Tom Petty Streaming New Album Online For Free

"Hypnotic Eye" is streaming in its entirety for free from now until next Monday, July 28th, on Amazon.com's Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers page here.

When the album is released fans will have several different formats to choose from. The standard edition will be available in standard cd, digitally in MP3 and Flac formats and 140 gram 1-LP Vinyl.

The deluxe editions will be released as a 180 gram 2-LP Vinyl and a High-definition Blu-ray Audio Disc and both version will include an extra track from the album sessions.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers will be supporting the new album with the launch of their 2014 North American Tour, featuring very special guest Steve Winwood.

The tour is scheduled to kick off on August 3rd in San Diego, Ca at Viejas Arena and will conclude on October 10th in Inglewood (Los Angeles) CA at The Forum. dates

Slash Debuts Songs From Forthcoming Album World On Fire

The rocker premiered "Stone Blind", "30 Years To Life" and the title track at the show, and fan-filmed video of the first two tunes has surfaced. Due September 16, "World On Fire" is the follow-up to 2012's "Apocalyptic Love."

As with his last record, the project once again sees the guitarist working with his touring band, Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators, and producer Michael Baskette.

Watch the videos here.

Chris Slade Looks Back On Leaving AC/DC

But he resigned just as the band were gearing up to record Ballbreaker in 1995 after an argument with mainman Malcolm Young, which led to Phil Rudd's second stint behind the kit.

Slade tells Music Radar: "I'd been doing demos with the guys in London for two months, when Malcolm called and said they wanted to give Phil a try. I said, 'That's me out then - I'm gone.' Mal said, 'No, we want to keep you on. We don't even know if Phil can play.' I told him that was his problem now."

He recalls his attitude at the time was "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and adds: "They wanted to keep me on for months and months, and that didn't feel right. I resigned the next day." more.

Gene Simmons Discovered Cinderella Not Jon Bon Jovi

In a recent interview with BigMusicGeek, the singer set the record straight. Keifer says: "Jon is credited with discovering the band - or his interest actually led to a record deal.

"But if you went back a couple of years, Gene Simmons was actually the guy who took an interest in the band, although it didn't lead to a deal for one reason or another.

"I guess in terms of discovery, you really could credit Gene, even though both Gene and Jon showed an interest." more.

Metallica Release Live For Whom The Bell Tells and Ktulu Video

The footage also includes the pre-show fan meet and greet, the band warming up in the tuning room, as well as "The Call Of Ktulu" from the show.

"For Whom The Bell Tolls" originally appeared on Metallica's second album, 1984's "Ride The Lightning." The song was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel of the same name.

Check out the video here.

Fans Change Mind About Blaze Era Iron Maiden?

Bayley's tenure with the band saw many fans turning away, especially in the UK. But two decades on, he believes they think better of his time with the NWOBHM giants.

He tells Get Your Rock Out: "People seem a lot more interested and view my period with Iron Maiden in a much different way. I think people take a fresh look at it now and go, 'Well, the albums were the start of a different era of Iron Maiden. And outside the UK people are a lot more fond of those albums."

He reflects: "It's 20 years ago that I joined Maiden and it's 30 years since I started singing - all those kind of anniversary dates have come together." More including a stream of the interview here.

Yes Plot New Chapter With Heaven and Earth

Squire says: "Working with Jon for the first time as a writer makes it another chapter in Yes' history of various people being in the band, leaving and new ones coming in. It makes it exciting."

Guitarist Steve Howe adds: "Every album's different - different time, different sensibility, and maybe a different mood too, which comes through in the music. Jon's a very fine musician."

Davison comments: "Ever since I joined the band I've been preparing for this album. It's so neat to hear the band take on what I've offered, interpret it differently and add their own flavours."

Watch the video here.

Nikki Sixx To Start A Family After Motley Crue Farwell Tour

"Something great is coming to an end but new things are around the corner," Bingham tells Radar Online. "When the tour is over, we intend to have a little rocker of our own! I am so excited to have my first baby with the love of my life."

Sixx and Motley Crue recently launched their farewell tour, which is expected to run for 2 years by the time it wraps up their 30-plus year career.

Sixx and Bingham were married in Beverly Hills, California in March.

Aerosmith Release Let Rock Rule Promo Video

A montage of images from the road plays to the soundtrack of the band's cover of Tiny Bradshaw's "Train' Kept A Rollin'", which originally appeared on their second album, 1974's "Get Your Wings."

