The Strokes have confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that they will be part of this year's Lollapalooza festival. The group will perform a headlining spot at the 2010 music festival, set to take place August 6-8 at Chicago's Grant Park. Soundgarden, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Green Day and Phoenix are among the other acts rumored to be appearing at the event. The official lineup is expected to be revealed in early April.

The Strokes have confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that they will be part of this year's Lollapalooza festival. The group will perform a headlining spot at the 2010 music festival, set to take place August 6-8 at Chicago's Grant Park.

Soundgarden, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Green Day and Phoenix are among the other acts rumored to be appearing at the event. The official lineup is expected to be revealed in early April.

The Strokes will also reportedly be releasing their next album in September, according to frontman Julian Casablancas.

"I've written a lot of melodies for it, but the other guys have also contributed a lot more: melodies, choruses, parts," he told the Tribune. "It's way more collaborative. So it'll have a different feel than our other albums."

It will be the Strokes' first album since First Impressions of Earth was released in January 2006. That year, it was ranked the eighth best album of the year by NME.

Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood is set to write the score for Tran Anh Hung's forthcoming film Norwegian Wood. Greenwood will reportedly base the score on a recent composition of his called "Dogwood," which is set to be broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Friday, March 19 at 2 PM. "I wrote this piece mostly in hotels and dressing rooms while touring with Radiohead," Greenwood said on the BBC's site.

Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood is set to write the score for Tran Anh Hung's forthcoming film, Norwegian Wood. Greenwood will reportedly base the score on a recent composition of his called "Dogwood," which is set to be broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on March 19.

"I wrote this piece mostly in hotels and dressing rooms while touring with Radiohead," Greenwood said on the BBC's site.

"This was more practical than glamorous - lots of time sitting around indoors, lots of instruments about - and aside from picking up a few geographical working titles, I can't think that it had any effect where, on tour, it was written," he added.

Greenwood has scored for film before, most notably his work on Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood.

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has revealed photos of a new tattoo that pays tribute to his longtime friend, the late DJ AM. The photos were posted on Twitter, along with a message saying that Barker had "finished [his] AM tattoo last night." AM, born Adam Goldstein, died of a drug overdose last summer, and the Blink drummer has widely blamed his relapse on a deadly plane crash the two musicians survived in 2008.

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has revealed photos of a new tattoo that pays tribute to his longtime friend, the late DJ AM.

The photos were posted on Twitter, along with a message saying that Barker had "finished [his] AM tattoo last night."

AM, born Adam Goldstein, died of a drug overdose last summer, and the Blink drummer has widely blamed his relapse on a deadly plane crash the two musicians survived in 2008. The tattoo depicts the words "in memory of" floating above the late DJ's logo and a weeping angel.

Barker recently settled a lawsuit filed against multiple defendants for physical damages he sustained in the crash.

"You know, I wouldn't have third-degree burns all over my body or be prohibited to do certain things," Barker told MTV. "I can't go swimming; I can't do some of the things that normal people can do, I didn't ask for that to happen."

"If something goes wrong that's not supposed to go wrong or you fall victim of it, I think you should be compensated," he added. I lost two friends, nothing can bring them back or what I lost in the accident."

Billy Idol's new band will make its debut this summer when the rocker launches his world tour in Russia. Idol will now be joined by longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, bassist Stephen McGrath and keyboardist Derek Sherinian. The group will get started on June 5 in Moscow and then move on to St. Petersburg on June 7. Idol and his band will then head to Europe for a tour that will get started with stops in Finland, Sweden, the U.K., Germany and Greece.

Billy Idol's new band will make its debut this summer when the rocker launches his world tour in Russia. Idol will now be joined by longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, bassist Stephen McGrath and keyboardist Derek Sherinian.

The group will get started on June 5 in Moscow and then move on to St. Petersburg on June 7. Idol and his band will then head to Europe for a tour that will get started with stops in Finland, Sweden, the U.K., Germany and Greece.

North American tour information will be announced in the coming weeks, according to a report on Idol's website.

Idol released his last single, "Cherie," in 2005. A compilation album, The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself, was released in 2008 and reached number 37 on the U.K. charts.

Producers of the troubled U2 Spider-Man musical have revealed that female lead Evan Rachel Wood has left the cast. This is the latest in a series of blows to the Broadway show, which will feature music composed by Bono and the Edge. Producers of Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark had early difficulties raising the $50 million needed to get the show off the ground and most recently paid refunds to those holding tickets for its aborted February opening.

Producers of the troubled U2 Spider-Man musical have revealed that female lead Evan Rachel Wood has left the cast. This is the latest in a series of blows to the massively expensive Broadway show, which will feature music composed by Bono and the Edge.

Producers of Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark had early difficulties raising the $50 million needed to get the show off the ground and most recently paid refunds to those holding tickets for its aborted February opening.

"Evan Rachel Wood has departed Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark due to a scheduling conflict," a representative for the show said in a statement. "Casting is underway to find a new Mary Jane to join the rest of the cast in the production."

There is no word at this time about possible replacements for Wood, who was lauded as the "greatest actor of her generation" by Bono.

"She happens to sing like a bird, it's like a true voice," the frontman told Rolling Stone last summer. "She's a very pure spirit and a very bright mind and she brings the part of MJ to life, really."

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos is denying rumors that he has a musical in the works. The rumors stemmed from a recent radio interview, during which the "Take Me Out" hitmaker talked about an idea for a musical. In a recent Twitter update, however, Kapranos explained that the musical was only a concept, and that he has no plans to set the idea in motion. "I'm not writing a bloody musical," Kapranos tweeted. "I was talking about an idea I had for one.

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos is denying rumors that he has a musical in the works. The rumors stemmed from a recent radio interview, during which the "Take Me Out" hitmaker talked about an idea for a musical.

In a recent Twitter update, however, Kapranos explained that the musical was only a concept, and that he has no plans to set the idea in motion.

"I'm not writing a bloody musical," Kapranos tweeted. "I was talking about an idea I had for one. Doesn't mean I'm going to write it. My fault! Opening my mouth and letting my imagination go etc. It was fun to chat about it though."

The aborted concept was reportedly to set a modern day pop icon as the main character for a musical.

"The thing is, what would make a great musical would be to pick a contemporary figure, like somebody from either current times or the last 10 years, somebody who's had a big impact. And write it about them," Kapranos had said in the interview.

Franz Ferdinand are set to kick off a South American tour on March 12 at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina.