Guardian Music — Too often the preserve of cyber-goth misery, kinkiness has nonetheless had a few good champions in music – Rob Halford, we salute theeIs the world of kinkiness well represented in song? From the Kinks themselves, and their generous appreciatio... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Some good ol’ rock is on presale right now: Judas Priest will be at PNC Bank Arts Center on July 11 and at Jones Beach on July 12. Tickets are on presale now through 10 pm tonight, use password “singer,” tickets go on regular sale tomorrow (Sa... more info

Starpulse — Judas Priest star K.K. Downing is to turn the Shropshire estate he bought in 1985 into a top new golf course.[...] Read more! more info

Guardian Music — This week, we reveal the top 10 tracks you nominated in each category of our 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear playlists. Today, it's love songsLast month, the Guardian and Observer compiled 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear. We tried our best to cover every... more info

Undercover, Australia — Judas Priest singer Rob Halford has gone into the apparel business. more info

Thrash Hits — With over 120 Million album sales, it’s kind of surprising that Bon Jovi have never had a comprehensive A-Z out until now. Putting that one right was the job of prolific metal and rock author Neil Daniels, whose previous books have included bi... more info

Allmusic Blog — 1980 isn't necessarily considered one of the all-time great years in music, not in the way that 1956, 1967, 1971, or 1977 are. Once again, an initial impression proves to be misleading, as 1980 was something of a watershed year, generating a mountain... more info

411 Mania — In part two, 411’s Dan Haggerty takes a look at the second half of the catalog of one of heavy metal’s all time classic bands. It’s 1986 to 2008 as we review and remember the path of the metal gods as well as Rob HalfordÃ... more info

Rolling Stone — New Kids on the Block follow up their cruise with another round of tour dates, Judas Priest perform their entire 1980 heavy metal classic British Steel in amphitheatres this summer and Metric set out in June in support of Fantasies. Full dates for al... more info

411 Mania — Breakin' the law, breakin' the law! more info