G N' R reveal release date of long-awaited new album

Guns N Roses will release their long-awaited new album, 'Chinese Democracy', on November 23.

Work on the album, which will be the band's first album since 1993's 'The Spaghetti Incident?' covers album, began back in 1994.

Guns N' Roses completed the album in June, at a rumoured cost of $30m.

Nine songs from 'Chinese Democracy' leaked shortly afterwards.

Question still remains, Does anybody still care?

DJ AM Back On The Scene In LA

DJ AM gave his first performance in Los Angeles on October 15 since surviving the deadly plane crash that took the lives of four people last month.

DJ AM, threw it down for the crowd at the grand re-opening of the Hollywood Palladium with headliner Jay-Z.

AM, who had visible scars from the crash, kept his energy high, cheering and waving his hands in the air during the rap star's set.

"I'd like to give a special shout out for DJ AM," Jay-Z said. He also paid tribute to Blink 182's Travis Barker, who survived the crash, adding, "RIP for the people who lost their lives. We'll party hard for them."

The two-person plane crew - pilot Sarah Lemmon and co-pilot James Bland - died within minutes of the crash from smoke inhalation and burns, while Chris Baker and Charles Still died from the impact of the September 19 crash in South Carolina.

Travis Barker Gives Hospital The Finger.

The King of Clubs is bringing his Ultimate Carl Cox tour to the US and Canada

Coming to a city near you.

The techno king will visit seven cities in North America, including New York, Boston, and Los Angeles. Cox will also be paying visit to four cities in Canada, including Calgary.

Cox will kick off the tour with gigs at Roxy in Boston on October 15th, then off to New York to play Webster Hall, Friday the 17th.

A quick stop into Canada for four shows, then back to the states to finish out his tour, in Las Vegas, LA, San Diego, Houston and Atlanta.

Carl will be touring with some of dance music’s up and coming artists, in the likes of Tattoo Detectives and Jon Rundell. Also with greats like Felix da Housecat and Mark Lewis.

Check the Carl Cox website for the full details of his tour schedule.
Carl Cox North American tour dates:

Oct 15 Boston, MA USA - Roxy
Oct 17 New York, NY USA - Webster Hall
Oct 18 Toronto, CA - Circa
Oct 19 Montreal, CA - Club Opera
Oct 21 Vancouver, CA - Plush
Oct 22 Calgary, CA - Flames Central
Oct 24 San Diego, CA USA - Giant
Oct 25 Los Angeles, CA USA - Avalon
Oct 26 Las Vegas, NV USA - The Bank
Oct 29 Houston, TX, USA - Bar Rio
Oct 30 Atlanta, GA, USA - Opera

Tour bus found in Los Angeles parking lot.

The Kills missing tour bus has been found, but details are yet to emerge about what exactly happened.

A spokesperson for the band tells nme.com that the bus was found today (October 6), abandoned in a Los Angeles parking lot. All the band's gear and belongings were still on board.

The bus and driver mysteriously disappeared last week after the driver took the vehicle to get new tyres fitted, and failed to meet up with the band in Austin, TX on their tour opening for The Raconteurs.

The band lost all their luggage in the incident, which resulted in an FBI search for the driver and the bus

The band is the latest acts to be announced in the Myspace Secret Show series.

DC-10 closed forever?

Ibizavoice.com is reporting that authorities closed DC-10 this morning mere minutes before Circoloco was set to begin with its penultimate 2008 edition.

The embattled venue was closed earlier this summer, forced by authorities to serve out the remainder of the 60 day ban that had been handed down in 2007. After opening again in mid-August for business, however, last week the Sant Josep Council made the decision to inform the club of yet another sanction: a €300,000 fine and closure for 1 year.

Once again, it seems as if the legal issue is the capacity of the club, which is only officially allowed to have 65 people on the premises at any one time. Ibizavoice reports that DC10 appealed the decision, but that "the Judge refused to retract after balancing the financial interests of DC10 with the obvious discrepancy in the number of people allowed in, and actually attending, the club."

As it stands now, the next time it will be possible for the club to open will be in 2010, but considering how arduous the legal process has been thus far, we'd advise clubbers not to hold their breath. The Ibiza hotspot may finally have seen its 'final' party.

DC-10, located in an former airport hangar just a stone’s throw from the runway of Ibiza Airport is a covered terrace with a sideroom that squeezes in 1500 clubbers, but you don't come for the decor - the club has been most famous for its wild all-day Monday Circoloco parties. With world class headliners, underground techno and the wildest atmosphere on the island.

Coachella festival 2009 set to take place next april.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has announced its dates for 2009.

The Coachella California desert festival is set to take place between April 17 and 19 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio.

Organisers have also announced that country music festival Stagecoach will take place at the same location the following weekend, April 25 and 26.

Festival line-ups and ticket sales information are expected to be announced in the coming months.

Last year's Coachella headliners included The Verve, Portishead, Prince, Roger Waters and The Raconteurs.

Beck has announced the addition of a second show to launch the brand-new Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

The LA native will now open the venue on November 9, the day before its originally scheduled launch. He will also perform on November 10, as previously reported.

The new 2,300-seat venue is part of the LA LIVE complex, which includes the massive Staples Center (home of the Grammy Awards) and the Nokia Theatre, which seats 7,100.

Tickets for both shows are available at Ticketmaster.