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Rudd attorney, Paul Mabey QC, issued a press release that said, 'I was advised by the (Tauranga) Crown Solicitor, (Greg) Hollister-Jones, that he had reviewed the police file and the available evidence to support the charge of attempting to procure murder. He had formed the view that there was insufficient evidence to justify that charge. He has now withdrawn the charge.'
The drummer was taken into custody after a raid at his Tauranga area home and was later released on bail. Rudd will still face charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of cannabis and threatening to kill.
A spokesperson for Tauranga Crown Solicitor Greg Hollister-Jones confirmed to Sky News Australia that the attempted procurement of murder charge has been dropped.
Mabey told Stuff.co.nz that Rudd will fight the threatening to kill charge and he also said that the drug possession charges were "minor".
Mabey also told the news outlet that that "the decision to charge Mr Rudd was made by the New Zealand Police without consultation with the Tauranga Crown solicitor."
The attorney added, "Mr Rudd has suffered unnecessary and extremely damaging publicity as a result of widespread and sensational reporting of a very serious allegation, which on any basis was never justified."
Before this dramatic change in events, AC/DC issued a statement Thursday addressing Rudd's arrest and assuring fans that it would not disrupt their upcoming album release and tour plans.
The band wrote on their Facebook page, "We've only become aware of Phil's arrest as the news was breaking. We have no further comment. Phil's absence will not affect the release of our new album Rock or Bust and upcoming tour next year."
"If you asked me a year ago, I wasn't playing the guitar so much as I ought to," he said, "because I was spending so much time listening and completing the projects we're on now. But I am playing the guitar � because I am starting to get myself ready for the idea of doing something next year. In the same way that I approached the O2 [show], you get yourself up to speed�."
Page declined to specify who he has in mind as backing musicians. "I have to finish all the stuff I'm doing at the moment, all the promo and all of that, and then I'll do some serious rehearsing �," he said. "[I'll] reveal my hand at a later date � [form a band) next year."
The veteran guitarist did hint that his set list would combine old and new material. "I've got a lot of music that I'm known for," he said. "It goes back to still being a teenager. So I've got a lot. And I've got new material, that's the key to it, which will bring new surprises."
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The entire set is included as bonus material on R40, a six-BluRay disc compendium compiling of all of their live concert films from the past few years. There's 2003's Rush In Rio, 2005's R30, 2008's Snakes and Arrows Live, Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland and last year's Clockwork Angels Tour. This week, Radio.com is proud to host the premiere of "The Loser."
We spoke with bassist/singer Geddy Lee about the performance, the band's early days, and how he developed his on-stage banter. What went through your mind when you watched the footage of you guys performing in 1974?
Well, watching that is like an out-of-body experience for me. Because I remember it, and at the same time, it was so long ago, it's hard to know if it's a real memory, or a dream state memory. It's hard to feel like that same guy who was screeching on the stage back then in unusual clothing.
Alex Lifeson told us that the thing that stuck out in his mind is that the audience were seated the entire time, no one got up! That was a very Canadian response back then. Canadians, especially back then, were an almost self-conscious audience. Even if they were loving it, most of the crowd was quite quiet. That's changed, of course, over the years. Back then, you would play a small town in Canada or across the country, and you wouldn't be sure that they were loving it. When they actually were loving it, but they weren't very demonstrative about it. So, we'd come back from the U.S. and American crowds were famously exuberant, and then you'd cross the border and do some small town in Saskatchewan or something, the crowd would be not so exuberant. You'd feel like you were bombing, but afterwards people would come up and say, "Man, I loved your show!"
Was it bittersweet, watching the footage with John Rutsey? Yeah, it is sad in one sense, but it's also quite a nice thing that this footage is available, so people can see what we were like with him, and what he was like. I think in a way, it helps keep his memory alive. He's part of our history.
Back then, John was the guy in the band who talked to the audience from the stage. Did you prefer that you didn't have to take on that role? I was always the reluctant� everything. I was originally a guitarist, and the bass player in my old garage band quit, and they voted and I became the bass player. I was the only one that could sing, so I became the singer. I didn't really want to write lyrics, so in the early days of Rush, John wrote the lyrics. I was a very shy kid, I didn't really feel comfortable talking to the audience, so John did that. So I really kind of backed into my entire career.
