The band's blockbuster album, "Back In Black" is currently no. 2 on the iTunes rock albums chart, one spot ahead of the massively publicized Led Zeppelin "Celebration Day" album.

AC/DC currently holds 8 of the top 10 spots on the iTunes rock songs chart and they holds the top 12 spots on Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Songs chart this week.

TVNZ reports ticket sold out in minutes Friday morning for Sabbath's April 20 show at Auckland's Vector Arena.

The guitar icon jammed with the Stones on the Muddy Waters classic, "Champagne & Reefer."

Kyuss Lives! will be playing one final concert but former Kyuss members Brant Bjork, John Garcia and Nick Oliveri are carrying on with a new group called Vista Chino. They sent out these details:

Jimi's black Fender Stratocaster � famously played at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967 � sold at auction for �205,000 pounds, but with all the fees added on the overall price paid for it was �237,000 (approx $380,000 US), according to The Daily Mail.

The Band Perry and Dierks Bentley will be providing a special tribute to Johnny Cash during the event. These additions will join previously announced performers Luke Bryan, Fun. and Ne-Yo.

An hour-long version of the concert film will be shown on BBC2 on December 8 at 10:45 p.m.

The tour will feature four concerts in Australia and two shows in New Zealand according to Chugg Entertainment.

Young said in a statement, "Come on down here and join in the relief effort." Proceeds from the concert will go to the American Red Cross Hurricane Sandy relief effort.

Gary Clark Jr.'s performance will be taking pace at The Moody Theater in downtown Austin with the live-stream starting at 8pm Central Time tonight (Friday, November 30th) here.

The band will be releasing the first single from the album, "Decay," on January 22, 2013 to radio and digital music outlets (iTunes, etc).

The band is current working on the project at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO with producers Bill Stevenson (Rise Against, Black Flag) and Jason Livermore (Stick To Your Guns).

A Facebook post from Oliveri's current band, Mondo Generator, states: "NEWS: Nick has re-joined Kyuss, and has recently recorded his vocals on a new Queens of the Stone Age song! Stay tuned."

The band told fans of the new deal via Facebook with the following post: "We're excited to say that we just signed a new record deal with Rumbum Records! It's owned by Luis Bacardi(yes, as in the rum). On tour right now til Dec 9th, and then it's back home to finish writing the album. Then we're planning on recording in January for a release date some time in the spring. We can't wait to bring some new rock to you guys next year!"

In September, the band announced that they will start recording a new album, to be released under a new name, and that they will cease touring under the Thin Lizzy brand after going out on one last tour this fall.

The concert will be broadcast live on December 13th at 9:00 pm ET on Faction, channel 41.

Moore, founder of Independent Music Promotions, once again shares his secrets with artists with the new "Your Band Is A Virus - Expanded Edition," which is roughly double the size of it's predecessor, boasting hundreds of new promotion tactics aimed at helping independent artists become their own publicists.

Now, Guitar World confirms the Epiphone Tommy Thayer Signature "Spaceman" Les Paul will be available in January.

The raw idea for "Rushing Through The World," was the result of a weekly songwriters group that I belong to. At the beginning of each week, a new phrase is assigned, and by the end of that week all 30 or so songwriters must submit a completed song that incorporates the phrase. The song can be recorded any way that works, from a full band to all-electronic or even sung quickly into an iPhone. The presentation isn't critical, but finishing a song once a week is essential.

"Rushing Through The World" was one of these songs. When I recorded the demo for the song club, I only knew that I wanted to submit something with heavy electric guitar that was aggressive and fast�something totally opposite to the usual folkie singer-songwriter thing. To find a little extra inspiration, I re-tuned the low E-string to a D (a/k/a "drop-D tuning"), which seems to work pretty well for bands from Led Zep and the Foo Fighters to Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine. I figured, if you're going to go heavy. . .!

Using the drop-D tuning, I came up with the basic riff that starts the song�a riff that pays homage to first-generation grunge bands like Tad and the Melvins�along with the chords for the verses and chorus. I sang the basic melody and harmony with "place-holder" lyrics, knocked out a sampled drum beat and a quick bass part. I played the demo for the guys in The Cringe, and got the thumbs-up that it was "Cringe-worthy." Feeling it needed another section, Roto created the angular and prog-rock-inspired bridge, and the two of us got down to fine-tuning the lyrics.

I'd conceived of the song as being about the blinding pace of modern life, with images of hurtling through nightmarish landscapes. Roto helped me focus that into this almost Buddhist-style reflection on the need to turn inward before we (in the words of Chris Cornell) blow up the outside world: "We're running from ourselves, lost again from where there's stillness. Why can't we just sit in silence, thinking for ourselves?" The message? Take a step back and relax, son. Sensory overload is not only superfluous�it's downright dangerous. Work on your inner space, and the outer world will come into sharper focus.

For the video, our good friend, Eric P. Sherman, and his company Bang Zoom! Entertainment along with director Luke Stone, channeled the song's themes into a pop-culture collage that tips its hat to the space-age and the golden age of advertising. Like the song itself, the video deals with the information overload we're all blinded by, which does seem to be hurtling us toward some final landslide�unless, of course, we can find some truth within ourselves first. While this all sounds fairly self-serious, when we rock it out live, it still pretty much comes down to banging our heads and whipping our hair around! After all, it's only rock and roll, and we like it... !