Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx reduced a female fan to tears in California after she seemingly threw a water bottle at him. However, it was the exact same water bottle that the 50-year-old nonchalantly tossed into the crowd just moments earlier. Read more >>

The Killers are the latest headline act confirmed for the T in the Park and Oxegen festivals. The Las Vegas foursome will be headlining the Scottish and Irish events - organised by the same promoters - over the same weekend. Read more >>

Kings Of Leon have praised the Brit Awards ahead of tonight's ceremony at Earl's Court, hinting that winning one is better than a Grammy. The Followill family are nominated for two awards – Best International Band and Album – and will be performing at the event alongside U2, Coldplay, Duffy, Take That and the mighty Girls Aloud. Read more >>

Coldplay have revealed their plans to give away a live album for free. Singer Chris Martin says he hopes to repay fans who attend their upcoming summer tour dates by giving them a free gift in return. Read more >>

Royksopp have heaped praise on their Scandinavian collaborators ahead of the release of their stunning third album 'Junior'. Gigwise exclusively spoke to Svein Berge from the Norwegian duo ahead of the 'Junior's release on March 23 and he had kind words for guest vocalists Karin Dreijer, Lykke Li, Robyn and Anneli Drecker. Read more >>

The artwork to the much anticipated 'Guitar Hero: Metallica' has been unveiled and unfortunately there's a typo on the front cover. All of the guest bands are featured on the front page – Foo Fighters, Judas Priest, System of a Down and more – but sadly for Lynyrd Skynyrd their oft misspelt name has been duly misspelt with the final 'y' missing. Read more >>

Nikki Sixx has apologised for the verbal tirade which caused a female fan to cry at a Motley Crue show. As reported earlier, the 50-year-old bassist went crazy when a female fan threw a plastic water bottle towards him – however, it was the exact same bottle that he had threw into the crowd moments earlier. Read more >>

Christina Aguilera's raunchy video for her 2002 song 'Dirrty' has been voted the sexiest female music video of all time. Over 1,000 people were quizzed in the poll held by MSN Music, with Aguilera's effort stealing more than 41% of the vote. Read more >>

Green Day have paid homage to John Lennon once again on their upcoming album '21st Century Breakdown'. The Californian trio already covered the John Lennon classic 'Working Class Hero' as a Darfur charity single in 2007, but now on the new album title track they've paid homage to towards The Beatles legend again. Read more >>