Hagar has announced a series of North American dates this summer for the special shows. The U.S. shows include July 17th in Cadoot, WI at Rock Fest Chippewa Valley, July 19th in Maryland Heights, Missouri at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, July 30th in Hampton, NH at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, August 2nd in Mashantucket, CT at Grand Ballroom at Foxwoods and August 16th in Stateline, Nevada at Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys.

The rockers were performing in Portland, Ore., when Oliveri appeared onstage to sing lead vocals on "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" from the band's 2002 junior release Songs for the Deaf during the set's encore.

Oliveri was fired from Queens of the Stone Age in 2004, with the reason seemingly his tendency to party- a lot. Since then, his prominent project has been the metal/punk act Mondo Generator.

NME ran a report with a quote from a new Kerrang! interview with Vig where he disclosed, "We've been recording at some different locations, but we're almost halfway done with the recording and it's going well.

Vig also confirms recent comments made by frontman Dave Grohl that the album will take on a different sound than past Foo Fighters albums. Vig said, "It sounds different - we've thrown a few things into the mix, in the recording process, that are going to give the record a different sound and a different feel. It's been a challenge, but it's also been exciting."

He explained, "The term is funny. I just saw it on a T-shirt and I just thought it was funny�but we're all getting older and it seems that everyday I lose a friend. Last week I lost a friend named Dave Brockie, better known as Oderus Urungus of Gwar. He cast me in the Gwar movie, 'Skulhedface' and I went down to Richmond, Virginia and I lived with Gwar for a couple of days and shot their movie and got to know him and he's dead. So, a lot of my friends are dead. And before that, Jeff Hanneman,�it just keeps going on down the line.

"You can also refer to a relationship that's dead. 'You're dead to me', it's actually a song title I've had, 'Dead to Me', but I just blew it because I told you. (laughs) So it can mean that to.

"But I gotta say in the middle part of that song, we go a little crazy, musically, it's like a freestyle heavy metal jam in the middle section. And I unleashed one of my favorite screams erupt out of my throat, in the middle of that song. And I love capturing the pipes on the new record cuz I ain't getting any younger. When I hear my voice like that, at the full roar, like a lion, I'm like, 'damn this is great that I'm capturing this on a record in 2014.' I'm like, cool, I can't believe that's me."

Liljekvist had this to say to fans, "I've been thinking about this for the last couple of months and I've come to the sad conclusion that I have to leave the band. It's got nothing to do with 'difference in views�or any other bullsh*t. I just cannot combine job, family and commit 100% to Katatonia. Times for musicians are rough and I've decided to concentrate on my family and get a normal job that gets the bills paid.

"I've had some of the best moments in my life the past 14 odd years together with my favorite people in the world. I've been all over the planet with this lot�my second family. Thank you! I'm gonna miss playing with you and I'm gonna miss hanging out with you on the road so much. And I'm gonna miss meeting all the great Katatonia fans all over the world. You know who you are. You are truly amazing! I'm not gonna miss all the freaks and idiots we've come across during all the years. You probably don't know who you are. And I will not miss bad catering, sh*t beer and banana juice� This is Daniel, rocking the f- off! Cheers!"

The band added, "We are sad and hollow to see Daniel leave our ranks, but yet his decision has our sincere understanding. Nothing lasts forever and all good things must come to an end sooner or later. Yet it makes it so much more frustrating when it happens for the wrong reasons or before reaching our terminus. Particularly, we can't pretend the current climate has nothing to do with it, in fact this is undeniably yet another outcome of musicians struggling at the crossroads of today's "scene/industry". Tragically, this situation forces a member, brother - and our fans favourite long-time drummer - to resign from a band he sacrificed a decade and a half to build. While encouraging this topic to inevitable debate and re-evaluation, we will always be grateful for the years we shared together and we wish Daniel the best of luck in the future. It goes without saying, we part as band members, but certainly remain as friends.

"On a further positive note, this will not affect any of the upcoming tour dates. The 'Dethroned & Uncrowned - Unplugged & Reworked' tour next month will proceed accordingly and see JP Asplund taking on percussion duties - he was the one who actually played all original percussion on Dead End Kings/Dethroned & Uncrowned albums. Stand-in drummer Daniel Moilanen (Ex-Engel) will perform on the upcoming summer festivals.

