AC/DC Star's Alleged 'Hitman' Speaks Out

He then launched a short-lived crowdfunding campaign for $480,000, saying it was to fund a solo album and a novel. Later his 16-year-old son claimed his father had been on a nine-week binge and was refusing to get the help he needed.

Now Florida Judge Martin Colin has granted Stapp's wife sole physical and legal custody of Jagger and siblings Milan, 7, and Daniel, 4. He's also ruled that the singer cannot return to the family home.

On Friday the singer posted a message, also later taken down, saying: "In light of the recent vicious attacks on my character as well as the vicious lies that are being spread about me, I'm left with no option but to address this circus.

The 68-year-old American is employed as a lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. His salary for the job falls short of the government's �31,000 requirement for foreign nationals - but once royalties for his musical work is factored in, he makes twice that figure.

An online petition supporting his position has gathered 3500 signatures, while more than 60 letters of support were written ahead of his appearance at an immigration hearing in London this week.

Campbell played during the new record's initial sessions before he stepped back to undergo surgery for Hodgkin's lymphoma. And he says when he was involved, the tracks they worked on were purely rock songs - although that might not be the case now.

He tells Canadian radio station Free FM: "Well, it's never finished until it's finished, but when we first started playing we did track as a band, and when we do that, we tend to write more rock songs. The first four or five tracks we cut were on the heavier side, but I have no idea if they will actually make the grade.

"The way Def Leppard records work, the last guy in the studio gets to have the final word. So who knows? I'm not gonna be there because I have too much medical stuff going on. I'm kind of done at this stage. There may be a final session in January or February that I'll not be party to, so I have no idea what the final thing's gonna be.

The band has been inactive since the 2012 deaths of 63-year-old guitarist Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt at 63 from cirrhosis of the liver and bassist Lee Dorman from natural causes at the age of 70.

Now, guitarist Mike Pinera has revealed that Iron Butterfly is back at it again. Pinera tells Jeff Cramer: "I'll let you in on a little scoop. We just reformed Iron Butterfly with some original members. A lot of the guys died. Ron Bushy, the original drummer and founder of the band, and myself, and Doug Ingle, Jr."

The announced dates will be kicking off on May 5th in Arnhem, Holland at the Gelredome and the final announced date takes place on July 25th in Warsaw, Poland at the National Stadium. So far the band have revealed 22 dates for the tour.

There is still no word from the AC/DC camp about who will be sitting behind the drums for the tour. Drummer Phil Rudd is currently facing some criminal charges in New Zealand and wasn't part of the band's recent video shoot.

"We've got lots of songs, and we're working with an unnamed producer who is really challenging us to find new ways to come up with new music," Smith said. "We've done the 'guys get in the room and jam out songs, everybody playing together all at once' thing. And we wrote a bunch of songs that way. And we're now going to try another method that will be really challenging for us and will bring new, exciting results for the band.

"We've written and recorded in a way that we've never done before, so the record is going great. We all have high hopes that it's going to take off and we're going to do something very different and unique for the Red Hot Chili Peppers."

Now Fafara reveals the long-awaited comeback album is finally in the bag. He says on Twitter: "The new Coal Chamber record is officially done. Can't wait for everyone to hear."

The book, entitled "Out On the Streets: The True Tales of Life on the Road With the Hottest Band in the Land...KISS!," is also set for a wider release on Amazon on January 1, 2015.

The four authors of the book, JR Smalling, Peter Oreckinto, Rick Munroe and the late Mick Campise, were members of the KISS road crew from 1974 through 1976.

The press release states that "The four authors spin tales of fighting headline acts like Aerosmith just to get in and out of gigs, logging over 90,000 road miles in 1974 alone, wrestling with thieves and warding off racism. There's violent tragedy on a personal level, mind-numbing hours and days without rest, bullet-ridden vehicles, arrests, abject poverty, catalogs of carnal pursuits, broken promises and ultimately a skyrocket of success."

Earlier this year, Danzig launched a legal action claiming Only cut him out of profits from the band's merchandise, saying as he created the band's 'Fiend Skull' character, he was entitled to a share of sales - a point dismissed by Only.

The case was thrown out of court, with Judge Gary Klausner saying as an agreement allowed Only to make money from merchandise, there was nothing for Danzig to sue over.

Although Massacre have not officially announced they have called it a day, the loss of founding member Butler and frontman Webb has led to speculation that the group are no more.

Butler says: "It's with a heavy heart that I am announcing my departure from Massacre. I would like to thank the awesome fans for their support and loyalty and to those who laboured to help bring the band back from beyond. Thank you as well."

Lombardo made the comments while speaking to the Hanger 19 podcast about his current group Philm. Here are the excerpts from the interview where the Slayer topic was discussed (transcribed by Loudwire.

About Slayer questions: "How sick am I? I'm pretty sick of it," He said laughing. "Especially when it gets misconstrued in so many different ways. Yeah, it's pretty annoying, but you have to understand that they journalists, they're fans and they've listened to your music for years.

"And what other fans, and the public or the Internet, what they don't understand is that they're interested in these questions because they've followed the band. So you've gotta have some kind of understanding of why this is in the press."

His reaction to how his comments are taken out of context in the media: "Next thing you know, you look like a bad guy, like you're talking s-t, and, actually, no, I'm just answering the f-ing question in the most honest way. You can't win, so that's why I kind of shy away from those questions and focus on my new band."

