Kerrang! — Emo pop rockers Metro Station will headline London's Shepherds Bush Empire on July 1. Tickets go on sale this Friday (May 1) from www.aloud.com. more info

JamBase — Dfest Announces First Round of Artists GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares at the conference The Black Crowes Set to go down July 24-25 in Tulsa, OK, Dfest, the Midwest's largest festival and conference, recently announced headliners and major exp... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The line up for this year’s Isle of MTV show in Malta has been announced with Black Eyed Peas, Lady GaGa, Metro Station and Esmee Denters all confirmed.   The acts will all play live for... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — On Chicago outfit Fall Out Boy's latest album, last year's Folie a Deux, singer Patrick Stump's gloriously thick, wondrously bombastic, and defiantly mouthy vocals remain ill-served by bassist Pete Wentz's melodramatic lyrics. Let's be honest: His vo... more info

Kings of A&R — KOAR favorite A Verse Unsung has signed to Photo Finish Records. Photo Finish is an imprint label owned by booking agent Matt Galle who books My Chemical Romance, Boys Like Girls, Metro Station, and Circa Survive. The band has upcoming dates on Vans ... more info

PopSugar UK — Peaches Geldof was questioned by police after a bar brawl on Tuesday night. After spending a day at Thorpe Park, she was one of a number of people at Bungalow 8 who was questioned. It has been alleged Peaches started the confusion by throwing a sho... more info

The Music Fix — Blog: We've got two more competitions for you today - you can win one of seven copies of Lemar's latest album, The Reason and you can also win a Metro Station T-shirt. Check out all of our current competitions here... more info

The Music Fix — Competition: We have four highly sought-after Metro Station T-Shirts to give away to luck TMF readers. All you have to do is answer the question below to be in with a chance of winning. You can read our Metro Station interview here. Metro Station... more info

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Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Animal Collective- My Girls"What's that? You think they sound like wanky art students who spent too much time wearing tye-dye and over indulging in tuneless overrated nonsense?" You just don't get it man". This is the stock response you get when you ... more info