Performers including Bob Dylan and John Mellencamp have been announced for the PBS music special “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement,” which will be filmed Feb. 10 in the White House’s East Room and air on PBS on the evening of Feb. 11.

AC/DC will headline this year’s Download Festival, set for June 11 – 13 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. As 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of AC/DC’s iconic album Back in Black, fans are already campaigning to hear the album in full at the festival.

Megadeth will kick off its “Rust in Peace” 20th anniversary tour on March 1 in Spokane, Washington, the band has announced. The month-long trek – which also features Testament and Exodus – will touch down in 21 cities in North America.

Pete Townshend has revealed that the Who’s Super Bowl halftime performance will feature a medley of the band’s best-known songs.

The Gibson Foundation, a proud corporate supporter of UNICEF, urges its many supporters to assist in the help of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in an effort to bring much needed aid to Haiti and its victims of the devastating earthquake last week.

Guitar sensation Orianthi often cites Steve Vai as one of her two primary guitar heroes (the other being Carlos Santana). In a just-posted video, the 24-year-old phenom can be seen shredding with Vai on a track titled “Highly Strung,” from her new album, Believe.

Fortuitously timed to mark an Ozzy anniversary, of sorts — on Jan. 20, 1981, while on-stage, Osbourne famously bit the head off a bat — Rolling Stone has just published comments from the Prince of Darkness about the chances of a Black Sabbath reunion.

Sundance Film Festival Music 4 Peace

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke offered up some tantalizing tidbits regarding his main band and his solo work, during a guest DJ spot that aired Wednesday, Jan. 20 on BBC Radio 1.

Last week, immediately following the earthquake in Haiti, Gibson Foundation donated $10,000 to help the estimated 3 million people affected by this disaster (½ of the people impacted are children). Many people have asked how they can help, and we would like to share with you a way you can make a very meaningful difference.