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Download add 13 more bands!

Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders and My Passion are among the latest additions to the Kerrang!-sponsored Download festival. Download is set to take place at Donington Park in Leicestershire between June 11 and 13 and will be headlined by AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine and Aerosmith. Other new additions include: Devil Sold His Soul, Anathema, Trigger The Bloodshed, Enemo-J, The More I See, Sondura, Everything Burns, Starseed, Ricky Warwick, The Dirty Feel and Jett Black. Sum 41, who had prev

Published: 2010-05-28 Provider: Kerrang!

Sum 41 cancel European shows

Canadian pop punks Sum 41 have been forced to cancel several forthcoming European tour dates. It is understood that drummer Steve Jocz broke his arm in a car accident. "[He] is unable to get on a airplane to fly to Europe to perform," reads an official statement from the band. "Anyone who knows our band, knows that touring is our life and is the primary reason we play music. We are completely and utterly bummed out and we all wish Stevo a speedy recovery. We want to sincerely apologise to our fa

Published: 2010-05-26 Provider: Kerrang!

Sum 41 to release new album later this year

Sum 41 have begun work on the follow-up to their 2007 album, Underclass Hero. Although the band initially planned to just release a new EP in 2009, frontman Deryck Whibley said that the writing process is going so well that they are now planning a full length release. "There was talk about doing an EP and then that turned into other things,: he said in an blog post. "Next thing you know we're sitting here with a whole bunch of songs that we really like." "As to when it will come out," he continued, "I don't know. I would say it's safe to say it will be out this year. Unless for some reason we need to keep going and it pushes it back further. But right now everything is on track and feels good." In related news, the band have also confirmed that they will be releasing a Greatest Hits album, All The Good Shit, worldwide later this year following the popularity of the compilation in Japan.

Published: 2009-02-16 Provider: Kerrang!

Sum 41 frontman in internet death hoax

Following his split from popstar wife Avril Lavigne last month, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley is making internet headlines again; This time as part of a hoax reporting that he died yesterday morning. Yesterday afternoon, US blog www.brightestyoungthings.com, picked up on a number of Twitter posts from an unnamed American promoter / booking agent claiming that Whibley had passed away. "Friends of DC music in Las Vegas have confirmed, to much much sorrow throughout our city that Deryck Whibley, w

Published: 2009-10-16 Provider: Kerrang!

Sum 41 singer dumped by Avril Lavigne

Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne announced last night (Thursday September 17) via her MySpace page that she is divorcing her husband, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley. "Deryck and I have been together for six-and-a-half years," wrote Lavigne. "We have been friends since I was 17, started dating when I was 19, and married when I was 21. I am grateful for our time together, and I am grateful and blessed for our remaining friendship." "I admire Deryck and have a great amount of respect for him," she

Published: 2009-09-18 Provider: Kerrang!