Guardian Music — Imagine a scruffy anorak band doing one of those old death discs like Tell Laura I Love Her to get a sense of Richie Follin's new projectHometown: California.The lineup: Richie FollinThe background: As though to prove that rock'n'roll is in the blood... more info

NME — 'Six Feet Down Under' coming out later this September more info

Gigwise — As a gift to their fans... more info

Undercover, Australia — Metallica fans in Australia and New Zealand must be getting pretty excited right about now, with their 2010 tour kicked off in Melbourne next Wednesday. more info

NME — 'Big Four' performance to be released in October more info

Gigwise — From their recent European tour... more info

AOL Music — (Sept. 7) -- The app Earth Destroyers calculates how many pounds of carbon dioxide an artist produces by touring. Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Jay-Z are all "Earth Savers"; U2, Metallica and Snoop Dog are labeled "Earth Destroyers." more info

Guardian Music — Folk-country icons to revisit classic Beatles, Stones and Bob Dylan songs on covers record produced by Rick RubinCrosby, Stills and Nash are "about one-third" through their first album in more than 10 years, an LP of classic-rock covers. Under the gu... more info

MTV.com News — 'I'm the first hip-hop rock star,' he tells MTV News of his eight-song pack for the video game.By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Sway Calloway and Matt Elias Snoop Dogg Photo: MTV News Even though he has been in the hip-hop game for nearl... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers METALLICA are refusing to let New Zealand's recent earthquakes stop them from performing for fans there.Devotees feared three big quakes over the past five... more info