News Roundup: 4/10/2009

In response to the worldwide economic crisis, the punk-rock outfit Against Me! will charge only $10 for tickets during the bands spring tour. We wanted people to come out and be able to afford it, no matter what, said frontman Tom Gabel. The tour launches tomorrow night in Gainesville, FL. [Spinner.com] Rock Band users will be able to emulate Slash (we mean Buckethead& no, we mean& wait, whos playing guitar for Axl Rose nowadays?) when the entirety of Guns n Roses Chinese Democracy is made available to the video games fans. The downloadable content will hit XBox 360s, Playstation 3s, and Wiis on April 14th. [RollingStone.com] Ryan Adams  musician, author, Mr. Mandy Moore  has unveiled his latest headline-grabbing venture. Having recently shunned music altogether, Adams is now embracing death metal with Werewolph, a side project featuring growled vocals and aggressively gloomy lyrics. Werewolphs website features a pizza box/pentagram logo, as well as several songs with such lyrics as, Were the maggot police, eating brains / Ripping peoples eyes out when they try to use the Stairmaster. [Spin.com] A former Massachusetts police officer recently plead guilty to urinating on a fellow concertgoer at a Metallica concert in January. Joseph Houston, who lost his job after the drunken incident, will avoid jail time if he undergoes treatment, stays on probation, and pays approximately $2,500 to his soaked victim. [RollingStone.com] Following a cringe-worthy interview with CBC Radios Jian Ghomeshi, actor/musician Billy Bob Thornton received a chorus of boos during a recent performance by his band the Boxmasters in Toronto. [MTV.com]