Megadeth Reunite With Founding Member

"This shows the power of brotherly love and forgiveness," Mustaine says. "David Ellefson belongs in Megadeth. Next we are going to show you the power of getting your asses kicked...HARD!" - more on this story

Howard Stern To Replace Simon on Idol?- MTV RIP- Slash and Will.i.am- Kid Rock Bon Jovi- Gilby Clarke Update- Tom Aerosmith Jones - Red Chord Reunion and more

Howard Stern told his satellite radio listeners Monday morning (Feb. 9) that the rumor is true: "American Idol" producers are, in fact, considering him to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on the show. What's more, he's tempted to take the job and leave his Sirius XM show behind. more

MTV has officially parted ways with the notion that it has anything to do with music, by dropping the "Music Television" from its logo, according to AntiQuiet more. They couldn't very well put "Moron TV" on their logo.

Slash and Will.i.am have teamed up to remix The Who's "My Generation."
100% of all proceeds from the single (which is now available on Amazon.com,) will go to Oxfam's Haiti Earthquake Response Fund. Get it here

Bon Jovi announced today that they have added 2 more dates to their London O2 residency due and joining them for these shows on June 25 and 26 will be Kid Rock.

A star for former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday evening during a whimsical ceremony that also marked the 50th anniversary of the sidewalk attraction's groundbreaking. more

The Red Chord will be performing with original drummer, Michael Justian at all upcoming shows. Justian has not publicly performed with the group since the Maryland Deathfest of 2004, and replaces recently departed drummer Brad Fickeisen. more

Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke gave fans a health update about his recovery from a major hit and run accident last month. He tells fans, "My second surgery was last week & I'm home from the hospital now. They put in a rod, plate & lots of screws. Everything is healing well, it's a good thing I was healthy going in. I had my check up on Friday (February 5th) & they took off my cast & removed the staples. In a month I can start trying to walk. Once again, all the support from my friends has made the bad days, good."

Barenaked Ladies drummer Tyler Stewart and comedian Marc Hickox have formed a hockey-themed band called the Black Aces who'll be performing during the Vancouver Winter Olympics. more

In between festival dates in Europe this summer, Rise Against have squeezed in some headlining shows, one in Bielefield, Germany on June 5th and one in Vienna on June 23rd. more

For today's Name the Possible Aerosmith Singer Game, one of our readers wrote in suggesting a great possible singer for the group who meets Joe Perry's criteria: The Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson. While you ponder that, ponder this: Joe Perry told Classic Rock that they shouldn't rule out Tom Jones for the job: Says Perry: "He's got a great set of pipes, so why not? I've played with him before, and know he could bring something extra to the band. We haven't approached him yet, but if he were interested that would be great. Imagine the interest Tom would generate." This wasn't the first hard rockin band Tom was rumored to front, more on that here

Ozzy Osbourne's new autobiography, I Am Ozzy, débuts at No 2 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List. more

Zakk Wylde informed fans that drummer Craig Nunenmacher is no longer in Black Label Society.

Chroma, a ballet set to orchestrated versions of White Stripes songs, is set to open in Toronto this coming November. The ballet premiered in London, England back in 2006 and is the work of choreographer Wayne McGregor and composer Joby Talbot's own interpretations of Jack and Meg White's songs. more

Priestess announced U.S. tour dates as direct support to High On Fire on its just-announced spring headlining tour. more

April Wine will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall, as part of this year's Juno Awards ceremonies on April 18th. more

Teenage Rehab will be releasing a new 7" titled Abuse Your Solution in May. Labels I Hate Punk Rock and Jailhouse Records will co-release the EP. more -

Story of the Year Spring Tour with Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, After Midnight Project and Monty Are I

Story of the Year have announced a headlining US spring tour with Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, After Midnight Project and Monty Are I in support of their forthcoming album, The Constant, which is due out on February 16 via Epitaph Records. Ticket pre-sales begin at 3:00PM (local time) on February 9 and general on-sales begin February 12/13.

After a decade of world-wide touring, charting singles and three fan-cherished albums selling over a million copies to date, St. Louis' hardest rocking melodic band, Story of the Year have returned with an explosive new album, The Constant. Fans of Story of the Year's venerated debut album Page Avenue as well as their most recent release The Black Swan will be pleased to know The Constant has something for everyone. The Constant's anthemic rock tracks and emotional ballads will strike a familiar chord with long time fans while newer converts will embrace the band's notorious raw energy and fresh songwriting.

Showcasing their musicianship and songwriting skills with radio-ready tracks like the first single "I'm Alive," the snarling metal of "To The Burial," driving, post-hardcore masterpiece "The Dream Is Over," the soon-to-be fan favorite sing along "The Ghost of You and I" and the heartfelt piano ballad "Holding On To You," The Constant sees Story of the Year sonically stretching to create their most diverse and accomplished collection of songs yet. - more on this story

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Santana Revisits Supernatural With The Legacy Edition

With a chart record that now spans five decades – from the '60s to the '00s – and one of the most consistently best-selling catalogs in modern recording history, Santana's torrid gumbo of blues-rock, rhythm and soul, Afro-Cuban jazz, Mexicano, and world music flavors is an enduring wonder of contemporary popular music. More than 40 summers after their trail-blazing Saturday afternoon performance at the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair on August 16, 1969, and the release of their iconic debut LP three days later, Santana occupies a unique status among surviving American bands.

