Ernie Halter Week: Day 1

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Cold Reunion

antiMusic reports: This is perhaps the biggest rock news of the year (right behind the hype surrounding the Cruefest!) That's right folks, Cold is back! Metal Underground has the story:

Cold frontman Scooter Ward has announced that the band will once again reunite and are planning to record a brand new studio album which expected to be released in the Fall of next year.

The band originally broke up in February of 2006 but reunited two months later only to disband in November of the same year. - more metal news

Would Johnny Depp Make A Good Tommy Lee?

Sleazeroxx reports: Tommy Lee wants Johnny Depp to play him in a film. The Motley Crue rocker insists the Oscar-nominated actor would be the perfect star to portray him.

He said: "Johnny Depp would be my choice to play me. He's the best ever." Tommy also revealed he is currently in talks with movie producers to start shooting the film, which will be based on the story of Motley Crue.

He added: "We're working on it. Trying to find the right producers and director and all that sort of stuff!" [Our vote goes for Ashton Kutcher. Is there really any difference between Tommy and Kelso?. If he's too big for the role, maybe Dustin Diamond would be into it? Pauly Shore isn't doing anything right now either] - more on this story

Universal Gets Stoned

House of Rock reports: After months of speculation, The Rolling Stones have left EMI for Universal Music Group. UMG said that the new deal with the Stones covers a portion of their back catalog and any future releases.

The agreement gives the Polydor imprint any new records from the band, along with full digital and physical rights to releases. The deal also puts the distribution rights for the entire Stones catalog in one place for the first time.

UMG already had distribution rights to the band's early catalog, up to 1970. The new agreement now includes everything from 1971's Sticky Fingers onward. - more on this story

Bon Jovi Scores In Another Arena

TMZ reports: Since we doubt many people follow it, here is some news about one of Jon Bon Jovi's investments (they have to overcharge fans for a reason).

TMZ has the scoop: Jon Bon Jovi may have seen a million faces and rocked them all, but, until now, he couldn't claim the most pointless title in footballdom: The Arena Football League Championship.

Bon Jovi is the proud co-owner of the Philadelphia Soul, who won the title game today by scoring more points than the other team. - If sarcasm flies right over your head, you can join the chorus of jeers for that last line and see a "Yellow Teeth" ad below a picture of Jon here

Screeched By the Tell All

Hecklerspray reports: Poor old Dustin Diamond. His fellow Saved By The Bell alumni have all moved on - Elisabeth Berkley has her nudity and Mario Lopez has his gratuitous self-love, for example - but he hasn't.

But don't feel sorry for Dustin Diamond because he's doomed to spend the rest of his life stereotyped into a perpetual inescapable vacuum where he'll only be known as Screech from Saved By The Bell to everyone he ever meets all the time forever until he dies, because some good has come out of it.

Dustin Diamond, you see, has decided to use his notoriety to pen a no-holds-barred Saved By The Bell tell-all book that'll chronicle the cast's naughty shenanigans in a frank and shocking manner. Honestly? We're underwhelmed. Now, if there was a Hangin' With Mr Cooper tell-all book coming out - more on this story

Shocker: Loverboy Plan A Concert and No One Buys Tickets

Sleazeroxx reports: The City of Summerside, P.E.I. has cancelled a Loverboy concert scheduled for August after selling only about 200 tickets.

The band was scheduled to play Credit Union Place, which holds 5,000, on Aug. 6. The cancellation means the city loses the deposit the city paid to the band. Bill Schurman, director of community services for Summerside, refused to disclose how much the deposit was.

"We don't disclose what we pay our bands. That's something that's quite confidential," Schurman told CBC News Friday. The decision to cancel the concert was mutual, said Schurman. - more on this story

Roundup: Chiodos Suicide Attempt, 25 Years of Metallica, Miley Cyrus, AC/DC, Les Claypool, TI, Heaven & Hell, Sat Radio Monopoly OK'd and more

antiMusic reports: Welcome to the Roundup, a new weekend feature for the Day in Rock where we take a quick look at the top stories on some of the best music news sites.

