Scott Weiland has been booted from Velvet Revolver. Apparently he’s being a pain in the ass and the rest of the band can’t deal. DListed has the news.

Our friend James Montgomery went down to Chile with Fall Out Boy and got to experience life as a celebrity. His article is a must read.

Idolator reports that Kimya Dawson from The Moldy Peaches might be working with Sesame Street!

Stereogum is loving the new Islands song “Creeper.”

I’m a huge fan of Bernard Butler’s production skills — He did an amazing job with Duffy’s “Rockferry” song. I’m excited to say that I just found out on Stereogum that he also produced the new album from Cajun Dance Party called The Colorful Life.

Absolutepunk.net reports that Tokio Hotel’s American debut, Scream is getting pushed back to May 6.

Love SPIN magazine as much as I do, but can’t get off a computer long enough to read it? Well, now you can read the whole magazine ONLINE!

Win an amazing guitar from PlayRadioPlay!’s video for “Madi, Don’t Leave” by going here.

Check out original music created by multi-instrumentalist and producer, Morgan Z from Apes & Androids, at the DKNY JEANS website.

Lastly, today is World Autism Awareness Day. CNN has constant coverage on their website. Check out this one story.

So, just like me, you’re probably wondering “Who the eff are Tokio Hotel? And does anyone really care?” But I had heard from my friend that the band had sold out one night in Irving Plaza in 3 minutes AND I had read a lot about them on ohnotheydidnt.

I originally thought they were Japanese and in the same camp as Dir En Grey, but then found out that they were like some German gothic influenced boyband a la Kill Hannah… but teenagers. Before going, I met up with my friend Karen who lives across the street from Irving and she told me that kids were lined up since the morning and after their first NYC show the day before the kids were screaming like the boys coming out were NSYNC.

Screaming girl photos and live video after the jump!
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