Paul McCartney Recalls Shock Of John Lennon's Murder

"I just for days couldn't think that he was gone. It was just a huge shock," McCartney told ITV's Jonathan Ross Show. "I was at home and I got a phone call.

It was early in the morning. It was just so horrific, I couldn't take it in. For me it was just so sad that I wasn't going to see him again and we weren't going to hang." Read more here.

Steel Panther Release Untraditional Holiday Song

"We bring happiness to millions of people around the world. Why not during the holidays?" frontman Michael Starr tells Billboard. "We love to spread the love. The holiday season is the best time to pick up strippers at a strip club. The ones that are working on Christmas Eve usually have no family and are really lonely. So it's super easy to take them home and do some kissin' underneath the camel toe."

"I like the holidays - I like to call them the highlidays," says bassist Lexxi Foxx. "I'm definitely a Christmas kind of guy. For me, it snows all year 'round, if you know what I'm talking about. There's always a bunch of snow, so I'm down with the holiday season. So when you listen to the song it's about all kinds of cool presents you can get your chicks, or a chick, all kinds of bits and stocking stuffers that only we would think of."

Check it out here.

Pink Floyd Preview New Song

The project features material recorded by guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Rick Wright during sessions for 1994's "The Division Bell", and serves as the band's tribute to Wright, who died from cancer in 2008 at the age of 65.

Pink Floyd have been nominated for a 2015 Grammy Award in the "Best Surround Sound Album" category for the 20th anniversary box set edition of "The Division Bell."

Check out the preview here.

Win A Christmas Phone Call From Megadeth's Dave Mustaine

The Grand Prize will include a phone call from Dave Mustaine on Christmas Day, a Limited Edition/Numbered Dean Dave Mustaine Zero "Countdown To Extinction" 20th Anniversary Electric Guitar (only 24 made), two VIP passes to meet Megadeth on tour, and a Megadeth "Youthanasia / Hidden Treasures" Limited Edition 2CD Set signed by Mustaine.

Prizes will also awarded for the 2nd to 10th place entrants, and all winners will be picked by Mustaine. According to the band, your card design should be made at 5" X 7" print size (300 dpi), portrait or landscape, made in any medium you choose; hand drawn, photoshop, etc. Card must be your original art. Send all cards as an attachment in a jpg format only. You may enter as many times as you like. Read more details and find out how to enter here.

Iron Maiden Star Jams At Rock N Roll Ribs Anniversary Bash

Co-owned by McBrain and Mitch Tanne, Rock N Roll Ribs is a barbecue place that features smokey Southern cooking and features the slogan, "Where BBQ Meets Metal."

The menu features a variety of Maiden-themed items, including Aces High Fries, Power Slave Slaw, Brave New World Potato Salad and the Appetite Of The Beast combo.

Check out 5 videos from the anniversary bash here.

Sammy Hagar Releases Final Lite Roast Episode

The project sees the singer teamed with Waboritas guitarist Vic Johnson to deliver stripped-down versions of tunes from his career. "Lite Roast" was inspired by the rehearsals for Sammy's appearance at the Acoustic-4-A-Cure benefit show in May, which raised funds for the Pediatric Cancer Program at the University Of California, San Francisco UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

Hagar will perform a free solo show at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on New Year's Eve. The Red Rocker will be joined by Cabo Uno, the Cantina's house band, for the event in a town which has much to celebrate since recovering from the after effects of Hurricane Odile.

"Cabo is back, baby," says Hagar, "and that's the best reason in the world to celebrate and support the community." Watch all three episodes of the video series here.

Paul McCartney Part Of Video Game In 'Hope for the Future' Video

One thing that certifiably did happen this year is that he recorded a stirring anthem called 'Hope for the Future," specifically meant for the soundtrack to the wildly popular Activision video game Destiny.

Now that song has a video that's very, well, futuristic. A hologram Paul McCartney sings his way across the galaxy, projected by some kind of drone orb. Spaceships zip and dive across endless interplanetary vistas. 28th century mech-suited warriors recline against jaw-dropping bombed out space skylines, watching McCartney croon as they momentarily give peace a chance. Watch it here.

Osada Vida Release Sky Full Of Dreams Video

Keyboardist Rafal Paluszek recently said: "A lot has changed since the release of Uninvited Dreams in 2009. Osada is somewhere else now - though the most important values remain."

One of the changes include the guest appearance of a string quartet on the album. The Polish band explain: "There's no need to worry that it will turn out excessively poetic or romantic; the string parts serve to infuse the songs with heaviness and incredible energy. It sounds terrific!"

Watch the video here.

Malefice Release Heroes Video

Speaking to Metal Hammer, guitarist Ben Symons said: "This track was one of the first demos we wrote after we all met up to decide what we want to do musically moving forwards... As in, shall we call it or day as a band?

"Or shall we just go back to doing whatever the f*** we want and have some fun with it! This is the result." Malefice are off on tour in February with Chapters and Confessions Of A Traitor. Check out the dates and watch the new video here.

Tom DeLonge Talks Angels & Airwaves' Dream Walker

Long gaps between blink-182's albums have afforded DeLonge time to write his own unique music and create multi-media experiences to accompany it. Such is the case with the band's forthcoming album, The Dream Walker, which is DeLonge & Co.'s biggest endeavor yet.

The Dream Walker is a multi-year project launching with the album and a short anime film, followed by graphic novels, a novel, then a feature film. "It's gonna be a long process but there will be stuff rolling out continuously," explains DeLonge. "The book is so good. The novel is f-king awesome. It's a New York Times best-selling author writing it."�

Radio.com caught up with DeLonge for a Proustianesque questionnaire and answer session, in which he talked about the new film, his fascination with space travel, alien life, and being the best entrepreneur he can.

Radio.com: How much of you is in the character Poet Anderson?

Tom DeLonge: There's quite a lot in that character. You know, he's got the long bangs that I used to run many years ago. He's got the tight pants and he's kinda got this sense of wonder about him. I think in many ways he's the character who I wish I really was in totality, in a different life. He's got a lot of me in him.

Radio.com: Describe your most vivid dream.

Tom DeLonge: I have had this one dream where I was on a cliff with a few hundred people in these dark maroon robes and it seemed like it was the future because the buildings were built out of stone but it was very futuristic, almost like what like what you'd imagine Giza might have looked like thousands of years ago when it was built. And it's been an image that's stuck in my mind for so long as though, would I really go somewhere and visit this place and see these weird people? Or was it a past life, or a future life? I have no clue why it stayed in my head, this scene on the side of a cliff.

It seemed like it was the future and it seemed like it was very wise people gathering around. The only think that I could come up with is that I was in the middle of very, very wise handsome, important people because I was one of them.

Radio.com: Have you had the dream more than once?

Tom DeLonge: I've had it couple times but over and over. It was strong enough to stay in my mind because I remember don't ever remember dreams.

Radio.com: You've said that art is the journey, not a destination. What is Tom DeLonge's destination?

Tom DeLonge: My destination is to challenge myself artistically to do things I thought I was never capable of doing. That is all I'm trying to do.

Read the rest of the Q&A here.

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