Eddie Van Halen, who spoke with USA Today last week about the tour during an interview session with son and bassist, Wolfgang, in San Francisco last week. "We bit off more than we could chew," explained Eddie. "This record took a lot out of us. And we went on tour earlier than we wanted to so we could play Madison Square Garden (in March, before a renovation), and that threw the schedule out of whack."

He's also experienced a number of near-miss accidents when swinging from the Hell's Bells stage prop. And the veteran singer says the band would consider making more festival appearances in future after breaking their own rule to play the Download event at Donington, UK in 2010.

He says they've been invited to play at the opening ceremony of football's 2014 World Cup competition in Brazil. And he adds their next studio project is likely to include completed versions of songs they didn't finish in the 1980s and 1990s.

That's a statement guitarist Kim Thayall made long before their public meltdown in 1997, when bassist Ben Shepherd threw down his instrument and marched off ahead of official confirmation they'd split. But now singer Chris Cornell tells Classic Rock: "We're trying to add all the parts that suck back in."

Bastards Lager is brewed by Swedish brewery Kr�nleins and can be ordered by the whole case from Systembolaget, the Swedish state liquor shop.

Philadelphia: Riot Fest lineup includes: Refused, The Promise Ring, August Burns Red, Off!, Gameface, Boy Sets Fire and Hirs performing at Festival Pier at Penn's Landing one day only on Thursday, July 19.

Brooklyn: Riot Fest line-up includes: Descendents, Hot Water Music, The Bronx, Screaming Females, The Menzingers and Larry And His Flask, performing at Williamsburg Park on Saturday, September 8.

The next leg of the tour kicks off on August 10th in Fort Worth, TX at the Rail Club, and will blaze through several western states up until September 4th when it comes to a stop in Boulder, CO at the Boulder Theater.

Included in the 14-track album are quite a few old Ataris songs, along with some new songs that will appear on The Graveyard of the Atlantic, out this fall via Paper + Plastick Records.

Among the new songs are "All Souls Day" and "The Graveyard of the Atlantic," which were first released on 7-inch vinyl via Paper + Plastick. Both of those songs will appear on The Ataris' new record, due for a fall release on the label.

These dates follow the string of dates that Prong is already scheduled to play with Clutch in July.

According to NME.com, Taylor tweeted at Twitter.com/CoreyTaylorRock: "I promised today you'd get the explanation to HoGaB. Well, today that's exactly what you get. The new Stone Sour album is a two-part double concept album called 'House of Gold and Bones' (HoGaB), parts 1 and 2. Part 1 will drop in October 2012. Part 2 will drop next year. 24 songs, 12 on each disc."

Their new album, Major will be available everywhere on LP, CD and download via Sargent House on July 24th, 2012.

The band is on the road supporting their brand new studio album, Comet, which hit stores yesterday.

In October, they'll be opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers for six dates before ending the trip at the Austin City Limits Festival on October 13th.

The band are currently a medley of the 25-minute opening track to the album, entitled "Numbers." you can listen here

The band will be supported by various bands on the trek including And So I Watch You From Afar, Chelsea Wolfe, Marriages, Indian Handcrafts, Deafheaven and Crypts.

The appearance will feature the first-ever nationally televised performance of their hit "Spread Too Thin" from JKL's famed Outdoor Stage. The album is set for global release on Five Seven Music on June 19th.

The Charge of the Mad Brigade tour kicks off with a House Of Fun Weekender at Butlins Minehead from November 23-26, and winds up in London on December 14.

Guitarist Giulio Moschini had the following to say: "Please welcome our new drummer James Payne. I've known him for quite a long time and he's a very talented drummer. We're proud to have him on board! James will be playing with us starting at Hellfest this weekend, and all of our dates on the Extreme fests here in Europe."

They will join Rancid, The Rev. Horton Heat, Lucero, Bouncing Souls and others at Oak Canyon Ranch in Silverado Canyon, Ca on July 7.

The band will be hitting the road in July beginning with a date at Milwaukee Summerfest on July 5, before heading out on the road supporting Young The Giant for a number of dates and a headline date on July 22 at New York City's Mercury Lounge.

Says Jason Myers, "On RISE, all restrictions of what we could or could not do were removed. The result is a completely fresh approach, new territory being explored, more diversity, better energy, by far the biggest progression in songwriting in the band's history. This album took courage to create. We certainly didn't take the safe or expected route and know that we're rolling the dice with some bold moves." Continues Tom Wierzbicky, "This was a very unique album that we put together. There were times where you would be pulling from the other side of the spectrum, sometimes taking yourself out of your comfort zone."

In 2009, master keyboardist, Erik Norlander, went into the studio with a new set of virtuoso musicians to record re-imaginings of his favorite instrumental compositions as a project called "The Galactic Collective." In 2010, Erik released a preview of the project on CD-R through Chian Productions in Ohio. In 2011, Erik took the project on the road and recorded the results.

"Mayday" is a song that started off in a very different spot from where it ended up. When I wrote it originally, it was faster and with completely different music. The band even played it out for a while. It was fun and sounded like something Sonny & Cher might do if they were still putting out new music. However, lyrically it was much darker than the melody and tune led you to believe.

While I was trying to figure out what to record for this album I came across "Mayday" again. After playing through it I realized the music wasn't allowing the lyrics to do their job properly. I ended up scrapping the music completely. I changed it from the key of B flat to the key of D and started from scratch, coming up with a new melody and chord structure. I didn't change even one word of the lyrics though.

After playing both versions for the band, they agreed with me that the new version was far superior. We ended up recording "Mayday" in Nashville, with Ken Coomer (Wilco) on drums, in it's new, darker and more introspective clothing. That version is what you hear on "Sometimes The Game Plays You."

His big night on the town saw him downing Quaaludes with Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, while Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich tried to take advantage of their wasted state by selling photo opportunities to passing fans.

On Sunday, Slash and company rolled into Amsterdam for the first of two shows at the Heineken Music Hall.

The album was produced by the band's frontman Martin Johnson, whose recent credits also include Taylor Swift, Victoria Justice, Hot Chelle Rae, and more.