Robert Plant Rejected $800 Million Led Zeppelin Reunion?

"Ozzy has decided that he wants to do another few episodes, not a whole season, about eight episodes, of 'The Osbournes'," she revealed on the UK show, "Loose Women", reports The Mirror. "He said that for the whole three years that we did it he was drunk the whole time. But he would like to do one where he's completely sober, as he is now."

"Hopefully [we'll start filming] in January," added Sharon, "but, as I say, it's not forever, no more than eight episodes. Because it's been 13 years and our lives have changed so much than it's a kind of catch-up, like, 'What are they doing now?'"

"I don't know what's going on," Hagar told VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner when asked about reports of a new Van Halen album. "I couldn't even tell you. I could speculate all day long but I always get in trouble for doing that, so I'd rather just say I would love to hear some new music from those guys - and I don't care if I'm in the band or not, that doesn't mean anything to me. Right now, I'm really happy. I can play any song I want and I can sing it and I can rock it and I've got musicians that can do it and me and Mikey are having the time of our life."

"My guess is, if you want me to make one prediction," Hagar continued, "I think that Michael Anthony will be back in that band because they really need to do that. If they're going to serve the fans and ever do what the fans really want right now, if it's going to be Dave, then it's gotta be Mike, too."

In his forthcoming memoir, Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Faces�, he drops a big reveal, recounting the time Bob Dylan told him he wanted to record an album with both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

In an excerpt on Rolling Stone, Johns recounted running into Dylan circa 1969 in a New York Airport. "He said he had this idea to make a record with the Beatles and the Stones," Johns recalled. "And he asked me if I would find out whether the others would be interested. I was completely bowled over. Can you imagine the three greatest influences on popular music in the previous decade making an album together?"

Johns delved into getting the parties together and immediately faced conflicting opinions, he writes. "Keith [Richards] and George [Harrison] thought it was fantastic," John said. "But they would since they were both huge Dylan fans. Ringo, Charlie [Watts] and Bill [Wyman] were amicable to the idea as long as everyone else was interested. John [Lennon] didn't say a flat no, but he wasn't that interested. Paul [McCartney] and Mick [Jagger] both said absolutely not."

The band made the following statement. "It is with deep regret and saddened hearts that we must tell you that Athon passed away this morning from injuries sustained from his motorcycle accident.

"Doctors told us that he suffered irreparable brain damage shortly after the accident. He has been in a coma and sustained by life support until now. As per his wishes, we removed Athon from his life support systems and his organs will be donated. His body will be cremated and a memorial is being planned for family and friends in Savannah.

Slash was joined by Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators and Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro for the tune at the annual event, which saw Slash present Ozzy with the MTV Global Icon Award earlier in the evening.

The song, from upcoming album Sonic Highways, includes the word "f***" twice, which is cut out of the radio-friendly version. But Radio 1 aired the prime edition on Zane Lowe's show on Wednesday night, then again on Nick Grimshaw's breakfast show on Thursday morning.

However, Static's widow Tera Wray said narcotics were not to blame for her husband's death. Now Shaddix has issued a statement on Facebook apologizing for his rash comment and says he should have checked his facts first.

He says: "I feel terrible about my post about Wayne's passing. I had a few friends hit me up and said he died from an overdose. I should have checked my facts first.

"I am very sorry we had to cancel the show at Hanging Rock and disappoint so many of you that had planned to come," posted Jagger. "Thank you for all your supportive messages over the last few days, I really appreciate it."

"This I truly hate to say," wrote Molina. "Another brother, friend, gentleman � has passed � lord� RIP � Rick Rosas�god bless and keep you my brother�"

Lynne picked up the Outstanding Contribution award at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour event in LA this week and had previously hinted at bringing ELO back. Now he's confirmed future plans are in place.

He tells Billboard: "I had so much fun in Hyde Park with 50,000 people. First time I've played in 28 years and it was fantastic and I loved every minute, so I'm going to come here and play.

Now frontman Danny Bowes reports: "You'll be pleased to hear that Ben saw the oncologist on November 4 and was given the all-clear. It means his treatment worked.

They'll now release their sixth album, the follow-up to 2009's Congregation Of The Damned, next year on the new label. And drummer/vocalist Brandon Saller says the deal will give them creative freedom.

Last week he revealed plans to bring the latest incarnation of the band to the UK in 2015. Now he says the prospective run of shows might not include London, because he wants to avoid insulting the rest of Britain.

