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The release date seems to be set in stone — or maybe in this case, it should be set in metal: Megadeth’s new studio album, ‘TH1RT3EN,’ will arrive Nov. 1 on Roadrunner Records.

It was only a matter of time before ABC developed a ‘Wife Swap’ spin-off starring the famous (or formerly famous, depending on one’s perspective).
Well, the network has such a reality series in the works: the upcoming ‘Celebrity Wife Swap.’ And in one episode, two TV reality-show veterans — Twisted S…

Gregg Allman will have to lay low for a while before he can get back on the road to support his ‘Low Country Blues’ album.
The upper respiratory infection that resulted in Allman canceling four June shows in Europe hasn’t cleared up. So that means he&CloseCurlyQu…

Finally, there’s a chance for the fans who crashed the gate at the original Woodstock music festival to make up for not buying tickets to the legendary three-day event in August 1969.
A historic sign from the festival’s site in Bethel, N.Y., is in bad shape, and the Ro…

Tom Hamilton will be back in the proverbial saddle this fall when Aerosmith tours South America, Mexico and Japan.
But life in recent years has been anything but the same old song and dance for the tall, blond bassist, who is currently cancer-free thanks to a radical — and somewhat risky &…

Deep Purple fans might want to set aside a small pile of greenbacks for Aug. 16.
On that day, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release four Deep Purple concert collections that were recorded in the early to mid 1970s.

Five signature Def Leppard songs — plus a new tune by the band — have been packaged for Rock Band and can be downloaded starting Aug. 9.
This six-pack collection is both a score for Rock Band and a first for Def Leppard, one of the most requested bands in the history of the music video ga…

Some fans of the pop/punk band blink-182 became the unexpected stars of its new video, ‘Up All Night’ — and only those who’d violated copyright law were included.
Wait. What?

Deftones singer Chino Moreno is moonlighting again — this time with friend and Far guitarist Shaun Lopez. And a taste of what he’s been working on is now available online.
A five-song EP by the new Moreno/Lopez project, dubbed Crosses, can be downloaded for free, and all you nee…

In the wake of his July arrest for allegedly robbing a Walgreens in Massachusetts, bassist Michael Todd has decided to leave Coheed and Cambria.
The move has been described by the band as a mutual decision.

It’s official: U2 will re-release ‘Achtung Baby’ on Nov. 1, and new photos from Universal Music Group offer a pretty comprehensive look at all five physical editions of the 20th anniversary collection.

Aug. 30 was already going to be a big day for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Thanks to a little help from Fuse TV, it’s going to be even bigger.
To coincide with the release of the band’s new album, ‘I’m With You,’ on that Tuesday, Fus…