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Van Halen Tour Back On?
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Triple M Melbourne reports the aborted VH tour of Australia is back on the table for 2012. Triple M Music reporter Nui Te Koha tells listeners that two promoters have gone in and spoken to VH management and band, saying 'we really want Van Halen here next year'.
"This will be an arena tour," he revealed. "Van Halen has got an album coming out really soon. Two promoters have gone in and said 'this Soundwave Revolution thing was a debacle. We want to tour the band and it will happen early next year'."
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KISS Dropped From Michael Jackson Tribute Show
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Global Live Events, who are running the show in Cardiff in October, responded to pressure from Jackson fans and the trustees of his estate. A letter from the management team told Global: "We were especially disappointed with the announcement that Kiss and Gene Simmons were added as one of the acts. Mr Simmons made disparaging public remarks about Michael Jackson after his passing."
"I knew Michael � but no matter what my fond memories and fond images were, with one allegation of paedophilia after another and another� oh dear," Simmons told Classic Rock in 2010. "One musician quit after seeing boys coming out of the hotel room. You know, where there's smoke there's fire. There's no question in my mind he molested those kids. Not a doubt."
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Iommi Addresses Black Sabbath Reunion Reports
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Yesterday the Birmingham Mail published an article written by 25-year veteran reporter Andy Coleman quoting a conversation he'd had with Iommi in June, although the context made it seem as if it was a more recent talk. The result made it sound like confirmation the axeman had regrouped with Osbourne, Butler and Ward, as previously reported by MetalTalk.
In a real official statement Iommi says: "I'm saddened that a Birmingham journalist whom I trusted has chosen this point in time to take a conversation we had back in June and make it sound like we spoke yesterday about a Black Sabbath reunion."
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Hear New Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs
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The shows, in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan, marked the first festival appearances by the Peppers this year, and the band unleashed three tracks from the forthcoming album in their sets.
The new material included the first single, "The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie," as well as "Factory Of Faith" and "Ethiopia."
Check out all three songs here
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Shinedown Reteam With Rob Cavallo For New Album
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"We are truly honored to be working with the legendary Rob Cavallo again," says Shinedown frontman Brent Smith. "He brings the absolute best out of us and our songs. To say we are emotionally charged to start recording the new album would be a huge understatement. Everyone hold on tight, this is going to be intense!"
"One of the things that sets Shinedown apart from most other rock bands is their songwriting," says Cavallo. "There's an honesty and passion in it that's undeniable. After working with them on 'The Sound Of Madness,' I knew that they would deliver, but they've even surpassed my high expectations with the songs they've brought to the table this time around. I can't wait to get started."
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Taking Back Sunday Map Out Fall Tour
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The string of dates, which take the band to towns they haven't yet visited on this album, kick off October 1 in Pharr, Texas.
Taking Back Sunday is touring in support of their self-titled new album, which is in stores now. Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age, All American Rejects), Taking Back Sunday is the band's fifth studio release, three of which have been certified gold.
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Sammy Hagar Still Angry at Van Halen But Misses Them
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The frontman, who's now in Chickenfoot with Anthony, has previously said he expects to return to the fold one day. But as Van Halen gear up to release their first full album since 1998, and their first with David Lee Roth since 1984, Hagar reveals he can't forgive them for their demotion and sacking of the bassist.
Anthony was forced to take a wage cut to be part of the band's reunion tour with Hagar in 2004. He wasn't allowed to take part in songwriting sessions for the band's three new tracks and he didn't play bass on the recordings. When the Van Halens fell out with Hagar again, Anthony was seemingly punished for remaining friends with the singer. He was replaced by Eddie's teenage son Wolfgang and the band attempted to airbrush him from all their album covers on their website � a move which caused a fan backlash and led them to replace the images.
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Tom Waits To Deliver New Song Next Week
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"There have been rumblings and rumors. New music, you say? Come to TomWaits.com on 8/23, and Mr. Waits himself will set the record straight."
