Though it’s still officially unconfirmed, Rush are said to be quitting Atlantic Records, the company they’ve been signed to since 1989’s Presto album, for Rounder Records. The roster of the Canada-based independent company includes George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Alison Krauss, The Tragically Hip and Bruce Cockburn. According to reports, a compilation titled Rush: 1989-2009 will be their Atlantic swansong.

009 will be their Atlantic swansong.

Ratt have replaced guitarist (and former Mötley Crüe singer) John Corabi with ex-Quiet Riot man Carlos Cavazo.

Seattle band Truly, whose 1996 album Fast Stories From Kid Coma still holds cult appeal, are reunited. Still featuring former Soundgarden bassist Hiro Yamamoto and Screaming Trees drummer Mark Pickerill, they play a date at London’s Camden Underworld on September 9, with plans to release a new album early in 2009.

Eurovision-winning Finnish monster rockers Lordi are to call their fourth album Deadache. Expect it in late October.

Girlschool’s 30th anniversary album, which features contributions from members past and present of Motörhead, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Fastway and Twisted Sister, has been given the title of Legacy.

Iggy Pop makes an appearance on Asian Dub Foundation’s new album, Punkara. Iggy features on a remake of the Stooges’ 1969 standard No Fun.

Anvil’s documentary movie, The Story Of Anvil, is to be shown at the London Film Festival. It runs from October 15-30. For ticket details go to: www.bfi.org.uk.

Former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland has joined Marilyn’s Manson’s band, but will continue to work his own group, Black Light Burns.

Phil Collins will be grateful for the Genesis reunion tour, after a judge ordered him to pay out £25 million in the biggest celebrity divorce settlement ever seen in Britain. Collins split with his ex-wife Orianne Cevey, 35, two years ago. The 57-year-old has since been romantically linked to US newsreader Dana Tyler.

JD Souther, perhaps best known as a songwriter for The Eagles, is about to release his first new album in 24 years. If The World Was You includes an almost 13 minute epic called The Secret Handshake Of Fate and arrives on October 14.

Jared Lato’s band 30 Seconds To Mars are being sued by their record label for $30 million. Virgin Records claim they are owed a new album, the group disagree.

Following the blasphemy of Celine Dion covering You Shook Me All Night Long, Lucinda Williams has recorded a rendition of AC/DC’s It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock And Roll) for her latest album, Little Honey.

In addition to his tequila-themed enterprises, former Montrose/Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar recently opened a Beach Bar & Grill in Hawaii, situated within Maui’s Kahului Airport complex.

Yoko Ono was said to be “very pleased” as John Lennon’s killer was denied parole for the fifth time. Mark Chapman must remain in New York’s Attica prison at least until 2010.

U2 forced the YouTube website to remove several leaked tracks from the group’s forthcoming album, No Line On The Horizon, after they were bootlegged by a holidaymaker as singer Bono played them to friends during a holiday in the South of France.