U2 Singer Bono's Private Jet Loses Door Mid-Flight

On November 6, Rudd was charged with attempting to procure a murder by New Zealand police after he allegedly tried to have two men killed, possession of methamphetamine, possession of cannabis and threatening to kill.

Authorities dropped the charge of attempting to procure a murder the next day due to lack of evidence. "Phil created his own situation," Young tells USA Today. "It's a hard thing to say about the guy. He's a great drummer, and he's done a lot of stuff for us. But he seems to have let himself go. He's not the Phil we've known from the past."

Young speculates that drugs could be involved - "when you get into that land, it's very hard" - but adds, "I don't know the exact situation. ... I can only say, from our perspective, that the guy needs to sort himself out."

First Kiss follows 2012′s Rebel Soul, which made waves not just for the recording, but for Kid Rock's successful $20 Best Night Ever Tour. As stated in the press release, that tour saw more than 550,000 people take in the Kid Rock live show, and the band plans to be more ambitious with their yet-to-be-announced summer 2015 tour.

Saint Vitus say: "We would like to regretfully inform all of our European fans that our lead vocalist Wino was detained by the Norwegian police and immigrations officers for possession of illegal substances since Sunday, November 9.

"As of 4pm yesterday, we were informed by his Norwegian defence attorney that he would more than likely be released that same day and be able to continue the remaining dates of our European tour. This morning we received notification that Wino was being deported today back to the US with no hope to remain in Scandinavia or anywhere in the EU."

While this is the first time that the rocker will be providing his voice to his character on The Simpsons, his likeness appeared in a season 11 episode called "Behind The Laughter."

The 2000 broadcast saw Willie Nelson put on a phony awards show in order to reconcile the family � and also attempt to patch things up between Hagar and Van Halen.

The Foo Fighters last album, 2011's "Wasting Light", was its first No. 1, selling 235,000 copies in its opening week. The new Billboard 200's top 10 will be revealed on Wednesday, November 19.

Produced by Butch Vig, "Sonic Highways" was recorded in 8 American cities - Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

Floyd's first album since 1994 chart topper The Division Bell has sold 92,000 copies at the midway point of the week and is on course to become one of the fastest-selling records of 2014.

Kroeger tells The Pulse Of Radio: "We did it all over the place. We were in Vancouver, we were in LA, we were Maui. We had a portable rig with us on European tour and we were recording stuff there. That's why we've titled the album No Fixed Address."

The group was founded in 1966 by guitarist and vocalist Clive Bayley, drummer Bob Hagger and bassist Paul Rutledge. Over the course of the next two years, Chris Squire, Peter Banks, Jon Anderson and Tony Kaye joined their ranks. Bill Bruford then replaced Bob Hagger and Mabel Greer's Toyshop became Yes. Their last gig under the old name took place in London in May 1968.

Now, 46 years after that show, Bayley has teamed up once again with Hagger and Kaye to release A New Way Of Life on March 9 - their first album under the Mabel Greer's Toyshop banner. Joining the trio are former Yes man Billy Sherwood and bassist Hugo Barre.

Bayley says: "We hope that Yes followers everywhere enjoy this offering. It's a piece of history brought to life by the technology of today. The album includes new versions of old classics like Beyond & Before and a whole lot of new music too."

Tramp says on Facebook: "I get asked quite a lot about how I feel about Spotify and streaming of my music. I want people to be able to find my music but I also want to get paid.

"I was skeptical at first but my recent publishing statement confirmed the fact that streaming now accounts for 75% of my digital publishing income and that the total has actually gone up for the first time in years.

He says in a statement: "Those of you who are close to me know that Crimson Falls was never just my hobby - it was my passion and for more than a decade, I invested loads of time, energy, money, sweat and tears in this band. Composing music, writing lyrics, rehearsing, playing live and spending countless hours behind the computer screen trying to get things arranged, paving a way up for my band.

"Even though I still enjoy all of this, over the last year I lost the will to conquer the world with the band. The power to keep battling and break through walls disappeared. Instead, at this point, I just want to be a good dad for my boy and girl who I love more than anything."

They say: "As you know, it has been our tradition to knock out a goofy cover of something festive and give it away to the fans at Christmas. These have been of varying taste and quality over the years, but we have always had a laugh making them.

"This year, we thought we'd bundle all the past Christmas ditties together and release a compilation CD so we, and you, have them all in one place on Christmas morning."