Barker leads a top 10 that also includes Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters, Michael Miley of Rival Sons, John Fred Young of Black Stone Cherry and Brent Fitz of Slash's solo band.

Rhythm say: "Travis has proved his popularity once again. Blink-182 put in a great performance at the Reading and Leeds festivals this year, and are working on a new album for 2015 - which should make Travis a shoe-in for top-spot next year too."

Now frontman Benjamin Kowalewicz says they're writing more fresh material for a new release and describes the process as a "new chapter" for the band.

He writes for All Axess: "I have noticed as I browse around online a rash of negative posts and hatred from people calling themselves fans and also from people who legitimately hate us. It's interesting how a band and music can evoke such strong emotion in people, but I totally get it because I was that kid who felt betrayed, too."

"Now we have all these 'old fans' that are complaining how we changed and we need to go back to our old sound and I just want to ask every one of them, where were you when we could only draw 300 people to a show? Where were all of your friends? If we were so great, why were we playing to half empty clubs for 500 bucks?"

He says: "I was so deep into the songs and ideas for such a long time - or I had my head up my own arse, if you prefer. It's hard to have any opinions about them other than the mumbo-jumbo of the introvert songsmith.

Stanley tells The Queen Latifah Show: "When I saw Phantom in London in 1988 I watched it and I said, 'I can do that.' I had no background in it. Ten years later I got a call from my talent agent and they says, 'How do you feel about trying to do a musical?'"

Stanley had to go through an audition process like any other actor and landed the job - which he says changed his life.

He adds: "I went to New York, got the role and they flew me up to Toronto where the show had run for 10 years. I took over doing eight shows a week there.

The alter-ego of punk band The Bronx are currently touring Europe with Gogol Bordello. One UK and Ireland date remains with the show in Dublin Academy tonight (Dec 16).

Gilmour first sat in with the band for a version of their tune, "Rinse Me Down", before firing up the Floyd classic. "This man gave me my first guitar," said guitarist Jamie MacColl as he introduced the evening's pecial guest, "and was one of the first people to play this venue and by my count has played here more than 27 times."

The Bombay Bicycle Club's show was the final concert at the famed London venue, which is set for demolition and redevelopment. "Last night at Earls Court we brought down the curtain on 12 months of touring," posted the band after the show.

"We have had the most amazing time this year and last night was no exception to this -- you guys make every show we play unforgettable. On top of that, being able to play Wish You Were Here with David Gilmour is also an experience that will last with us forever and we are eternally grateful to him for joining us to bring down the curtains on a venue that he has played so many times in his career."

An Ultimate Classic Rock video on the band quotes Vince Neil as saying: "When we came up with the name, we didn't even know what umlauts were. We were drinking Lowenbrau and when we decided to call ourselves Motley Crue, we put some umlauts in there because we thought it made us look European.

"We had no idea that it was a pronunciation thing. When we finally went to Germany, the crowds were chanting 'Mutley Cruh, Mutley Cruh. We couldn't figure out why the f*** they were doing that."

The song originally appeared on Mott The Hoople's fifth studio album, 1972's "All The Young Dudes." This fall, Down N Outz announced the addition of bassist Share Ross to the band; she was previously a member of Vixen and the short-lived supergroup Contraband.

Down N Outz - who play only Mott-releated tunes (including songs by Mott, Ian Hunter and British Lions) - were formed specifically to open a series of 2009 reunion shows for Mott The Hoople at London's Hammersmith Odeon.

"The Further Adventures Of�" is the band's third project, following 2010's debut album, "My Re-Generation", and the "Live At Hammersmith Apollo" DVD recorded during the 2009 shows.

Series creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker had the image of the Nirvana mainman sing festive tune Up On The Roof Top before the hologram loads a shotgun and pulls the trigger revealing a flag reading 'Merry Christmas.'

Images of Elvis, Tupac and Michael Jackson were also included in the episode. In the past, Parker and Stone have worked with bands including Radiohead and Rush, while Primus recorded the original theme songs for the long-running series.

Tyler performed "Dream On" and "Livin' On The Edge" before he and Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt played that band's international hit, "More Than Words."

"What an incredible honor to have this moment.... performing More than Words at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert with Steven Tyler," said Bettencourt after the event.

The mainman says: "To be honest, my main motivation to make this album was so I could make those crazy puppet shows. It's the typical random music that I've been interested in for the past few years. This song was directly influenced by the band Samael, whom I have great affection for as people."

He adds: "I feel like I'm at the end of a creative cycle. Z2 beat me up in a way I wasn't expecting, but when all was said and done, I'm very proud of it. Thanks to all of you who continue to support.

"My mind is full of music again, as it always is, but I'm trying to absorb some of the lessons that came with the over scheduling and chaos of this last period, and I look forward to getting my process back on track."

He tells the Eddie Trunk podcast: "Joel came with six shiny stars of approval in every aspect of his life, but Jesus Christ, what a player! He's incendiary, an amazing musician, truly inspiring and a beautiful guy too.

Queen + Adam Lambert will wrap up 2014 with an intimate UK show on New Year's Eve that will be broadcast by BBC One. The concert at Central Hall Westminster - close to the iconic landmark of Big Ben - will see just 2000 fans on hand to watch the legendary band ring in 2015.

"Queen + Adam Lambert Rock Big Ben Live" will take place in the build up to the clock striking midnight to see in 2015 and continue after the spectacular, world famous fireworks display along the river Thames, which will also be shown live on BBC One.