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Metallica have made a public service video in an effort to try to catch a killer who is wanted in the death of a Virginia Tech student who vanished after one of the band’s concerts. In the video frontman James Hetfield urges anyone with information to come forward and the band have put up an additional $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest. [Huffington Post]

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Toy fans get psyched because rocker/motivational speaker Andrew W.K. will be speaking at a My Little Pony convention in Ohio this September, reciting a speech called “In The Flesh: What Would Pinkie Pie Do?” We wouldn’t miss this for the world. [Pitchfork]
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A new documentary called A Death In The Family: The Show Must Go On sees the Grammy Awards organizers’ scramble to include a tribute to the then just-decased Whitney Houston and prominently features Jennifer Hudson. [AOL Music]
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The Los Angeles Police Department are currently investigating a break-in at Kanye West’s home, although West is currently on tour in England. If anyone tries to sell you a Takashi Murakami painting out of the back of his or her car, be suspicious. [TMZ]
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In a new interview Smashing Pumpkins‘ frontman Billy Corgan calls out Radiohead and says he’ll “piss on them.” Then again at least Thom Yorke can manage to keep his band line-up consistent. [MTV News]
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A video has been released of Justin Bieber recording the song “As Long As You Love Me” from his upcoming album Believe. He also promised that he’ll be putting out more webisodes leading up to the album’s release next week. [Perez Hilton]
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