Green Day will be covering John Lennon‘s “Working Class Hero” on the upcoming album Instant Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur. All proceeds will go to support Amnesty International’s campaign. The campaign is aimed towards the urgent catastrophe in Darfur, Sudan. “Working Class Hero” was featured on John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, album in 1970. The song was considered one of the most overtly political songs by the former Beatles, with its themes of class and social alienation. Green Day will also be shooting a music video for the song. Expect the single to be released on the radio and iTunes on April 30th.

Velvet Revolver plan to release their second album Libertad on July 3rd. The first single expected to be released is She Builds Quick Machines. They will be off to do a short mini tour to promote their album this May. Here are the dates:

3 – Los Angeles, CA – Avalon Hollywood
5 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
7 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Showroom
10 – Chicago, IL – The Riviera
12 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
13 – Toronto, Ontario – Kool Haus
15 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
16 – Boston, MA – Avalon
18 – Sayerville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
19 – Columbus, OH – Rock on the Range
20 – Camden, NJ – Tweeter Center
22 – New York City, NY – Nokia Theatre

Just in time for Coheed and Cambria to start working on their fourth studio album, their bassist, Michael Todd, has rejoined the band, after leaving back in August for personal reasons. They will be producing their album with Nick Rasculinecz. The album is tentatively titled No World For Tomorrow and will be the concluding chapter in their ongoing saga to their Coheed and Cambria Kilgannon, which are the central characters featured in their concept albums tying to story into one. We can look for to a fall release for this album.

Trapt has posted an exclusive demo of a track called Avelyn. Go to their myspace to hear it.

Here are the tour dates for the Rise Against this summer:

With The Bronx & Cancer Bats:
4/25/2007 – Vienna, Austria, AUT Outdoor Arena
4/26/2007 – Nurnberg, Germany, DEU Hirsch
4/28/2007 – Meerhout, Belgium, BEL Groezrock Festival

Without Guests:
4/29/2007 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, NLD Melkweg
5/1/2007 – Dublin, Ireland, IRL Temple Bar Music Centre
5/3/2007 – Cardiff, GBR Cardiff University
5/4/2007 – Oxford, England, GBR Zodiac
5/5/2007 – Norwich, England, GBR Waterfront
5/6/2007 – Leeds, England, GBR Met University
5/7/2007 – Glasgow, Scotland, GBR QMU
5/9/2007 – Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Wulfrun Hall
5/10/2007 – Manchester, England, GBR Manchester University
5/12/2007 – London, United Kingdom Astoria

With My Chemical Romance & Billy Talent:
5/20/2007 – Vancouver, BC, Canada Thunderbird Stadium

With Silverstein & Comeback Kid:
6/15/2007 – Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom
6/16/2007 – Austin, TX Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
6/18/2007 – Saint Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
6/19/2007 – Orlando, FL House of Blues Orlando
6/20/2007 – Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
6/22/2007 – North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
6/23/2007 – Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
6/24/2007 – Norfolk, VA The Norva
6/25/2007 – Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
6/27/2007 – New York, NY Nokia Theatre Times Square
6/30/2007 – Milwaukee, WI U.S. Cellular Arena
7/2/2007 – Dartmouth, NS, CAN Alderney Landing – Great Western Life

With Silverstein & Comeback Kid & 2 Cents:
7/4/2007 – Quebec City, QUE, CAN Centre du Foire
7/5/2007 – Montreal, QC, CAN Theatre Olympia
7/7/2007 – Mississauga, CAN Arrow Hall
7/9/2007 – Williamsville, NY Evolution
7/10/2007 – Pittsburg, PA Club Zoo
7/11/2007 – Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
7/13/2007 – Green Bay, WI Riverside Ballroom
7/14/2007 – St.Paul, MN Myth

With Silverstein & Comeback Kid & Holy Roman Empire:
7/16/2007 – Winnipeg, MB, Canada Winnipeg Convention Ctr.
7/17/2007 – Saskatoon, CAN Prairieland Park
7/18/2007 – Edmonton, AB, Canada Shaw Conference Center
7/19/2007 – Calgary, AB, Canada MacEwan Hall
7/20/2007 – Calgary, AB, Canada MacEwan Hall
7/22/2007 – Victoria, BC, CAN Victoria Curling Club
7/23/2007 – Seattle, WA The Fenix Underground Inc.
7/24/2007 – Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
7/26/2007 – Boise, ID The Big Easy
7/27/2007 – Sparks, NV The New Oasis
7/28/2007 – San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
7/29/2007 – Sacramento, CA Empire Events Center

With Silverstein & Comeback Kid & Smoke or Fire:
8/16/2007 – Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head Live
8/17/2007 – Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
8/18/2007 – Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
8/19/2007 – Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
8/21/2007 – Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Cafe
8/22/2007 – Cleveland, OH House of Blues – Cleveland
8/23/2007 – Detroit, MI State Theatre Detroit
8/24/2007 – Chicago, IL Congress Theater
8/27/2007 – Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room
8/28/2007 – Sauget, IL Pops
8/29/2007 – Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club
8/30/2007 – Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium

With Silverstein & Comeback Kid:
9/4/2007 – Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
9/5/2007 – Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
9/6/2007 – Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
9/7/2007 – San Diego, CA Soma
9/11/2007 – Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
9/13/2007 – Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
9/15/2007 – Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena

Here’s a making of featurette on Funeral For A Friend’s music video to Into Oblivion off of their upcoming album Tales Don’t Tell Themselves.

Click here to watch the featurette.

Silver is a upcoming track off of Tokyo Rose‘s upcoming album due out this summer. Go check it out on their myspace.

Go watch The Used music video to their single The Bird And The Worm, off of their latest upcoming release Lies For The Liars.

Click here to watch the video on MTV2