• Hope for another one-off Led Zeppelin show, or full-blown reunion tour, took another knife to the back with various news outlets reporting that talks surrounding the band's suppossed gig at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, England are now completely "dead in the water." The hopes of many were raised this past February when it was revealed that Zep rep Harvey Goldsmith was discussing the possibility of staging another Zeppelin concert at the Welsh stadium. Officials for the stadium, however, now say that any plans for a show are on hold—at least for now. "It would be great if they would, but as far as we know that is dead in the water," said stadium manager Gerry Toms.
• A few rare performances by the Clash are getting ready to hit store shelves in the form of a new CD and DVD, including the band's legendary 1982 performance at New York's Shea Stadium. The CD will be released on October 15, and includes the band's complete 15-song set at the venerable stadium, which is set to close for good later this year. The DVD will be released a week earlier on October 6, and includes 20 classic Clash performances from around the world, including London 1979, Manchester 1977, the Tommorow Show 1981, Tokyo 1982, Shea Stadium 1982, and the US Festival 1983. For more information, click here.
• A tour bus carrying memebers of Disturbed's crew was involved in an accident on I-95 in Florence County, South Carolina yesterday when a tire blew out, sending the bus off the highway and down an embankment before coming to an abrupt stop. An unidentified member of the band's crew was take to a local hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries. According to various news reports, none of the other seven crew members on the bus were injured, and none of the band's members were among its passengers. The band was on its way to the next stop on its current tour in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and no dates have been cancelled as a result of the accident.—Gabriel J. Hernandez