In June, Waits posted a sample of lyrics from the first single, as follows: "No good you say? Well, that's good enough for me. You're the same kind of bad as me."
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Death Cab for Flaming Lips?
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It turns out that the Death Cab guys didn't need much convincing. It happened like this:
Coyne: "So we should find a way to do a Flaming Lips/Death Cab three- or four-song EP."
Gibbard: "Let's do it!"
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Down Announce North and South American Dates
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The dates are scheduled to fall immediately after they come out of the studio having completed tracks for their promised EP release
Recently drummer Jimmy Bower told Music Radar: "We just finished two or three weeks of writing, we've got seven songs and we're doing EPs. We've got seven and of those we'll pick about five."
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Dave Mustaine Names His Favorite Metallica Song
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"I had to do a lot of coming to terms with myself in order to listen to Metallica," he told Revolver. "Before, whenever I heard them, it triggered me in my mind to get up on my soapbox and spit out complaints of what had happened to me. And then once I finally realized, 'Dave, you're lucky, you're blessed, you're in a great band, you're in another great band.' I finally just said, 'You're missing it.'"
Once Mustaine came around on Metallica, he gravitated to one song in particular. "And I remember hearing this song when I was talking to Lars [Ulrich] once and telling him this is my favorite song off the 'Black Record.' And he goes, 'Really? [Expletive], man.' It was 'The Unforgiven,'" he said. "I liked it because I thought this was really the first time I've ever really heard James [Hetfield] sing. He had sung before, and he was a great singer. But that was the first time I ever heard him really, really sing."
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Queen To Receive Icon Honor
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The BMI London Awards recognize the U.K. and European songwriters and publishers of the past year's most-performed songs on radio and television in the United States. The performing rights organization collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it distributes as royalties to songwriters, composers & music publishers.
BMI honors songwriters who have had "a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers" as Icons. Queen's Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon join a list of past honorees that includes 2010 recipient Don Black, Van Morrison, Donovan, the Bee Gees, James Brown, Willie Nelson, and more.
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Bono To Make A Billion Dollars From Facebook?
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The U2 singer's investment firm, Elevation Partners, bought shares in 2009. This week Facebook was valued at $65bn, which makes Bono's part worth $975m.
The band were the highest-earning outfit in the world over the past year, raking in $195m during the final leg of their U2 360 tour, which made a total of $736m.
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Linkin Park Lead DeLuna Fest Lineup
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The Sounds, Girl Talk and DJ Diplo are also confirmed to perform at the festival this October 14th, 15th, and 16th.
Other acts confirmed to play DeLuna Fest's mainstages include Weezer, Jane's Addiction, The Shins, Cut Copy, Cake, Stars, Matt & Kim, Big Boi, Cold War Kids, Ra Ra Riot, Manchester Orchestra, New Pornographers, The Airborne Toxic Event and many, many more. In addition to main stage performances, the Heritage Jazz & Blues Tent will host legendary singer Bettye LaVette, Rock n Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers and many more.
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Spider-Man To Play Jeff Buckley
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According to NME.com, Carney beat Twilight star Robert Pattinson and Milk star James Franco to the prestigious role of the singer, who died at just 30 years of age.
The film's executive producer is Buckley's mother Mary Guibert, who said: "We are over the moon that Reeve has agreed to take on this challenging role. He's been getting ready for this all his life. It certainly doesn't hurt that he looks so much like Jeff."
Filming is scheduled to begin in 2012.
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Jani Lane Out of Control Before His Death?
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Sources tell us Lane had been kicked out of the Hilton Woodland Hills sometime in the last month -- after hotel employees noticed that he had torn his room apart.
We're told Jani was "not rude" about the situation -- and understood why he had to leave. Lane, we're told, had recently earned a reputation in the area for trashing his hotel rooms -- one source tells us he had been kicked out of multiple places within the last few weeks of his life.