Fripp tells TeamRock: "We're looking actively at possible venues in the UK and maybe just a few in Europe - but very limited.

"What we're not looking at doing is one or two shows in London, which is the conventional approach. It's always struck me that to do a tour of England that only takes place in London is an insult. It's an insult to the country, if you like. So my idea of an English tour would be to actually avoid London."

Instead, they'll concentrate on their own headline shows, and aim to offer fans a full-value experience by performing without the aid of support acts. Speaking ahead of the release of Bloodstone & Diamonds on Monday, Flynn says: "We're really excited about the idea, playing longer sets, throwing in some deep cuts and just having our own world. Promoters seem really stoked about it - some have said it feels like an 'event.'

"As it stands we've passed on a headline slot on Wacken, Soundwave in Australia, Download UK, Sonisphere UK, Knotfest, Hellfest and a plethora of others.

He tells VH1 Radio Network: "At this point in my career I just want to have fun. I've got a beautiful wife, I just for married - I just want to be a kid again, play rock and roll, make a couple of bucks and just enjoy life.

"That wasn't always so enjoyable. We made good music and this life's so short you just want to have the most amount of fun as possible. That's what I'm doing with Kings Of Chaos."

The band's Carla Harvey tells Revolver: "This time we're taking a different approach and working with producer Logan Mader. We recorded Uncovered with him and it was almost scary for me because Logan works so fast. I'm like, 'Wait! Are you sure it's good enough?' But it's nice to capture that because I know Heidi and I are best live on stage and he captures that raw energy.

"He already knows our strengths, weaknesses having worked with us before. I'm really thankful for that. We can go in and just kick ass with him on this one."

Guilty All The Same - one of several LP games over the years - was released earlier this year alongside the track of the same name from sixth album The Hunting Party.

Shinoda tells the Metro: "Our experiment didn't go as well as we'd hoped. We probably needed another year to program something awesome. But the fact fans could remix our music and mess around with our stuff was really cool."

The gig was part of the group's inaugural Halloween weekend, which made up a portion of their The Black Mass tour supporting this year's self-titled fourth album. It launched at the end of October and debuted in the US Billboard chart at no.10 in the States.

And frontman Andy Biersack says they drew on the negativity directed towards the band to make their most aggressive to date. He tells Revolver: "It's very angry. I feel like in a lot of ways I had a lot of aggression towards the state of how we were perceived. We made Wretched And Divine so large in scale and it had a grand story. There was a certain amount of frustration when you do this thing so large and great but there were so many people who just refused to listen to the songs, like, 'They're a faggy makeup band.'

In 2010 they performed a landmark gig at London's Royal Albert Hall where they played their Blackwater Park album in its entirety to mark its 10th anniversary.

Opeth wrapped up a UK tour in October supporting this year's Pale Communion release. It was a hit in the UK, entering the mainstream charts at no.14, although frontman Mikael Akerfeldt admitted commercial success meant nothing to him.

"What happens in Vegas will not stay in Vegas, not if we have anything to do with it," said bassist Gene Simmons when the residency was announced in July. "We intend to blow the roof off the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino."

TMZ reports Neil and ex-NBA player Chris Herren were on hand for the facility's 13th annual Rock The Night-themed gala at the Crystal Plaza on October 27.

Neil reportedly helped raise funds by donating a pair of floor seats and backstage passes for the Crue's final concert in New York City, which were auctioned off to the highest bidder.

The album, which features the band traveling to different music cities around the country to record one song, features Zac Brown, Joan Jett, Joe Walsh, Ben Gibbard and Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen. Listen on iTunes Radiohere

AC/DC brought in Bob Richards (Shogun, Adrian Smith Band) to handle drum duties for the shoot for "Play Ball" and the album's title track. "They have never come out with any pretense to be anything else than the best rock and roll band in the world," said Mallet.

Due December 2, "Rock Or Bust" is the first AC/DC album in 6 years and first without founding member Malcolm Young, who retired from the group to deal with ongoing health issues related to dementia.

Organized by the Bob Woodruff Foundation, the evening at the Theater at Madison Square Garden raises funds for injured service members, veterans and their families.

For his traditional headlining set, Springsteen played five tunes, including "Working On The Highway", "Growin' Up", "If I Should Fall Behind", "Born In The USA" and "Dancing In The Dark."

The band's 14-song set opened with "Hit The Lights" before running through tracks from their 30-plus year career. The annual BlizzCon features developer panels, exclusive interviews, intense eSports tournaments and the legendary Friday night contests.

