Stone Sour have announced through their Twitter page that they will enter the studio March 15 to begin recording their third album. The band will enlist the help of producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has worked with such bands as the Foo Fighters and Velvet Revolver, and also produced Stone Sour's last disc, 2006's Come What(Ever) May. "Finally got the green light to go into the studio! March 15th it begins!!!" the band tweeted over the weekend.

Stone Sour have announced through their Twitter page that they will enter the studio March 15 to begin recording their third album. The band will enlist the help of producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has worked with such bands as the Foo Fighters and Velvet Revolver, and also produced Stone Sour's last disc, 2006's Come What(Ever) May.

"Finally got the green light to go into the studio! March 15th it begins!!!" the band tweeted over the weekend.

Stone Sour will enter Blackbird Studios in Nashville to record their new album, which is expected to be released through Roadrunner Records this August.

Singer Corey Taylor previously told AOL's Noisecreep that the new record will be "darker than Come What(ever) May, but a lot more melodic, a lot stronger, a lot more mature, and the lyrics that are coming out of me are really good. I'm really excited."

Linkin Park have announced that they will release 100 live bootlegs recorded at shows between 2007 and 2009. The new series, dubbed LP Archives: Official Tour Bootlegs, is available now for Linkin Park fan club members, with a public release coming on March 17. The shows are $9.99 each and the group is offering several special deals, including a "buy 5 get the 6th free" offer and special rates for fan club members.

Linkin Park have announced that they will release 100 live bootlegs recorded at shows between 2007 and 2009. The new series, dubbed LP Archives: Official Tour Bootlegs, is available now for Linkin Park fan club members, with a public release coming on March 17.

The shows are $9.99 each, and the group is offering several special deals, including a "buy 5 get the 6th free" offer and special rates for fan club members.

"We originally decided that it would be cool to let our fans buy a recording of the show they just attended," drummer Rob Bourdon said of bootleg series in an official statement. "Once we saw the positive response to that, we figured it would be even better to make all of the shows available to anyone who would like to download them. We wanted to make the highest quality recordings available to all of our fans."

Linkin Park has also made recent headlines for their unexpected appearance at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver last month. Though the band was not present at the games, its music made quite an impact as the backing track to a performance by American ice dance team Sinead and John Kerr.

Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan is holding auditions for a new bassist and keyboardist to round out the band's lineup. On Tuesday, Corgan announced that bassist Ginger Pooley was leaving the band to spend time with her new family and that he would hold open auditions to replace her. Mark Tulin of the Electric Prunes will reportedly fill in for the band's upcoming world tour until Pooley's replacement is found.

Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan is holding auditions for a new bassist and keyboardist to round out the band's lineup.

On Tuesday, Corgan announced that bassist Ginger Pooley was leaving the band to spend time with her new family and that he would hold open auditions to replace her. Mark Tulin of the Electric Prunes will reportedly fill in for the band's upcoming world tour until Pooley's replacement is found.

Corgan previously replaced founding drummer Jimmy Chamberlain by holding open auditions, which is why he feels the same process could easily work again.

"We were lucky enough to find drummer Mike Byrne through an open audition process," he said. "So why not open the doors again to anyone who might be interested for the bass or keyboard position. As you can see from our past and present, age, race, or a person's background is not an issue. Everyone is truly welcome to audition."

Corgan is also seeking a keyboardist whom, he explained, should be able to play "in the prog-rock style of [Deep Purple's] Jon Lord and [Yes'] Rick Wakeman."

The late Jimi Hendrix, whose new album, Valleys of Neptune, hit store shelves today, will also play the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in a new short film. The project was created by film maker Julien Temple to fulfill a fantasy of his, according to the Sun. The combination of Glastonbury fans and footage of Hendrix onstage will give the appearance of the legendary guitarist actually performing at the festival.

The late Jimi Hendrix, whose new album, Valleys of Neptune, hit store shelves today, will also play the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in a new short film.

The project was created by film maker Julien Temple to fulfill a fantasy of his, according to the Sun. The combination of Glastonbury fans and footage of Hendrix onstage will give the appearance of the legendary guitarist actually performing at the festival.

Glastonbury promoter Michael Eavis helped out on the project and makes an appearance at the end of the film. Supermodel Kate Moss also appears, watching the performance from the side of the stage.

The film was made in conjunction with Valleys of Neptune, which features 12 previously unreleased Hendrix recordings.

Meanwhile, another Hendrix movie is reportedly in the works and talks are also underway about a Hendrix version of the Rock Band video game.

