More acts have been announced for this year’s Download festival, with grunge legends Alice In Chains being the latest addition. Alongside AIC will be Funeral For A Friend, All-American Rejects, Coheed & Cambria, Ginger and the Sonic Circus, Alexisonfire, Throwdown and Engerica.
The festival, which takes place at Donnington in June, already has Tool, Metallica and Guns N Roses headlining for what should prove to be an awesome weekend in the sun [or rain, seeing as it is in England].
Do yourselves a favour and take a wander over to www.downloadfestival.co.uk for all the latest news on the festival.
Isaac Hayes, the voice of sex-monster Chef in South Park has sensationally quit the show after he declared that the creators should have respect for religious beliefs. The episode which tipped the balance for Hayes was an attack on Scientology, a religion he shares with the likes of Tom Cruise, and though he didn’t explicitly state this as the reason, it is widely believed to be the case.
White Stripes frontman has a new project about to hit the shores of the UK. Teaming up with Brendan Benson, the group are called The Raconteurs and will showcase their talent with a release of Steady, As She Goes on April 24th.
Legendary indie royalty The Pixies have had a film made about their reformation with exclusive behind the scenes footage filmed by Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin.
The famous NME New Music tour, which continually showcases new talent and unearths gems, is back for 2006 with 
Brit Rockers Hundred Reasons will be bringing out a new album, Kill Your Own, on March 20th, and will be doing a number of in-store dates to support the upcoming release.
The Drum & Bass world is set to explode with a tour featuring heavyweights Andy C, Roni Size, DJ Zinc and DJ Marky for six dates across the nation. Each DJ is going to play an extended set to wow the crowds and showcase their obvious talents and will be joined by various major MCs.
Daddy Fresh Music, a Brighton based company, have come up with a fantastic forward thinking idea which is aimed at helping all music makers online. It offers musicians a choice of releasing the music through the label or even release it themselves if they pay an administration fee.
One of the original supergroup crews in rap, The Juice Crew, which was home to the likes of MC Shan, Biz Markie, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane and Roxanne Shante, is reportedly set to be brought back to life with a new look crew for 2006.