Rock quick hits

Trapt is releasing a live album on August 21st and will make nine live videos available for free download in the months ahead. An e-card sent out to promote the disc features a new track called "Stay Alive." The band will also begin work on its next studio effort later this year. Both the live disc and the studio CD will be released through the group's new label, Eleven Seven Music, following Trapt's departure from Warner Bros. last year. (Tunelab Music)

Could a Decaydance package tour be in the works? Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Gym Class Heroes, The Academy Is... and Cobra Starship will perform together in Germany on August 19th and France on the 21st, with more dates possible. All the bands except Fall Out Boy on the Decaydance label, which is owned by Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz. (Absolute Punk)

Bullet For My Valentine was forced to cancel its remaining European dates opening for Metallica after singer Matt Tuck had to undergo an emergency tonsillectomy. The vocalist wrote in a statement, "I am totally gutted at not being able to play these shows and the only consolation the boys and I can take from it is that we are now fully focused on the new album. We'll be back in the studio as soon as the doctors say I can sing again." Tuck has been ordered to keep quiet for a month. (Blabbermouth)

The Red Hot Chili Peppers will be inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008, along with Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, WWE chief Vince McMahon, actress Angela Bassett, the late George Harrison and comic book legend Stan Lee. (MTV.com)

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have posted a video online for the song "Down Boy," which was filmed at two tiny secret shows the band did in a Brooklyn gallery last month. The tune comes off an upcoming EP containing new versions of some older tracks that the band left off previous releases. (Stereogum)

Wish we had this kind of healthcare: a Swedish man is getting disability benefits for his addiction to heavy metal. 42-year-old dishwasher Roger Tullgren has been obsessed with heavy music since he was a child, and his obsession has made it difficult for him to keep a steady job. The Swedish Employment Service has agreed to pay part of his salary, while his boss will allow him to play loud music at work. Tullgren, who attended almost 300 metal concerts last year and plays in two bands himself, said he's been trying to have his "condition" recognized for years. (The Register)