Cochran co-wrote material for Kiss' 1998 album Psycho Circus and played in Ace Frehley and Eric Singer's solo bands. He's been working with former Rainbow singer Turner since the mid-90s and he's also known for his work with Rated X, Voodooland and Far Cry.

The classic tune, from Van Halen's "1984" album, is the only number one US single in the band's career, spending 5 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1984.

The basketball-themed title was the opening song of Springsteen's set, which was streamed live online and closed out the three day event at Reunion Park in sync with the NCAA Men's Final Four weekend.

The "arena rock show" will also feature Boyd as Judas, Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams as Mary, 'NSYNC emeritus JC Chasez as Pilate, and Public Image Ltd. and Sex Pistols punk legend John Lydon as King Herod.

Rock Hall inductee Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) will kick things off on Tuesday night. The episode will also feature Anne Hathaway and Marlon Wayans.

The surviving members of Nirvana, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, are set to appear on Wednesday night's episode which will also feature Jennifer Garner and Stevie Nicks.

KISS will be closing things out on Friday where they appear on the show that will also feature guest appearances from Nicolas Cage and Revenge star Emily Vancamp.

Last week she revealed she'd been rehearsing with Melissa Auf Der Maur, Eric Erlandson and Patty Schemel, marking the first time they'd worked together since 2002.

"We may have made out, but there's no talk of marriage. It's very frail," she now tells the Telegraph. "Nothing might happen - and now the band are all flipping out with me."

The former Guns n'Roses axeman laid down 17 tracks - 16 with vocals and one instrumental - with the assistance of singer Myles Kennedy and backing band the Conspirators, who appeared on 2012 release Apocalyptic Love.

Confirmed performers include Roger Chapman, Otis Grand, Bernie Marsden, Ian Parker, Kim Simmons, Danny Bryant, Stevie Smith, Marcus Malone, Mitch Laddie, Laurence Jones and The Flamingo Club All Stars House band featuring John O'Leary and Alan Glenn.

The band issued the following, "Unfortunately, due to a serious and prolonged ear infection suffered by Joel Grind of Toxic Holocaust, the Toxic Holocaust/Skeletonwitch Australian and New Zealand tour will not be happening in April 2014.

"Joel is unwell and recommended by his doctor not to fly till his condition is taken care of. We are truly sorry, but this is something that's out of [our] hands.

"Toxic Holocaust will be rescheduling their tour for November with another US band, whilst Skeletonwitch will now be doing their own headline tour sometime later when time permits in their busy schedule.

Clifford and bassist Stu Cook continue to work as Creedence Clearwater Revisited following the band's acrimonious collapse in 1972. And even though Fogerty last year suggested he might consider working with his surviving bandmates again, the drummer says the time has long passed.

"It would have been nice twenty years ago. But I like the guys I'm working with now," Clifford tells ABC. "I suppose if the original band got together again the money would be huge. But life is short, and the idea is to have as much fun as you can while you're on the planet.

Hogarth began keeping a note of his activities after a conversation with his father. He recalls: "Some years ago I went back up north to visit my parents in Doncaster. 'What have you been up to, son?' said my dad. 'I've been in Iceland on a glacier with a helicopter,' I began. 'Will you promise me you'll keep a diary? Stuff like that doesn't normally happen to people,' he said.

Apart from being the band's first single, "Levitation," is the lead song from the band's debut studio album, Circus Hero, which was released back on March 25.

The new video features Summers, along with singer and bassist Rob Giles and session drummer Greg Grunberg, performing the song in the recording studio.

"My goal is always to make something I'd like to drive around and listen to," Giles told USA Today. "He had the same attitude -- 'Let's just make a rock record that we love.'"

Apart from the former Led Zeppelin frontman, the festival will also feature performances from Jack White, Arcade Fire, Dolly Parton, Blondie and Bryan Ferry, The Wailers, Dr. Feelgood legend Wilko Johnson, The Pixies and The Black Keys.

Hughes and Galley were bandmates in Trapeze before the guitarist moved on to work with Whitesnake, Phenomena and Cozy Powell. He died of cancer in 2008.

As California Breed prepare for the launch of their self-titled debut album, Hughes tells Tight But Loose: "Andrew was born in 1991, but he sounds like he's from the psychedelic era. He is not really a 70s or 80s guy - his main influence runs from 1968 and then leaps into 1994 with Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.

The band recorded the traditional Irish song for their 1998 compilation album, "Garage Inc." Also included in a video package from the show is the night's opening track, "Battery", from 1986's "Master Of Puppets."

Metallica wrapped up their 9-date "By Request" South American tour in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 30. The band will launch a European summer tour in Helsinki, Finland on May 28.

The tune follows last month's release of the group's debut
single, "Thanks For The Line." Joining Hawkins in The Birds Of Satan are guitarist Mick Murphy and bassist Wiley Hodgden, who have a history performing together as 70s cover band Chevy Metal.

Produced by John Lousteau, the project includes guest appearances by fellow Foos Dave Grohl and Pat Smear, as well as Drew Hester, Rami Jaffee, Butch Vig, and current Yes frontman Jon Davison.

Journey had their most successful commercial period with Perry, who joined the group in 1977, and the partnership led to a string of multi-platinum albums.

"Steve and I had some really amazing times together - when we first got together, and for years after that," explains Schon. "He was a very funny guy, and he liked to party with the best of us. In the beginning, when we wrote 'Lights' and 'Patiently', the first two songs we wrote together, we realised immediately that we had chemistry. And the guy was really funny to be around, so we hung out all the time. We were very tight and close for years and years."

Asked what went wrong between the two, Schon says, "Things happen along the way - women come and go, and things sometimes go sideways, which it did, and I was sorry to see that happen, but it did. It wasn't really a fault of anyone's. We all had a lot of different things to deal with: you're growing up, you're in a big band, and you're making lots of money. You're doing whatever you're doing and it's not helping the situation. It's hard to keep it all together. But things happen for a reason."

The 21-song set featured tracks from throughout the band's 40-year career, as well as covers of Led Zeppelin and Mountain tunes. The show comes one week before the original KISS lineup's induction into the 2014 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, where they will be inducted by Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello.

Among the photos are images of Cobain's body on the floor of the living quarters above his garage: one showing his left arm with a hospital ID bracelet around his wrist (Kurt had left an LA rehab center days before), and another displaying an open box of shotgun shells at his feet.

What prompted Gillan to get involved? It's all down to a company called Sutton Seeds. The South West of England received an almighty battering during the bad weather of this past winter and Suttons Seeds - of Paignton, Devon - are keen to spread the word that the region has recovered from the storms.

They say of the follow-up to 2012's Neverworld's End: "Sacrificium will continue the musical journey and direction of the last CD - but it will bring in even more of everything people liked about the last one."

He explains: "Music and art is about creative thought, and it's a kind of game to us, which the music industry often forgets. The guys at Superball share the vibe."

Soul singer Lee Fields has teamed up with The Expressions for the third time for Emma Jean, the new album out 2nd June on Brooklyn's Truth & Soul Records.

According to the label the album arrives "at a time when many new artists are trying to emulate the genuine soulful swagger of the 1960s, Lee Fields is the real deal, his authenticity is in full force on the album's 11-tracks."

The multi-cultural band [as featured on the CD that came with issue 11 of The Blues magazine] will perform an exclusive acoustic show at the Vans Store in Camden [191-209 Camden High Street, opposite Camden Town tube station] in London on Saturday April 26 at 3.45pm.