Reports of Winter's death surfaced on Wednesday night with American Blues Scene reporting that that several independent sources close to Winter confirmed his passing.

The wife of Winter's collaborator Rick Derringer, Jenda Derringer, also reported his passing on her Facebook page: "We were just told by a reliable source that Johnny has passed."

She later added, "He passes early this morning in Zurich, Switzerland." When asked how it happened, she said, "That I do not know, but he was not in good health and was very frail and weak."

Kid Logic Media confirmed the news early Thursday morning. They sent over the following message, "Texas blues icon Johnny Winter has passed away on July 16, 2014 in his hotel room in Zurich, Switzerland.

"His wife, family and bandmates are all saddened by the loss of one of the world's finest guitarists. An official statement with more details shall be issued at the appropriate time."

Classic Rock reports that Winter was due to release his 19th studio album "Step Back" in September. Winter - elder brother of Edgar - was born in the Mississippi delta and started out playing alongside Muddy Waters, B.B. King and others in his teens. Following the launch of 1968 debut album The Progressive Blues Experiment he signed to Columbia for the largest advance ever paid.

Howard said, "I am excited and honored to be working with Apple and the White Horse team on this astounding story of these four young men who stormed the world in 1964. Their impact on popular culture and the human experience cannot be exaggerated."

This film will focus on the Beatles' legendary early shows at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and their residencies in Hamburg to their last public concert at San Francisco's Candlestick Park in 1966.

The studio sessions will mark the first time they've worked together since ending a world tour three years ago. Greenwood tells the BBC: "We're going to start up in September, playing, rehearsing and recording, and see how it's sounding."

"The city [of London] is even better than the one you were in last year, so remember to dance, dance, dance," Bowie's statement read. "And then sit down for a minute, knit something, then get up and run all over the place. Do it. Love on ya. More music soon."

The band released their new album, "Redeemer Of Souls," in the U.S. last week and the new title sold 33,000 copies during the first week of release, securing the band their very first Billboard 200 Top 10 hit when the album landed at No. 6, according to hennemusic.

So, when Phil Rudd, drummer for AC/DC, releases his first ever solo album, Head Job, on Aug. 29, anticipation can run rampant, as there is no previous indication on whether it will be great like Phil Collins or more like Radiohead's Phil Selway, for whom the response was a bit more mixed.

"I wanted to add an extra seat," the drummer tells ABC News Radio, "because I wanted to take a fan with me, which we may still do. We're still kinda messing around with the insurance company, because it's one thing to insure me over the audience, but it's another to insure another just regular folk that I pick out of the crowd. That's a whole other animal, so we're working on it."

Lee has performed stunts during his solo for years, and he says "The Cruecifly" tops them all. "I've been wanting to do [this] my whole life, and [other tours have been] leading up to this," he explains. "This is like the mothership."

He was a founder member of the band in the early 1980s, leaving in 1991 before returning for a second spell in 2008. The band said he had left for "his own personal reasons" but insisted they would continue.

Popson tells Alternativenation.net: "I would love for that to happen - we would love to be a part of anything with them. Years ago, I met Slipknot's Sid Wilson and Paul Gray and we talked about it - we actually laughed about it.

It came in the wake of Godsmack's fourth album IV, when guitarist Tony Rombola formed side project Another Animal and roped in members of Godsmack - excluding Erna.

The singer tells Revolver: "After the IV record there were times when Tony was really bent with me because he got to a place where he started to write more, and he wanted more of his stuff on the records. And I was just like, 'Okay but it's still a band here. And me being the main songwriter, don't think I'm ever not going to write music.'

The footage follows Plant as he wanders the English countryside while recalling his travels in the American south that provided lyrical inspiration for the project.

The new live DVD will follow Paradise Filter, the band's first studio album since 2003, which appeared last year following a successful crowdfunding campaign.

They announced plans to recreate the 1970 classic in May, with the assistance of Heaven 17 vocalist Glenn Gregory, Spandau Ballet guitarist Steve Norman and others. Now an additional London appearance is on sale, alongside Sheffield and Glasgow dates.

It's the first time bassist Visconti and drummer Woodmansey have played together since 1971. They'd been bandmates in Bowie's band The Hype before Woodmansey became part of the Spiders From Mars and Visconti turned his full focus on production.

The sticksman says: "I'm genuinely excited - the first set we'll be playing is the whole of The Man Who Sold The World. That's never happened before, although we did do a couple of songs from the album during the Ziggy period. To perform that album with Tony, who played bass and produced it, will be amazing. It's been a long time since we grooved together."

The video appears ahead of the band's final UK dates before disappearing to work on what will be their seventh studio project. They say: "Wild Light was only the more coherent surface elements of a semi-explored planet - the tip of the iceberg, if you like.

"Oscillator is a less-diluted collection of off-cuts and lost edits; late night smartphone videos and unused music; real-time noise experiments using diegetic audio on a long stretch of European motorway; code-based sound generators and unmapped kinect territories, as well as footage from the dead cities and exceptional states of 2013's Sleepwalk City A/V installation."

Due July 22 on on DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats, the package captures the Texas trio in concert at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland on July 10, 2013.

The set features a blend of tracks from classic early '70s ZZ Top albums such as "Tres Hombres" and "Fandango" through their '80s blockbuster period with "Eliminator" and "Afterburner", up to their most recent release and return to their blues roots with 2012's "La Futura."

The middle section of the concert features a jazz-blues tribute to the late Montreux Festival founder Claude Nobs with guest appearances by Mike Flanigin on Hammond Organ and Van Wilks on guitar.

He believes the band can keep going after their identities are known, while remaining anonymous during performances, as long as it doesn't spoil things for their fans.

His comments come after Behemoth frontman Nergal appeared to have leaked the identity of his Ghost counterpart Papa Emeritus II. The Ghoul tells Ghost Coloumbia: "I'm very comfortable with the idea of not being anonymous - because in many ways we're not any more. Every show there's 50 people outside our bus; we do informal meet-and-greets all the time because we have to."

Citing the "laws of gravity" pulling the band towards their unmasking he adds: "We can't play an enclosed arena where we can shy away from everybody, just hovering in a helicopter."

The concert will serve as a fundraiser for the newly completed venue. "Our board was very supportive of getting the biggest rock star in the world," said Tobin Center representative Mike Fresher, speaking to San Antonio radio station KSAT.

"It's absolutely unheard of and it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for folks in San Antonio to not only see one of the remaining Beatles, but also to support the Tobin Center �." The venue's grand opening is slated for Sept. 4.

Aeon Zen last month introduced new guitarist Alistair Bell, who joined the ranks after Matt Shepherd bowed out amicably. Bell said: "I've been extremely busy writing solos for the upcoming record. The new material is significantly heavier than any of the previous albums - it's fantastic. We'll see you out on the road!"

Gallego is currently touring the UK in support of recent The Algorithm album Octopus4, with accompaniment by Uneven Structure drummer Jean Ferry.

He'll appear on upcoming album New World and will take part in their subsequent tour dates. The fan of Yes, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd and Dream Theater says the opportunity is a "lifelong dream come true" and adds: "I've been a jobbing musician for over 25 years, but to work with the talents of Dave Cureton and Adam Gough is just mind-blowing."

The memoir from the Anthrax leader sees Ian telling his life story, starting with his upbringing as a nerdy Jewish boy in Queens, New York, and evolving through his first musical epiphany when he saw The Who on television and decided he wanted to play guitar. Not long after, Ian saw KISS at Madison Square Garden and realized what he wanted to do with his life.