According to Kerrang, Panic! At The Disco is currently putting the finishing touches on their follow-up to 2008's Pretty. Odd.

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The story involving The Dangerous Summer and Versa Emerge has continued to evolve since this morning. The original story was pushed off the front page, so this is a news update for those curious to check out the original thread. The latest is that The Dangerous Summer appear to be getting ready for a read more]

You can read a follow-up article from Sigur Ros on the plagiarism of their songs in TV advertisements here. Absolutepunk, as well as user seanthethief, is mentioned.

Submitted by Java Nick

Pennywise guitarist responds to Alesana allegations.

From The Article

We were coming back from a bar across the way from the Warped buses in Denver after...[read more]

MTV News has a story covering the "early days of Blink 182" movie we previously mentioned.

From the Article

Everything was going swimmingly until one of those ads ended up being linked to on AbsolutePunk.net, which suddenly turned his little...[read more]

The parents of "balloon boy" have plead guilty to criminal charges for the stunt being a publicity seeking hoax.

Did Steven Tyler quit? Maybe not? I dunno.

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This whole BlueBeat/Beatles thing is just weird.

The official police report from Dahvie Vanity of Blood On The Dance Floor's arrest, for allegedly raping a 15 year old girl, can be found here.

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Two men have been arrested for stealing Noah and the Whale's trailer.

Submitted by rorytws

Dahvie of Blood on the Dance Floor has posted a blog regarding the recent reports of rape charges.

Blog

Hey everyone. i just wanted to come out and let you all know what happened last week. i was arrested after my set in Denver on Friday night for some ridiculous charges...[read more]

VersaEmerge has posted a blog about drummer Anthony being kicked out/leaving the band.

Submitted by katieissweet

Activision is responding to queries regarding the usage of Kurt Cobain's likeness in Guitar Hero 5 with the following statement: "Guitar Hero secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love to use Kurt Cobain's likeness as a fully playable character in Guitar Hero® 5." Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, the two surviving members of Nirvana, have no say whatsoever in the usage of Kurt Cobain's...[read more]

The press release detailing The Almost's promotion with Hot Topic can be found in the replies.

The winner of the Robot Dragon (John Feldmann's record label) contest was an AP.net user. Check out the message in the replies.

The DJ AM autopsy finds undigested pills.

As a follow-up to this post, we have received the following email from Tony at Victory Records.

Message from Tony

I do not know and have never spoken to Gerard Cosloy or anyone at Matador. I have never said anything derogatory about the label (that he is part owner of along with the company being 50% owned by Martin Mills at Beggars Banquet), its bands or anyone that works there. However, over the last...[read more]

According to Beau from the Saosin message boards, the album cover circulating around the internet is "not the actual cover."

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In a follow-up to this post regarding the Breathe Carolina album artwork, it looks like the original designer is now aware of the situation and hoping to hear from Fearless Records to get things settled up.

Craig Owens has posted a response via twitter to those asking about his EP's new name.

Message from Craig

I can't believe what I'm reading via absolutepunk.net regarding the name of my new soloEP. The most close minded & uneducated group of music fans" that I've come...[read more]

Just heard back from management regarding the the rumored Brand New release date. The message is "it will not be coming out on that date." Vague for now ... more information soon.

There's a whole bunch of follow-up information to this news article -- check it all out in the replies.

Despite previous reports, Rihanna and Chris Brown did not record a duet with each other.

The writer of Spin has responded to the criticism of her last article on Blink 182.

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Travis Richter (From First to Last) responds to negative comments on AP.net about the band selling $3 autographed CDs.

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i have been...[read more]

LA Times quotes Michael Whitworth of Holiday Parade about being at the Michael Phelps' party.

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Remember our weekly nostalgia thread with Acceptance? Well, Ryan from the band found it and posted a comment to everyone. I thought it was worth sharing with fans.

Buzznet has posted an update on AFI recording with a new producer. This is a follow up to our earlier post.

As a follow-up to this post, someone ran some numbers for us. Epitaph is actually leading Victory .36% to .35% in market share - and Sub-Pop is leading both with .43%.

Cobra Starship's video was probably removed because the band is on Atlantic, which is owned by Warner, which is having a bitchfight with YouTube over payments.

Submitted by Maura