Now Poulsen has revealed he already has 10 tracks on the go, three of which the band have played together so far. He tells The Jasta Show: "Right now I have ideas for 10 songs. Three of them we're capable of playing right now. I haven't written any lyrics yet. Right now it's more music and melodies."

Poulsen admits he finds it difficult to stop writing new material. He keeps a notebook and records ideas on his phone or his basic home studio - although a lot of them are scrapped when he goes back to listen to them.

He adds: "I buy a notebook every year when we have to sit down and write a new album. I have a notebook where I write down ideas and I have tonnes of stuff on my mobile where I just sit with an acoustic guitar and sing."

Lombardo tells Metal Thunder Radio: "I'm collaborating with Joseph Bishara, who is the music composer for the horror movies The Conjuring, Annabelle and Insidious. I'm working on Insidious 3 with Joseph, and we're creating some drums for the new movie.

"I'm really excited to do this. I set up all the drums, today I ordered the drums that I'm gonna use. I'm gonna be performing with two cello players, a viola and a violin player under Joseph's direction. And he's an amazing composer. I've been listening to his stuff for a while now."

Peter Banks Empire: The Mars Tapes is available in a 2CD set and features raw recordings of the band taken direct from the control desk. Banks - who died from heart failure in March 2013 at the age of 65 - formed Empire in the early 1970s along with singer Sidonie Jordan. The collection includes bonus track Sky At Night featuring Phil Collins on drums and Jon Giblin on bass. It also includes songs that never made it on to any Empire release until now.

Frontman Michael Sweet says on Facebook: "It's time. I'm in writing mode for the new Stryper album. We start pre-production in mid-January and we begin tracking on February 1. New album in 2015."

The band launched 16-track CD/DVD titled Live At The Whisky in September. It was recorded at Whisky A Go Go, Hollywood last year to support the album.

It's described as "the first comprehensive, rigorously annotated, and definitive collection of Bob Dylan's lyrics to be published." The book includes Dylan's own changes to his lyrics down the years, as well as the original versions.

And they'll be offering an 11-track live album for sale on the tour, which features Raglans as support act on the English dates and the Medicine Men in Glasgow.

Simon McNicol says: "Fairport always looks to the future and we regularly record new albums. But our first love is still performing live. So we're really looking forward to getting on the road again, especially as this year we've got a whole album's worth of new material to introduce to our audiences."

Directed by German filmmaker Andrew Horn, the film explores the club days of the Long Island, New York band. Known the biggest documentary festival in the world, the film will be featured as part of IDFA's Music Documentary series.

The sold out crowd that filled the ornate theater looked a lot like who you'd imagine packed stadiums across the country on Led Zeppelin's 1977 tour, only 37 years later, many of whom brought their children and even grandchildren for a glimpse inside the life of arguably rock's most celebrated guitarist in history.

Still every bit the consummate rock star at 70 years old, Page and the Soundgarden singer had an easy rapport onstage, with Page discussing the details behind a selection of photos from the book previously chosen by Cornell without the guitarist's knowledge.

Moving through photos of Page's childhood as a choirboy and in early bands before becoming one of England's most celebrated session musicians, describing a photo of him working the late Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones on the ill-fated soundtrack to Anita Pallenberg film, A Degree of Murder, which was never officially released. Making the photo even more interesting is the fact that Page is using a violin bow on his guitar, a technique he would make famous years later on Led Zeppelin's live renditions of the song "Dazed and Confused."

Page delivered details of how quickly Led Zeppelin formed in the wake of his previous band, the Yardbirds, breaking up in the summer of 1968 (Cornell showed photos of Page with fellow ex-Yardbird Jeff Beck shot by the late Linda McCartney). In the time between July and the end of that year, the band came together, recorded its legendary debut album and played a series of dates, including shows opening for Vanilla Fudge. Led Zeppelin as an opening act didn't last long, with Cornell displaying a photo taken from behind John Bonham's drum kit of a packed L.A. Forum in 1969.

Page's passion for the music was palpable through the conversation, with the guitarist making a point to deliver new bits of information to the crowd of diehard fans well versed in the group's history. He spoke lovingly of his bandmates throughout, stressing how much they elevated each other both in the studio and onstage.

The fans ate it up, interrupting the conversation countless times to erupt in applause. Cornell came across as big a fan as anyone in the room, emphasizing how important Led Zeppelin's success was in his ability to achieve rock stardom fronting Soundgarden, offering his own memories of first hearing the band on a free-form FM radio station as a kid.

