• Linkin Park puts together roster that true to the Projekt Revolution name
Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Coachella and other destination festivals may be all the rage nowadays, but Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution is doing business the old-fashioned way. The hard-rocking roadshow is bringing the music to you (or close enough), as opposed to making you go to the music.

• Crue Fest promises to offers straight rock 'n' roll
Too young to fall in love? No way, dude. But the middle-age rockers of Motley Crue are making the rounds on the inaugural Crue Fest, on the heels of a new album, "Saints of Los Angeles." Lead singer Vince Neil, 47, spoke to us by phone last week from a tour stop in Seattle.

• Ace Brown and band play free concert at Town Fryer
Singer-guitarist Ace Brown admits his band's moniker -- Ace Brown and his Ohio Valley Boys -- sounds like it could give fictitious "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" group the Soggy Bottom Boys a run for its money.