As TMZ first reported, Lane died at a Comfort Inn hotel in L.A. on Thursday evening. Investigators have not released an official cause of death ... but report that a half-bottle of vodka and prescription drugs were found in the room.
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The Acacia Strain Announce Fall Tour
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The trek kicks off on October 26th in Albany, NY and will crisscross the continent before wrapping up on November 26th in Syracuse, NY.
"We just want to go out and bring a great show so everyone has fun", says The Acacia Strain vocalist Vincent Bennett. "We look forward to seeing fans, old and new, so get off your couch and come hang out with all of us!"
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Rush DVD Details
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Rush's "Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland" concert DVD/Blu-ray will be released on Tuesday, October 25th via Concord Records.
The show was filmed on April 15th at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, and was was filmed by Banger Films, the Toronto-based film production company which has produced films such as "Metal: A Headbangers' Journey," "Global Metal," "Iron Maiden: Flight 666" and, most recently, the Rush Documentary "Beyond The Lighted Stage."
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Duff McKagan's Loaded Making Feature Film
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This rock 'n' roll flick, reminiscent of The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" and Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains The Same," is a series of "vignettes" that explores the lyrical content of their recently released studio album of the same title (Armoury Records � April 19, 2011).
A video of "Executioner's Song," shot live during their European tour has recently been released. Video clip can viewed here
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Jimi Hendrix Fateful Jacket To Be Auctioned
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He left the custom-made military-style garment at a friend's home in London on the night of September 17, 1970. Hours later he was found dead by girlfriend Monika Dannermann in her nearby flat.
"In the late 1990s I was asked to evaluate memorabilia at a house in Notting Hill which had a psychedelic camper van in the front drive � the gentleman owner had obviously been one of the hippy crowd in the 60s," Seller Ted Owen says. "He showed me the jacket and said Jimi left it at the house, and of course never came back for it. I explained I thought it was fantastic and he said, 'Why don't you take it as payment for your appraisal? It's of no use to me'."
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20,000 Elvis Presley Fans Hold Vigil at Graceland
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The vigil took place on Monday night, marking the 34th anniversary of Elvis' death. The King of Rock and Roll died at Graceland on August 16, 1977, at the tender age of 42.
According to People magazine, some fans wore sideburns and pompadours as tributes to the King. The candlelight vigil kicked off the annual Elvis Week in Memphis.
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L.A. Guns Acoustic Album Coming
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Produced, mixed and mastered by Grammy winner Neil Citron, this is the first acoustic album by the acclaimed Los Angeles band in their 29-year history, recorded at The Hotel Caf� in Hollywood. L.A. Guns will embark on a national tour in September to support the CD.
The band who lit up Hollywood like a surprise M-80 in a garbage can with their raw radical rowdy ways earned themselves legendary status on the Sunset Strip. When Jason Kramer and Jason Rothberg suggested they do an acoustic record, Tracii was "terrified, as I hadn't played live acoustically for more than an hour since my Bancroft Junior High School guitar ensemble when I was 13 years old. I gathered up the guys I trust the most musically to help make this as great as possible. After listening back to this performance, I am not so scared to perform acoustically anymore."
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Iced Earth Defends Spotify
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Century last week withdrew over 200 bands' recordings from Spotify, saying the low per-play payment was hurting musicians' incomes. The label stated: "While everyone here believes in the ever-changing possibilities of new technology, we're also of the opinion that Spotify in its present form isn't the way forward."
"But Spotify is one of the most important developments in music I've seen in quite a while. It allows fans to search for music from all over the world. Sometimes rare, hard to find or out-of-print music," Schaffer said. "They hear it, like it, and buy it from a variety of sources. That's a good thing; stealing music is not. But sampling it on Spotify, which is legal and highly-regarded worldwide, is not stealing."
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Eric Johnson iPad App
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Over the course of this 70-minute lesson, shot in high-definition video by Academy award-winning cinematographer Alan Kozlowski, Johnson teaches students how to play his celebrated tune, "Cliffs of Dover" (which he recorded on a Gibson ES-335), and breaks down the essentials of his guitar style, including hybrid rhythmic picking, tonal effects, arpeggios in solos and melodic choices.
