Rolling Stone — Photo: James Minchin III Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown — the band’s eighth studio record and first since 2004’s Grammy-winning American Idiot — has a firm release date: May 15th. While Tuesday is the traditional release day for albums ... more info

ContactMusic — MOTORHEAD star LEMMY is forever surprised by the group's legions of celebrity fans. The Ace of Spades singer has discovered Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was once the head ... more info

Rolling Stone — Metallica’s road to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is paved with more Death Magnetic tour dates. Plus, the Offspring embark on the (no joke) “Shit Is Fucked Up” Tour and the Meat Puppets ready a voyage over plateaus over lakes of fire to promot... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Metallica @ Stubb's for SXSW (more by Fresh Bread) "European Summer Vacation, part 2,347 will end on August 2, so that can only mean one thing ... more dates in the U.S. and Canada! We just rocked Austin at SXSWand... more info

VH1 News — James Hetfield recalls "the oyster that took down Metallica." The frontman explains the illness that led the band to cancel a gig in Stockholm, Sweden. more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Metallica [ tickets ] has announced plans to scour the continent during a 26-city fall/winter of North America behind its chart-topping September release, "Death Magnetic."... continued more info

ContactMusic — LARS ULRICH has no plans for METALLICA to follow in the footsteps of U2 by signing a deal with concert promoters Live Nation - insisting the group will never "sell ... more info

MTV.com News — Frontman explains the illness that led to the cancellation of a Stockholm, Sweden, gig.By James Montgomery Metallica's James Hetfield at SXSW 2009 Photo: MTV News Earlier this month, Metallica were forced to cancel a show in Stockholm, Swe... more info

411 Mania — It’s Round 3 and we’ve got epic matches. Metallica vs. Maiden. Springsteen vs. U2. AC/DC vs. GN’R. Who moves on? YOU decide! more info

NME - Radar — Yesterday me and ex-Radar Ed Alex Miller had some Mexican brunch then took a cab out of town to one of a big chain of big camp, kitsch Espanic eateries called Baby Acapulco. It felt like where Rip Taylor would go for his Burritos. It has a massive wa... more info