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Were you a bit bummed out over the first batch of dates that Muse released for their 2010 world tour? Were you afraid that the U.K. three-piece rockers weren't coming to your neck of the woods? Well you can breathe easier as the band has released a bunch of new tour dates for the U.S. and Canada.
Originally, the band released six stops for the North American leg of their tour including Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Detroit, Boston, Fairfax and New York (and you KNOW… Read More

It's become quite an interesting holiday season on the U.K. music charts. Especially since a song that was released back in 1992 is currently number one.
A campaign started to get Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name" to be the number one song for Christmas is in full swing as there are nearly 800,000 members on the facebook page and it's currently beating the other contender for the top position by 65,000 records. The other contender being Joe McElderry,… Read More

The Big Four of Thrash playing shows
2010… Read More

The announcements have been made as to what acts will take their place in the hallowed halls of the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame next year. The class of 2010 includes The Stooges, Genesis, ABBA, the Hollies and Jimmy Cliff.
Iggy Pop talked about how the Stooges were rejected from the rock hall quite a few times to Rolling Stone.… Read More

This could probably be some of the biggest news on the planet if you're a follower of the Big Four of Thrash: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. It's been announced over at Metallica's website that, for the first time ever, all four bands will play the same stage!
The shows will take place at the Sonisphere festivals in Warsaw, Poland and Prague in the Czech… Read More

John Frusciante quits RHCP?
Green Day: Rock Band in 2010… Read More

If this story is actually true then it makes me a little sad to even write this. It's being reported by multiple sites that guitarist John Frusciante has quit playing for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
TwentyFourBit started putting the pieces together by compiling reports from a few sites like Buddyhead… Read More

And so begin the festival announcements for 2010 in the U.S.A. To kick things off we have the festival in the California desert known as Coachella which goes down from April 16-18, 2010.
According to the festival website, Coachella will now sell "layaway" tickets which will go for $269 and can bought in one of two ways (online payments only). The first option is to pay 50% of the ticket plus the additional fees with the remaining 50% deducted… Read More

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