NME — Three dates have been announced so far more info

Rolling Stone — Aerosmith and ZZ Top announce their first three dates of their joint tour (Joe Perry talks about hitting the road with ZZ Top here), John Legend maps out the start of a summer jaunt and Ani DiFranco books slots at both Bonnaroo and Rothbury Festivals... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Aerosmith [ tickets ] will put their forthcoming album on hold to hit the road this summer alongside ZZ Top [ tickets ].... continued more info

Rolling Stone — • American Idol Goes Eighties • Remastered Beatles Catalog Due 9/9/09 • Eminem Mocks Spears, Palin in “We Made You” • Coldplay, Satriani “Vida” Fight Hits Court • Aerosmith Talk LP Delay, ZZ Top Tour • Trent Reznor Previews NIN iP... more info

Rolling Stone — There’s been good and bad news for Aerosmith fans this past week. After announcing that the release of their new album, their first since 2004’s blues covers album Honkin’ For Bobo, was delayed until later this year, the Boston band revealed th... more info

411 Mania — Knee surgery, pneumonia and touring with ZZ Top sideline new record... more info

Idolator — Warner Brothers Records is celebrating its 50th year as a label with an album of current artists covering classic cuts from the label's archives, and while I suppose there's some appeal to hearing Taking Back Sunday play a Tom Petty track, let's be r... more info

Kerrang! — Down, Lacuna Coil and Papa Roach have been added to the bill of this year's K!-sponsored Download festival. Lacuna Coil are set to release their new album Shallow Life on April 20 and vocalist Cristina Scabbia tells K! that the band are itching to ... more info

Kerrang! — Tonight at midnight (GMT) we will unveiling another 12 rocktastic (and metaltastic) bands for this year’s Kerrang!-sponsored Download festival! “Who will they be? Who will they be?” we hear you cry? Well, you’ll just have t... more info

AllHipHop — Former actor turned rapper Joaquin Phoenix gave his act a harder edge courtesy of a mid-performance brawl with a loud heckler.   Phoenix’s show took place last night (March 11) at the LIV nightclub, located in the Fontainebleau Miami Beach H... more info