Starpulse — Rhys Ifans drew on his knowledge of drug addicts to portray the villain in comic book blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man. In the superhero prequel, the Welsh star takes on the part of Dr. Curt Co... more info

ContactMusic — Rhys Ifans drew on his knowledge of drug addicts to portray the villain in comic book blockbuster The Amazing Spider-man In the superhero prequel the Welsh star takes on the part of Dr Curt Connors an amputee scientist who creates a serum using repti... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — UK melodic punk vets The Adicts are in the US for a short tour this month with The World/Inferno Friendship Society leading up to Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas. The tour kicks off in NYC TONIGHT (5/17) at... more info

Pop Crunch — On Tuesday, Russell Brand testified before a British parliamentary committee about drug laws in the UK. The comedian, who has a storied history with heroin and sexual addiction, told politicians [...] more info

USA Today Music — After Whitney, questions about why some celeb addicts survive, some die, and how they kick addiction when the spotlight is always on. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — EMA @ Webster Hall in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Justice @ Terminal 5 * The Saw Doctors @ Irving Plaza * Moon Hooch @ Knitting Factory * Bill Carney's Jug Addicts @ Barbes * Heliotropes,... more info

Metal Injection — When Nachtmystium's 2010 release, Addicts: Black Meddle, Part II came out, it did not come out of rotation in my music player for quite a while. These guys know how to write awesome tunes. Since then, they've released a new EPs but never a ... more info

ContactMusic — Sharon Osbourne is urging fans to help drug-addicted celebrities while theyre still alive rather than ridiculing them for their problems The rock matriarch whose husband Ozzy daughter Kelly and son Jack have all battled drug demons was left stunned b... more info

Guardian Music — What's new on the app stores on Monday 13 February 2012A selection of 15 apps for you today:AdeleFresh from winning six Grammy awards, Adele sees her official iPhone app ported to Android. As in the other version, there is news, videos, tour dates, t... more info

Chorus.fm — The 14th annual Punk Rock Bowling (http://www.punkrockbowling.com/) will take place on May 25-28 in Las Vegas, NV. The first five bands announced are *Rancid* (http://absolutepunk.net/rancid), *NOFX* (http://absolutepunk.net/nofx), *Pennywise* (http:... more info