ContactMusic — Jane's Addiction leader Perry Farrell has opened up about bassist Duff Mckagan's decision to quit the band after only six months, revealing the group founders "annoyed" the rocker. MCKagan joined the band last year (10) after founding bassist Eric... more info

Topix — Elvis Costello is one of the major acts announced for this year's Gathering of the Vibes festival in Bridgeport. more info

ContactMusic — Depeche Mode rocker Dave Gahan will be honoured at an upcoming charity concert for his work with recovering addicts. The singer will receive MusiCare's Stevie Ray Vaughan Award at the organisation's Map concert in Los Angeles on 6 May (11). Jan... more info

ContactMusic — Kanye West, Jane's Addiction and The Killers have been confirmed as the headlining acts at the inaugural Lollapalooza festival in Chile. Jane's Addiction star Perry Farrell has teamed with Chiles Lotus Producciones, Wme and C3 Presents to put the ... more info

ContactMusic — PERRY FARRELL's inaugural Lollapalooza festival in Chile is kicking off with a big bang - THE KILLERS, KANYE WEST and his band JANE'S ADDICTION will headline the 2011 event.The rocker has teamed up with Chile's Lotus Producciones, WME and C3 Presents... more info

411 Mania — Plus Thirty Seconds To Mars, Deftones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Flaming Lips and more... more info

Pop Bytes — So evidently, Dave Navarro no longer wants to live because apparently he's now dating Tila Tequila. When asked why, Navarro started playing Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah", then stuck a loaded gun in his mouth with the safety off. The 29-year-old A Sho... more info

Guardian Music — So Neil Young was wrong. "Rock and roll will never die," the whiny-voiced old coot told us, and we believed him. But now along comes Paul Gambaccini, the self-styled "Professor of Pop", to announce that, since only three rock songs appeared in last y... more info

ContactMusic — Jane's Addiction's new album will be inspired by Muse and Radiohead.Frontman Perry Farrell said fans of group will be shocked by how different the record sounds compared to the band's heavily rock 'n' roll guitar-led early albums.He told rollingstone... more info

411 Mania — After so many false starts, is Jane's finally back? more info