To the surprise of a few, Van Halen announced on Friday that they're going to be postponing 31 summer dates. A few days ago, Rolling Stone reported through a source with knowledge of the tour said the band members "hate each other" and are "arguing like mad." However, yesterday Diamond Dave released a video stating that the band simply "bit off more than they could chew with the scheduling." Slick PR move by the band, or was the magazine's "source" full of crap? So far it's anyone's guess.

Anyone familiar with the tumultuous history of the storied rock band is undoubtedly surprised that the current rendition of the band made it as far as they have. However, that won't take away another tarnished page in the band's long legacy of crashing and burning.

When David Lee Roth rejoined the band in 2007 to the shock and surprise of many who thought that this would never happen, it seemed like all of the past problems were put to bed in order to make a couple of bucks. On their subsequent tour, they made a shitload of money, thus the need to continue. The only difference? There wasn't the calming presence of original bassist Michael Anthony to serve as a buffer of any potential problems between the brothers Van Halen and Roth. Replacing Anthony was Eddie Van Halen's son, Wolfgang, who has filled in admirably, but is no Anthony. Having the deck stacked against him was eventually going to do in the singer, and it seems like last week the relationship hit its breaking point.

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Whenever a musician dies, it seems like casual fans come out of the woodwork to celebrate the fallen star's life. In February, you couldn't walk 14 steps or go two cars without someone blaring one of Whitney Houston's albums. Over the past four days, you'd be hard-pressed not to hear someone talk about how important Adam Yauch, aka MCA, was, and how amazing the Beastie Boys are. This isn't to question either one of these artist's talents, both of which were enormous. But the manner in which they died, and the subsequent public reactions, were markedly different -- and surprising.

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We admit we spend a little too much time on Twitter, but this morning we saw a trending topic that made us want to quit the internet like this guy is doing.

Scrolling through Twitter, we clicked on "Trending" to get a sense of what the kids like today. The second most popular topic trending in the United States, sandwiched between "Hood Cereal Names" and Jessica Simpson's new baby's name? The fun-for-all game "Replace Band Names With Rape."

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This morning, Billboard.com confirmed our worst reunion fears: the Jackson 4 will not only be touring this summer, but working on recording a new album. Only one phrase can sum this up. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING?

Although the Jacksons have a long and illustrious history of going against conventional wisdom, do they really think that this is going to fly? Do they really think that fans are going to pack amphitheatres to check out a half-assed show that doesn't even have a specter of Michael in it? Really?

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As many of you know by now, Tupac performed at this year's edition of Coachella via hologram. When he appeared, the much-intoxicated crowd did not know what to do. It was as if Tupac had died and rose again (to many conspiracy theorists, that was a literal take). Now that we know how Dr. Dre and AV Concepts dreamed up Tupac's vision, here are other memorable artists we would like to see come back from the dead in hologram form.More >>

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Black Lips tearing it up at Coachella in 2008. Expect a video featuring the pickle shot on YouTube soon.

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The Black Lips started off Saturday at Coachella with a bang. The flower-punk band from Atlanta, Georgia decided to pull a Jim Morrison-esque maneuver during their 2:15 set at the Mojave tent. They ended the show with full frontal nudity.

Throughout their performance, the young audience moshed and crowd surfed with ferocious intensity -- "Time", "Modern Art" and "Dumpster Dive" got particularly out of hand. Dreadlocked punks and little surf rats hit each other as hard as they could. The band tossed beers into the crowd, urging those who caught them to share.

After jamming their hit "Bad Kids," front man Cole Alexander shed his floppy Southern hat and pretty much everything else he was wearing. He dropped his pants and exposed himself to the screaming crowd, strumming their last licks with his shaft.

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These days, reggae evokes images of hippies, dreadlocks, good ganja and good vibes, but the genre, which developed from ska, mento and R&B music in the 1960s, wasn't always a college dorm room staple.

Maybe it was Eric Clapton's 1974 cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" that helped white people enjoy the laid back groove, but by the mid 1970s, it was getting promoted in the UK via John Peel's radio show, and the UK punk rock scene was drawing considerable influence from reggae music as well.

So in the classic tradition of the mainstream totally co-opting all that is cool and classical we give you the five most whitewashed reggae songs we know. (Whitewashed meaning, "the only reggae songs the masses have ever heard of, period.")

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UPDATE, April 12, 2012, 5:51 p.m.:
Frances Bean Cobain has also released a statement:

While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn.  I have never been approached by Dave Grohl in more than a platonic way.  I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy.     Twitter should ban my mother. 

UPDATE, April 11, 2012, 12:34 p.m: Dave Grohl just released a statement, and it's as sane and lucid as Courtney Love's twitter rants are not. Here goes:
"Unfortunately Courtney is on another hateful twitter rant. These new accusations are upsetting, offensive and absolutely untrue."


Original post, 11:34 a.m., April 11, 2012: Just when you thought things couldn't get weirder in the life and times of Courtney Love, they certainly did. Last night on her private Twitter account, the ex-wife of Kurt Cobain accused his former bandmates and her longtime adversary, Dave Grohl, of hitting on her 19-year-old daughter, Frances Bean. Normally, this news would have been pounced on by the paparazzi, but considering the source, it's difficult to imagine that this is true.

Though it sounds alarming, I can't believe that anything she says is true, even with her own daughter. Here's the long and short of the situation. The former Mrs. Cobain's accusations claimed that her estranged daughter's roommate informed her that the Foo Fighters singer hit on Frances. This naturally led to an extensive thread threatening Grohl and speculated on his "pathology," noting that Foo's drummer Taylor Hawkins looks like Cobain and is in the "submissive drummer position" in the band (ironic since Grohl was Nirvana's drummer), and that he named his daughter Violet, (the name of one of Love's biggest hits), which in her eyes, further demonstrates his obsession with all things Cobain. (Peep her rant here)

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For over 20 years Korn has been at the forefront of Nu Metal. Winner of many awards for their distinct aggressive sound and innovative music videos (including two Grammys for "Freak on a Leash" and "Here to Stay"), the LA-based metal monsters are proving to the world that they are not done yet. Last Monday, Dim Mak Studios in Hollywood threw a listening party for Korn's latest record, Path of Totality. More >>