Soil Frontman Recovering From Stroke

The singer came second in US TV gameshow American Idol in 2009, and tied up with the remaining members of Queen two years later. They'll play seven shows in the UK in January.

"I think it would be great to do something, yeah," Queen's Roger Taylor tells Ultimate Classic Rock. "Not an album, probably. He's got his own stuff to do, and that's very much a priority for him.

He tells Rolling Stone: "I don't think we're going to do any more shows - I think our job is done. When we stopped touring in 2011, saxophonist Andy Mackay and I looked at each other and said, 'Our job is done here.'

Sharon said during an edition of her TV chat show The Talk: "16 years I've been on medication. Some days are better than others. Some days you feel like you just want to pull the sheets over your head and not do a damn thing - except rot."

Meanwhile, husband Ozzy will also pick up the Global Icon gong at the MTV European Music Awards in Glasgow this weekend. He recently revealed Black Sabbath's next album and tour would be their last, and later added that drummer Bill Ward's potential return to the band would be down to Sharon.

The Daily Advertiser reports Sony Music and Alberts will host the worldwide launch of AC\DC's 16th studio album at The Rock's market day at noon on the 23rd.

While the band will not be in attendance at the launch, the event provides those in attendance the chance to be the first in the world to listen to the new album ahead of its release in Australia on November 28.

While talking about Pink Floyd's new album with Rolling Stone, Mason said that the band has been slightly aided by U2 with their release of Songs of Innocence, which was automatically available to every iTunes customer for free.

"They did it the wrong way around and I'm fond of saying that what we did is a very old fashioned musical concept," Mason told Rolling Stone. "We're hoping people might actually buy this record."

He went on to explain how U2 giving away their album for free was a surprise to everyone. "It was so unexpected, I thought, and interesting that people took such umbrage at being given something. That does devalue things," he said. "Music has been horribly devalued by being given away. It's funny they didn't sense some of that. It's been the big story of the 21st century, music being devalued."

"It simply doesn't get any more real and authentic than this," says Backstage Auctions founder Jacques van Gool, "especially with the collection coming directly from Megadeth."

The auction will feature original stage back drops, flight and wardrobe cases, amps, cabinets, gear, picks and strings, apparel, set lists, lyrics, tour programs, ephemera, signed items and a whole lot more - including guitars.

"The selection of guitars in this auction is what Dave Mustaine and Megadeth fans could have only hoped for and dreamed of," explains van Gool. "Dave has been very generous with the instruments that he has decided to make available to the fans and collectors. He wants to make sure that his personal items end up with his fans, who will treasure them as he has."

The frontman has previously admitted .5: The Gray Chapter is the band's most personal record yet, dealing with the loss of bassist Paul Gray in 2010 and the members' struggle to deal with his death.

The first track to be revealed, The Negative One, was rumoured to be about drummer Jordison, who was fired in January after the parties "weren't able to work any more."

Taylor insists: "It's a little more blatant than people realise. Except for the songs that are very much about Paul, everything is either about me or about this band.

The band were last featured on Fallon's debut episode of The Tonight Show on February 17.The group will be on hand to promote their latest album, "Songs Of Innocence."

The project was recorded in Dublin, London, New York and Los Angeles and was produced by Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Declan Gaffney and Flood.

And he's convinced he would have died if he hadn't returned to face trial, even though he could have avoided the ordeal if he'd wanted to. Blythe was arrested and charged with manslaughter in June 2012, following the death of fan Daniel Nosek after a Lamb Of God show two years earlier. He spent six weeks in prison, then went back to Prague after being bailed for a court case in which he was acquitted.

In an audience interview recorded at last week's Housecore Horror Film Festival in Texas, Blythe says: "I was getting off the plane with my guys and I saw this woman checking passports. She takes our passports and I notice she's directing me to the right, and to the left all the people we don't know.

"John is already in there. There's five dudes - big motherf***ers in face masks with machine guns, big knives and all sorts of sh*t. They looked like they were there to get Bin Laden. And there were three huge Eastern bloc muscle dudes, and a woman who turned out to be the head detective.

"I'm like, 'F***, there must have been someone awful on that plane.' I look at my bass player and start singing Kool And The Gang, 'There's a party going on right here.' and he's like, 'No, dude, there's no party. This is something bad.'"

Blythe was handed some paperwork and told to collect any prescription medication he might need for the coming days - but he still didn't know what was going on. "All I could tell was that a kid had died and I was being blamed for it," he says.

Yesterday ex-bassist Tony Campos said he'd "held on to a sliver of hope" that he and Static could settle their differences, adding that the rest of the band felt the same way.

Now Fukuda confirms those sentiments, saying: "I'm still trying to process the sad fact that I've lost my dear old friend Wayne Richard Wells. He was an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, very special person - and also a very gifted artist with a clear vision. On a personal level he was a smart, kind, caring sweetheart, and a soft-spoken gentleman. I really loved his dark, biting and sharp sense of humor.

Hoglan tells Broken Neck Radio: "Right off the bat, it's been super fun - we're all interested and we're all into it.That's all it really needs. We want to write some songs, we want to put out a record, we want to go on the road and we want to see what happens. That was our attitude when we started playing some shows."

In the 23 years since their last release, Hoglan has played with artists including Testament, Viking and Strapping Young Lad. His most recent work was with Dethklok on their fourth album The Doomstar Requiem.

Senior Amazon exec Steve Bernstein says: "It's an outstanding achievement for Pink Floyd, and it proves they remain one of the most popular groups to grace the UK music scene."

Gilmour recently explained The Endless River was a tribute to late keyboardist Rick Wright, saying: "With Rick gone - and with him, the chance of ever doing it again - it feels right that these revisited and reworked tracks should be made available as part of our repertoire."

And to mark the announcement, they've released a stream of the track Also Am I. Time And Trauma is their first studio project with drummer Kyle Baltus, who joined the band in 2012. Mick Whitney makes his return on bass.

Frontman Brock Lindow says: "We've found a new home at Spinefarm Records. Although the label is new to us, some of staff are old friends and we couldn't be more grateful to unleash the beast that is Time And Trauma with their help. 20 years in and it feels like Spinefarm is a killer home to hang our hats."

Now they'll set up the museum, library, 500-seat event room and juke-joint styled restaurant at a former bus depot in Clarksdale. Boss LaMont Robinson says:

"This area has been so important to the history of American music and global music culture that we felt it was the best place to enshrine and honour the legends of R&B."

He originally created the piece for acclaimed recent solo release Sanctuary, with vocals by Angharad Brinn, who worked on his award-winning Kompendium album Beneath The Waves. He decided it had no place on the full-length record, so instead it'll be launched alongside a reworking of folk song Scarborough Fair and four instrumental tracks.

Reed says: "I'm a huge fan of The Wicker Man and always loved Willow's Song - it's a really haunting piece and I always wanted to do my own version. As soon as Angharad sang it I knew it was something quite special."

They'll be joined by fellow headliners Gregg Allman and the Scorpions - both UK exclusives - at Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent on July 25-26, with many more acts to be announced.

Marillion say: "We're proud to be heading up the Prog Stage - exciting stuff indeed. Mote Park is on the right side of London for a hop across the channel, so the Ramblin' Man Fair is thoroughly recommended to our European fans as well as the Brits."

The seven-man lineup recently completed their first run of shows in the US, after he put industry wrangles behind him last year and reactivated his touring career.

Fripp tells the Telegraph: "I've discussed the possibility of working in Europe next year, including the UK in September. There are still problems to do with the quality of venues - but it's being looked into."

He recently revealed that the current lineup, featuring Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, Jakko Jakszyk and Bill Rieflin, is the first with which he's genuinely enjoyed touring. Now he says: "It's the first Crimson where I don't sense any animosity or resentment from at least one member. This is a group from the get-go; the money is divided equally."

Both feature different artwork and it's the first concept album for the veteran frontman. It follows the release of the track Trick Or Treat� We're Going To Kill You which launched last week to tie in with Halloween.

GM Authority reports Stanley selected the exterior scheme, which has a unique candy red hue offset with Midnight Glaze Silver paint on the roof, rear hatch, spoiler, outside mirrors, and front grille. He also helped select the quilted parchment leather seats and accents in the Jet Black cabin, plus the dark red accent stitching throughout.

"This car is undeniable in terms of its aesthetics," says Stanley. "And it is also a world-class piece of machinery." Power comes from the 6.2L V8 LT1 engine putting out 460 horsepower mated to GM's new eight-speed paddle-shift automatic transmission.

In 1974, McCartney teamed up with Wings to perform and film their hits and new songs for what would become the documentary One Hand Clapping. The film wasn't released until three decades later, in 2010. "Love My Baby" was one of the songs featured in the documentary sessions.

Clocking in at just over a minute, the track kicks off with light bells that are reminiscent to a baby's lullaby before McCartney's familiar voice is heard. "Well, I love my baby and I want to shout/ I don't know what she's talking about," McCartney sings. "But I love my baby and it's good enough for me."

Due November 10 (Nov 11 in North America), the project features material recorded by David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason during sessions for 1994's "The Division Bell", and serves as the band's tribute to Wright, who died from cancer in 2008 at the age of 65.

The album is billed as a four-sided instrumental release with the lead single, "Louder Than Words", featuring new lyrics by Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson.

