Anton Corbijn While Montreal's Arcade Fire have been known to think worldly in throwing their weight behind relief efforts in Haiti, they're also thinking locally and helping out a florist in their hometown. Yesterday the group tweeted the following after the Dragon Flowers on Bernard Street in Montreal was destroyed by fire on Monday ...

Karl Walter, Getty After recently completing her touring commitments behind Visions, which also won best electronic album at the Junos last weekend, Montreal musician Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes, posted a lengthy message on her Tumblr site Tuesday evening. Titled "I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a ...

AFP Picture this: A woman in Mill Valley, California is walking on a thin line after pleading guilty to stealing Huey Lewis' rental car and laptop computer. The Marin Independent Journal reports Katherine Bowyer Gallagher is charged with possession of stolen property, which is a felony. The rental car was later recovered but Gallagher sold ...

Bryan Bedder, Getty In what might be very big shoes to fill, drummer Steve "Stevo" Jocz announced late Wednesday evening he's leaving punk rock band Sum 41. "I'm sorry to announce that I've decided to leave Sum 41," Jocz wrote in a tweet posted on the band's Twitter account. "Touring with the band has been an amazing experience that has ...

Getty | Getty LCD Soundsystem founder James Murphy won't be inside an octagon anytime soon, but that doesn't mean he's in love with the walkout music of some MMA/UFC fighters, especially welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre's. In an interview with Fightland Murphy said fighter Stephan Bonnar's walkout song "Eminence Front" by The Who ...

Getty | AFP They've worn giant light bulbs on their heads at Woodstock and sometimes only socks on their penises, but hopefully the Red Hot Chili Peppers will wear something next month for their audience in Oregon -- the Dalai Lama, who'll be there as part of the Dalai Lama Environmental Summit. According to the summit's site the group ...

Canadian Press A judge in British Columbia was told this week that Tim Bachman, brother of Randy Bachman and a co-founder of '70s rock group Bachman-Turner Overdrive, had sexual relations with a girl between the age of 11 and 14. The Calgary Herald reports that Stacy Bohun, now 24, recalled the relationship as "very sick" during testimony ...