Read the rest of the interview and watch the video featuring the lost song
here.
The show, which will take place at RFK Stadium, will feature sets from Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., Heart, Joan Jett, LL Cool J, Trouble Funk and Trombone Shorty.
And if that wasn't enough, Dave Grohl and the guys are promising fireworks, a motorcycle rally and a BBQ at this festive occasion. Do not plan to hear them play their debut in its entirety though, Grohl has made it very clear he's not into that.
Read more and check out the poster for the special show
here.
Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley were finally inducted in April and organizers wanted the foursome to perform at the ceremony. But Stanley and Simmons wanted to play with the current band, which includes Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. In the end, neither lineup played live.
Stanley tells KNPR News: "They wanted to have the original guys play in the band, and all of us in makeup, and, quite honestly, I think it would have done the band a disservice. That lineup has not been together for 14 years, and physically, perhaps, wouldn't have looked that great, and musically, undoubtedly, probably, would have sounded a bit suspect.
"So, to have people watch it on television and identify that as Kiss because there's four guys in makeup would not send a great signal to the people who are not following the band in its current permutation, or what it is today." Read more
here.
The new album will officially be released next Tuesday, November 11th but fans can purchase the album digitally now for just $5.00 via Rokbiz and the band will be donating 10% to veterans charities. Order your copy here.
The official release date was timed to coincide with this year's Veteran's Day observance in the United States. Saving Abel guitarist Scott Bartlett had the following to say, "We've always supported the troops. They remind us every night on tour that our music has helped them through some of their darkest hours away from home and family.
"There is a mutual respect between SA and the military that is very endearing and very real. If they are going to risk their lives so that we can play rock and roll, we need to remind them as often as we can that we recognize their sacrifice.
"Releasing the album on Veteran's Day is not a coincidence, it was a choice made by the five of us. We don't want any credit for it. We simply want to remind people that our military risk everything for democracy.
Blood Stained Revolution is a guitar heavy rock record that stays true to our southern and American roots. We are confident that our message of hope through rock and roll will continue to inspire and help people through rough times."
Guitarist Jason Null adds, "Some of our most memorable shows were played for our troops. This year was basically 'back to the drawing board' for Saving Abel so we missed out on being able to go visit with them. Donating a percentage of these proceeds was just the right thing for us to do."
Fans can catch the band on their current North American tour in support of "Blood Stained Revolution" with the current string of dates running until December 21st and the band expected to announce their 2015 tour plans soon.
Check out the current tour dates here.
The band will be kicking off the 60 city tour on February 14th in Allentown, PA at the PPL Center and will be concluding the trek on August 29th in Atlanta, GA at the Aarons Amphitheatre at Lakewood.
The new album will be released on CD and digitally on November 17th and the band will celebrate the release with an appearance that night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, followed up with an appearance on Good Morning America on November 20th.
Check out the tour dates here.
Stones frontman Mick Jagger has developed a throat infection and a doctor has ordered him to rest his throat for a few days forcing the band to cancel the November 8th show in Hanging Rock.
The band expects to resume the tour on Wednesday November 12th when they perform in Sydney. A band spokesperson released this message, "The Rolling Stones are incredibly disappointed to cancel the Hanging Rock gig and to disappoint their fans but were left with no other option."
Find refund information on the band's official site
here.
Rhoads entered Ozzy's life as he was trying to build a band following his dismissal from Black Sabbath in April of 1979. Bassist Dana Strum - who later went on to form Slaughter - was working with Ozzy to audition players when he brought Rhoads in to the studio.
"This little guy comes in with blonde hair and I thought, 'Is that a chick?'," Ozzy explains. "He spoke and suddenly my ears perked up. He says, "Well, what do you want me to play?' I said, 'Play anything.' So he starts playing and I'm like - even in my drunken, stoned-out stupor - I go, 'Either this is f***ing one of the best things I've ever heard in my life or these drugs are really good'"
Rhoads joined Ozzy's new band, Blizzard Of Ozz, and went on to record the group's explosive 1980 debut and 1981's "Diary Of A Madman" before being killed in a plane accident at the age of 25 on March 19, 1982 while on tour with Osbourne. "I truly believe if hadn't got killed when he did he would be up there with the big guys," says Ozzy. "He was f***ing phenomenal."
Check out the video of the interview
here.