There was a poignant moment when Cornell displayed a photo of Page on Led Zeppelin's final tour before the death of John Bonham essentially bringing the band to an end, explaining how as a fan it meant a lot that they didn't just grab another drummer and carry on.

"The magic in Led Zeppelin was the dynamic between the four of us," Page explained. "Losing one-fourth of the band was like losing the whole thing."

An emergency c-section was performed, but doctors were not optimistic when the baby, named Lennon James Picco, showed a significant lack of movement and brain activity.

While his wife Ashley was pregnant with Lennon, she would feel the baby moving to music when it was played, so Chris asked if he could play music for the baby in what would be the last few days of his life.

The promotional video was filmed in New York and London and directed by Tom Hingston and Jimmy King. "Sue" was recorded this summer in New York with the Maria Schneider Orchestra and produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti.

Due November 17 (Nov. 18 in North America), the compilation presents material from the singer's 50-year career and includes new songs alongside unreleased tracks and greatest hits.

Slash also joined host, Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan, for an interview alongside actress Uma Thurman and Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallstrom.

The appearance was synced with the launch of a European tour in support of "World On Fire" following its release in September. The trek wraps up early next month with a series of 5 UK dates and a December 6 show in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Perry's been promoting his new book Rocks: My Life In And Out Of Aerosmith which launched last month via Simon & Schuster. And he reveals one of the reasons he wrote the autobiography was to put the record straight about the pair's relationship.

He tells Smashing Interviews: "It's pretty much what it is. You can love your brother, but you don't have to like him. We have our ups and downs. He'll say stuff in the press and I'll think, 'What the hell is he talking about?' Next time I see him, it's all hugs and kisses.

"We know the band is bigger than our ups and downs. If anything, it's been a learning process in how to deal with each other's personalities. That's one of the reasons I wanted to write the book because people hear stuff about Joe and Steven not getting along."

That comment led to a string of artists defending rock music, including Rob Halford, Joe Perry, Mark Tremonti, Corey Taylor, Scott Ian and Slash. Now John 5 has given his take on the state of the industry, saying although piracy is a problem, the music lives on.

He tells Icon vs Icon: "The industry has changed dramatically. It has changed so drastically, it's like night and day. It's not dead, but it changed. We just have to keep writing great songs and doing great shows to keep it alive.

"It's not just rock. It could be rap, country or anything like that. Music is a tough business because there's so much piracy out there. I know what it was like because back in the day, I was around when people were standing in line to buy a record. It has definitely changed a lot."

Guitarist Sid Glover was nominated for the Dimebag Darrell Shredder award at this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods - and he reckons the upcoming tour will be a "rock n' roll monster."

He says: "We can't wait to get out there and tear up the UK with The Pretty Reckless on their Going To Hell tour. It's going to be a loud as f***, all-out rock n' roll monster of a tour and the perfect send-off for Filthy Empire."

And the vocalist, who took over singing duties from Anette Olzon in 2012, says keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and bassist Marco Hietala really pushed her on what will be her first record with the group.

She says: "Tuomas challenged me to use everything I had to offer: high, low and soft - but definitely the lower stuff. It's something I haven't explored much and he wrote parts where I had to use this completely.

"I'm very proud of it and happy I could do it this way because it's the first time I'm singing on an album I didn't write myself, so Tuomas and Marco wrote things that really challenged me."

The four-piece count The Bronx, Letlive and The Ghost Of A Thousand among their influences and have toured with Comeback Kid, Slayer and Anti-Flag.

Justin Schlosberg from Hell Is For Heroes guests on album track Waiting For So Long. Singer Max says: "We are so pleased to introduce our new music video for Gone For A While. This song is the ultimate punk-rock track from our new album and we really hope that you love it."

Singer Simon Griffiths says: "Holiday In A Police State is an Orwellian cautionary tale that asks exactly what price we pay for the apparent freedom we enjoy in the west.

"It's easy to turn a blind eye to the increasingly intrusive and insidious presence of our 'protectors', because to do otherwise would compromise the lifestyle we've become so accustomed to. But by not discussing this inconvenient truth we choose to sit in silence and turn the other cheek as more and more steps are taken under our very noses to compromise our privacy and civil liberties."

The clips will then be incorporated into a live performance of the tune from the band's latest album, "Songs Of Innocence." Fans are instructed to upload videos to YouTube with the title "Tonight Show U2 Lip Sync"

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