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Wolfmother will release its sophomore album, Cosmic Egg, on October 13th, with the record marking the debut of the band's new lineup. Frontman Andrew Stockdale parted ways with original bassist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett last year, rounding up three new members for the revamped group. Stockdale told us that he's pleased with how quickly the new lineup has gelled: ["For me, like, writing songs and having ideas, this band can make an album quickly. They adapt very quickly to ideas and playing together, so that's been a real eye-opener for me. You know, like, Wolfmother was my first band. Haven't had much experience with, you know, playing music and doing things with other bands, so it's been a real eye-opener


Daughtry has been climbing up the charts with its latest hit "No Surprise," which appears on the band's sophomore album, Leave This Town." The track came together after singer Chris Daughtry teamed up with Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger. Daughtry tells us how the song came about: ["He had a song idea he had written with a couple of friends of his maybe a year or two prior to this -- and that was 'No Surprise. That was the chorus that we used. And that was the only part of the song that we liked. So we went and rewrote the entire song around that chorus. And that was it really. I mean we sat around with some guitars, shot the breeze, had a good time and racked open a bottle of wine and wrote a song


Depeche Mode singer David Gahan has been ordered to go on complete vocal rest for 48 hours, which forced the British group to cancel its Wednesday night (August 12th) show at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. In a statement at the band's website, Gahan wrote, "San Francisco is one of the most important cities to the band and we are devastated that we have been forced to cancel this date. We hope to be back soon to play for all of our fans in the area."