The U.K.'s Royal Mail is working with Pink Floyd to create a souvenir stamp that will feature the artwork from the band's classic 1994 album, The Division Bell. "It's the first time Royal Mail has worked with a major rock band to produce a product of this kind, and reflects the band's enormous global impact over more than four decades," said Royal Mail's Julietta Edgar, according to The Rock Radio. The stamp was unveiled on March 6.

The U.K.'s Royal Mail is working with Pink Floyd to create a souvenir stamp that will feature the artwork from the band's classic 1994 album, The Division Bell.

"It's the first time Royal Mail has worked with a major rock band to produce a product of this kind, and reflects the band's enormous global impact over more than four decades," said Royal Mail's Julietta Edgar, according to The Rock Radio.

"Pink Floyd has a huge fan base around the world and this souvenir stamp sheet is for them and music fans in general," she added.

The stamp sheet also features lyrics from The Division Bell's closing track, "High Hopes," as well as a Pink Floyd emblem set atop the album cover.

The stamp was unveiled on March 6 to commemorate the 64th birthday of guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour.

The Beastie Boys will continue to hold off on the release of their new album, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1, to give Adam "MCA" Yauch more time to recover from his recent bout with cancer. The group canceled a string of tour dates, including headlining spots at the Austin City Limits and All Points West festivals last July after Yauch revealed that he would need surgery to remove cancerous cells in his throat.

The Beastie Boys will continue to hold off on the release of their new album, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1, to give Adam "MCA" Yauch more time to recover from his recent bout with cancer.

The group canceled a string of tour dates, including headlining spots at the Austin City Limits and All Points West festivals last July after Yauch revealed that he would need surgery to remove cancerous cells in his throat.

Though Yauch has returned to public life and said at Friday's Independent Spirit Awards that has been "getting [his] energy back," the group will still hold off on the new release.

"It was really disappointing to have to hold the record and postpone the tour, but doctor's orders," Yauch told Entertainment Weekly's Music Mix blog after the initial postponement.

"We may or may not [release Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1] depending on how my health is come September," he added. "We want to but we have to play it by ear."

A Radiohead spokesperson has denied the validity of an e-mail circulating with details about the band's upcoming album. According to the e-mail, the group's forthcoming offering will be called Tehrangeles and will include tracks titled "The Daily Mail," "Give Up the Ghost" and "Supercollider." In an official statement to the U.K.'s NME, however, Radiohead's spokesperson said of the e-mail, "Most of it is made up and there is no album or album title."

A Radiohead spokesperson has denied the validity of an e-mail circulating with details about the band's upcoming album.

According to the e-mail, the group's forthcoming offering will be called Tehrangeles and will include tracks titled "The Daily Mail," "Give Up the Ghost" and "Supercollider."

In an official statement to the U.K.'s NME, however, Radiohead's spokesperson said of the e-mail, "Most of it is made up and there is no album or album title."

Though it seems Radiohead have not, in fact, named their new album after the Iranian section of Los Angeles, the group is widely believed to be working on new material in Hollywood.

The news comes at a busy time for Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, who is not only working on new music for the band but will also reportedly be scoring a film adaptation of Japanese author Haruki Murakami's novel, Norwegian Wood.

"I wrote [the] piece mostly in hotels and dressing rooms while touring with Radiohead," Greenwood told Spinner. "This was more practical than glamorous -- lots of time sitting indoors, lots of instruments about -- and aside from picking up a few geographical working titles, I can't think that it had any effect where, on tour, it was written."

Tom Morello will reportedly help score the soundtrack of Iron Man 2. The upcoming film, which is expected to hit theaters May 7, is said to have a heavy metal feel to it. "Is that really me in Iron Man? Of course," reads a message on Morello's Twitter page. "I'm working on score for Iron Man 2. Rockin. Movie is awesome." Morello has previously been a part of the soundtracks for Spider-Man and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

Tom Morello will reportedly help score the soundtrack of Iron Man 2. The upcoming film, which is expected to hit theaters May 7, is said to have a heavy metal feel to it.

"Is that really me in Iron Man? Of course," reads a message on Morello's Twitter page. "I'm working on score for Iron Man 2. Rockin. Movie is awesome."

Morello has previously been a part of the soundtracks for Spider-Man, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. He also appeared as a terrorist in the first Iron Man film and also helped score it.

Morello is best known for his role as the guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, the Nightwatchman and Street Sweeper Social Club.

AC/DC will reportedly release a 15-track compilation album to tie in with Iron Man 2's release as well.