Roth sent an open letter to fans via the leading news site for the band, Van Halen News Desk. Here is what he had to say:

I'm compelled to address the now-rampant rumors that Van Halen is playing the Superbowl. First of all let me say this � be still my pigskin heart. That honor has not been bestowed upon us at this time though it is one we would accept in a NY minute.

Yesterday he said via Facebook: "I am gonna be 'Pulling The Plug' next year 2013, and making it my 'Farewell Tour'�it was good whilst it lasted."

Officers working at Nugent's concert last night at Bangor's Waterfront Pavilion � also featuring Styx and REO Speedwagon � were told that Brown was intoxicated, had stolen the cart and was driving it recklessly on a foot path.

Police say when officers tried to stop the cart, Brown accelerated past them and shoved a security officer.

Steven Tyler shared the news with fans on Monday, as well as posting a few images from the footage.

Sixx was asked about many things, including photography, Sixx A.M., favorite songs, artists and albums, and if � and when � the Crue might release a new album.

The August 21st release is the legendary band's first studio album since 2009's "God & Guns."

The new project reunites the band with producer Bob Marlette, and sees the debut of new bassist Johnny Colt (Black Crowes, Brand New Immortals, Train, Rock Star Supernova).

As previously announced, the album trilogy will be released in the span of a few months, �Uno!, on September 25th, �Dos! on November 13th and �Tr�! pm January 15th 2013.

Static-X frontman Wayne Static comments, "I'm very excited to have Prong join the tour. Over the years Prong has had a huge influence on many musicians, including myself, and I am honored to share the stage with them."

Organized by Ronnie's wife/manager Wendy Dio, the project will tentatively include contributions from Metallica, Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, Deep Purple's Ian Gillan, Alice Cooper, Glenn Hughes, Sebastian Bach, Chris Jericho and Dave Grohl.

The NOW That's What I Call British compilation will be released on CD and digitally on July 17th.

In an interview with Bravewords.com's Mitch Lafon, the guitarist says the still-in-the-can album - a collaboration with a keyboard player - was a lot of fun to record, and may possibly see the light of day some day. But for now the guitarists' focus is divided between Iron Maiden and his new band, Primal Rock Rebellion, which snowballed from two song demos with SikTh singer Mikee Goodman into an entire album.

"It has a life of its own," Smith said of his side band. "I ended up writing with [Goodman], but I didn't know that it was going to turn into an album. If anything, it was more his solo album to start with me producing and writing, but then it became more of a joint project. It just sort of grew really."

MSO sent over these details: In order to record the follow-up to their 2011 effort, Pressure & Time, the Los Angeles quartet--Jay Buchanan, vocals, Scott Holiday, guitar; Robin Everhart, bass; and Michael Miley, drums--retreated to Nashville, TN after a four�week stint on the road and holed up in a studio with Grammy Award-nominated producer Dave Cobb (Jamie Johnson, Shooter Jennings) and Grammy Award-winning engineer Vance Powell (Jack White, The White Stripes, Kings of Leon).

The presentation takes place at the University on July 19.The Daily Express reports that Marr said of the honor:

In an interview with the New York Times, McKagan said that when the band left on tour, the glitzy glam look that GNR railed against was still in vogue. "We left on tour in June of '87 and were gone for a year and a half," he said. "There were no computers, no social media, hardly even fax machines, so we had no idea that people in L.A. made this shift in culture to look and sound like us. Imagine landing back on Planet Earth: People were all glammed out when you left, and now you could tell the photo of us they were trying to look like. There was the Izzy [Stradlin] guy, the Slash guy, the Axl [Rose] guy, the me guy, the Steven [Adler] guy, and they were walking all over Hollywood. It was weird."

The tour is set to kick off on October 5th at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia and will wrap up on October 20th in San Diego, Ca.

When I sit down to write, I never have a pre-determined idea of what is going to come out, I have certain times when something triggers me to want to write, and when they pop up, I know it's time to stop what I'm doing and write.

I wanted something that everyone could relate to, it wasn't necessarily drugs or alcohol, but everyday we fight struggles, be it relationships, work, family, drugs, alcohol, and so on. I was being pulled in so many directions, and battling demons from my past, so the War On The Inside was created.

At the time we were only 4 months old, getting ready to head out on our first week of touring that would take us from Baltimore to Jackson, TN., I remember it vividly, our first bass player had to quit because he couldn't keep up with the schedule that we had predicted, he was getting married and needed to step down. It had been years since I played bass, but with me being one of our 3 guitar players, in theory it was an easy transition, did I mention this was 2 days before we left for Baltimore. That night I sat down, with my guitar, I had been listening to a ton of Bury Tomorrow and Close Your Eyes at the time, so I was in a little bit of a heavier mood, tuned up and started saying what was on my mind.

There's always a door to choose, with anything, and ultimately you have the deciding factor on which one you open, and in those moments I feel as though I'm standing on a ledge weighing out the scenarios, usually only split seconds decide the door, but it can seem like an eternity. And in about 15 minutes the first draft of War was complete. We had less than a day, and I really felt like I wanted to debut this song, to see the reaction it would get, called the rest of the guys, and we took off with it. War has changed a few times, a few of the lines had been re written, mostly because I never write final lyrics until after we've played it a few times, I'm not a hurry up and write kind of composer.

I've got a very dark past with certain addictions, and I never set out to write a song about it, so when the director of the video (Nick Barton @ Prestigious Films, Wichita, KS.) asked my thoughts, I didn't want to convey my exact thoughts, his concept is what the video is, and coincidentally enough, one of the main factors in the song, a struggling past, came to life. We get a lot of people emailing everyday about how the song tells their story, and for that I am truly grateful that people take our songs and make them their own. Something for them to hold onto, and give them hope. In the end, I'm glad I could help give some hope to people, but at the same time, this song is therapy for me. And I believe the rest of the album follows suit.

Waits joined the host for a chat before delivering the first live performance of material from his latest recording, "Bad As Me."

Metallica headlined both nights: on Saturday, they played their classic "Ride The Lightning" album in its entirety and, for the first time ever in the U.S., performed the "Black" album on Sunday.

Shannon shares several stories with Wikimetal including the time he was able to perform with Black Sabbath's Ozzy, Tony and Geezer on stage.

Produced by Paul Stanley, the album is the group's first studio effort since 2009's "Sonic Boom."