Getty | AFP There were an unusual number of major music stories announced today ranging from Bruce Springsteen and AC/DC joining forces during an Australian show to Thom Yorke and Ted Nugent working on a musical adaptation of a children's book. With April 1 marking the unofficial launch of the spring/summer concert season, all the big guns ...

Getty Images Although details are a bit sketchy, New Found Glory's singer Chad Gilbert is probably lucky to be alive after an electric shock onstage during a show in Anaheim, Calif. last night. According to Australian site MusicFeeds, Gilbert collapsed at Chain Reaction, where the group was recording their first live album. The band has ...

Kayla MacLellan Jay Smith, a guitarist best known for his work with east coast rocker Matt Mays, died Wednesday while the band was on tour in Edmonton. "Our guitar player and dear friend Jay Smith passed away this morning in Edmonton. As you can all imagine, we are completely devastated," Mays wrote in a Facebook post Wednesday evening, ...

Jason Kempin, Getty Ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters says he has asked other musicians to boycott performing in Israel in his ongoing support for the international solidarity movement for Palestine. According to an interview with the Electronic Intifada and reported by Rolling Stone, Waters said he believes it's "the most effective way to ...

Theo Wargo, Getty After an inaugural attempt last year, Skrillex has pulled the plug on the 2013 Full Flex Express, the Canadian tour featuring various electronic dance music and rock artists traveling across the country by train. According to a statement on the festival site Skrillex explained the reasoning. "During the past 4 months ...

Rick Diamond, Getty Days after a reported homophobic rant during a concert in San Francisco, folk singer Michelle Shocked is clarifying her position on the issue, saying in fact she was describing the beliefs of "intolerant" and "scared" born-again Christians. According to Spin, Shocked released two statements today regarding her beliefs. ...

LAPD Peter McNeal, the former drummer with Cake was convicted Monday on child molestation charges and will be sentenced on April 25. According to LAist.com, Peter Ivan McNeal, 46, was arrested in January 2012 on charges stemming from a incident in November 2009. While at a Laurel Canyon home for Thanksgiving, McNeal molested a ...