A decade ago in June 1999, 30 summers after Woodstock, Santana released an album destined to be the biggest of their career. Supernatural brought fresh collaborations with (in alphabetical order) Cee-Lo, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Eric Clapton, Everlast, Lauryn Hill, Mexican supergroup Maná, Dave Matthews and bandmate Carter Beauford, producers the Dust Brothers, KC Porter, Wyclef Jean, and others. The album spun off two huge RIAA platinum #1 hits – "Smooth" featuring Rob Thomas of Match¬box Twenty, and "Maria Maria," produced by Wyclef Jean, featuring his hip-hop protégés the Product G&B – the first Hot 100 #1 hits of Santana's career. They spent a cumulative half-year at #1 and paved the way for the album to amass chart honors and generate Grammy Awards beyond anyone's imaginations or expectations.

In commemoration, Supernatural: Legacy Edition presents the album's first new remastering – personally supervised by Carlos – since its original release. In the tradition of the prestigious Legacy Edition series, the new package adds a second disc of rarities – 11 tracks, eight of them songs that were not contained on the album, seven of them previously unissued, including outtakes, dance club mixes, and instrumental material. - more on this story

Mastodon Announce Spring Tour With Between The Buried And Me, Baroness and Valient Thorr

Mastodon can now announce their spring headline tour of North America which will begin April 16, 2010. The tour will feature support from special guests, Between The Buried And Me, Baroness and Valient Thorr. Dates are listed below along with a Missing Link to be announced soon.

For the past eleven months Mastodon have toured the world on their own as well as a co-headline tour with Dethklok and dates overseas supporting Metallica which continues to expand their notoriety as a peerless live force of nature. This tour will bring the band to the fans in American cities that have yet to experience the Crack The Skye live event

Mastodon's current Reprise album, Crack The Skye continues to command media attention finishing out 2009 even stronger than it started by placing on numerous "Year End / Best of 2009" critics' lists and readers' polls. - more on this story

Alkaline Trio's Online Addiction

Cult rock heroes Alkaline Trio have debuted their new video for the first single and title track from their forthcoming album This Addiction, due out February 23, today on MySpace.com. Watch "This Addiction" here: http://tinyurl.com/ykyc24y

Set in the mountainous fields of Ventura County, California, the visually stunning video for the metaphorical rock anthem "This Addiction" paints a rare glimpse of Alkaline Trio as they perform on an open battlefield where two sides of the heart collide in a vibrant burst of color.

"This Addiction" is the title track and first single from Alkaline Trio's long-awaited seventh studio album. Don't miss Alkaline Trio on tour this spring with Cursive! Grab dates and watch the video on - Myspace

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Announce Surround Sound Remasters

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Mute announce the next installment in a series of releases that will ultimately see the band's entire studio album catalogue digitally re-mastered and remixed for 5.1 Surround Sound for the first time since their original release. Tender Prey, The Good Son and Henry's Dream (their fifth, sixth and seventh albums) will come out March 30th, 2010, each as a separate deluxe double-disc collectors edition.

Each deluxe edition contains the re-mastered stereo album, the new surround mix, a specially commissioned short film by UK artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard plus the b-sides from the singles, videos and exclusive sleeve notes.

Last year, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds first four consecutive albums in the re-mastered deluxe edition series -- From Her to Eternity, The Firstborn Is Dead, Kicking Against the Pricks, and Your Funeral…My Trial – were all met with excited critical welcomes. - more on this story

Cancer Bats Preview New Album With Online Song Posting

Cancer Bats have posted a brand new track on their MySpace titled 'Scared To Death'. The track is taken from the forthcoming album Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones which will be released in the United States and Canada on April 13th. Listen here

Cancer Bats also just announced that they will be releasing a digital EP ahead of their album release. The EP will contain the tracks 'Scared To Death' and their take on the Beastie Boys' classic, 'Sabotage'.

It will be available from iTunes as of March 1st. Be sure to check out the April issues of Kerrang, Rock Sound, Metal Hammer, and Big Cheese for more on the Cancer Bats. - more on this story

Volbeat Double Live DVD Coming in March

Dutch independent Mascot Records has announced the March 13th release of Volbeat's 2-disc DVD Live: Sold-Out! Since the Danish metal quartet's formation in October, 2001, VOLBEAT has steadily risen to become one of the major attractions in the European scene. In an age of retreads, the band has been offering a unique blend of metallic hard rock alongside inspired Elvis-tinged melodies, and the world has taken notice.

Singer / Guitarist Michael Poulsen shared, "The idea for this DVD was to bring VOLBEAT to those fans who have not seen us before in their own country, for them to be a small part of the beginning. We hope they enjoy it, and come out to see us for themselves when we are back in North America."

All three of the band's prior releases from Mascot Records have been certified gold in Denmark, while Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood (2008) and The Strength / The Sound / The Songs (2005) achieved platinum sales. - more on this story

Singled Out: Rabbit!

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Devin Moore from Rabbit! tells us about "Fall Into Love" from their brand new album "Connect The Dots". We now turn it over to Devin for the story:

I'm not ashamed to admit that as an adolescent I was a big fan of Phil Collins' second solo effort Hello, I Must Be Going. The first single "You Can't Hurry Love" was my toe-tapping, hip shaking favorite. It wasn't until later that I found out his was not the original nor definitive version, and lost a good deal of lunch money and pre-pubescent pride betting against the mighty Supremes. I apologize to music fans everywhere for my naivety, but I was foolish and impatient and usually skipped the liner notes.

Naturally both the embarrassing incident and the song stuck with me over the years and I can unequivocally cite lyrical inspiration for "Fall Into Love," from The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love." Having a knack for being single for long periods of time certainly helped in the writing of this tune as well. The hopeless romantic part of me is continually and desperately looking around for love, while the "Little Fonzi" part says be cool, "Sit back and just relax," be like "a tenor sax, playing the smoothest jazz." You got to "fall into love," like a happy accident.

In other words, "You can't hurry love, you'll just have to wait."

Big thanks to D. Ross, by way of P. Collins for lighting the spark that propelled this song into existence.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!

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