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Despite reports to the contrary, AFI bassist Hunter Burgan is not engaged to actress and She & Him frontwoman Zooey Deschanel. Hunter Burgan not engaged.

A lot can happen in 365 days—Happy things, sad things and tthings that bring us relief.  Here are possibly—and more than likely—some of the things that made you feel some of those things.  Yea, Boiii! —Katy Hibberd, Buzznet featured member, katykatykaty

BANDS WHO REFORMED:
Amebix
Atomic Kitten
Bad Company (reformed for a one-off show)
Ben Folds Five (reformed for a one time reunion show for Operation Smile on September 18, 2008 as part of MySpace's Front to Back series)
Big Drill Car (reformed for six shows only)
Bleed the Dream (the three remaining founding members started playing and writing music again)
Blind Faith (Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, reformed for three performances)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Boyzone
Carcass
D:Ream
Died Pretty (reformed for five shows only)
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Dynamite Boy (reformed for two shows only
En Vogue
Eraserheads (reformed for one night only)
Eve 6
Face to Face
The Get Up Kids
Green River (reformed for a one-off show)
Kidneythieves
Liberty X
Living Sacrifice
New Kids on the Block
No Doubt
Oneida
The Pharcyde
Pestilence
Rival Schools
Sixpence None the Richer
Snot
Spineshank (shortly after the official break-up, the band reformed with Jonny Santos)
Stone Temple Pilots
Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (reformed for a one-off show)
That Petrol Emotion (reformed for two warm up dates before playing at the Electric Picnic festival)
The Kinks
The Verve
Vision of Disorder
 
BANDS WHO RETURNED:
AC/DC (first album since 2000)
Ashanti (last studio album released in 2004)
David Byrne & Brian Eno (first album since 1981)
Vanessa Amorosi (debut international album and first Australian Album since 1999)
Anastacia (last studio album released in 2004)
Brandy (last studio album released in 2004)
Boyzone (first studio album released in 1999)
The Cure (first studio album since 2004)
Jason Donovan (last studio album released in 1992)
Dido (last studio album released in 2003)
Eminem (first album since 2004)
Guns N' Roses (first album of original material since 1991)
Metallica (first album since 2003)
New Kids on the Block (first album since 1994)
Queen (first studio album since 1995 and first with Paul Rodgers on lead vocals)
The Offspring (first album since 2003)
The Specials (as "Terry Hall and Friends")
Toadies (first album since 2001)
The Verve (first album since 1997)
Bands disbanded
3LW
Across Five Aprils
An Angle
Battle
Beneath the Sky
Be Your Own Pet
Blinded Black
BoNO MUST DIE
Boy Kill Boy
The Chalets
The Dead 60s
Dead To Fall
Dirty Pretty Things
The Departure
Elle Milano
Etan
Fastlane
Folly
From a Second Story Window
From Autumn To Ashes
The Fully Down
Harrisons
The Hellacopters
Help She Can't Swim
Himsa
Hootie & the Blowfish
Hopesfall
I Was A Cub Scout
Jakobinarina
Johnny Truant
Junior Senior
Kubichek!
Life in Your Way
The Long Blondes
Medic Droid
Meet Me In St. Louis
Milburn
Ministry
Modern Life Is War
Moros Eros
Mumm-Ra
The Police
The Procussions
Quiet Riot
Raging Speedhorn
The Receiving End of Sirens
Ride the Sky
The Servant
Shot Down Sun
Sound the Alarm
Spice Girls (disbanded after their final concert together)
SikTh
Spineshank (on hiatus since 2004 and officially announced split in February 2008)
Still Remains
Submersed
The Summer Obsession
This Et Al
Toto
Trick Pony
Victory At Last
Vincent Vincent and the Villains
Yellow Swans
YouInSeries
 
