Billy Howerdel takes Ashes Divide for a spin

A Perfect Circle guitarist Billy Howerdel recently unveiled the debut album from his solo project, Ashes Divide [ tickets ], and he'll support the set with concert dates all summer long.The performer, who hired a band and hit the road earlier this month, will continue the tour tomorrow (5/13) in Columbia, SC. Headlining stops are planned at a mix of clubs and theaters, and the group will also play a host of radio shows across the US and Canada through mid-July, after which they'll hop on Linkin Park's annual "Projekt Revolution" tour through late August. Details are listed below.Ashes Divide's debut effort, "Keep Telling Myself It's Alright," surfaced in April and reached No. 36 on The Billboard 200. So far, the album has spawned the mainstream- and modern-rock hit "The Stone," which is streaming at the band's website.Though Howerdel is the primary songwriter, musician, producer and vocalist behind Ashes Divide, he got a lot of help from his friends. Longtime collaborator Danny Lohner (A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails) co-produced the album and drummer Josh Freese (APC) and Maynard James Keenan's son Devo make appearances. Other contributors include Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde), Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio) and Paz Lenchantin.Ashes Divide's touring lineup comprises drummer Jeff Friedl, bassist Matt McJunkins and guitarist Andy Gerold.As for the future of A Perfect Circle, Howerdel said there are no concrete plans at the moment. In a posting at his MySpace page, he told fans he is putting all his energy into Ashes Divide for the foreseeable future, while APC frontman Keenan focuses on his new project, Puscifer.

Williams 'devastated' by Heath Ledger's death

Williams 'devastated' by Heath Ledger's death

Actress Michelle Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, the mother of Heath Ledger's two year old daughter, is reported to be "devastated" by the intelligence of the actor's prematurely death.
Daybook was found dead in his Freshly York apartment yesterday and police are presently investigation whether the Aboriginal Australian star, world Health Organization was 28-years-old, died as a answer of a drugs overdose.
According to Citizenry.com, Roger Williams was on localization in Kingdom of Sweden with the couple's girl Matilda when she received news of his expiry.
Ledger and Theodore Samuel Williams had a three-year human relationship together, though they split up last class. A source close to the 27-year-old actress told People: "She's devastated."
The reference adds: "I can't trust Matilda is going to maturate up without a pappa, without knowing her founder. And that Michelle will have to deal with having a daughter who's lost her father. She's a survivor. She'll make it, simply it's departure to be hard. Her first headache is release to be Matilda."