Rehab

The NYPD asked Rolling Loud to drop 22Gz, Casanova, Pop Smoke, Sheff G and Don Q from its inaugural NYC lineup this weekend, citing ”public safety concerns” and ”recent acts of violence citywide.”

”We fully intend to make our way to your part of the world as soon as health and schedule permit,” the band writes.

"I guess now is the time for me to stop kidding myself, and everybody else."

Ween is gone for good, and with a posting today on bandcamp, now so is "Gene Ween". The blurb on bandcamp reads:After 20+ years of near-fatal drug & alcohol abuse (thankfully culminating with intensive but successful rehab), AARON FREEMAN (aka Gene Ween) was left in a dire financial situation...

In the time since Chief Keef's breakout song, his career has mostly consisted of lots of mishaps that weren't exactly legal, and some of which resulted in jail time and juvenile detention...

UPDATE: Listen to a new song now! Via Ozzy's Facebook:For the last year and a half I have been drinking and taking drugs. I was in a very dark place and was an asshole to the people I love most, my family...

Barclays Center has only been open for like a month and they've already racked up three cancellations. Green Day, who previously cancelled some stuff when they announced Billie Joe was going to rehab, has appropriately chosen the day of Hurricane Sandy to announce they're cancelling even more:Green Day announced today they will cancel their club tour that was due to launch in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre on September 26th and wind down in Tempe, AZ at the Marquee Theatre on December 10th...

And just when we were starting to wonder if Billy's freak out was a PR stunt, Green Day announces:Billie Joe is seeking treatment for substance abuse...

Buzzov-en at Maryland Death Fest (more by BBG) Posted to Facebook on Wednesday evening:I am the singer and man who started buzzoven.I am in recovery from drug addiction and would love to share my journey with anyone who wants maybe to stop drinking or using drugs...

Mr. Earle said he began using hard drugs at age 12, while sharing a house with his father, singer-songwriter Steve Earle, who's had his own bouts with addiction and jail time...