"Eddie Van Halen came by to visit Howie at his studio," read the post on the Facebook page of the Howie Weinberg Mastering Studio. Weinberg mastered Van Halen's 2012 album, "A Different Kind Of Truth." The world renowned mastering engineer's resume includes 4 Grammy nominations, 4 TEC Awards, over 3000 releases, 200 Gold Records and an estimated quarter of a billion records sold.

Earlier this year, reports indicated the band were actively working on new music. In February, Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti confirmed activity when he was asked about new music from his solo project, Tremonti - which now includes bassist Wolfgang Van Halen.

DeLonge took to Instagram to announce the album news saying, "Rehearsals start today� And yes there will be a new album #SorryForTheWait #Blink."

"It always happens when the three of us are together in a room," Mark Hoppus told Kerrang (via NME) last August. "Because when [we're not touring], Tom lives in San Diego, Travis [Barker] lives in Los Angeles and I live in London, so we don't really talk all that much.

The shows will play to a much smaller audience than KISS is used to: The Joint will seat about 3,200 for these shows. Paul Stanley told USA Today, "Usually, going into a smaller venue means eliminating things.

"The great thing about going into The Joint, it gives us the opportunity to add. Much in the same way as a Broadway show, when you have a permanent installation, you're not breaking down every night to travel. So we can do things we wouldn't normally do."

The spot plays off Metallica's now nascent relationship to New York Yankee Mariano Rivera. Now retired, Rivera was known for his entering the field to Metallica's "Enter Sandman." The song became so synonymous with the baseball great that when Rivera retired, the band flew in to perform the song at the ceremony. According to ESPN, the track was so married to Rivera that the Hard Rock retired the song from the music system at "all Hard Rock-branded restaurants, hotels and casinos worldwide with the exception of Hard Rock Cafe Yankee Stadium."

As if the band is now suddenly out of job, the ESPN spot portrays the band as no longer having anything do to. The ad begins with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich pitching athletes and coaches on using their songs as entrance music.

The work improved blood flow to the heart by 30%. However, he remains under observation after developing a severe lung infection.

The band will be releasing their fifth studio album, "El Pintor", on September 9th. Fans have already gotten their first taste of the album with the lead single "All The Rage Back Home."

Interpol's North American tour is scheduled to kick off on September 15th in Vancouver, BC at the Commodore Ballroom and the trek will wrap up on November 29th in Washington, D.C at the 9:30 Club.

Lamb Of God frontman Blythe took to Instagram to praise Tommy, who he thanked for "helping to create the music that changed and saved my life." He says: "The importance of the Ramones in the history of underground music cannot be overstated - before the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Black Flag and way before any speed/thrash metal band, The Ramones were blowing minds with loud, fast, aggressive music.

Cuomo told EW that the song "Back to the Shack" a new track which the band began playing live in early 2014, has been molded to the fan's wishes. "I think on the fan-cam version [shot on the Weezer cruise], there's a line in the bridge 'We belong in the rock world.' And then I changed it to 'We belong in the rock zone,'" Cuomo said. "When we kept performing the song live, the fans heard that one change in that one word, and online they started hitting me saying 'Change it back to rock world!' That's how fine-tuned their aesthetic is."

Going back to the rock roots is not the only step back, and in the direction demanded by their fans, that Weezer have taken. They are also working with producer Ric Ocasek again on Everything Will Be Alright in the End. Cuomo gave some insight into how his fingerprints can be heard on the studio version of "Back to the Shack."

New York Daily News reports that the Brooklyn trio (Brickhouse plays guitar, Adkins plays bass and Dawkins plays drums), who have spent the summer on the Warped Tour, signed a two album deal with an option for four more albums. The deal could be worth $1.7 million.

The teens were discovered by session drummer Steve Jordan in New York's Washington Square Park, where they set up to perform for passersby. They've gotten a good amount of attention for their public performances: this video, of them performing in Times Square, has passed 200,000 views on YouTube.

