411 Mania — Ozzfest officially has bands and dates! Courtney Love is still an attention whore. Trent Reznor has a new project: with his wife. Take a metal cruise this winter. Alice In Chains, Mastodon, and Deftones announce initial tour dates. Other announcement... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Even though rockers Mastodon [ tickets ] have toured feverishly since releasing their latest album--last year's "Crack the Skye"--the group is hoping fans will turn out again for the band's latest headlining run. more info

Metal Injection — Our friends at Metalsucks are reporting that Mastodon axeman Bill Kelliher earlier this week. The drama began when a show on their current tour with Between the Buried and Me & Baroness was cancelled. The package was set to be rescheduled for the fol... more info

Metalsucks — Despite guitarist Bill Kelliher’s hospitalization, the show must go on: the band made their scheduled tour stop in Grand Rapids, MI last night, but Bill Kelliher did not perform. MS readers Matt Gaipa and Jared Lucas reported that both Peter Adams ... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Deftones have advised MNN that they will be part of a historic tour hitting the road this Fall, along with Alice In Chains and Mastodon. A lot more info to be announced, but we have dates on... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Alice in Chains [ tickets ] will join forces with Deftones and Mastodon for a fall outing they've dubbed "Blackdiamondskye," a combination of the groups' latest releases. more info

Metalsucks — Last week came word that Jonah Hex, the new action flick that’s supposed to come with a score featuring Mastodon, would finally have a trailer attached to Friday’s release of the re-make of A Nightmare on Elm Street; well, Friday ain’t ’til t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman, words by BBG Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains at Terminal 5 They're calling it Blackdiamondskye. Alice in Chains (new album Black Gives Way To Blue), Deftones (forthcoming album Diamond Eyes), and Mastodon (last album Crack.... more info

Metalsucks — According to various eyewitness accounts, Mastodon’s show on Tuesday, April 27th at the Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, NY (with Between the Buried and Me, Baroness and Valient Thorr) was canceled due to guitarist Bill Kelliher’s hospitaliz... more info

Metal Injection — Last week, I guaranteed that Alice In Chains, Deftones and Mastodon would be touring together and now my inbox is full of tour dates for said package. Told ya so! Looks like this is going to be an area tour, which sounds like a pretty awesome setting... more info