As plans were been made to go into the recording studio in 2001 by famous US band Metallica, their bass guitarist Jason Newstad left the band due as he put it to ‘A physical damage I have done to myself over years playing in Metallica’.

Legendary personalities dint memories in hearts of their fans and supporters and the Kiss band is the prove. Though Kiss has been disbanded, it has influenced music and fashion styles of many band-followers, through their live performances, featuring firebreathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and pyrotechnics are hard to reestablish.

Musicals, as well, as theatre and poetry experience no aging, but emerge every time shaped in new ephemeral form. They were initially performances, consisting of musical episodes. They even managed to rival with operas. A genuine musical comprises music, lyrics and book. Melodic voices and elaborate costumes and scene decorations additionally contribute into the musical’s success.

Have you ever wondered reason of pop and rock stars success? They range between religion, exotic tricks and genetically predetermined luck. Still one hit twinkling stars are shadowed by mega stars Rolling Stones, Madonna, Aerosmith, Sting, Paul McCartney and others.

Do we listen to music when we are in love and we are happy? No, we usually don’t. We then listen to the music of our hearts that beat in tune to the one beloved.

We listen to songs about love when it is bad times for our love or when we are lovesick.

We believe rich, popular and gorgeous celebrities to experience no problems. In vain we do. Beside stressed album recordings and touring campaigns to promote their recent albums they face lingering depression ailments, alcoholism, drug addiction, life long dieting and total lack of personal life.

Rachmaninov's Prelude in C# minor, Op. 3, No. 2, performed as it is written, by classical music comedy duo Igudesman & Joo.

Steve Black, host of The Chop Shop and The Chop Shop Classic, assembled a five member panel to rate and rank guitarists, resulting in The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitarists Of All-Time.

Steve Black, host of The Chop Shop and The Chop Shop Classic, assembled a five member panel to rate and rank guitarists, resulting in The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitarists Of All-Time.

The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards took place on September 7, 2008 live from Paramount Pictures Studios. Nominations for a majority of the categories were announced on the MTV program FNMTV after being selected through viewer online voting at MTV.com. The remaining, professional categories were chosen by a panel of music industry professionals.

We bring you the familiar faces whose reported history of substance abuse appears to be taking its toll on their looks...

Fans all around the world hold their breath and can't believe the best news of the year. New Kids on the Block come back.
More info on the NKOTB website.

Roskilde Festival
When: 3-6 July 2008
Where: Roskilde, Denmark

Thunder and lightning filled the skies yet the true electricity came from the stage as Sir Paul McCartney gave his first ever concert in Kiev on Saturday.

A record 350,000 braved the inclement weather to see the musician. The charity concert, in the former Soviet republic's Independence Square, was the Ukraine's biggest ever.

Amy Winehouse has been taken to hospital after fainting in London yesterday (June 16).

The singer is undergoing tests after passing out at her home, although she is said to have "quickly recovered".

According to a spokesperson, it's unclear what caused her to faint and she may be kept in overnight for observation.

Nick Cave: reloaded. Promo video for the new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album "DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!!"

Tom Felton (anti-hero from Harry Potter) tries himself in playing guitar and singing. His band is called Feltbeats.

The very idea of Scarlett Johansson's debut album has been met with a strange collective kneejerk dismissal, not so much because she's an actor making a foray into music, but she's a good actor making a foray into music.
Let's see a video from her first (and maybe not last?) album "Anywhere I Lay My Head".

This is a second video from "Hard Candy" album. It`s called "Give It 2 Me" and directed by Tom Munro and featuring Pharrell.

When it comes to epic music videos, no one does it quite like the dudes from Linkin Park. And the forthcoming clip for "Leave Out All the Rest," the latest single from the band's 2007 LP.