Spinner.com — Filed under: Q + AIt's taken Melissa Auf der Maur five days to reach London. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland nearly saw her stranded in Finland. "We eventually got a boat," she tells Spinner. "The trip across the Baltic was amazing. It was o... more info

MTV.com News — 'His talent was beyond inspirational to so many of us,' Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx says.By Kara Warner Ronnie James Dio Photo: Steve Thorne/ Getty Images In the wake of heavy-metal singer Ronnie James Dio's death on Sunday, tributes have be... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jem Cohen See You Around The late singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt released exactly one major label album during the course of his career: the 1996 Capitol/EMI effort About to Choke. On June 15, Plain Recordings will reissue the album on CD ... more info

411 Mania — The Miley Cyrus lap dance, Eminem and the Hot 100 #1 debut, Lil Wayne's prison contraband, Smashing Pumpkins talk, Lisa Marie Presley is behind the times, the Avril/Lindsay feud and more! Plus, Tila vs. Kylie in Battle of the Babes, a Southern Rock p... more info

411 Mania — Veruca Salt bassist joins SP... more info

DrownedInSound — Calling on esteemed session players – from the stadium straddling likes of The Pretenders and Smashing Pumpkins no less – Haskell has created a near wordless, succinct and sumptuous pocket-symphony. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- After a worldwide search, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS are welcoming a new member to the band: bassist Nicole Fiorentino. Ms Fiorentino, a Los Angeles musician, has been in several bands, notably Veruca Salt, Spinerette, Radio Vago, Twilight Sle... more info

Metalsucks — Of course members of glorified solo bands comes and go, but we’ve given Winds of Plague a lot of shit over the past seven months or so because of their insistence that their keyboard player slot be filled by a cute chick at all times. It’s the ve... more info

ContactMusic — Former VERUCA SALT star NICOLE FIORENTINO has joined the SMASHING PUMPKINS to replace bassist GINGER POOLEY.Pooley, who toured with Billy Corgan's band in 2007 and 2008,... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker BILLY CORGAN has sparked rumours he has moved on to a new JESSICA following a pair of romantic 'tweets' over the weekend (01-02May10).The Smashing Pumpkins star,... more info