The gala event was held at The Avalon in Hollywood, Los Angeles, hosted by Sammy Hagar, with assistance from Billy Gibbons, Scott Ian, Henry Rollins and Monty Python icon Eric Idle.

Presentations took place after live performances by Scott Weiland and the WIldabouts and Rival Sons, with California Breed playing at the interval and supergroup Kings Of Chaos - including Hagar, Gibbons, Joe Elliott and Glenn Hughes - closing the evening.

Perry tells Larry King: "I think we're seeing the end of an era, the whole MTV era when the record companies had so much power. It wasn't unusual for somebody to put out a single, sell a couple of million and sell out arenas. That type of rock'n'roll was king.

"The way people receive music has changed a lot of things," he continues, saying he discovers more new music via TV than from any other medium. "But I don't think the excitement of music, and the excitement fans feel at a live performance, has gone away."

The project brings together Elvis Costello, Mumford and Sons' Marcus Mumford, Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith, Carolina Chocolate Drops' Rhiannon Giddens and producer T Bone Burnett, who together created music for two dozen lyrics that had previously been unreleased.

The lyrics were written by Dylan in 1967 after his motorcycle accident when he retreated to Big Pink and worked non-stop on music with five musicians known then as the Hawks, who later became the Band.

"I've always loved musicians like Jello Biafra and Henry Rollins, who have the balls to do spoken word performances," says Ian. "It's just them and the mike. There's no band to make them look good or cover up their mistakes. They're alone, naked. It's seemed like a really cool thing to do, but I'm not especially political and while I'm interested in a lot of different subjects from good food to great comic books, I'm not enough of an expert in any one area to get onstage and talk about it like I know any more than anyone else."

"Once I got over my jitters and latched into a groove I felt like I was performing at Madison Square Garden," he continued. "The euphoria of being onstage telling stories about my life and getting an immediate reaction from the crowd was better than crystal meth� not that I've ever tried crystal meth, but I've watched enough episodes of 'Breaking Bad' to know it gets you really f***ing high."

"I was making contact, they were intently listening, empathizing and laughing, not at me, but with me," he adds. "Some stories were better than others, but overall the pace, the flow, the interaction felt amazing. And while I know I'm a long way from guys like Rollins and Biafra, I felt like I had been doing this for years."

The "Swearing Words In Glasgow" DVD was filmed towards the end of the tour run in Scotland, and is being funded by a PledgeMusic campaign, which has surpassed its goal with the help of dedicated fans

The follow-up to 2011's Unto The Locust is due for release this Monday (10th November) via Nuclear Blast in loads of different formats - from double-white vinyl to a 48-page mediabook.

Frontman Robb Flynn said of the new Machine Head record: "I feel like, growing up in the Bay Area, we were exposed to so much amazing music... Everything from this incredible thrash scene to this politically charged punk rock and rap scene� and all of that bled into what Machine Head became."

It features guest star Theo Travis alongside bass and backing vocals from Nick Beggs, who says: "I really like the material - it has a nice pop sound and an aspect of progressive rock I can really relate to.

"It's been a very nice experience. I only work with nice people and I've stayed faithful to that." Keyboardist William Beckers says of saxophonist and flautist Travis' input: "He played some great stuff."

Cavalera tells The Vinyl District: "I feel proud, especially when we do it with Cavalera Conspiracy, because it's got me and Igor, two people who were involved in the original version of the songs."

He tells Ghost Cult: "We definitely want to stay a full-on death metal band. That was part of the initial objective - to be the best death metal band we could be. We don't want to really go beyond the boundaries of death metal, but we're looking for things that we haven't done before.

He released his self-titled debut solo album earlier this year via Napalm Records - a record featuring a guest appearance by Doors guitarist Robby Krieger. He'll now take to the road to promote it in December.

Along with material from his latest release, the vocalist will feature songs from throughout his career, including tracks from Kyuss records Blues For The Red Sun, �And The Circus Leaves Town, and Welcome To Sky Valley.

Joining him on the road are War Drum guitarist Honor Groban, You Know Who bassist Mike Pygmie and You Know Who and The Dwarves drummer Greg Saenz.

We were fooling around in the rehearsal one day. Playing some goofy stuff and so on when a football player came in and started to shout "control, Control, control, there's no control!" We rehearse in a football club and I guess they lost a game or something.

While the guy jumped around, banging his hands into the walls, john started to play this riff, and the banging stopped. A second later the football player stumbled in to the rehearsal room, staring at us with a kind of crazy look in his eyes. He stood like that for a few seconds, and said "YOU are in control, never forget that". Then he just walked out. We've never seen him since...

We finished the song, based on the riff john came up with. The lyrics is about money, the thing that makes our world a evil place.