Zombie and his band reportedly began work on the new album back in January and will resume work on it next month. He explained, "I don't want years and years to go by between records, even though somehow it always seems to happen."

He went on to say, "And, you know, we're really excited because we really felt that for ourselves as a band, the last record really kind of got back to something that I was looking for, and we were just excited to take it to the next level. When you're feeling inspired, you kind of want to go for it, because sometimes you don't feel inspired."

While fans wait for the release of this new album, they will have the new 'The Zombie Horror Picture Show' DVD, Blu-ray and companion book to tide them over. The live package will be released on May 20th.

"It will be a world tour," reveals Pete Townshend. "I'm not crazy about going on the road, but I'm in good shape and once I start doing it--and I'm still very good at it-I'll take some pleasure from it."

The veteran guitarist added that a new album by The Who is a distinct possibility. "I'm trying to [look] through my 20,000 hours of complete and utter disorganized music [to find possible songs]," he said.

"I'll be pulling some songs out of [his long-gestating project] 'Floss' to give to Roger [Daltrey] to see if we've got enough to make an album. It might be a big waste of time, but I'm hoping there will be an album."

"Hurry Up Sundown", which you can hear on NPR, is one of four previously unreleased Springsteen songs from the High Hopes sessions. Also to be featured on the EP are tracks titled "Mary Mary", "Her Blue Eyes" and the eponymous title track.

The pioneering British metal outfit continue today behind Lant, but speculation had been circling for some time that he, Mantas and Tony 'Abaddon' Bray were getting back together.

Dunn, who's now with M-Pire Of Evil, confirms there was a grain of truth behind the stories. He says: "I received a call almost a year ago from the original management. My response was that I was willing to talk - but I did not believe for one minute there would be any realistic chance, given the past history between the members.

"As time went by it became obvious to me that the two people who had to communicate in some way were the two of us. I made the decision to contact Conrad to get an answer, which would basically come down to a simple 'yes' or 'no.'"

The band will be releasing the new album, Song in My Head, on April 29th and will be staging the free show the night before from 6 PM to 8 PM Mountain Time on a stage that will be set up on 13th Street and College Avenue on The Hill in Boulder, CO. Check out the announcement video here.

The free show is just one of the opportunities that fans will have to see the band live this year. They have a number of headline tour dates announced and they will also be performing at several music festivals including a headlining slot at this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

"You know it's Frank Zappa when you hear it," Brent says. "It has that signature guitar tone. It provides hours of entertainment for my life! I have 80 of his albums on my iTunes. It's a mind-blowing catalogue."

Meanwhile, Mastodon are poised to release their sixth studio album, Once More 'Round The Sun, later this year via Warner Brothers. Produced/mixed by Nick Raskulinecz (Alice In Chains/Rush/Deftones), the follow-up to 2011's widely acclaimed The Hunter will feature 11 tracks and artwork by Oakland-based artist Skinner, who describes his work as "psychedelic nightmare paintings".

"Every Mastodon record is like taking a snapshot of where we are as musicians and as people," says vocalist/guitarist Bill Kelliher, "and Once More 'Round The Sun is definitely a snapshot of where we've been over the past year."

The publisher sent over these details about the book: In 1971, the Rolling Stones announced that they would be going into tax exile in the South of France. They would do a final "farewell" tour of Great Britain for two weeks in March. Two shows were played every night and the set list included, not only classics like "Midnight Rambler" and "Satisfaction," but also tracks from their unreleased album, Sticky Fingers.

Robert Greenfield was the only journalist allowed to accompany the band on this whirlwind tour. He provides a first-hand account of the end of the first chapter of this band's extraordinary career.

After this tour, the Rolling Stones would never go back to the small shows, where they would jump on stage and just perform. From then on, there would be rehearsals, sound checks, backstage passes, and security. This last tour of Great Britain marked an end to a time when one of the greatest bands in history could play rock 'n' roll the way it was meant to be played.

Here is the official synopsis: For ten days in March 1971, the Rolling Stones traveled by train and bus to play two shows a night in many of the small theaters and town halls where their careers began. No backstage passes. No security. No sound checks or rehearsals. And only one journalist allowed. That journalist now delivers a full-length account of this landmark event, which marked the end of the first chapter of the Stones' extraordinary career.

