Trent Reznor has said Nine Inch Nails’ 2009 gigs will be their last “for the foreseeable future”.
Reznor says on nin.com little in the way of explanation, buts does say that he wants to try a “different approach” to playing live.

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Pittsburgh punks, Antiflag, have booked themselves a handful of UK shows for next year:

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To celebrate their co-headline tour, we’re giving you the chance to win loads of Rolo Tomassi, Ghost Of A Thousand tickets and goodies right here!

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Following their success on the recent Unholy Alliance Chapter III tour, Swedish Viking-Metal heroes AMON AMARTH will headline a special, one off, METAL HAMMER sponsored bill at The Forum, London on March 9th 2009. (more…)

Are you dead yet? Story Of The Year are known for their gymnastic live shows: back-flips, guitar-spinning and throwing their instruments to each other. But we get injured climbing stairs, so how has SOTY guitarist Ryan Phillips faired?

1) I’m missing two teeth
2) I’ve had massive lumps on my head from where I’ve tried to thrown guitar round and missed
3) I’ve had stitches in my shin
4) I’ve had Shin splints
5) I have back problems. Once I landed on my heels badly and it sent a painful twinge through my back which affected me for ages.
6) I had to go to hospital when I did a back flip and hit my throat on mic stand
7) I fractured my right heel
I almost cut my uvula off
9) Once he [Dan] was doing his punching-the-air move, and he caught the end of my guitar and he just punched the fucking headstock OFF! Off of an $8000 guitar – one of a kind.
10) Phil’s had stitches in his eye twice.
11) Adam had to wear this ankle brace boot thing when he damaged his foot.
12) I’ve been damaged from jumping into the crowd and being thrown back on stage.