(FMQB) Prince has announced that he will continue his Los Angeles residency with five more Welcome 2 America dates. Furthermore, he gave fans in California an even bigger shock earlier this week when he announced at the last minute that he would play two sets Wednesday night at the 500-capacity Troubadour club. more

(BW&BK) Dio Disciples � featuring former DIO members Rudy Sarzo (bass), Simon Wright (drums), Craig Goldy (guitar) and Scott Warren (keyboards) - have added Italian and Spanish dates to their European tour. Frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens will be stepping away from the tour at this point to attend to his daughter's wedding, so the band has announced that DORO will be filling in for him on these dates. more

(Classic Rock) AC/DC have turned down the chance to play a show in the United Arab Emirates. The band have made this decision for no moral or legal reasons, find out why here.

(Metalrage) Lacuna Coil has entered the studio to begin recording the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2009's "Shallow Life" for a fall release via Century Media Records. The group is once again working with producer Don Gilmore (Pearl Jam, Linkin Park, Bullet For My Valentine) more

(Rock News Desk) Paul Rodgers says his upcoming UK shows will feature a series of guest stars dotted across the tour rather than all on one night � but he's not going to offer any names. more

(BW&BK) To coincide with their new album, Rockaholic, Warrant have lineup a string of live shows with Poison on off-dates from their upcoming tour with M�tley Cr�e and New York Dolls. more

(Metalrage) Jeffrey McCormack has announced his departure from Fifth Angel. Said McCormack in a statement: "I want to thank all of the incredible Fifth Angel fans all over the world that were so accepting of me as I stepped into the huge gap left by the extraordinary Ken Mary when Fifth Angel reunited in February of 2010." more

(Lambgoat) My Epic are back with Broken Voice, an acoustic-based EP filled with songs written during the creation of 2010's Yet that didn't quite fit with the sound of that album. more

(BW&BK) Producer/engineer Richard Chycki has checked in on his blog and provided an update on Dream Theater. "Over the past weeks, I've been in the studio with long-time friend James LaBrie of Dream Theater, recording vocals for the band's new album that is quickly nearing completion" more

(Metal Underground) Mastodon guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds has announced that he will be releasing a special two CD set featuring material from both of his folk/rock side-projects West End Motel and Fiend Without A Face. The special package is set for release on June 7, 2011 through Rocket Science Inc. more

(Metalrage) Hatriot - the new thrash metal project led by veteran San Francisco Bay Area vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza (Tenet, Dublin Death Patrol, Exodus, Legacy) - has made its entire four-song demo available for free download more

(Lambgoat) The line-up for the fourth annual Scream The Prayer Tour features Norma Jean headlining alongside Sleeping Giant, The Chariot, War of Ages, Close Your Eyes, Texas In July, I The Breather, The Great Commission, Sovereign Strength and As Hell Retreats more

(VDOB) Devildriver is reportedly planning a North American tour with Arch Enemy and Skeletonwitch in tow. There has not been an official announcement made. more

(Metalrage) Obscenity have announced the addition of bassist J�rg Pirch (ex-Tears Of Decay) to the group's ranks. more

(Punknews.org) Director David Markey has made Reality 86'd available for viewing online. The documentary, originally released in 1991, focuses on Black Flag's final tour in 1986 in support of In My Head. more

(BW&BK) Footage of shock rock legend Alice Cooper performing the new song 'I'll Bite Your Face Off' on his current tour has surfaced on YouTube. Fan-filmed footage from an undisclosed location is available here

(Blabbermouth) Heavy Metal magazine announced today, the one-year anniversary of the death of Ronnie James Dio, that it will release the official soundtrack to its first web comic Gates later this summer and all net proceeds will benefit the Ronnie James Dio "Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund". more

On this day in 1966, The Beach Boys released their album Pet Sounds in the U.S.

The Boston Herald reports Aerosmith representatives told the show's producers Friday night that it isn't going to happen. Sources close to the band told the Herald that the four other members of Aerosmith weren't interested in playing the gig, despite Steven Tyler's repeated pronouncements that the rockers would perform at the finale.