Ain't It Time We Said Goodbye is also the story of two artists on the precipice of mega stardom, power, and destruction. For Mick and Keith, and all those who traveled with them, the farewell tour of England was the end of the innocence.

The annual celebration of Ramone's legacy will be taking place at a more intimate venue this year, Bowery Electric, which is located on the corner of the Bowery and Joey Ramone Place (only a block away from where the legendary CBGBs once stood).

The Joey Ramone Tribute Band featuring Cheetah Chrome, Glen Matlock, Sic F*cks, George Tabb, Mickey Leigh and additional surprise guests will be headlining the show.

The event will also feature performances from Andy Shernoff, David Peel, The A-Bones, Heap, Gobsh*tes, The Independents (a group Joey managed), and The Bullys. Sean O'Sullivan's Punk Pipers will once again be the closing act for the celebration.

Organizers also announced that John Holmstrom, Stig Stench, Monte Melnick, and Peter Aschner will all act as Masters of Ceremony for the event.

Joey Ramones Birthday Bash cofounder Mickey Leigh had this to say, "There is never a shortage of reasons to celebrate the birthday and life of my brother, and never hard to find a theme every year, either.

The four 12-inch vinyl collection, called Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions, features songs from the complete 1991 and 2001 Unplugged sessions.

It will include songs that were not aired, including "Half A World Away," "Disturbance at the Heron House," "Radio Song," "Low," "Perfect Circle," "Fall On Me," "Belong," "Love Is All Around," "It's The End of The World As We Know it (And I Feel Fine)," "Pop Song 89," "Endgame" and more.

First, they performed (along with former touring guitarist and Grohl's fellow Foo Fighter Pat Smear) at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Thursday night (April 10), joined by Joan Jett ("Smells Like Teen Spirit"), Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth ("Aneurysm"), Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent ("Lithium") and Lorde ("All Apologies"). Later that night, they performed a longer set at Brooklyn metal bar St. Vitus with Jett, Gordon and Clark (Lorde had to fly to California for her scheduled performance at Coachella), along with J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. and John McCauley of Deer Tick (he also fronts a Nirvana tribute band, "Deervana").

Grohl and Novoselic both discussed the epic night with Rolling Stone, revealing that they also wanted PJ Harvey to perform with them that night."Kurt loved PJ Harvey," Grohl told RS. "We had always imagined playing our song 'Milk It' from In Utero with her. It's a twisted song, almost like something that could have been on her record Rid of Me, which was also produced by Steve Albini [who produced In Utero]. It just seemed to pair up so well. Unfortunately, she couldn't make it."

The former bandmates came up with the idea of the tribute about eight weeks before the big night, which called for a bit of preparation. "I picked up a Nirvana tab book a week before to re-learn my parts," Novoselic said.

For Grohl's part, he had to re-acclimate himself with the physical rigors of playing drums for Nirvana: "I haven't played those drum parts since I was 25. I'm 45 now. We played for 10 f***ing hours each day," over two long days of rehearsals. "After the first night of rehearsals, I limped home, had two glasses of wine, three Advil, took a hot shower and slept for 10 f***ing hours. That's a coma for me, because I never sleep."

One song that didn't make the long induction ceremony (which went overtime by about an hour) was an all-star finale of AC/DC's "Highway To Hell," a song that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have been playing on their tour (the E Street Band were also inducted that night, and performed prior to Nirvana). Novoselic was glad that that part of the program got cut: "I wasn't into it," he says. "I love AC/DC and I love Bruce Springsteen. I grew up listening to them. But we kept saying, 'We have the big finale. We have our finale!'" Indeed, anything would have been anticlimactic after that performance.

To more pressing matters, Pixies are set to release their first LP in over 23 years called Indie Cindy, and Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering sat down to talk with Radio.com at Coachella about some songs that didn't make the cut, their new touring bass player Paz Lenchantin, Francis' porno-graphic novel The Good Inn, and how journalists have been approaching their new material.

Other comedians confirmed include Fin Taylor, Alfie Brown, Noise Next Door, John Hastings, John Robertson, Matt Rees, Pat Cahill, Mat Ewins, Rob Deering and Jim Smallman, who has a Ron Burgundy tattoo.

Due May 19 (May 20 in North America), "So U" sees Schon team up with Black Star Riders bassist Marco Mendoza and Journey drummer Deen Castronovo for the project.