Jon Bon Jovi says he’s no happier than the former members of Nirvana after seeing the Kurt Cobain avatar singing his band’s 1986 hit “You Give Love A Bad Name” in the Guitar Hero 5 video game.

Pavement is the latest act to join the reunion bandwagon but fans of the pioneering indie-rock band will have to exercise some patience. Even though Matador Records has confirmed it after nearly a decade of speculation, the only show the band has scheduled so far is in New York's Central Park on September 21, 2010.

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry says he hasn’t talked to Steven Tyler in nearly five-weeks, after the group was forced to cancel its summer tour following the frontman’s mid-concert fall from a South Dakota stage during a concert in August.

Ozzy Osbourne is promising that his new tell-all autobiography will be “frank, fearless, and very funny.” Scheduled to hit U.K. bookstores on October 1, with stateside publication soon to follow, I Am Ozzy aims to separate myth from truth with regard to the singer’s colorful career.

Mick Taylor has no regrets about leaving the Rolling Stones. He does, however, feel he’s been dealt an unfair hand with regard to royalties for his work with the band.

Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff “inadvertently” let it slip that Van Halen will tour in 2010. As reported by Pollstar.com, Azoff leaked the news during a Q&A session yesterday (Sept. 9) at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference.

Call it Beatlemania 2.0. Based on strong first-day sales of their newly-remastered catalog, the Fab Four appear set to dominate sales charts on a worldwide basis. As reported by Billboard.biz, projections in Britain indicate the band will occupy five of the Top 20 slots when sales charts appear on Sunday. Additionally, as many as 15 of the remastered CDs will place among the Top 75.

Slayer guitarist Kerry King is fueling rumors that his band will join Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax on the ultimate thrash tour.

To mark the 20th anniversary of his breakthrough 1989 debut, Let Love Rule, Lenny Kravitz will launch a US club tour on Oct. 11 beginning with four shows at the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza.

It looks like the latest Oasis breakup may be the last. A week after Noel Gallagher abruptly walked out on the band claiming “the level of verbal and violent intimidation towards me, my family, friends and comrades has become intolerable,” there still appears to be no resolution on the horizon.