The band's 17-song set opened with the title track to 1982's "Creatures Of The Night" before running through tracks from their 40-year career, including 9 tunes from the classic 1970s catalogue.
KISS will perform 9 shows at The Joint between November 5th and 23rd. The group's first extended stay in Las Vegas sees KISS following in the footsteps of several other rockers who paved the way, including Carlos Santana, Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Rod Stewart and Meat Loaf, among others.
Watch the video
here.
"Hell no!" he told TMZ in Nashville on Wednesday. "I have to go onstage with him next year. I wanna love the son of a bitch." Asked if he would consider reading it after the 2015 tour, Tyler replied, "I might. He hasn't read mine either."
Tyler is in Nashville to tape a performance with Brad Paisley for ABC-TV's CMA Country Christmas special this fall, which is being taped this Friday at the Bridgestone Arena.
Airing Monday, December 1st at 8 PM, ET and hosted by Sugarland vocalist Jennifer Nettles, the two-hour program celebrates the holidays with some of the biggest names in music performing holiday classics.
Watch video of the Tyler encounter
here.
It launched on YouTube under a one-year agreement with Bowie's publisher and racked up close to 24 million views. It was removed in May this year after the deal expired.
Now, following months of talks, a new two-year agreement is in place enabling the track and video to be re-released. And Hadfield doesn't blame anyone for the situation.
He says on his blog: "David Bowie and his publisher had been very gracious - they had allowed his work, his intellectual property, to be made freely available to everyone for a year and had worked with us and the Canadian Space Agency to make it happen.
"There was no rancour and we removed it from YouTube to honour the agreement. This sequence wasn't anyone's fault. The day we took the video down, we started to work again to get permission to get it re-posted. But the legal process is careful and exacting and takes time."
Read more and watch the video
here.
In a Facebook Q&A with fans, Nicks says: "I probably wouldn't be a judge on The Voice. It takes a lot of time, and there are so many things I want to do over the next 10 years.
"If you work on one of those shows, you are invested in it, and they spend a lot of time - half a year - of solid work, and you really can't be taking off on tour. Most people can't give up that time, for anything."
She adds: "I will probably never write a tell-all book. All the people I would talk about are still alive, and probably wouldn't be happy about it, so I wouldn't do that to them. Some day, when we're all very old, I will write the story in a very kind, calm, fun and romantic way. But not for a long time."
Read more for details about a possible 24 Karat Gold follow-up
here.
In a post on his website, Corgan says: "Mike Byrne has taught me a lot about his generation. And watching the twitch up close, the ADD of it all, I'm starting to understand what he found boring about The Mighty SP. He wasn't wrong. But he also wasn't right.
"Because the way to replace something is to best it, not join its shallow-pool ranks. And great musicians like MB are capable - if they are willing to stop looking into the shiny sun and wonder, quite rightly, what lies on the dark side of the moon."
Read more
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The band have released a trailer and revealed the track listing for the album, which will be their first studio effort featuring lead singer Vicky Psarakis. Check out the trailer here.
Guitarist Danny Marino also shared the following details about the album's cover art, "We decided to go with a different medium for the cover art of Eye of Providence.
"We went with real photography and objects rather than hand drawn or CG as we have in the past. Deepti Suddul provided the awesome close up of the human eye. After that we passed it to Aaron Marsh who took our lyrics and concept to make the amazing cover art and album layout."
Check out the tracklisting here.
The 31-date tour kicks off on January 27 in Miami. They'll still play the live shows and will recruit touring musicians to stand in for Harris. They say his departure isn't permanent.
They say in a statement: "Due to illness within his family, we would like to announce that Mitch Harris will unfortunately not be performing with us for the near future. We stress that this is not a permanent arrangement, although we are unsure exactly when Mitch will return under the circumstances."
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The three-disc package includes a new mix by Steven Wilson plus music and a script synopsis from the abandoned film which was intended to accompany the original release.
The movie, set to star Leonard Rossiter, was shelved after the band failed to secure funding. Instead, War Child was released as a standard 10-track album.
The anniversary edition also features 10 orchestral soundtrack pieces of which only one has been previously released - War Child Waltz appeared on the 2002 reissue. Tull mainman Ian Anderson's sleeve notes appear in an 80-page booklet, which also carries a movie synopsis. Read more details and stream the song
here.
