Live Daily — Alt-rock icons Weezer [ tickets ] and Blink-182 [ tickets ] have signed on to headline the 2009 Virgin Mobile Festival [ tickets ], which organizers have announced will be a free event. "Times are tough and money's tight," reads an announcement po... more info

JamBase — Virgin Mobile FreeFest! Virgin Fest 2008 by Jurick The 2009 Virgin Mobile Music Festival will now be a FREE event. Dubbed the Virgin Mobile "FreeFest", the all day free event will be held on August 30 at the beautiful, 40 wooded acres of Merriwe... more info

Chorus.fm — The *Taking Back Sunday* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/takingbacksunday)/*Anberlin* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/anberlin) show at Kool Haus was canceled last night because of a "medical emergency." According to this article... more info

MTV.com News — Franz Ferdinand, Taking Back Sunday, Public Enemy, more also join August 30 show in Maryland.By James Montgomery Blink-182 Photo: Jared Milgrim/ FilmMagic Perhaps taking a page from the Osbournes' concet-planning playbook, or perhaps reali... more info

Stereogum — Citing "all the bad news about the economy and the layoffs," Virgin Mobile has rebranded its fourth annual American music festival the Virgin Mobile FreeFest, and has reduced its price of admission from a lot of dollars to no dollars at all. An ex... more info

Kerrang! — The Wildhearts are part of the latest batch of bands to be added to the bill of this summer's Sonisphere festival. Joining them will be Architects, Glamour Of The Kill and FACT. Sonisphere will be headlined by Linkin Park (August 1) and Metallica (... more info

CNN Showbiz — Taking Back Sunday is recharged. After a layoff of three years, the band has a new album, a new single, a new band member and a new outlook. more info

The Newsroom — Check out this exclusive interview with Taking Back Sunday. TV Guide caught up with the band backstage at Jimmy Kimmel Live the day their album New Again hit stores. more info

Chorus.fm — *Taking Back Sunday* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/takingbacksunday) hung out with Denny's dinosaur named Wade, and now you can see the dinosaur wearing the band's shirt in the replies. What now, *Underoath (http://www.absolutepunk.net/underoath)*? ... more info

Live Daily — "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King," the latest album from the Dave Matthews Band [ tickets ], bows at No. 1 on the US album chart after moving about 424,000 copies during its first week in stores. The strong first-week sales figure is the third-h... more info