BANDS WHO WENT ON HIATUS:
¡Forward, Russia! (indefinite hiatus)
Big & Rich (until 2009, due to a neck injury suffered by Big Kenny)
Evanescence (consisting of Amy Lee, Tim McCord, Terry Balsamo)
Fear Factory
Foo Fighters
The Format
From Autumn to Ashes
Glue Gun
Hell Is for Heroes
Incubus (on break from touring and recording)
Monkey Swallows the Universe (indefinite hiatus)
June (indefinite hiatus)
Phantom Planet
Red Hot Chili Peppers (two-year hiatus)
Reuben
Rilo Kiley (due to the success of lead singer Jenny Lewis' solo career)
Social Distortion (due to their lead singer undertaking a solo tour)

If you're not doing anything this Sunday, Buzznet and The Maine would love to party it up with you. Unfortunately, you have to live in Los Angeles—or be willing to travel by plane, train or automobile—to come join the party. Peep the deets here!

It's about that time, folks. For those of you needing a fix of The Sounds, we've got you covered. So bust a move and check out our check in with your favorite dance-rock Swedes. The Sounds in the studio.

We don't know about you, but if we hear Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" one more time, we're totally going to go postal. Good thing the peeps at Fueled By Ramen have exclusively released some yule-time tunage to Buzznet. Hear FBR jingles.

Fearless Records has spilled the deets to Buzznet exclusively about the artists on Punk Goes Pop: Volume Two. Come on in and see if your fave band—or favorite guilty pleasure—is featured on the album. Pop Goes Punk tracklisting.

We reported last night that Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy and Katy Perry were posed to tie the knot. "Not true," say reps for Miss Perry. Someone should probably tell The New York Daily News, who started the rumor. Always a bridesmaid...

For those of you hoping that you'd get a chance to get all "Clothes Off!" with Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy—or Katy Perry, for that matter—looks like you'll be waiting a long time to nestle up to the trendy twosome. According to The New York Daily News, the couple is engaged. Here comes the bride.

Circa Survive fans in the house say, "Ho!" ("Ho!") Buzznet has an early—and totally exclusive—holiday present for you courtesy of Photo Finish Records. Anthony Green re-mixes it up.

Looking back on the last 12 months, there are a lot of things that have made me smile. There have been even more things that have made me giggle. However, there are only a select few things—10, to be exact—that have inspired me stop and squeal, "OMG! I totally want to build a life with that!" —Leslie Simon, Buzznet senior editor, redpatterndress

10. "The (Shipped) Gold Standard" by Fall Out Boy (off Folie A Deux)
Even though I consider myself a pretty die-hard Fall Out Boy fan, I was super skeptical when I heard that the band would be putting out an album so soon after Infinity On High. Howev, from the first notes of "The (Shipped) Gold Standard," I was quickly schooled—yet again—by Patrick Stump and the gang. I think I was totally hooked when the melody kicked in underneath the lyrics "I wanna scream I love you from the top of my lungs / But Im afraid that someone elsell hear me." If youve ever been part of a secret-lover rendez-vous, then you know why these words totally cut me to the core!



9. Cupcakes Take The Cake blog
Anyone who knows me is well-aware of my unhealthy obsession with cupcakes. I even have an internal cupcake GPS that allows me to tell you the nearest cupcake shop in a 10-mile radius to where you are. (True story!) Anywho, in order for me to keep up on the latest confection headlines, I have this blog bookmarked. How else can I be expected to know how to make my own melted snowman cupcakes?



8. Tina Fey
I kind of hope this is self-explanatory. I mean, not only does Tina Fey have mad screenwriting and acting skills, shes prolly the funniest lady on the planet. (No, really. I think they did a census and she came back as #1 Funniest Lady In The World.) Im a fan of whatever she does, whether its her American Express commercials or a blink-and-youll-miss-it voice appearance in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters. (Hell, I even went and saw Baby Mama opening night. Thats some dedication.) Yes, its safe that I will follow Fey wherever she goes. What can I say? I want to go to there. 



7. You Have No Idea What Youre Getting Yourself Into by Does It Offend You, Yeah
Any band that has a song called "Lets Make Out" is a band that I want to build a life with. Period.