Frontman Anders Friden reveals they're recording in their homeland as they want to give something back to fans and say performing in the country is like "coming full circle."
He tells Dearly Demented: "Gothenburg is the biggest show on the tour and it's in our home country. The city has given us a lot through the years and we would like to give something back and document where we started. It's like coming full circle."
The band released 11th album Siren Charms in September after inking a deal with Sony and Friden says returning guitarist Niclas Engelin brought "good vibes" to the recording process - but insisted he and guitarist Bjorn Gelotte still wrote the music.
Read more
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Speaking to Nicky Horne on the Classic Rock Magazine Show, Ozzy recalled Sharon's "tough love," saying: "It was about 4am, I was coming off some sh*t that I'd been taking and I wanted someone to love me back to life.
"I go, 'Sharon, I think I'm dying.' She goes, 'Well, die quietly - I've got a meeting at 9 o'clock.'" But he admitted he couldn't live without having the riot act read to him, adding: "We're not afraid to hang our dirty laundry in public. People know us as a family from The Osbournes TV show and that was not fixed. It was the way we live."
Read more
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"The Black Pearl is one of those things that - we initially had been taking other vehicles and cutting and pasting, making you own prototype in a way," explains Hetfield.
"This one we actually started from scratch. We started with a '48 Jag and basically tried to work it, work it down to frame and build it up from scratch from a drawing. It took it to a whole new level of car building: from a drawing."
The Black Pearl was inspired by some of the early concept cars of the 1930's, while the chassis is based off of a 1948 Jaguar. The body was completely hand built and shaped by Marcel and Luc De Lay under the direction of Dore, who's Rick Dore Kustoms built the rest of the project before the lustrous black finish was applied by Daryl Hollenbeck.
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The BBC aired the new track on Radio 1′s Zane Lowe show on Thursday. The album version of "Outside" features Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh and was written and recorded in Joshua Tree, California.
"Sonic Highways" was recorded in eight American cities - Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
The Foos are unveiling new tunes each week in sync with their 8-part HBO series of the same name, which premiered October 17. Check out the new song
here.
The song originally appeared on McCartney's 1970 self-titled solo debut; the bassist wrote the tune in 1969 just prior to the end of The Beatles, and dedicated it to wife Linda for helping him get through the breakup of the world's biggest band.
Joel also covers McCartney's 1973 James Bond theme, "Live And Let Die", on the album, due November 17 (Nov 18 in North America). The project features a variety of artists joining the former Beatle's long time band to perform songs from the bassist's legendary songwriting catalog.
Guests include Alice Cooper, Roger Daltrey, Paul Rodgers, Def Leppard, Bob Dylan, The Cure, Brian Wilson, KISS and many more. Check out Billy Joel's cover
here.
The Flaming Lips released their special guest filled Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute album late last month. The album features special guest appearances from J. Mascis, Miley Cyrus, Tegan and Sara, Grace Potter, Moby and more.
The Oklahoma band and the former Disney star were on Conan's late night TBS talk show to promote the new album's release which will benefit charity.
The Flaming Lips revealed in the album release announcement that "all proceeds from sales of With A Little Help From My Fwends, will be donated to The Bella Foundation, a non-profit organization based in the band's hometown of Oklahoma City that assists low-income, elderly, or terminally ill pet owners with the cost of veterinary care."
Watch the performance
here.
The multimedia machine also features custom Marshall-themed enclosures, sword handle brake lever, a silver skull gearstick, Pioneer sound system, Marshall-themed seats and a backlit Slayer logo on the rear bumper. View the video below.
Guitarist Kerry King previously stated the car would enable the band to reach new audiences. He said: "Our fans are going to be excited when we reveal what a metal-inspired Scion tC looks like. Working with Scion has given us another way to reach new audiences and inspire them to keep going down their own paths."
Check out the preview
here.
The Florida band's latest music video, the third released from the "Common Courtesy" album, was directed by Sitcom Soldiers and fans can view it online via Vevo here.
Fans across the pond will also be able to see the band live beginning next week when they kick off a UK tour on November 12th in Portsmouth at Guildhall. Five of the eight dates on the tour have already sold out.
A Day To Remember have also announced two appearances closer to home at two shows this December: DC101 Holiday Show in Fairfax, VA on December 5th and Wreck The Halls in Oklahoma City on December 7th.
