a fascinating piece about tinnitus in this week's mag. It tells the story of Robert McIndoe, a music fan who killed himself after sustaining a life-wrecking case of the condition at a Them Crooked Vultures gig, and looks into what can be done about the issue. The feature talks to numerous promoters and industry figures about the problems and solutions with regards tinnitus, and sees NME's Features Ed Jamie Fullerton give his account of life with a constant drone in his ear. Pete Townshend, a long-term tinnitus sufferer I've been lucky enough not to suffer ...

General Music News : British rock music fan stabbed himself to death after seeing the rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures perform left him with severe tinnitus.

An inquest into the death of 52 year old Robert McIndoe is ongoing, but reports seem sure on the sad cause: Robert stabbed himself to death after suffering from three month’s worth of tinnitus, a constant ringing in the ears which stopped him sleeping. And where did he get this? A Them Crooked Vultures gig. This is more than just a Daily Mail scare story over loud rock music, because Robert’s wife Shirley has claimed he was turned away from several doctor and hospital appointments. Look after your ears people. Story originally posted on SupaJam .