Rise Against have announced that they will release ‘Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000 – 2013’ on September 9 on Interscope Records.

Bloodstock, the biggest metal party weekender of the year, is just three weeks away, and the event has announced another handful of bands for the Sophie Lancaster Stage at Catton Park.

Californian rock giants Avenged Sevenfold have unleashed their blistering new single Hail To The King, clocking-up over 500,000 listens in just 24 hours. Click here to pre-order the forthcoming album 'Hail To The King' from iTunes and receive an instant download of the single. You can also purchase the Hail To The King single by clicking here.

Burzum founder Varg Vikernes - who was jailed back in 1994 after murdering his former friend and fellow black metal musician Euronymous - has been arrested in France, on ‘suspicion of preparing a major terrorist attack’.

Having won over audiences at this year’s Download Festival and Hard Rock Calling, Lonely The Brave have announced that they will play their first ever London headline show at The Lexington in October.

Gerard Way has confirmed that My Chemical Romance are not reforming, after a number of cryptic posts appeared on the band's defunct Twitter page.

Columbia Records will release Bob Dylan's 'The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 'Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)' on August 26, bringing fresh perspective to one of the artist's most controversial periods and revealing it to be one of his most wonderfully creative and prolific. Containing 35 rarities and previously unreleased recordings, 'Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)' is the latest edition of Dylan's acclaimed Bootleg Series and is available in both a standard two-disc set and in a four-disc deluxe box set.

Andy C, step back. Tiesto, you may as well give up. Keep your eyes peeled, because the hottest new DJ has just earned a month-long residency at Ibiza superclub Amnesia. Yep, you guessed it - it's the one and only heiress extraordinaire, Paris Hilton.

British hard rockers Voodoo Six will guest with Iron Maiden at the London O2 Arena on August 3. The show is already sold out, with all tickets being snapped up within 12 minutes of going on sale.

'Paradise Valley', the latest album from Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter John Mayer, will be released on August 20 and is available now to pre-order on iTunes. Mayer produced 'Paradise Valley' with longtime collaborator Don Was, who also co-produced Mayer’s Gold-certified 2012 release 'Born and Raised'.

Having shared the Hyde Park stage with British legends the Rolling Stones on the weekend, the Rifles have announced that they will tour for the first time in four years this November with their original line up.

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and the band's producer Nigel Godrich have pulled their Atoms For Peace project, and Yorke's solo record, from streaming service Spotify in a row over remuneration for up and coming artists.

The Staves have announced details of their next London show, at Shepherd's Bush Empire, for later this year. The band will headline the venue on November 4, with a handful of further UK dates to be announced imminently.

Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers has quashed rumours that French house duo Daft Punk are playing at his charity concert later this summer.

Following the release of their second album, 'Cave Rave', Crystal Fighters have unveiled the first in a series of acoustic videos. The video features the band playing live in a cave ahead of their special one-off show on August 29 deep in the Basque hills where they wrote the 'Cave Rave' album.

The Icarus Line aren't the band you once knew. Joe Cardamone stands front and centre still, but all the same he's receded into the shadows. 'Slave Vows' is a pitch black record, a soundtrack to dark corners in dangerous bars, and it's the band's best in years.

London Grammar have upgraded and extended their October UK tour, confirming an additional London date due to demand for tickets. 

Manchester MC/producer/all-round badman Chimpo has unveiled the brand new music video for his track Buzzin’, ft Dub Phizix and Skeptical.

In a summer jam-packed with festival appearances, Theme Park will release Jamaica on August 19 via Transgressive Records. 

My Life Story have announced plans to celebrate their 20th anniversary with a November UK tour.