Rolling Stone: I think nothing would be more fascinating than a Some Kind of Monster-style documentary about the making of this new record. Can you even imagine?

The Daily Mail says the 61-year-old Gibb has been undergoing cancer treatment for several months, and that he was joined in the hospital last week by his 91-year-old mother Barbara and 65-year-old fellow Bee Gee brother Barry.

The concert will include 'The Struggle Within' and 'Don't Tread on Me," Ulrich confirmed, and said: "Although to be honest with you, a song like 'The Struggle Within' is a lot easier to relearn than 'The Frayed Ends of Sanity [from �And Justice for All]. I don't think it's going to be too difficult for us to figure out these songs."

He said that the idea to play the album straight through came from Download Festival organizers.

The show is to benefit Drop in the Bucket, a charity that helps with water and sanitation projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

The site had this message for fans: "A lot of you have been hearing that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be on tour in 2012. That is absolutely correct. The European dates run from the middle of May until end of July and are being announced this week. Info on the US dates and the World tour dates will coming up shortly.

Ozzy's Boneyard, channel 38, will feature classic hard rock and metal music from artists like Black Sabbath, Metallica, AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, Pantera and Van Halen. The music channel is expected to launch later this year.

The second edition of Lollapalooza Chile will take place in O'Higgins Park in Santiago, March 31 � April 1, 2012, and the first-ever Lollapalooza Brazil will take place at the Jockey Club in S�o Paulo, April 7-8, 2012.

The guitarist and his touring band - Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge), rhythm guitarist Bobby Schneck, bassist Todd Kerns (Sin City Sinners, formerly of Age Of Electric), and drummer Brent Fitz (formerly of Theory Of A Deadman) � have been holed up at Barefoot Studios in LA with producer Eric Valentine getting ideas together and songs down on tape.

Jon Anderson, who has one of the most recognizable voices in music, and is best known for his work with YES, Vangelis and Kitaro, as well as his solo efforts, recently completed a successful tour of the east coast in the US with fellow YES member Rick Wakeman.

The 10-show tour kicked off October 22 in Lima, Peru, where singer Steven Tyler was already feeling the effects of flu-like symptons; the band dropped several classics from the setlist (no "Dream On" !) to accommodate his voice issues. At the tour's second stop - in Asuncion, Paraguay � Tyler's illness hit him hard while in the hotel shower, causing him to pass out and hit his head. Some broken teeth, bruises and cuts were touched up and Tyler was back on stage after a day's delay in doing the show.

The sold-out North American tour follows sold out tours of Europe and the UK. It will conclude on December 18 in Royal Oak, MI and also includes a sold-out date at Los Angeles' legendary Shrine Auditorium.

The class of 2012 range from Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A. album to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech from his historic 1963 address at the March on Washington. Also on the highly regarded list are Cole Porter's "Anything Goes," the Rolling Stones' album Exile On Main St., Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive," Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's single "The Message," Bill Cosby's comedy album I Started Out As A Child, the Original Broadway Cast recording of "St. Louis Woman," and Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It."

The deluxe two-CD package will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting January 3rd through RCA/Legacy.

When Instinct: Decay was released in 2006, branded as a psychedelic extreme metal record, it was met with deeply divided feedback -some highly laudatory and some derisive. Five years later, the record sounds as good as ever and it seems clear that the derision was merely the backlash of closed-minded black metal fans. Change turned out to be a good thing - now Instinct: Decay is hailed as an enormous milestone in USBM history.

Miko D.T.B. started off as a jam session in our rehearsal space I'm pretty sure. Or maybe it started off as a jam that Steven, Chris, Omer and I would play on stage at soundcheck during some Adam Green tour we did as his backing band. I can't remember which. I think the first part of the song, the versey-chorusey parts were put together long before the whole crystal-cavern-disco-outro part which probably just came out spontaneously after a joint or a lemon-ginger tea from Pies and Thighs, our favorite snack spot across the street from our space.

The problem is, we've had that song around for a long time but are just now releasing it. That's why it's so hard to remember exactly how it evolved. It's a weird song so maybe it doesn't matter when it was written. The recording doesn't really feel like it fits in any particular two year-pop-trend-pattern-cycle that industry stiffs like to believe exist, maybe some combination of Jan '76, Feb '86, May '96, Sept '06 (what a weird month) and a few weeks ago. Who knows.

Lyrically, the song is about a boat captain who is running a shipment of guns and narcotics from Brazil to the Keys for export to the states. He is betrayed by his lover. His boat is boarded by a group of very good soccer players. They carry golden revolvers and fight valiantly for their heroine (not the drug), Sister Crystalline, also the Captain's fraudulent bed-mate. Her actions are sanctified by the fact that she is the leader of an ancient-mystic-shamanistic-psychotropic religious society. Her motives are unclear, even to me. If only I had a few more hyphens I could probably figure it out. She probably means well, even though she behaved badly.