The app includes more than 25 play-along sessions accompanied by complete notation and guitar tablature, authorized by Johnson and synchronized to his playing. Johnson breaks down "Cliffs of Dover," section by section, playing each section both at tempo and at half-speed for the first time in his career. The entire song is accompanied by a split-screen video on his right and left hands and accompanied by a complete and authorized transcription in both notation and tab.
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Rise to Remain Set New Release
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The album which has been produced by Carl Bown and Colin Richardson (Slipknot, Machine Head, Trivium) releases a fortnight earlier on September 5 and is supported by a UK tour kicking off in Exeter, UK on September 7
The band are current darlings of the British metal scene and recently picked up both Kerrang and Metal Hammer Awards for Best New Band and frontman Austin Dickinson (son of Iron Maiden's Bruce) was voted #41 in Kerrang's 'Top 50 Greatest Rock Stars In The World'
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That's Outrageous! Fire David Newton
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Here's what Newton said on his blog: "2 strikes and you're out! Well, can't exactly say I saw this coming. After being to referred to as one of the members of the core three, with my former fellow guitarist and bass player as well as the constant talk of problems in another band members performance I was kicked out of That's Outrageous!
"I finally confronted the bass player after being ignored by the members for over a week and he gave me the news. I would no longer be playing guitar for T.O! I am a drummer� not a guitarist was the reasoning. While I am mainly a drummer, I've molded myself into quite the guitarist over the time I've been given. If you've seen us live I'm sure you'd agree."
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Annie Automatic Giving Away New Song
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To date Annie Automatic has released 2 singles, "Burn This Prison," "Miss McKenzie and now is giving fans a free listen to their latest single. "Dear, Charlie" is off of the band's, debut full-length album, Don't Look Down, set for release on August 23, 2011.
When speaking about "Dear, Charlie" lead singer French says, "Dear, Charlie is a letter to a sad old man, who has spent his years so focused on money and shallow pursuits that he never got to truly live. It's a message to him, and anyone like him, telling that there's so much more to this life than money - which is why we were especially excited to give this song away as a free download. We hope that it gets through to someone."
Grab the download here
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Gorgoroth Announce The Sign Of Hell Tour
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Set to level over 30 cities throughout Europe, the unholy march, appropriately dubbed the Sign Of Hell Tour 2011, will coincide with the band's upcoming re-release of Under The Sign Of Hell.
Initially unleashed to unsuspecting ears in 1997, Under The Sign Of Hell was re-recorded last year at Tomas Asklund's Monolith Studio with financial support by Bergen Kommune, and is scheduled for release on August 29, 2011 via Regain Records.
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Support Acts for Tiger Army's Octoberflame Announced
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"Southern California in general has been our home for many years at this point, but there has always been a particular understanding of what we do in Orange County," says frontman Nick 13. "The parallel evolution of early punk alongside roots music in Southern California as evidenced by artists such as X, The Blasters and so on meant that people here needed no catching up to understand music that draws from both, even before the psychobilly subculture out of Europe had been established on these shores. Underground music, tattoo and car culture are alive and well in Orange County like no other place. It's also a great vacation destination for fans that travel from all over the world to attend Octoberflame: Europe, Australia, Canada, you name it."
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Singled Out: Rick Tedesco's See You In Hell
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See You In Hell is a front runner for being one of the more commercial radio friendly songs on the record. I think its the ultimate F*&% off song personally. Inspired by a band mate that shall remain nameless, I took that inspiration and put it in a romantic relationship setting. I think the contrast of what I'm saying with a softer musical approach makes it more interesting. Screaming "I'll see you in hell" with guitars blazing is just way to obvious. A single violin and a tolling bell seemed much more interesting to me. I used the same approach with "Pain". Who doesn't love a good juxtaposition?
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album
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