Last month, the band released "Alter Bridge: Live In Milan" on DVD, Blu-ray and CD. The group were recorded at the legendary Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy on November 12, 2013 in front of a sold out crowd of over 10,000 screaming fans.

And when doctors insisted he went under the knife last month, Iced Earth were forced to cancel a string of festival and headline dates. In an update on Facebook, Schaffer says:

The 11-track record is due in September 22 and sees the bluesman back at work with producer Kevin Shirley, alongside organist Reese Wynans, bassist Carmine Rojas and Michael Rhodes, and drummer Anton Fig.

Bonamassa recently said: "I decided I wanted to make a completely original blues album. I've really had to push myself to make everything I do better than the last project. I know the fans expect it - and I feel like I owe them an original record after all these years."

Drummer Menza and bassist LoMenzo got together recently for a jam session in California, where the pair cranked out classic Megadeth tracks along with a number of Led Zeppelin covers.

Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford and Richie Faulkner joined host Bob Coburn on July 7 to discuss the project and to take calls from fans across the continent; Halford and Faulkner returned for a second program on July 9.

The shows will be streamed for free on the Rockline website here beginning the evening after the day of broadcast and available for a 2-wseek period.

It's the first time Jon Allen has toured his trademark mix of catchy tunes and folk and Sixties-inflected country blues in the UK since 2013, and will follow his new album's launch gig at The Half Moon in Putney on June 18th and appearances at the Cornbury Festival on Saturday, 5th July, and Kew The Music on Friday 18th July.

Jon said: "I'm really looking forward to getting back on the road and playing out my new material. It's great to be able to draw on a larger body of work. The arrival of the new album has made it harder to write a set list because I think there are a lot of strong songs on the record vying to be included. I guess that's a good problem to have. There are some tracks on Deep River that I think are among my best work. I hope the fans enjoy them as much as I do."

Night & Day, the first single released from Deep River, continued Jon's run of success, spending 5 weeks on BBC Radio 2's playlist. Jon said, "I'm delighted and to have had such a good reaction to Night & Day. There is always a feeling of holding one's breath and a fear with a new album and first single - no matter how good you think a song is - that it will be a damp squib, so when it does get love back it's extremely gratifying. Getting the Chris Evans 'bump' was a real bonus too".

Deep River contains some of Jon's best work. To him, it's simple. "I just try to write music that moves me. I'm trying to express some truthfulness. There are no gimmicks, no beeps and whistles." On it he channels everyone from Dylan to Shakespeare, via Al Green, JJ Cale and John Martyn, and even manages to write a romantic song about bankers ("I know there's not a lot of sympathy for bankers, but it's nice to write a song from the point of view of the bogey man and try and find the humanity even of him").

He tells HardDrive: "The only thing I keep in my house is a drum set and acoustic guitar. I never really play electric at home. And because of that, whenever I'm noodling around, a lot of good ideas come up that are not always necessarily good for Godsmack. So I tuck those away. So, for sure, I'll do another solo album at some point. I don't know how long, because I'm still debating who I'm gonna use for the project."

A number of cassette copies were distributed and the album went on to be described by many as 'the greatest metal album never released'. Finally, it will be released on Friday, September 26 on CD and vinyl through Cult Metal Classic Records.

The Boston rockers opened their 18-song set with the 1976 track, "Back in The Saddle", before running through a mix of classics from their 1970s and 1980s catalogue.

The group performed one track, "Freedom Fighter", from their latest album, "Music From Another Dimension", featuring Joe Perry on lead vocals. Slash joins Aerosmith for the trek, which runs to September 9 in Clarkson, Michigan.

The album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, The Cars, Foreigner, Alice Cooper), while longtime Yes associate Roger Dean handled the cover art.

Yes recently launched a US tour to support the project. The shows see the band performing two albums in their entirety - 1971's "Fragile" (for the first-time ever) and a repeat performance from last year's tour of 1972's "Close To The Edge" - followed by an encore of their greatest hits.