Thrash Hits — Our balls are pretty damn big at Thrash Hits right now. Why? Because we reported yesterday’s announcement that Faith No More would be playing a Download warm-up show at Brixton Academy two whole weeks ago. Well, we’re feeling that same itch again... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Def Leppard, the pop metal band that debuted in 1980 and which has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide, will release deluxe editions of two of its classic albums -- 1983's "Pyromania" and 1992's "Adrenalize" -- on June 2... more info

Allmusic Blog — “Rock of Ages,” the off-Broadway musical featuring the vocals of American Idol’s Constantine Maroulis and the music of Poison, Extreme, and Twisted Sister, garnered five Tony nominations this morning, including a nod for Best Musical. [RollingS... more info

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Buzzgrinder — Upon reading news that Def Leppard had been nominated for multiple CMT Awards, I was somewhat flabbergasted. I know that country folks like to think they're hip to the rock and the roll and the kids and what not. But this is ridiculous. The nominat... more info

People.com — Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland and Def Leppard will also perform more info

Rolling Stone — Beyoncé’s thriller Obsessed crushed the competition at movie theaters this weekend, raking in $28.5 million. According to EW, Obsessed more than doubled the receipts from the week’s Number Two film, 17 Again. Peter Travers, who live-Twittered ab... more info

NME — They join Faith No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard at Donington Park more info

Kerrang! — Tonight on K! Dot Com we'll be announcing another wave of awesome bands who will be playing the 2009 Download festival. Tune in tonight (Monday, March 23) at midnight or, if you can't hold it in, head on over to our MySpace page to speculate wildly.... more info

Kerrang! — Down, Lacuna Coil and Papa Roach have been added to the bill of this year's K!-sponsored Download festival. Lacuna Coil are set to release their new album Shallow Life on April 20 and vocalist Cristina Scabbia tells K! that the band are itching to ... more info