Joined by show opener Slash, Aerosmith are playing a hits-filled set on the summer tour while also continuing to promote their latest album, 2012's "Music From Another Dimension."

Watch the video here.

Eric Clapton Premieres Cover of J.J. Cale's 'Train To Nowhere'

Clapton shares vocals on the tune with Mark Knopfler and Don White. Cale passed away from a heart attack in La Jolla, California on July 26, 2013 at the age of 74

Due July 29, "Eric Clapton & Friends: The Breeze, An Appreciation of JJ Cale", features a collection of 16 Cale tunes revisited by Clapton, Knopfler, White, John Mayer, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty and Derek Trucks.

Listen to the song here.

Jonathan Jackson from TV's Nashville Performs At NAMM

Jackson plays struggling musician Avery Barkley on ABC TV's Nashville, and Avery's rise, fall and return from the ashes is one of the series' most compelling storylines. Jackson is a five-time Emmy Award winning actor who won those statues and heaps of accolades for his role as Lucky Spencer on the long running daytime soap opera General Hospital. He's also made People's list of the "50 Most Beautiful People." But what he proved at the NAMM show were his abilities as an accomplished singer, songwriter and guitarist.

On Nashville - where Gibson guitars play plenty of cameo roles - Avery often appears onscreen with a variety of Gibsons, including Les Pauls, ES-335s and a Jeff Tweedy SG. At the NAMM acoustic stage, the spotlight was squarely on Jonathan's angelic tenor voice and his Gibson L-00 guitar, accompanied by his brother Richard Lee Jackson's caj�n percussion.

Although both are professional actors with numerous TV and film credits, they also share a serious rock band, Jonathan Jackson and Enation, which includes bassist Daniel Sweatt and will release a fourth full-length album, the sonically sweeping Radio Cinematic, on October 14.

A sneak preview of the album is available on Jackson's web site via "Everything Is Possible," a new single that features stacked crescendos of Jackson's vocals and his chiming guitar chords and riffs, and benefits from the hit-making co-production of Greg Archilla (Matchbox 20, Collective Soul) and Patrick Dillett (David Byrne, the National). The album was recorded in Enation's current hometown, at Nashville's the Tracking Room and Blue Grotto Sound studios.

After the Jacksons' NAMM performance, we met in the Gibson tour bus, which was parked behind Nashville's Music City Center convention hall, for a conversation. Read the full interview here.

Charli XCX Discusses Her Style

"This is kind of just a comfort thing," she says, laughing. "And a new found love for my breasts. I really want to embrace my breasts. I think every woman should because boobs are awesome."

That sort of frank thinking and talk encapsulates Charli's approach to fashion (and perhaps interviews). She says that although she is aware she's wearing a sheer Dolce & Gabbana slip dress, the point of it is not to tease or attract the male gaze. Her selection is entirely of her own design.

Quoting the opening of a Bikini Kill song, she tells us that she finds the idea of dressing for oneself to be cool and punk. "Men are only 50% of the population. Women can do what the f- they want," Charli says, flipping the bird.

SNL's Jay Pharoah Parodies Usher's 'Good Kisser'

Re-titled "Bad Kisser," you can guess how the flossing comes into play. In the video, Pharoah deals with a woman who needs a little help in the dental hygiene department.

It starts out real enough - waking up next to a girl and dealing with morning after-breath - and then gets progressively more absurd to the point where Pharoah uses floss in a dark way.

Riffing off Usher's lyrics, he sings: "At 5 in the morning she ain't brush so her breath it smell like s-t / She looked into my eye / I think she wanna take me for a ride / She opened up, it smelled like something died / It made me wanna commit suicide."

Watch it here.

Knifeworld Streaming New Song 'Send Him Seaworthy'

Described by Prog as "the perfect 'pop' record," mainman Kavus Torabi recently labelled it the most difficult recording project he's ever been involved with.

Marking the release, Knifeworld say: "The wrong planets aligned, eight collective chakras began spinning in reverse and He Who Walks Backwards stumbled forward again. Our second album, The Unravelling, has birthed itself � and that which was left has become right. Too right.

"We will be performing selections from both this album and older troubles in the UK this September. We hope you might join us. Somehow." Stream the song here.

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