Metallica is attempting to help in the search for Morgan Dana Harrington, the Virginia Tech college student last seen at a concert staged by the band this past Saturday (March 17). The 20-year-old Harrington went missing just prior to the group’s taking the stage at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville.

Them Crooked Vultures have premiered the first single from the band’s forthcoming debut album. Titled “New Fang,” the song is currently available for streaming on the group’s official MySpace Music profile.

As anticipated, U2 has announced plans to bring its 360 Tour back to North America in 2010. Kicking off in Anaheim, California, on June 6, the tour includes 12 cities thus far – including two in Canada and 10 in the U.S. – and finishes up at New Meadowlands Stadium in New York. Starting today (Oct. 27), U2.com subscribers can take advantage of a pre-sale offering for tickets to shows in Oakland, Toronto, and Edmonton. Regular ticket sales begin on November 2.

Paul McCartney is set to launch his first European tour in five years in Hamburg, Germany – the city where the Beatles famously served an early apprenticeship.

Halloween will come early for a few lucky metal-heads as Ozzy Osbourne has announced that he will perform with Metallica for the 25th anniversary celebration of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 30.

"It's a big world and we still make house calls,” said Jon Bon Jovi on Thursday, by way of announcing his band’s plans for a two-year world tour that kicks off on Feb. 19 in Seattle.

It looks like the self-titled debut album by Them Crooked Vultures is arriving sooner than we expected. On Thursday, the hard-rock supergroup of the Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Joshua Homme and former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones announced that its record would come out on Nov. 17.

Of U2 has announced that the band’s concert this Sunday (Oct. 25) at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California will be streamed live, for free, on YouTube. According to BBC News, U2 manager Paul McGuinness said that since plans already called for the show to be filmed, it was “the perfect opportunity to extend the party beyond the stadium.”

Beginning today (Oct. 20), the Beatles’ Abbey Road album is available in its entirely for The Beatles: Rock Band, Harmonix and MTV Games have announced.

As anticipated, Guns N’ Roses will bring Chinese Democracy to North America starting with a performance in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on January 13 of 2010.