ACDC are to headline the first day of Download 2010. Other bands confirmed so far include Them Crooked Vultures, Motorhead, Megadeth, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots, Bullet For My Valentine, Wolfmother more info

NME — Bullet For My Valentine, Deftones and Wolfmother also set to play more info

Guardian Music — Academy, LeedsFrom the Spinal Tap "rockumentary" to Led Zeppelin's excess-all-areas ­biography Hammer of the Gods, young fans have long been fascinated with the early 1970s when dinosaur rock bands wrote long songs about goblins and had hotel room... more info

Altsounds — Fresh for Later with Jools Holland on BBC2, Wolfmother today announce a huge UK tour for January 2010. The second album titled Cosmic Egg is due for release on Modular records Oct 26th. Already receiving rave reviews across media the band play a so... more info

Rolling Stone — The track list for Almost Alice, the March 2nd soundtrack to Tim Burton’s anticipated Alice in Wonderland, has been revealed by MySpace: Robert Smith’s solo track “Very Good Advice,” plus songs by Franz Ferdinand, Wolfmother and Mark Hoppus w... more info

Undercover, Australia — The soundtrack for the Tim Burton version of `Alice In Wonderland` will feature brand new songs from Wolfmother, Franz Ferdinand and Robert Smith from The Cure to name a few. more info

MTV.com News — Owl City, All-American Rejects, Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz also contribute to Almost Alice. By James Montgomery Tokio Hotel Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images Who ever knew Alice was so angsty? On Tuesday (January 12), after a month of sol... more info

Nialler9 — A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. Maybe I should have waited another week to bring this feature back from its Christmas break. Not much on really apart from Henry Rollins, Neosupervital, Wounds for free,... more info

Undercover, Australia — Wolfmother have done the opposite of what most bands do. They were touring in the Northern Hemisphere in winter. more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: Wolfmother return to the UK next week to promote Cosmic Egg with a handful of dates Jan 13th Dublin, Olympia Jan 14th Glasgow, Academy Jan 15th Newcastle, Academy Jan 17th Manchester, Academy Jan 18... more info