Def Leppard nearly complete with &quot;Sparkly&quot; album
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British rock band Def Leppard is  &quot;about 85, 90 percent finished&quot; with its next album, its first  set of new material since 2002&#39;s &quot;X,&quot; front man Joe Elliott  said.
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Pop-punk band Green Day scored its first No. 1 album on the US pop charts on Wednesday with &quot;American Idiot,&quot; the group&#39;s fifth studio set and its first release in four years.
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The Eagles are close to releasing their first album of new music in almost 30 years, according to reports.
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New releases from Bon Jovi, the White Stripes, Fabolous and DJ Khaled.
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LOS ANGELES  Music fans have waited decades for Brian Wilson&#39;s &quot;Smile,&quot; one of music&#39;s most legendary unreleased albums. Showtime viewers won&#39;t have to wait nearly as long for the documentary &quot;Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and The Story of ...
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Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of legendary rock group Led Zeppelin are due to get back together.
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Though U2 is among the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Irish rock band is still going strong. "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" will be released on Nov. 23, Interscope Records announced Tuesday.
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After several slow weeks at retail  when no title cracked the 100,000-copy plateau, Pretty Ricky  and the Shins achieve the feat with their new albums this week.
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Spoon and Suzanne Vega return with new records.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of fame has found what it's looking   for...and then some.
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&quot;It has always been my dream to mix  Steely Dan with No Means No,&quot; Dave Grohl told Billboard of the  eclectic sound of the sixth Foo Fighters album.
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Green Day has scheduled a slate of four club shows during which the punk trio will play its new album, "American Idiot," in its entirety.
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(In paragraph 2, Nielsen SoundScan corrects tally for Bon Jovi album to 292,000 from 288,000)
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&quot;Don&#39;t want to be an American idiot,&quot; declares Billie Joe Armstrong. Too late, bucko. Hey, we love Green Day as much as the next aging punk fan -- but come on, that&#39;s like Michael Jackson asking people not to call him wacko.
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Arts & entertainment: Album chart topped by little-known band, with similarly under-hyped Amy MacDonald in second place
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - To celebrate the 20th anniversary of   its best-selling album, British pop-metal band Def Leppard will   reissue "Hysteria" as a two-CD package October 24.
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When a band sells 3 million copies of its first album, its members might expect to celebrate with a few drinks.