The singer joined ex Guns n'Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum alongside guitarist Dave Kushner in 2003, after he left Stone Temple Pilots. They recorded two albums together before the band kicked him out for his continuing drug addiction issues.

This was only the second time that Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason have played together in the past three decades � the first being at their Live 8 performance in 2005. Keyboardist Richard Wright has since died, succumbing to cancer in 2008. Together, Waters and Gilmour tackled "Comfortably Numb," which seemed to make the crowd anything but. Towards the end of the night, as Waters played "Outside the Wall," both Gilmour and Mason appeared on stage. Reprising the same role he played on Pink Floyd's 1980/1981 tour, Gilmour played his solo atop the Wall.

It is late bassist Cliff Burton's debut gig with the future rock n roll hall of fame act and undoubtedly the passion can be heard from the first frenetic note played by the young, rowdy lineup.

Portnoy stepped into the breech after the death of original member Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan in 2009, recorded their 2010 album Nightmare and played on the subsequent tour, but relationships became strained leading to his departure earlier this year.

Speaking to Ultimate Guitar Shadows said that Portnoy was a godsend at the time but wasn't a good fit for the longer term although he has no hard feelings: "Yeah, we're on good terms � it just got a little out of hand for a while there with us. And the way he runs his camp is a little different than we run ours. It couldn't co-exist in that way and I'm really happy for him � I'm happy on a bunch of different levels. The Rev wrote those parts, Mike elaborated on them, and the record did really well. To me that's a success all the way around.

"When [my new] album and Lindsey's album come to a stop then Fleetwood Mac will gather again and we'll either make another record or we won't and we'll just go on tour," said Nicks, who released her first solo record in 10 years on May 3.

In a rare personal statement on his website Dylan says: "First of all, we were never denied permission to play in China. This was all drummed up by a promoter � my guess is that the guy printed up tickets and made promises to certain groups without any agreements being made. If anybody had bothered to check with the Chinese authorities, it would have been clear that they were unaware of the whole thing."

It's impossible to express in mere words the relationship Ronnie and I, Wendy and my wife Gloria had. He was much more than a friend, fellow musician, band mate. If I have a soul, then he is part of it.

I truly believe God, fate, destiny, whatever it's called, brought us together again in 2006, after not seeing each other for 14 years, to do one final tour, which turned into 3 major tours and an album. We were having a blast together, enjoying each other's company more than we had ever done before, talking about maybe doing one more album, when fate intervened again.

Sophie Simmons, aged 18, was sitting in traffic while driving her Dodge Charger when another car struck her from behind, shunting her into the vehicle ahead.

"It's a great question. I can't answer it. You have to get in touch with K.K. and ask him that question, 'cause I can't answer it. I think we've tried to be as honest and as straightforward as we can be on both sides of the discussion, and it is very emotional. I mean, you could just as easily [have asked] that same question�which you may have done�when I was away from the band, and Ripper, my good friend Ripper, was holding the mic for me. You just have to carry on. I think more than anything, it's just kind of difficult, 'cause it's a farewell tour. Why is it happening now? Well, you've got no control over life, have you? [Laughs] You can't control life and these things happen. So you just have to accept them and see what your options are. So that's the way it is.

"Of course, it will never be the same without K.K., like I'm sure a lot of people said it was never the same without me. But you can't just grind to a halt, you can't just stop everything�that would be ridiculous. We have obligations to our fans and to promoters and to everybody else, and to our record company, and we wanna fulfill them and be professional and do the right thing, which is what I think we are doing."

Toto will perform all their classic hits from a career that spans 34 years. Fans can expect to hear all the greatest hits including Hold The Line, Rosanna and Africa.

Hey there. This is Dave from the band Heart-Set Self-Destruct from Chicago . Our newest single "Monster" was just released to radio recently and to my surprise, a number of people have been asking what the song is about. Monster is really mostly about analyzing one's self from an outside perspective. It's about realizing that for good or bad - you are always going to be you and no one is ever going to change that. For me, Monster is a very personal song, because it is my apology for not being able to be the person the girl I loved wanted me to be. I could never please her because she didn't understand my life choices and my passion for something she could never touch � my music. I constantly felt like I was playing catch up with her and trying too hard to be someone I'm not. Lines like "I can not swim to save myself, I'm drifting off. I'm sleeping under water forever in hell," are a pretty good reminder of my struggle to survive in a dying relationship. What's messed up is I still love this girl, but haven't talked to her in forever because I know I will just get caught up in nothing again.

