Chad Childers

The Melvins and Municipal Waste are among the acts booking their tickets to Memphis in June to take part in the 2013 Scion Rock Fest. Though the full lineup has yet to be revealed, the Scion AV blog has unveiled a wealth of the bands taking part in this year's event.

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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are getting ready for their return to the road in New Zealand and Australia this spring, followed by an expected North American trek in the summer. The band is making their first extended tour run since guitarist Tony Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma and underwent chemotherapy last year, and Osbourne says his Sabbath bandmate is doing quite well.

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Nine Inch Nails recently announced that they're back and ready to tour this year, and now  two pieces of the band's legacy have surfaced in the form of the their 'Self-Destruct' tour documentary and a rare studio acoustic performance of the song 'The Becoming.'

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The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the biggest honors of its kind, with the European Broadcasting Community countries annually battling it out to determine which country has composed the most popular song. This year Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi decided to back Armenia by lending his skills to writing and producing a song.

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Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx is an avid music lover and that's not just relegated to hard rock and metal, as evidenced by the wide range of guests on his 'Sixx Sense' radio show. However, Sixx definitely has a special place in his heart for his latest musical recommendation. The bassist has reached out to his social network followers about the new band, Figs Vision, which features his son Gunner Sixx as one of its members.

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Little by little, there are more shows coming together as part of the proposed Marilyn Manson and Alice Cooper trek. After only a handful of dates initially surfaced, the two rockers have fleshed out the itinerary to span the entire month of June.

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Playtex Fresh + Sexy Wipes pitchman Andrew W.K. is getting back to doing what he does best -- rocking for hard-partying audiences across the country. The musician has revealed plans for his first-ever U.S. tour as a one-man act, and he's dubbing it the 'The Human Party Machine' trek.

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It's going to be a great weekend of rock this July as the fourth headliner for the 20th anniversary of Cadott, Wisconsin's Rock Fest has been revealed. It's none other than Three Days Grace, who will kick off the long weekend by headlining the Thursday, July 18 bill.

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Five Finger Death Punch are co-headliners with Rob Zombie on the 2013 edition of the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival and even though their album is still in progress, there's a piece of new music that's now available for listening in the trailer featuring the band promoting their Mayhem Festival run.

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The 2013 Mayhem Festival may not arrive until late June, but four of the bands on the bill gave a great taste of what's to come at the Mayhem Festival press conference Monday (March 18) in Los Angeles. Headliners Rob Zombie and Five Finger Death Punch fielded questions, while up-and-coming acts Huntress and Butcher Babies took over the Whisky-a-Go-Go for an in-your-face performance.

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As members of some of rock's biggest acts, they've lived the "rockstar" lifestyle. Now this hard-hitting collective of rockers, who count stints with Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, the Scorpions and Guns N' Roses on their resumes, will go under the moniker Rockstar for their upcoming tour of Russia.

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You never know what you're going to get when you invite the crowd up onstage with you for a performance. What the Dropkick Murphys got during their recent set in New York was at least one audience member who made his way onstage and began performing the Hitler salute as the band rocked out a cover of AC/DC's 'T.N.T.'

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