Guardian Music — Justin Hawkins returns after five-year break with original members to play 'rockest' of festivalsThe Darkness have reunited after a five-year gap to play the Download festival at Donington Park on 10 June.Lowestoft's most famous rock export, whose hi... more info

CNN Showbiz — Celebrities from Lady Gaga to Linkin Park rallied their fans to ante up for earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan. more info

NME — Singer will join Kasabian, 30 Seconds To Mars and Linkin Park at Norway event more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - They will be joining System of a Down and Linkin Park at the top of the bill... more info

ContactMusic — DEF LEPPARD, the reformed SYSTEM OF A DOWN and LINKIN PARK will headline this summer's (Jun11) Download Festival in the U.K.Def Leppard will close the weekend event's opening night on 10 June (11), SOAD will headline on the Saturday and Linkin Park w... more info

NME — Band to join System Of A Down and Linkin Park at event more info

ContactMusic — LINKIN PARK are preparing to return to the road after frontman CHESTER BENNINGTON was hospitalised with a viral infection last week (ends11Feb11) - and they're taking the PRODIGY with them.The rockers pulled the plug on two shows in Texas to allow Be... more info

Mercury News, California — Linkin Park emerged at the tail end of the nu metal and rap-rock music scene, in 2000. But while bands such as Korn and Limp Bizkit have gone the way of the dinosaur, Linkin Park began to evolve its sound and continued making top-selling albums and s... more info

ContactMusic — LINKIN PARK frontman CHESTER BENNINGTON has apologised to fans after falling ill and forcing the band to axe its third consecutive concert.The Crawling rockers cancelled a show in Washington, D.C. on Thursday (10Feb11) after Bennington was ordered by... more info

ContactMusic — LINKIN PARK have been forced to scrap a concert in Washington, D.C. on Thursday (10Feb11) to allow frontman CHESTER BENNINGTON to recover from a mystery illness.The Crawling hitmakers cancelled their Verizon Center gig after the singer was ordered to... more info