The interesting thing about "Monster" is that we wrote it in about 45 min. It was one of those situations where everyone was on the same page and the feel was there. I was able to explain my emotions and say everything I wanted to say with out really having to think about it. It just happened. We started recording it the next day with the other songs we had planned on recording.

The tour kicks off October 22 in Lima, Peru. Aerosmith first played in Latin America in 1977 and last year's electrifying tour through South America left fans begging for more.

KISS will be hosting the trip, complete with a live show in an intimate indoor venue and an acoustic "Sail Away Concert" (no make-up!!) to keep the party going as the ship leaves port.

Prior to the evening gig, Bach and crew stopped by the studios of Lehigh Valley radio station WZZO-FM 95.1 for an in-studio appearance and brief performance for about 30 contest winners. Alongside Bach were guitarists Nick Sterling and Johnny Chromatic, as the trio played acoustic versions of a pair of Skid Row hits and a new, unreleased track called "Awake," which he's been playing in his live sets for some time.

The Blackbird Diaries is set to feature all new material, including duets with Stevie Nicks, Martina McBride and Colbie Caillat. The album also features The Secret Sisters and an assortment of musicians on the album including guitarist Tom Bukovac, drummer Chad Cromwell, bassist Michael Rhodes, steel guitarist Dan Dugmore and Mike Rojas on piano.

"You couldn't put four more different people in a room and try to make a band, so when that chemistry is on and it works, it's unbelievably great," said Michaels.

"It was very strange initially, you know, when the character's main ingredients came up," he told NME.com at the London premiere for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. "I was a little worried at what Keith Richards was gonna think. I didn't fear Pepe Le Pew but I was a little worried about Keith. Because for a good portion of the time I was spending with him, I was sponging as much of him as I possibly could for the character. And when he found out what I'd been doing, it could've gone either way, but he was very nice about it, like 'I had no idea mate!' He was very sweet about it."

And the singer says he'll know when it's time to retire. The band are currently experiencing a massive resurgence with positive reviews for the album and the long-awaited release of a live DVD from their Monsters of Rock show at Donington in 1990.

And instead, they chose to focus on how fortunate they felt to have a second chance. It's a far cry from the acrimonious times following their 2004 disintegration, when Tremonti suggested no amount of money in the world would get them back together.

Muir says: "We've done shows and met younger people who have been like, 'Oh dude, I brought my little cousin to check you guys out, and now he loves you.' I've never heard someone say, 'Dude, Metallica's my favourite band so I've come to see you guys.'"

"Paul is remarkable," Juber said. "I think, to have been a Beatle and go beyond that, and I think Paul has. Amongst his solo work, he has written songs that are the equal of what he did with The Beatles."

He explains: "We started as a covers band playing Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, all the fun stuff. But with Geoff Tate singing with us we were able to play the more challenging songs. We were called The Mob but that didn't last long.

Fuller began her acting career with an uncredited role in the classic Frank Capra comedy, It Happened One Night, but made her legend�for better or worse�in the films of director Ed Wood, whose Glen or Glenda featured Wood himself as a cross-dresser who borrows Fuller's clothes, somewhat mirroring the personal lives of the real-life couple. The relationship was later portrayed in the Tim Burton film, Ed Wood, with Sarah Jessica Parker playing the role of Fuller.

The band will be doing headlining dates from June 25th in Minneapolis and will hit the East Coast and parts of Canada routing back to Texas for mid July.

The Dragon Slayers are a duo from southern England in just that position. Last night they played in the semi-final of a national competition with a �100,000 top prize.

Knibb, who became a driving force behind the development of the ska beat, was an original member of The Skatalites, a band created in 1964. Twice nominated for Grammys, the band broke up in the '60s but reunited 20 years later in New York. Over the years they recorded 15 studio albums, as well as a slew of live and collaboration albums. Among their most notable songs is "Guns of Navarone."