Confession: it’s that one thing most of us who are young or young at heart will look away with a face turned up as though we were a virgin teenage girl turning up a lip of disgust while being exposed to something too offensive. Is it right to confess? Or just accept a guilt-trip when others are having a rip snorter of a good time with the same pleasures of the flesh. Well one band represents nothing but this kind of raucous good time to what others shun away with such guilt trips and “Confessions”.

Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli make up The Gutter Twins. Saturnalia, the first album from The Gutter Twins (in March 2008), has seen the near-mythic duo collaborate their strength to create what Pitchforkmedia.com has announced them as being "two of alt-rock's greatest front-men." Dulli has nicknamed this album: "the Satanic Everly Brothers" indicating it goes into the shadows far deeper than ever before.

Surely there is no doubt to anyone who has been following cultural and entertainment news over the last few years that the music industry is going through a major restructuration. But while the old powers that be are still figuring out how to adapt to the changing landscape, some forward thinking artists are already on top of the newly emerging possibilities.

Trans Siberian Orchestra has just launched their new FREE Fan Club web site: Trans-Siberian Express (www.trans-siberianexpress.com/).

A new website on the celebrated young British guitarist, Jon Sterry, came online in the United Kingdom. Simply titled 'Jon Sterry' the website aims to promote the man and his music. Sterry is attracting a great deal of interest in the music world in the UK.

After Armenia received its best result ever this year with Sirusho, the world-famous rock band System of a Down shown a keen interest in representing the country in Russia next year.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of inductees just got a little longer.

I thought Eddie Van Halen was on the path to sobriety! The Van Halen tour has just been completely canceled! Recently, the last 3 concerts were canceled, and now hotel stays for the rest of the tour (Through April 19th) are being canceled … and it all has to do with my old 8th grade crush Eddie Van Halen who has been acting nutty on tour and playing his guitar poorly.

Being selected to entertain the crowd and the huge worldwide audience for the Super Bowl has become almost as prestigious as playing in the National Football League's annual championship game. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer reports from Super Bowl 42, to be played Sunday in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, that this year's halftime music will feature American rock legends Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Finnish theatrical hard rock band Lordi have been added to the billing of the upcoming Castle Festival in Serbia.

Quiet Riot vocalist Kevin DuBrow was found dead at his home in Las Vegas on Sunday. Friends reportedly went to his home and found the singer. The musician was 52.

Irish rock band U2, used to filling the world's biggest venues, have played a surprise gig in a London church before just 250 people. Lead singer Bono and guitarist The Edge turned up to perform a low-key acoustic set at the Union Chapel in Islington in north London.