Now that we’ve got the Coachella lineup (and we find out Bonnaroo’s initial lineup tomorrow!), the rumors have subsided a tad, but there are still a few recently uncovered items worth looking at:

• Scotland’s annual Hydro Connect Festival, held in the grounds of Argyll’s Inveraray Castle for the past two years, has been canceled for 2009 due to difficulties with cost and the “credit crunch.” However, festival organizers have confirmed that the festival, which has been graced by past headliners like Franz Ferdinand and Glasvegas, will return in 2010. For all the UK fest-goers, this is a serious downer, but there’s always T in the Park (Kings of Leon headlining this year!). Past Connect fans do have a glimmer of hope however: Festival organizers that Connect will put on several small scale events in place of the festival this year.
• If you didn’t catch Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at their amazing Bonnaroo show, or their mind-blowing Austin City Limits set, or any of their star-studded tour dates this past year, the ultimate chance is fast approaching. The duo, along with “Raising Sand” producer T Bone Burnett, will perform at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony and telecast in Los Angeles on Feb. 8.

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Metallica, Run-DMC, Jeff Beck, Bobby Womack, and Little Anthony and the Imperials will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year. Metallica and Run-DMC are of course well known to our readers, but what of the other acts?

Jeff Beck replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds before going off on his own career. He has floated between a solo career and various bands, as well as various types of music. He’s always been considered one of rock’s top guitarists, but he never found a band to consistently put out great music.

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