Original Sabbath members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler were joined at the recording sessions by drummer Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave) in place of the absent Bill Ward, who continues to sit out the band's reunion over a contract dispute.

Bowie regularly emphasised the point during recording sessions, Tony Visconti reports.

The influential musician astonished the world with the launch of new single Where Are We Now? on his 66th birthday, along with news of the album launch in March.

"The underlying idea of the record is my experience of living in Britain," Marr states. "When you're away from your home city you're more compelled to write about it. Growing up in the city influences you, and as I've grown older I've continued to see beauty, energy and stories in it." Marr had previously resided in Portland, Oregon, only to return to the UK to write the new album, which was also produced at the legendary Abbey Road studios.

The project, which chronicles the story of the Van Nuys, California studio of the same name, will hit theaters starting January 31.

The veteran metal band have recruited Shadows Fall guitarist Jon Donais to fill in for their upcoming dates in India, Australia and their headlining Metal Alliance tour of North America.

"Jon is a bro and he's also a total f**king ripper," said guitarist Scott Ian. "I've worked with him twice before on side projects and he tears it up. I'm excited to have him on my right burning up the stage with Anthrax. 13's gonna be a good year."

The "Rock And Roll Never Forgets" tour has eleven dates so far, starting February 27 in Toledo, extending through April 2 in Denver, Colorado.

They just announced a series of U.S. tour dates in the southeast this spring before they head to Europe for the summer.

The invitation-only event at the Warner Theater is sponsored by Citizens Helping Heroes, Dog Tags, a program of the Washington Humane Society, and Green Beret Foundation.

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees filmed two shows in November for potential release. It's been speculated that footage shot in Dallas on November 28 will make up the majority of the feature, with scenes in Phoenix on November 25 recorded as backup.

Produced by Joe Barresi, known for his work with Queens of the Stone Age, Pennywise, and Tool, True North aims to please fans in love with the band's signature intellectually stimulating melodic punk.

The band released the album's first single, "F*** You," a few weeks ago, with the new tune packing an expected sonic punch. Frontman Greg Graffin joked, "If any band should have a song with that title, it's us. It just sounds like a perfect Bad Religion song."

The band are mid-way through recording sessions with producer Kevin Shirley. Frontman Ricky Warwick says: "We're doing it old school, which is basically having your sh*t together, coming in, playing as a band, recording as much stuff as you can and keeping overdubs to a minimum.

"The vibe's great, everyone's playing great and Kevin is a phenomenal producer. We're having a lot of fun."

Universal Music announced that the delay was caused by a manufacturing plant error and they would be revealing an adjusted release date this week.

Ex Whitesnake men Micky Moody and Neil Murray are joined by Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash), Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osbourne), Harry James (Thunder) and Chris Ousey (Heartland) in the band. Their self-titled first album is released on January 25.

Swedish citizen Tullgren was able to persuade officials that his inability to stop listening to heavy music made it impossible for him to find regular work � and amounted to a disability.

Six years ago they agreed and paid him income support of several hundred pounds a month. At the time he said: "I have been trying for ten years to get this classified as a handicap. I spoke to three psychologists and they finally agreed that I needed this to avoid being discriminated against."

According to Delonge, "The new Angels EP is an experimental piece with odds and ends left over by the LOVE era� Including some cool remix stuff� It's a left turn for us, an abstract painting�"

And he admits that the way he presents his different musical interests via different bands could have had a negative impact on his career.

FNM regathered in 2009 � except for guitarist Big Jim Martin � with a triumphant headline act at the Download Festival, and have continued playing live dates across the world, although they became more sporadic over time.

The three-piece, who last year released well-received album The 2nd Law, are in contention for Best British Group and Best British Live Act.

A statement on the festival website says: "On January 10 you left us, only a few days after your accident in your beloved mountains, overlooking the lake you were so fond of.

Originally estimated to fetch between �9,000 to �11,000, the car was sold by automotive auctioneers Coys to a Russian businessman through telephone bidding.

With Tyler set to go back out on tour in support of Aerosmith's new album, "Music From Another Dimension," the source says, "They're still friendly but they're going their own ways. The engagement is off."

Bassist Jeff Pilson takes lead vocals for the track which includes guitarist George Lynch and guest drummer Brian Tichy � who last week announced his departure from Whitesnake in order to concentrate on SUN with Sass Jordan.

T&N, along with regular drummer Mick Brown, are already at work on a second album. Like their debut, it's set to include eight new tracks and four Dokken reworks.

The NS-14 is a completely new PRS design incorporating a 14" semi-hollow single cut body with a new neck joint designed to allow greater access to the higher frets.

The NS-15 is a thinline hollowbody based on the Neal Schon limited edition Private Stock guitar offered in early 2012.

I wrote the verses to Fighter in my basement thinking about my dad and the things I'd gone through. I remember being very passionate about them with each line is write tearing up.

Two verses were written and then I didn't come back to them until months later when I was in New Zealand on tour. In my hotel room right after checking in I recorded a chorus idea "I'm a fighter". I immediately emailed that idea to my producer Seth. I then recalled the verses I had write and thought they would fit the song.

I actually cut back part of the verses to fit in the pre chorus "down and out I start to doubt I hit the ground I'm bruised but I won't break.

This song impacted my label team in Japan and they thought about the earthquake and we came up with the idea to record it in Japanese. We called the song Kimi-Wa Fighter which means "Your a Fighter" encouraging Japan not to quit since the earthquake.

I'm stoked to see this song touch so many people.

The video was filmed with a night-vision camera, and the first part is silent because Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" was playing in the amphitheater, and YouTube was blocking the video due to the background audio.

Teamed with producer Johnny K, the project will be the first by the band in a new label situation, as they recently announced the completion of their deal with Roadrunner Records.

Lundqvist appeared during Jimmy's regular "Thank You Notes" segment, as the host thanked the league for ending its lockout.