L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — If concert-going is on your docket this weekend, consider steering your ticket budget toward any of three exceedingly worthwhile special fund-raising shows, all of which happen to be at the Avalon in Hollywood. On Thursday and Friday, Deftones will p... more info

411 Mania — Metallica, SOAD, blink, HIM, Slayer and others donate items to help Chi Cheng... more info

Undercover, Australia — Chi Ling Cheng, bass player for the Deftones, is still in a coma one year after a car accident on November 2, 2008. more info

Live Daily — The Deftones [ tickets ] will play two concerts, Nov. 19-20, at the Avalon in Hollywood, CA, to benefit a trust fund set up to help pay for bassist Chi Cheng's growing medical costs, according to a press release. Cheng has been hospitalized in a semi... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Deftones, one of the world’s most respected and influential hard rock bands announced thei will perform two very special benefit concerts at the Avalon in Hollywood, CA, this week to raise money for the Chi Ling Cheng... more info

Rolling Stone — In what is no doubt the loudest trek this winter, Slayer and Megadeth embark on the American Carnage tour, marking the first time in over 20 years the heavy metal masters have assaulted ears together as co-headliners (Testament will also go along for... more info

Silent Uproar — Deftones have organized two benefit shows at the Avalon in Hollywood, CA this weekend, on November 19th and 20th. The performances will raise money for bassist Chi Cheng's medical costs, "survival and long-term recovery." Cheng continues to slowly re... more info

411 Mania — From Rihanna finally commenting on the Chris Brown incident and Miley Cyrus going TOO FAR to Britney's lip-syncing causing possible law changes in Australia, Stephen Tyler quitting Aerosmith (and possibly being replaced), and updates on Avenged Seven... more info

Chorus.fm — *Deftones (http://www.deftones.com/2009/10/a-benefit-for-chi-cheng-night-2/)* are adding another date (http://www.deftones.com/2009/10/a-benefit-for-chi-cheng-night-2/) to benefit member Chi Cheng. Submitted by Simulcast more info

Thrash Hits — Deftones Peak: 2000/2001 Era: White Pony What have Deftones done in the 2000s? After consolidating their position as the thinking man’s alternative metal band with the chugging nu-metal of Adrenaline (1995) and the restrained, groovy vitriol of Aro... more info