The hacker kids were up to no good this holiday weekend when they revived a myth from the hip-hop generation akin to the “Elvis Is Alive” rumors. This weekend, The Lulz Boat, a collective of hackers, broke into the PBS website to protest their treatment of WikiLeaks. They hoarded multiple user names and password and [...]

Apple is set to launch an online music streaming and storage service. According to several individuals familiar with Apple’s plans, the company reached deals with three major labels and is expected to wrap things up in a couple days with the remaining holdout. According to two individuals, the iPad and iPhone maker finished work on [...]

The famous Jiffy Lube Live, a 25,000-seat amphitheatre housed at Prince William County in Bristow, VA, will now adopt a ‘No Tailgating’ policy for all of its future events in compliance with the state’s law illegalizing public alcohol consumption. That means there will be no more tents, grills, booze and partying at the venue hours [...]

Simon Cowell would like to have Paula Abdul, his former sparring partner on “American Idol,” and Cheryl Cole, the British singer, join him on “The X Factor” U.S. version. However Cowell told Deadline Hollywood no deals have been signed yet to complete the show’s lineup. The program is scheduled to begin airing in September on [...]

The last two 2011 Caravan festivals for the Dave Matthews Band will take place on August 25-28 at Governor’s Island in New York City and on September 2-4 at George, Washington’s The Gorge. Previously, organizers announced that the Dave Matthew Band’s only performances this year would be the Caravan four festivals. Two other Caravan events [...]

Battered by last year’s unprecedented downturn for concert business, Ticketmaster has announced they are retooling the way they price their tickets based on demand from consumers.

Even Simon Cowell, the omnipresent star-maker, might have limits. Reportedly, the former judge of “American Idol” is quitting “The X Factor,” the British version of the show that he helped to create and develop into a blockbuster, due to the fact that it overlaps with him launching the show’s U.S. version on Fox this fall. [...]

The possibility of the Kinks reuniting when Meltdown Festival is curated by Ray Davies is down to Ray, according to brother Dave. The Kinks guitarist has been very critical of Ray performing under the Kinks name since the split up of the band in 1996. He has described the gigs in the past as being [...]

For years there have been rumors floating around about a biopic of Jeff Buckley. However according to Deadline.com, it appears now a film about the deceased rock star really will be made. Ryan Jaffee, who also penned “The Rocker,” will be writing the forthcoming movie. Jake Scott of “Welcome to the Rileys” will direct. He [...]

John Squire, Ian Brown’s label, and a biographer of Stone Roses are all saying that the rumors of a reunion tour of 21 dates are not true. According to a Daily Mirror article, Stone Roses was going to reunite on their 20th Anniversary of their debut. However, Ian Brown, their frontman, is currently concentrating on [...]