Bassist Michael Sorden, who was on parole for a violent episode involving shooting at a truck driver, floored Span and put him in a coma during an argument about loading out their equipment after a pub gig in Colorado.

The band were 90 minutes into their show when Belladonna went to put his arm round a fan who'd managed to make his way onto the stage. A bouncer climbed onto the stage and threw himself at the fan, taking the singer down with them. Belladonna remained at the bottom of the scrum as more guards joined in.

The Hollywood Reporter says the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Illinois federal court, is over some of the band's old hits, including "Talk Dirty To Me," "I Won't Forget You," "Fallen Angel" and "Ride the Wind."

"I must say, [Queen + Paul Rodgers] did great. I think we did fantastically well," Rodgers told Billboard (viaUltimate Classic Rock). "We were up against potential disaster, really, and I think we really pulled it off. Toured the world a couple of times. Made a brand new studio album (2008's The Cosmos Rocks). I just didn't want to do it forever�but for something like (the Olympics), that would be ideal."

Snider's not the only music star to be involved in this edition of the reality show, in which the winner receives money to donate to their charity of choice.

Iommi was angered when news of the reunion surfaced in August following a conversion he had with a journalist two months previously. He didn't deny he, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward had got together, but said he'd been "merely speculating."

Richards also brushed aside less-than-flattering revelations he made about Mick Jagger in his book, Life. "Life's life," he said. "I really don't want to go into it anymore, because what is in the book is in the book, and the fact is that Mick and I still talk and are still working together. So maybe that was another balance that needed to be sorted out. Mick and me, two guys divided by love."

Toronto rocker Danko Jones is stepping into it and letting fans know where he stands on "Lulu," with a series of tweets over the weekend

The band stuck behind him after he scammed over $8000 from a number of his fans by pretending to sell them a laptop. He later admitted he'd sold the same non-existent machine to a number of people and spent the money on drugs.

El Comercio.pe says more than 30,000 fans went wild at the concert, the first of 8 stops in the region.

The BBC reports the band have sold out three nights at Manchester's Heaton Park after announcing their reunion, earlier this week.

Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi are currently on the circuit, and now former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley joins the crowded schedule at book stores across the nation.

Chickenfoot will play shows in San Francisco (Nov 1), Los Angeles, (Nov 2), St. Louis, (Nov 4), Chicago (Nov 5) and New York (Nov 8).

Over 16,000 fans participated in the special 25th Anniversary Poll, with Slipknot taking about a third of all votes � ahead of debuts from the likes of Guns N' Roses, Korn, Machine Head and Pantera.

Following a talk with students gathered in the school assembly, Santana and members of his band (including his drummer-wife, Cindy) will take the stage at the school theater, which contains 1,750 folding wooden seats. Members of Mission High's Guitar Club will perform alongside Santana, and 15 Guitar Club members will be presented with guitars, courtesy of the non-profit organization, Little Kids Rock.

Yes, it's true. Coming tomorrow is a X-Mas album of Scott Weiland crooning his way through 10 classics, such as "I'll Be Home For Christmas," "Silent Night," "Sex Type Thing," and "Winter Wonderland." Okay, I'm kidding about one of those songs, but not about the album.

Feinstein's photos of Dylan during Dylan's 1966 electric tour remain some of the best-known images of the legendary singer-songwriter. Following his work with Dylan, Feinstein went on to shoot numerous album covers, including the infamous "dirty toilet" image used on The Rolling Stones' 1968 masterpiece, Beggars Banquet.

As reported by Reuters, producer Don Was discovered the recording, which was made by the Stones while they were working on Some Girls in Paris. The song, titled "No Spare Parts," features Mick Jagger on electric piano, Keith Richards on acoustic piano, Ron Wood on pedal steel guitar, Charlie Watts on drums and Bill Wyman on bass, according to Universal Republic Records. The label went on to say the recording was produced by engineer Chris Kimsey in early 1978, and that it features a "country guitar twang, subtle groove and soulful storytelling."

This means that if you get good at the game, you'll be learning how to play guitar in real life. For actual musicians, there should be little learning curve.

The Oasis star told TheQuietus.com, "I'd love to do a supergroup as long as it wasn't like SuperHeavy. (Expletive) ridiculous. You know, me, Johnny Marr, Mani, and Paul Weller. That would be great."

"Drained" was a very personal song that I wrote during a challenging transition in my life. Everyone has their muse or place of inspiration and for me it's no different. For me it happens once that warm water hits my neck, the steam comes surging through my lungs and my voices echoes like a demonic angel. That's right, the shower is my almighty inspiration and that's precisely where "Drained" was birthed. I might have been singing something completely different at the time, as is usually the case, but it evolved into something quite unique.

Unfortunately I didn't have my waterproof pencil and paper handy so I just sang the melody over and over until it was committed to memory (I find this to be a distinctly first world problem to have an idea hit the moment I step into the shower). As soon as I got out of the shower I went to work fleshing out the melody with a suitable harmony, mostly in Sibelius or Guitar Pro, can't remember which. After air drumming to the empty scaffolding of a song that was a mere melody with harmony I finally had the architectural blueprint for "Drained" (I pride myself on my air drumming ability).

The production was a long and exhausting process of trial and error as well. I had three different melody ideas for the opening verse that I just couldn't really decide on. I ended up going back and forth a number of times before resting on the final version that you hear on the album. I also remember Lopez, our drummer, adding a very cool rhythm to the opening phrase, which really sparked a lot of energy. Past those little nuggets of gossip there isn't much else to say on "Drained" other than it is fun as hell to play. It's kind of a grungy, sludgy and viscous kind of thing. It's about as close as we'll get to a Pantera-inspired metal groove without betraying our style I'd say. On top of that we put together a really creepy video about rabbits getting bloody revenge on some helpless victim. I like to think of it as our Clockwork Orange meets Donnie Darko meets Watership Down homage.