U2 Giving Away New Album 'Songs Of Innocence' on iTunes

Business Week reports Freeman has previously done work for boy band NSYNC, singer Diana Ross and corporate clients that include record distributors and advertising agencies.

The lawsuit, brought by the estate of Spirit guitarist Randy California and members of the band, claims the acoustic introduction to "Stairway" was lifted from their 1968 instrumental, "Taurus."

As Rolling Stone points out, the 34-track album (42 tracks if you get the bonus edition) is filled with well-known songwriters including Bob Dylan covering The Beatles' "Things We Said Today," Smokey Robinson singing the McCartney solo track "So Bad," Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees doing The Beatles' "When I'm 64," and Billy Joel, taking on two songs, "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Live and Let Die."

The comp also features covers from the likes of Willie Nelson, Alice Cooper, The Who's Roger Daltrey, B.B. King, Heart, Chrissie Hynde and KISS. This is certainly the kind of rock music Gene Simmons likes.

In Plant's scheduled Facebook chat on Tuesday (Sept. 9), the Zeppelin frontman was asked if he had considered working with Jack White in the future. "I love Jack White's buccaneer spirit, and the way he dodges through the musical horizons," he responded. "I'd be happy to make a single with him."

In fact, he added that he'll be in Nashville this week - and has a song in mind. "I'd like to do a track called 'Love Me' which was originally recorded by The Phantom," he continued. "In fact, I'm going to Nashville on Sunday and can do it on Monday morning! I've got lunch with Alison Krauss at 2pm and cocktails with Patty Griffin at 8pm."

The band have announced the initial dates for the trek which will feature support from He Is Legend, Thira, and Lydia Can't Breathe. More dates are expected to be announced soon.

The tour is scheduled to kick off on November 28th in Palm Desert, Ca at Shcmitty's Tavern and the final date that has been announced so far will take place in Pomona, Ca on December 23rd.

Snot guitarist Mikey Doling had this to say about the tour, "I want to let you know we are ready to rock out as hard as humanly possible with all you SNOT heads around the world on our first world tour. I hope you're ready cause we have a ton of massive energy to bring to you. SNOT is something special to us. We will enjoy playing our debut and only record GET SOME in it's entirety for you live for all you die hard SNOT HEADS! SAY SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT YOU FEEL!!"

Due November 18, the compilation features Bowie's first new music since "The Next Day", the 2013 release that marked the singer's first album in a decade.

"Nothing Has Changed" will be introduced by the lead single, "Sue (or In A Season Of Crime)", which will be released as a digital download the same day as the album and as a Record Store Day exclusive 10" single on November 28th.

The set also features the previously unreleased track, "Let Me Sleep Beside You", from the "Toy" sessions; the download-only "Your Turn To Drive" will make its debut on CD alongside the 2001 re-recording of the 1971 outtake, "Shadow Man."

And Dave Grohl and co have since sent an email to fans who pre-ordered upcoming new album Sonic Highways giving them access to a link to order free tickets for Thursday night's show at House Of Vans in London.

But the WWE star and Fozzy frontman says even if the original lineup didn't want to perform, something should have been put on for the fans. Jericho tells Loudwire: "It was a drag they didn't play, but inter-band politics are a strange thing. I just thought overall somebody should have played, put together an all-star band and play a couple of Kiss tunes."

Jericho is also critical of the Hall, saying Deep Purple should be in and that if past and present members of the E-Street Band can be inducted, so should former Kiss members including guitarist Bruce Kulick.

He continues: "The three bands that were omissions were Rush, Kiss and Deep Purple. Now two of them are in so Deep Purple has to be in - it's the most ridiculous thing if they're not.

"Bruce Kulick isn't in The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, although he's sold tens of millions of records with Kiss. But the first E-Street Band drummer that played three gigs in Astbury park is up there."

And the new record, the follow-up to 2011's self-titled debut, has been made possible thanks to a successful crowdfunding drive. Cherone had the following to say:

"The strength of this record is that all the members of the band contributed to the songwriting process which resulted in a wonderfully creative diversity. This second effort has been a natural progression and we've yet to repeat ourselves musically."

Mayall tells Courier.co.uk: "59 dates in 64 days seems like a lot to take on, but that's the way we work. We don't like to have days off if we can help it - this way it keeps the momentum going."

Mordred regrouped last year after splitting in 1994 and staging a brief comeback in 2001. Guitarist Danny White recently told Metal Forces: "New material is being written now to be released right after this tour.

Due for release in October, the fourth installment of talent in this limited-edition boutique collection includes Buzz Aldrin, Tom Jones, Elvis Costello, Weird Al, and Aerosmith.

The limited-edition boutique collection includes a diverse array of products including figures, collectibles and apparel featuring the animated likenesses of 25 of the most celebrated guest stars as they appeared on the show. This is the first time in The Simpsons' 25-year history that merchandise has been designed around celebrity guest stars.

Belphegor frontman Helmuth Lehner explains the reason for the cancelation, "After fighting many months now (the last 4 months have been terrible), my mother is at the end. Her body is decaying more and more and will not survive the next weeks (maybe days) or will fall in coma soon. I will not risk being away at this time."

And they're offering fans exclusive access to the recording process if they pledge cash to their crowdfunding campaign. Argent says on their PledgeMusic page: "One thing that's always been incredibly important to us is the creation of new music. We've done this for so many years and it still gives us the same buzz. But what present day technology enables us to do is share this process with you guys.

Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford and co first launched the record to global acclaim in 1989. The reinterpretation of the hit single has been recorded with the South African Isango Choir, and it's accompanied by live versions of five other tracks. It's set for launch on February 10 next year via Rhino.

