The second Harley Rock Riders Tour is winding to a close and it’s been a massive four months. Since May, the tour has touched down in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad bringing rock fans the oomph and muscle of Harley-Davidson motorcycles together with high-energy performances from bands like Split, Half Step Down and Thermal and a Quarter. This is the 2nd edition of the tour that debuted last year with a tour that featured Indus Creed, Menwhopause, Indigo Children and Split.

Rush have more live releases coming up on November 7. The celebrated Canadian rockers will be putting out Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland on Blu-ray/DVD, and also on a double-CD via their new deal with Roadrunner Records.

Ghazal stars Jagjit Singh and Ghulam Ali will perform together in the Fever Unplugged series on Friday, September 23 at the Shanmukhananda Hall in Mumbai, India.

A few of the A.R. Rahman’s compositions for Imtiaz Ali’s upcoming film Rockstar – which have been released online – are really getting a very positive response and audiences are eagerly awaiting the release of both the entire soundtrack and the film. A qawwali from the film, “Kung Faaya”, released a few days ago and now singer Mohit Chauhan and actor Ranbir Kapoor have performed a qawwali as a special music tribute at Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi, India to seek blessings for their upcoming film.

The second volume of Craig Hopkins’ acclaimed biography of Texas blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan will be published in November.

With Aerosmith recently hinting that their in-the-works album will be out in May 2012, anticipation for new tracks from the classic rock group is at an all-time peak.

R.E.M have decided to “call it a day as a band.” After 30 years together, singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills have had enough. Founding drummer Bill Berry left in the mid-’90s. R.E.M. made the announcement on their website.

Chris Martin says Coldplay's new record is “dangerously close” to a musical. The album Mylo Xyloto is out in late October and the tracks have a related theme. Rihanna guests on the song “Princess of China” and Martin has told MTV News why the group needed a female vocalist for the song.

In her own words, Tori Amos just laid the gauntlet down. In an interview with Spinner, the singing, songwriting piano player has challenged the world’s metal bands to a throwdown.

Following the recent successes of memoirs by Keith Richards and Sammy Hagar (both #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list), rock legend Neil Young has announced he’s writing an autobiography. The book is titled Waging Heavy Peace and is due out in the fall of 2012, according to Rolling Stone.