Check out the tour dates here.
You can watch the new performance video here and fans in North American will have the opportunity to see them in person as they are currently on a tour with Kreator and Huntress (plus Starkill on select dates).
Arch Enemy announced that they are offering a limited edition transparent red split 7" with Kreator (only 500 copies) at the North American shows that features their cover of the Judas Priest's classic "Breaking The Law" on side A and Kreator's "Iron Destiny" on side B.
Check out the tour dates here.
The Into The Wild series premieres on November 30 on the VyRT service, with fans able to watch each episode individually or purchase a season pass or a VIP season pass. VIP access includes exclusive weekly bonus footage.
The tour took place during the period when the band were embroiled in a legal wrangle with their record label, as documented in the feature film Artifact.
Read more and watch the trailer
here.
"Black Widow is definitely the darker part of me," says frontwoman Maria Brink on the new full-length release. "This album is about finding the weakness inside and turning it into strength. It's about being reborn, setting yourself free and realising the balance in everything - the dark and the light."
Brink co-directed the video with Robert Kley. Black Widow was produced by multiple Grammy nominee Kevin Churko. Check out the tracklisting and watch the new video
here.
Frontman Nathan Opposition recently said of their first record with drummer Mitch Keith Morris: "Where there is chaos you will find us. Where there is disorder, others find discomfort but I find salvation. Lead me not unto anything. I am my own.
"This album will enlighten the fools and give the enlightened something to listen to." Check out the album's tracklisting and watch the new lyric video for The Devil's Work
here.
Radio.com: How does it feel to reach the 30th anniversary of Reckless? Bryan Adams: Well, I've kind of already had one with Cuts Like a Knife and You Want It, You Got It and the first album, so this one was more significant in the sense that this album changed a lot. In that it got me out of the sh*tty clubs and into the better s-- clubs.
What was different about going into the studio to make Reckless than on the albums before it? I guess there was a perpetual motion that was happening for years before we made Reckless. We went on a lot of tours and it was just a treadmill of "tour, write, record, tour, write, record." I had a good team, good songs, Jim Vallance [Adams' co-writer] Bob Clearmountain [producer], a good band, pretty well-rehearsed. So we were all thinking the same thing at the same time about making a great record. The songs were all there, so there wasn't a reason why we weren't thinking about getting out of the clubs.
I was thinking of all the places in my setlist, 'I need a rocker here, a slow number here, something midtempo here and maybe something with a guitar solo here,' so I tailored my set full of songs I needed. I'd say, "Jim, I need a shuffle." So we'd sit down and write a shuffle. Sometimes a song was written to order-like "Heaven," which was written for a really crappy film [A Night in Heaven], I don't mind telling you, it was about a stripper-it was inspiring enough to create a good song. It doesn't matter where the inspiration comes from, if you've got a good one then it's worth going down that road.
What was it like to work with Tina Turner on "It's Only Love?" It was just the last couple weeks before we were finishing the record, and we heard she was coming to Vancouver. If you could imagine, she was the support act for Lionel Richie. And I sent the song to her manager, who said 'yeah, let's meet up when we get to Vancouver.' And we're backstage, a lot of people back there, and I hear this like, "Where is he? Where is he?" This big mane of hair coming down the hallway backstage at the Collosseum and she says "Brian, I love the song. I want to record it tomorrow." It was one of those moments like you're in a dust storm, and it goes away and you're like, wow, what happened. I said to Clearmountain just after she recorded and left, "Did you get that? Did you get that on tape? Let me hear that, man." I couldn't quite believe it actually. It was an interesting time, because she had just recorded Private Dancer but it wasn't out yet. She took me under her wing and next thing you know, we were on tour and we never looked back.
Read more
here.
The book sold-out of its limited-edition run of 2,500 copies upon its initial release in 2010, becoming the fastest-selling book in Genesis Publications' 40-year history.
The guitarist was also on hand to promote the band's latest reissues, "Led Zeppelin IV" and "Houses Of The Holy." 1971's "IV" debuted at No. 7 on the US Billboard 200 album chart this past week, while "Houses" opened at No. 12.
The project did similar numbers in the band's native UK, with "IV" debuting at No. 6 and "Houses" at No. 14. Watch Page's Letterman appearance
here.
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