Bass player Michael LePond says the band have started recording the drums. He tells United Rock Nations: "The songs are ready to go. We have 10 songs. We may record nine or 10, we'll see how it goes.

"Stylistically, it's not as heavy as Iconoclast was. It has a lot of classic Symphony X elements in it, which I think a lot of our fans were missing for a few years. So I think our fans will really like this one. It really just focuses on solid songwriting."

Selway recently said: "From the outset we wanted the album to be the three of us, and we covered a lot of instruments between us. Different musicians stretch you; I felt stretched on Weatherhouse, but very enjoyably so."

Radiohead are planning to start work on a new album in the coming weeks - although guitarist Jonny Greenwood says they won't be forced to set an early completion date.

The short film was created using live footage filmed at Hollywood's La Brea Stage and then converted into animation by David Silverman using rotoscope technology.

And Lamb wants to bring it up to today's standards to mark its 35th anniversary and hopes to release the final product in March 2015 at an event at Hollywood's Catchlight Studios - formerly the La Brea Stage.

Opeth just landed a #14 album in the UK charts with Pale Communion and seeing those songs performed at Catton Hall is going to be a treat for prog metal fans everywhere.

TeamRock caught up with frontman Dolf de Borst for a quick chat about Bad Taste, its parent album, and what the hell his band have been up to recently

Q. You've mentioned Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and BOC as key influences upon the Deep Sleep: are these bands you loved in your teens or are they more recent discoveries? A: These are bands we have liked for a long time. There is much more to the new record than just those bands though. Once you start peeling back the layers on the new record there is much to discover.

Q. What can you tell us about Bad Taste? A: It was the first song we recorded for the new album. A great live tune with a cool riff and catchy singing. All you need for rock and roll!

"For performers who are also songwriters - the creators - for rock music, for soul, for the blues - it's finally dead," claimed the KISS bassist. "Rock is finally dead."

The beauty of the song, "Ready and Willing," is that both in lyrical content and upbeat exuberance the song doesn't capture New Found Glory aging at all. The band sounds every bit hopelessly romantic and boisterous as ever, which is just the way fans want their pop punk pioneers.

This all makes a bunch of teenagers depicting the band all the more believable for a split second, until you realize the Florida group formed in the late '90s.

Due October 21 and produced by Trevor Horn, the project is Idol's first album since 2006's "Happy Holidays" Christmas record, and his first of original material since 2005's "Devil's Playground."

Available now on both DVD and Blu-ray, the package features the band filmed in concert on November 21, 2012 during their first residency in Las Vegas.

The Blu-ray includes the complete concert film in both 3D and 2D plus an interactive 3D photo gallery, and the standard DVD presents the 2D version of the film.

Keith collaborated with his daughter, artist Theodora Richards, who provided illustrations for the book, which was inspired by a childhood experience shared in the guitarist's 2010 New York Times best-selling memoir, "Life."

The tune follows the recent release of the project's lead rock single, "Edge Of A Revolution" (hear it here), as the band promotes new music to each radio format.

Due November 4, "No Fixed Address" is the group's 8th album and first since 2011's "Here and Now." The Canadian rockers' last release peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 on its way to selling more than a million copies in the US alone.

In keeping with the original's throwback vibe, the video for "Where No Eagles Fly" seems like it could have come straight out of a time many decades ago, from Casablancas and co.'s retro clothing to the faded, blurred effect on the video.

Images of New York City flank the group as they pose for photos around town and play in decrepit old clubs. There's also some fairly cheesy '80s-esque video effects and transitions along the way.

Due September 16, "World On Fire" was recorded with Slash's touring band, Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators, and producer Michael Baskette.

A week after the album's release, Slash will promote the project and mark the Guitar Center's 50th anniversary with a series of three concerts in Hollywood's most legendary clubs.

Guitarist Kerry King recently said he knew the band were under pressure to deliver after the death of co-founder Jeff Hanneman and the dismissal of original drummer Dave Lombardo.

King admitted: "I know people are going to expect us to fail. I get it. But I'm very proud of what we've done so far. It's everything that people liked Slayer for in the past. Don't worry about it."

This song has some history with the band. It's the 2nd song on the new album and one of my favourites. It was also released on our 2nd ep 'Corned Beef Colossus' in 2013 and an original, totally different version was on a very early demo many moons ago.

Back in the day I was just rattling through some different bits on an acoustic guitar and fell upon the lead lick. It really caught my attention and within no time I had an acoustic song with some vocals pretty much down. I transferred it to electric and was listening to a lot of tool at the time so used a lot of variation with effect and delay. We used it on a very early demo that hopefully nobody still has! It's totally different to what it sounds like now.

The song had a lot going for it but the original composition and lyrics were pretty bad! Fast forward to 2012 when messing around at rehearsal I slowed the whole thing down with lots of distortion and it sounded heavy. The band loved it so Kip put new vocals over it and I added a solo as an outro. We took it out to Sweden and recorded it as slowed down baddas heavy brother of the original demo. The EP version is slower than we play it live but sounds great. We recorded the EP in Sweden by Truckfighters.

When we signed to Napalm and was working on our first full length 'Slab City' we picked a couple of tracks from previous releases and one of those tracks was 'Liquid Gold'. We wanted to have a new recording that reflected the way we play it live, much faster and more energy. I think this 'Slab City' version does that and it's cool to have the 2 versions of the song on record. Both are cool.

That's the story of Liquid Gold. Maybe we will release it again. Maybe a greatest hits! Haha!