Rick Diamond, Getty Stealing a page from comedian Michael Richards' audience alienation handbook, folk-pop singer Michelle Shocked launched into a homophobic rant at a San Francisco club Sunday evening. According to Meow Online, Shocked was playing Yoshi's when she went on an anti-gay tirade during her second set, concluding the rant by ...

AFP U2 bassist Adam Clayton says the group is working with producer Danger Mouse on a yet-to-be-titled album that could be out by year's end. According to fan site Atu2.com -- which cited a new interview Clayton did with Irish publication Hot Press -- the musician said U2 "very much want to have a record out by the end of the year, ...

AFP Gossip singer Beth Ditto was arrested early Saturday morning outside a Portland, Oregon bar after reportedly being denied service. But not before reportedly screaming Barack Obama's name. According to the Portland Mercury, Ditto was at the Bungalo Bar in Portland and was charged with disorderly conduct after the bar refused to serve ...

Getty Roughly three weeks after some of Garth Hudson's possessions were to be sold in a garage sale by a New York landlord the musician is launching a lawsuit in an attempt to get them back. According to the Kingston Times, Hudson, the longtime multi-instrumentalist in The Band, is suing Kingston landlord Mike Piazza for selling some of ...

Chris Jackson, Getty While some might jokingly claim the sound it emits alone could be lethal, a English bagpiper says he nearly died from "bagpipe pneumonia" due to a fungus found inside his instrument. NBCNews reports Wiltshire resident John Shone became ill last fall with a drug-resistant illness and lost 14 pounds during a four-week ...

Getty Robert Plant will be the subject of a new book entitled "Robert Plant: A Life" which is set for release in Britain Oct. 24 (and Canada the next day) with a U.S. release scheduled for next January. According to Thebookseller.com the book -- to be issued through HarperCollins -- Q and Kerrang! editor Paul Rees conducted in-depth ...

Psychosync.info Peter Banks, the original guitarist for progressive rock legends Yes, has died. He was 65. "It's with great sadness to have to report the death of Peter Banks," a post on his official site stated. "He died in his London home on March 8, 2013. Thanks for all the music Peter! R.I.P." Former Yes member Billy Sherwood confirmed ...