6. Stuffed Mighty made by All-Mighty Clothing
Up until the time I hoofed it to L.A. from Cleveland two months ago, I lived in an apartment that didnt allow pets. That said, I was forced to get a placeholder pup until I was able to house a real one—hence my Stuffed Mighty. My friend Erika Daking makes these precious lil guys and they totally make me swoon. At the moment, hes sitting on the armchair in my living room, protecting my pad from intruders. So far, so good!


5. Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
Even though this movie got good marks, I put off seeing it because I thought it was going to be a total downer—plus, subtitles can be super annoying. Howev, I once I sat down and watched the film, I instantly fell in love and completely beat myself up about waiting so long to experience it! If you can get back the subtitles (the films French) and somewhat solemn subject matter (the Iran-Iraq war in the mid-1980s), youll be uplifted by the films inspiring story of a girl who wants a life greater than the one shes given—and what bad-ass chick cant relate to that?



4. Popsicle Charm by PNUT Jewelry
Truth be told, Ive been building a life with PNUT Jewelry for the past couple years but my love for them totally blossomed in 08 with the introduction of their tasty treats charm collection. Personally, I own a winged cupcake necklace (shocker!), another cupcake ring and this amazing popsicle bling. Now the only thing thats missing is the ice cream scoop pendant. (Nod, nod, wink, wink.)



3. "With Every Heartbeat [With Kleerup]" by Robyn (off Robyn)
This might be the most depressing song with the most upbeat melody Ive ever heard. I was lucky enough to see Robyn perform in New York City at the Grand Ballroom earlier this year with my friend T. Cole Rachel and I tossed  my heels off about 2.5 seconds after I got into the club so I could properly shake a tailfeather—without falling over, of course. (Tres important.)



2. Spoon Rest by Wide World Of Fred
Its a spoon rest that looks like a pillow, so when youre done stirring your soup, your ladle can take a cat nap. Im sorry, but this sh*t is effing cute. Kind of gives a new meaning to "food coma." (Ba-dum-bum... Ill be here all night, folks. Try the veal.)



1. Rob Dyrdek
Asking me to explain my love for Rob Dyrdek would be like asking Brody Jenner to explain why hes famous. Its pointless. This lil nugget of a man is so not the type of dude I usually want to build a life with, but I inexplicably love his guts. I heart him so bad that it doesnt matter that hes short, he wears a fitted everywhere he goes, lives with a roommate despite the fact that hes in his mid-thirties, and, if you look really closely, his face resembles that of a rat. (No, really. Its true.) No matter because Im totally willing to overlook all that stuff in order to kick-start our life-building. After all, Im sure meaty and the mini-horse need a female role model and I think Im the right gal for the job.

At long last, the good peeps at Warped Tour have announced tourdates for this summer's nationwide jaunt. Bands are also starting to be confirmed so stay tuned for upcoming announcements. In the meantime, take a look at the dates for Warped Tour 2009 and who will be playing a town near you. Warped Tour 2009 dates.

It was announced earlier this week that Catherine Hardwicke (Lords Of Dogtown, Thirteen) would not return to direct the follow-up to Twilight. Instead, Summit Entertainment has hired a new director to takeover the reigns of New Moon. New Moon director announced.

First he's an actor... Then he's a musician... Now he's a girlfriend-stealer. Wait, what? Sure, Twilight has been out for a couple weeks and we've totally covered the phenom from all angles (cough—The Big Story—cough), but we never seem to get tired of looking at the gorgeous mug of one Mr. Robert Pattinson. Mrs. Edward Cullen, thank you very much.

Hopeless Records/Sub City has been educating fans about suicide prevention for eight awesome years with the presentation of their annual Take Action! Tour. Past lineups include a who's-who of bands in the scene—like Thursday, Hot Water Music, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Chiodos—and 2009's bill is no different. Who's playing Take Action! 2009?