Over at Billboard: Miley Cyrus' "Breakout" (Hollywood) and Sugarland's "Love on the Inside" (Mercury Nashville) continue their charge towards the No. 1 slot on next week's Billboard 200 tally. more

Primus principal Les Claypool has written the original theme track and four other themes for the Nintendo Wii "Mushroom Men" video games, due this fall. more

Heaven & Hell -- aka Black Sabbath Mk. 2, with Ronnie James Dio out front -- has started work on a new album. "We've got about six or seven new songs," Iommi reports. more

T.I.'s upcoming album, "Paper Trail," has changed release dates yet again. The Grand Hustle/Atlantic album will now arrive Sept. 30. more

Over at Blabbermouth: Chiodos frontman Craig Owens discusses his recent suicide attempt. more

Friday (July 25) marked the 25th anniversary of the release of METALLICA's debut album, "Kill 'Em All". more

AC/DC will travel to London, England in early August to shoot a video for the first single off their new album, "Black Ice". more

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, CIRCLE II CIRCLE and MANTICORA are finalizing details for the first leg of their upcoming U.S. tour. more

WALLS OF JERICHO's entire new album, "The American Dream", is currently available for streaming online. more

After DOKKEN's July 23 concert at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida, the group's frontman Don Dokken decided to change drummers mid-tour. more

RUSH filmed its July 22, 2008 concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Alpharetta, Georgia for inclusion of several tracks as bonus material on the band's upcoming companion DVD to the "Snakes & Arrows Live" two-CD set. more

Over at NME: Prosecutors in the Phil Spector murder retrial have filed a motion arguing that jurors should be able to hear testimony on blood evidence and the autopsy of the actress he is accused of killing. more

France's first lady Carla Bruni has knocked Coldplay off the top of the French pop charts, it was announced today (July 25) more

The Subways have announced a US release date for their forthcoming sophomore album. more

Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs has denied rumours that he is engaged to marry his girlfriend. more

Over at Punknews.org: Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness recently spoke with Synthesis.net about the band's future recording plans, a new solo album and a possible documentary on Social D. more

No Trigger frontman Tom Rheault dropped us a line denying recent break-up rumors, and to provide some updates on the band's recent happenings. more

Hopeless has announced the launch of a new imprint. Named P is for Panda, the label is the project of Chad Pearson who founded and ran The Militia Group for 12 years. more

Over at Yahoo Music: Federal regulators formally approved the merger of the nation's only two satellite radio operators Friday, ending a 16-month-long drama closely watched by Washington and Wall Street. more

After devoting himself to gospel on his recent recordings, Randy Travis is back with his first country album in eight years. more

That's it for this edition, for the very latest headlines from these sites and more - visit RockNews.info

Sober Realty Show Leads to GNR Drug Bust

TMZ reports: When Guns n' Roses drummer Steven Adler decided to try and kick his drug habit by joining the "Sober Living" house, he certainly couldn't have imagined it would land him in the klink.

Sources close to the production say after a "confrontation" in the house, a member of the "Sober" staff called the cops, who came and popped Adler on an outstanding warrant.

His own peeps tell us the staff called the fuz because Adler was allegedly doing drugs in the house. - more on this story

Arsis Find Another Beater

Lambgoat reports: Arsis has officially announced the addition of yet another drummer. Now joining the group is Shawn Priest of Idaho. Here's a statement from the band:

"Our new drummer is Shawn Priest from Idaho. All the best drummers are coming outta nowhere from the Midwest! We screened him through his video on YouTube, and when we hooked up, he learned 'We Are The Nightmare' in a day and a half.

"We're really excited about this. We're gonna have new drum parts in our songs off the new album. It's gonna be way thrashier, more in-your-face. 'Servants To The Night' has been added to the set list because of Shawn. We'd like to keep him on as full-time, so we'll see how he does on this tour. - more on this story

For Those That Care About BS: K-Fed and Britney Settle

TMZ reports: The Britney Spears trial is over. The case has officially settled. Under the terms of the settlement, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, before July 30, Brit must pay K-Fed's lawyer, Mark Kaplan, $250,000 for fees.

As for child support, K-Fed has scored. As we first reported, he's getting 5k a month more -- it's gone from $15,000 to $20,000 a month.

The agreement does not mention visitation, but we know Brit has three days and one night a week with the kiddies and that will increase as time goes on. We're told by Fall, she'll have a second overnight a week. - More on this BS

Mellencamp Gets Sirius For New Album

PR reports: SIRIUS Satellite Radio will launch an exclusive limited engagement channel dedicated to John Mellencamp. The Spectrum of John Mellencamp debuted on Friday, July 25 on SIRIUS channel 18 to mark the release of John Mellencamp's latest album, Life, Death, Love and Freedom.

The Spectrum of John Mellencamp will feature four decades of Mellencamp's music, including rare performances hand-picked from his personal archives and some of the artists who have influenced his career.

The veteran musician will share stories and personal insights about the many classic songs that have defined his 30-year career in music, as well as give a personal introduction to select tracks off his latest album, Life, Death, Love and Freedom, which debuted this week in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. - more on this story

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