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Dave Navarro's Mother's Murderer Gets Death Sentence Overturned

Jason Merritt, Getty Images The California Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of John Riccardi, the man convicted in 1994 of murdering Connie Hopkins Navarro, mother of Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, more than a decade earlier. According to LAist.com, the court has ruled that Riccardi was denied a fair trial, since the ...

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Swedish House Mafia Stabbings: Three Injured at Milton Keynes Bowl in England

Denise Truscello, WireImage.com Another weekend, another set of stabbings at a Swedish House Mafia show. As the NME reports, three men were stabbed on Saturday (July 14) outside of the DJ collective's concert at the Milton Keynes Bowl in England. The incident comes one week after a similar attack left nine people injured in Dublin. ...

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Warped Tour Toronto Death: 19-Year-Old Woman Dies After Being Found Unconscious at Punk Festival

Getty Images A 19-year-old woman found unconscious at the Vans Warped Tour in Toronto earlier today has died, according to CBC News. Police confirm the victim was discovered this afternoon near the stage at the Molson Amphitheater, scene of the daylong punk festival. After unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate the young woman at the venue, ...

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4Knots Music Festival: Archers of Loaf, the Drums and Crocodiles Rock On, Despite Fire at South Street Seaport

YouTube If organizers of the 4Knots Music Festival needed proof they'd put together a killer lineup for this year's show, they definitely got it yesterday. Around 4PM, a three-alarm fire broke out beneath Pier 17 at New York City's South Street Seaport, home of the all-day indie-rock event, and as black smoke filled the sky and ...

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Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney Cut Off in London: Festival Organizers Pull the Plug as Legends Push Curfew

Taylor Hill, FilmMagic In London, rules are rules and curfews are curfews, even when Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney are together onstage in Hyde Park, bashing out Beatles classics and blowing the minds of thousands of people. According to CNN, organizers of the Hard Rock Calling festival pulled the plug last night on Springsteen, who ...

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Dennis Flemion Missing, Presumed Dead: Frogs Drummer Disappeared Saturday in Wisconsin

Facebook Dennis Flemion, drummer for Milwaukee underground rock legends the Frogs, has been missing since Saturday and is presumed dead, according to Pitchfork. The 57-year-old rocker reportedly disappeared after going for a swim in a Racine County, Wisc., lake, and as of last night, divers were said to be searching for his body. Formed in ...

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Twin Shadow Heads to 'The Bottom' After Motorcycle Crash With 'Confess'

Tina Tyrell Credit two vehicles -- a tour bus and a motorcycle -- with leading George Lewis Jr., aka Twin Shadow, to make the sophomore album he did. The former imposed a kind of musical isolation, Lewis tells Spinner, chatting one recent sunny morning in the restaurant that sits atop New York City's Gramercy Park Hotel. Before heading ...

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