Some news tidbits from the week

• U2’s manager Paul McGuinness has said that Radiohead’s decision to release their latest album ‘In Rainbows’ on a pay-what-you-like basis has “backfired”. [Read]

• Is this Metallica’s new album cover? [Read]

• From Autumn To Ashes has apparently called it quits, though members are refraining from using the word “break-up.” [Read]

• Matchbox Twenty’s Paul Doucette is preparing his first solo release, ‘milk the bee’, under the moniker The Break And Repair Method. It’s set to hit September 16th. [Read]

• AC/DC’s next studio album will be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart stores in the U.S., according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. [Read]

• Everlast has announced the release of a new album, ‘Love, War and The Ghost Of Whitey Ford’ which will be on Sept. 24th. [Read]