...ARCHIVE 2008...

• Velvet Revolver and frontman Scott Weiland have officially parted ways, according to a statement from founding members Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner, as Weiland gears up for the Stone Temple Pilots reunion tour.

• Saliva have begun work on the follow-up to last years "Blood Stained Love Story"; the release of the band's upcoming album is expected in October.

• Steely Dan principal Walter Becker's first solo album in 14 years, "Circus Money", is on target for a late May / early June release via his own 5 Over 12 imprint / Mailboat.

• The new Shinedown album, "Sound Of Madness", is scheduled to be in stores on June 24.

• Elvis Costello will release his new album, "Momofuku", on April 22 via Lost Highway; the album will only be available at retail on vinyl and the digital download information will be packaged with the record.

• After reuniting with Paul Rodgers on vocals, Queen will release a new album for the first time in over a decade. Rolling Stone reports the band is aiming to release the record on September 1.

• ZZ TOP is currently in a Dallas studio, preparing a new series of sessions of new material for the band's first studio set since 2003's "Mescalero".

• Senses Fail will hit the studio in April to begin work on their new studio album; a September release is planned.

• Coldplay has titled their fourth studio album "Viva La Vida" and set a June 17 release date for the record.

• Warrant have announced that they are currently working on new ideas and plan to release a new album by the end of the year.

• Journey's new studio album, entitled "Revelation", will be released in June exclusively via Wal-Mart stores. The CD will be released in a package set that will include a live DVD filmed on March 8, 2008 in Las Vegas.

• As fans around the world await a follow up to 2003's "St. Anger", Metallica is eyeing September as the release date for their new opus.
  

• The Dandy Warhols have partnered with World's Fair Group to launch their own label, Beat The World. A new album is expected out this year. The group was previously signed to Capitol.

• Disturbed's new album, "Indestructible", will hit stores on June 3.

• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have hit the studio to begin work on the follow-up to the band's 2006 debut "Don't You Fake It".

• As usual, Dave Matthews Band will set out on a summer tour. The group will be promoting their upcoming, as-yet-untitled album, which is the follow-up to 2005's "Stand Up". Guitarist Tim Reynolds is playing on this record, marking his first recording with the band since 1998's "Before These Crowded Streets".

• Black Stone Cherry have hit the studio to record their sophomore effort, a summer release is expected.

• Unwritten Law have signed a new record deal with Suburban Noize Records; a new studio album is due out in late 2008.

• Smile Empty Soul has completed work on their new album "Consciousness" which is due out this summer.
  

• Phantom Planet will release "Raise The Dead", their first album in four years, on April 15 via Fueled By Ramen.

• Motley Crue are eying a July 8 release for their new studio album tentatively titled "‘The Dirt" with the first single impacting radio in early May.

• Death Cab For Cutie will release its second major label album, "Narrow Stairs", on May 13 via Atlantic.

• The Wallflowers vocalist Jakob Dylan will release his solo debut album, the largely acoustic "Seeing Things", on May 13 via Columbia Records/Starbucks Entertainment.

• AC/DC are planning to hit the studio on March 1 to record a new album which will end an 8-year recording drought. The band expects to hit the road following the release to support the new album.

• Filter has set May 13 as the release date for their new album "Anthems For The Damned".

• Asia has wrapped recording on its next album, "Phoenix", due out in April and the first to feature the group's original all-star line-up since "Alpha" in 1983.

• Maynard James Keenan tells MTV News that Tool fans won't have to wait five years for another record. “We're going to start writing the new Tool record right away”, he said at the Grammys.

• The Vines have finished recording their upcoming new album and is now being mixed.
  

• Beck has revealed to Rolling Stone that he is working on his next record, which should be out in 2008. Beck said he is currently working with an unnamed producer on the new material in Hollywood.

• Revelation Theory's as-yet-untitled new album will be released in the spring via Interscope.

• Local H will be releasing a new studio album entitled "‘Twelve Angry Months" on May 13.

• My Morning Jacket have titled their upcoming album "Evil Urges"; the new record is due out June 10.

• Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash tells Billboard.com that vocalist Scott Weiland will reunite with his Stone Temple Pilots bandmates for a handful of summer concerts.

• AFI have hit the studio to begin work on the follow-up to 2006's "Decemberunderground".

• Hoobastank have announced in a blog that they are currently finishing up the writing their fourth album and should be in the studio in late February.

• UB40 singer Ali Campbell has decided to leave the band after nearly 30 years; in separate statements, Campbell blamed “intolerable management difficulties” for his departure, while the band said the singer wants to pursue a solo career.

• Whitesnake will celebrate their 30th anniversary by releasing, "Good To Be Bad", their first studio album in a decade. The album will feature 11 new Whitesnake songs.

• Dishwalla frontman J.R. Richards has titled his upcoming solo debut "The Ghost Of Sorrow"; the album will be released later this year.

• Blind Melon will release its first studio album in 13 years this spring. "For My Friends" is due April 22 via Adrenaline and introduces new singer Travis Warren as a replacement for late frontman Shannon Hoon, who died in 1995.

• Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos has opened up about the group's upcoming third record, due out this summer. He describes the band's new material as “dirty pop”.

• 10 Years new album, "Division", has been pushed forward to an April 8 release; the first single, "Beautiful", will be going to radio on February 5.

• Def Leppard are planning a March 18 release for their new studio album "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge".
  

• Gavin Rossdale, former of Bush and lead singer of Institute, is working on his first solo album and plans to release it sometime in April. Rossdale began working on the disc last year in Hawaii with producer Bob Rock.

• Anberlin will be entering the studio next month to record their new album, which they look to release sometime later this year.

• Deftones have titled their sixth studio set "Eros"; the album is due out later this year.

• Sevendust have changed the title of their upcoming new album from "The 7th Chapter" to "Hope And Sorrow" and changed the release date from March 4 to April 1.

• Rancid are in the studio working on a new record with producer Brett Gurewitz; the as-yet-untitled album is due out sometime in 2008.

• Daughtry have announced that they already have 17 songs ready for their sophomore album and hope to complete writing this spring.

• Panic! At The Disco have titled their long-awaited sophomore effort, "Pretty.Odd"; the album will be released on March 25.
  

• American Hi-Fi have streamed two new songs on their MySpace page, the tracks are taken from the band's upcoming new album in which they plan to finish recording in February.

• Underoath will be hitting the studio in March to record their follow-up to "Define The Great Line".

• In Flames have titled their new album "A Sense Of Purpose"; an April release is expected.

• Death Cab For Cutie will release the follow-up to their 2005 mainstream breakthrough "Plans", in late May via Atlantic.

• OK Go will be spending the next few months penning its next, as-yet-unnamed album. The aim is to completely finish writing the tunes before entering the studio this summer.

• Influential Punk outfit Flipper are currently recording their first studio album in fifteen years. The band has recruited former Nirvana bassist Krist Noveselic to play on the new album which is due out later this year.

• Story Of The Year are planning a April 22 release for the as-yet-untitled third LP. The album will be the first released via their new record label, Epitaph Records.

• Goldfinger will release their as-yet-untitled new album on April 29, via Sideonedummy Records.
  

 

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