Up next, Metallica will be featured among the artists to perform at The Concert For Valor on Tuesday, November 11, a first-of-its-kind event to honor America's veterans and their families.

The live three-hour concert on Veterans Day will include a wide variety of diverse artists including Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Dave Grohl, Rihanna, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx and Carrie Underwood, among others.

Originally released as a single in 1972, "Hi, Hi, Hi" was banned by the BBC for its sexually suggestive lyrics. Elliott and Def Leppard also cover the 1973 Wings single, "Helen Wheels", on the project.

"The Art Of McCartney" features a variety of artists joining the former Beatle's long time band to perform songs from the bassist's legendary songwriting catalog.

The lineup was named Band Of The Year at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour in Los Angeles last week. Speaking at the gala event, May told Nicky Horne of the Classic Rock Magazine Show:

"I would go to shows and think, 'Well we used to do that - we used to play in arenas and whatever, but that's never going to happen again.' I didn't feel it in a terribly sad way. I just thought, 'We did that, and now we do something different.'

"Suddenly we're in the same arena again, if I can use the metaphor. How incredible that we can still do that and people still want to come and fill those arenas, and we can still rock the hell out of them. It's very uplifting."

Mustaine tells Guitar World: "I have a recurring nightmare where I go onstage and pick up my guitar and it's strung upside-down. I have to play left-handed.

"Or - and this is the big kahuna - I dream that I'm playing and the end of the world happens right there." And he says he only took up guitar in the first place because of his sister. "She sucked at piano, so I just did it to drown her out," he explains. "It's the truth. My ex-brother-in-law had a guitar and loaned it to me one day, and I knew that's what I wanted to do."

As the pair were unable to be at the show to collect the award in person, they videoed their acceptance speech. Only problem? The video did not get shown at the event

Navarro tells Ultimate Guitar: "There might be a pessimist side of me that didn't even believe it would ever really come out. Growing up in LA, I'm very familiar with people who have lots of big plans and not very much outcome. A lot of people talk about the things they're gonna do and then at the end of the day don't deliver. So I was aware of that at that young age and just prepared for us to be one of those groups.

"I don't think anybody really foresaw us becoming anything more than an underground college radio band. I don't think we did and I know I certainly didn't. There was a radio station here KXLU that was a big supporter of alternative scenes back in the day.

"In my head, if we were played on KXLU, we had made the big time. That was it. We had recorded demos together as a band by the time we did that record. Also I was so young and I was just like a young, drunk kid. I don't even know if I was really thinking about it."

He tells Toddstar: "It's a little bit weird when you turn on the American radio that a lot American bands sound pretty much the same. Very good songwriters and good songs, nothing wrong with it, but they sound a little bit the same.

"I guess the American listeners and even the radio stations can hear it's a European band being inspired by American music. I guess somehow that has a charm.

Their latest hint of what's to come from the three-disc release is an angsty cover of Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)." Soundgarden's cover was recorded during the taping of their John Peel BBC Session.

On their cover, gone is the funk of the 1969 hit. Instead, Soundgarden lays on the rock with grunge guitars and Chris Cornell's familiar scream. While the baseline remains, it is Cornell's guttural growl that leaves the greatest mark.

Reflex Driver began to take it's current shape during the editing and mixing phase. I scrapped the mid-song jam we recorded as a band and began cutting and pasting choice moments from the session warm ups. I overdubbed several million layers of guitar. Kevin Corcoran slathered on the keys until we had two choirs, two orchestras, seven pianists, a pipe organ and some industrial padding all aimed at making this thing sound stupidly overblown. After all, it's a song about masculinity as an illness. I think my favorite thematic element in the arrangement is the vocal harmony lifted from "She's So Heavy." Which is appropriate, I think, given the subject matter.

I tried to make each individual track overblown in its own way before mix down. The kick sound, for example, is made of five elements: the original recordings of Charles Goold playing the drum (recorded at close and far distances), a sampled kick, a triggered sine wave, and the triggered sine wave running through a distortion pedal. The sine-triggered-by-kick is a familiar hip-hop low-end method. It sounded like sh*t on Charles' kick, because of the nuance in his playing. But I did it anyway, because Reflex Drivers only care about themselves. While forcing the sh*tty and synthetic low end through a distortion pedal and into the mix, it occurred to me that Reflex Drivers probably shouldn't produce records. Reflex Drivers are a big problem in general and I didn't want to be a Reflex Driver. I just wanted to go home. But I was already at home. There was no place to go.