Why Van Halen Didn't Fake New Live Album

When Motley Crue announced their farewell tour in January of 2014, the members signed a Cessation Of Touring Agreement which forbids the band to tour beyond 2015.

"Everybody keeps coming up with these loopholes for us to get back together and play again: 'So, this Arabian prince is throwing a party; how much money is it gonna take?'," Neil tells Rolling Stone. "It's not about that, you know? I think if we got in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, that's probably the only way we'd get back together and play."

"I'm not one of these cranky guys about it," says bassist Nikki Sixx of the Rock Hall. "But I think if they got it a little bit righter, people would respect it a little bit more. Honestly, there are a lot of bands previous to M�tley Cr�e that deserve to be in, if it's actually about influencing other musicians and making an impact on the planet.

"You know, the bands that have gotten in the last few years, it's cool; but let's go back and look at the people who curated this great music a little bit more. I mean, I'm a huge Mott the Hoople fan; if M�tley Cr�e got in before Mott the Hoople, I'd snap! [Laughs] I'd be like, 'I'm sorry, but Ian Hunter, this is for you!'"

"Monsters Of Rock regrets to inform the public that Motorhead will not be able to carry out the performance scheduled for tonight," posted event organizers on Saturday. "The lead singer Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister, this morning suffered a serious gastric disorder, followed by dehydration. Lemmy has already had tests and been initially medicated, but on medical orders is unable to be present."

The covers EP "Meanwhile In Burbank" features Corey Taylor and co's takes on songs by Metallica, Black Sabbath, Alice In Chains, Judas Priest and Kiss.

Ward's drumming can be heard on seven of the album's nine tracks. Asked how "Accountable Beasts" compares to his previous solo outings, including 1997's "When The Bough Breaks", Ward tells music writer and author Joel Gausten.

"It's much tougher; it kicks harder. Most of the stuff is pretty heavy on it. It's very current lyrically. I don't intend to be current with anything; I just write the music and allow it to just be whatever it is. But when I listened to it in hindsight - we did the final mastering on January 6th of this year - I thought, 'Oh my God! A lot of the stuff we're writing about is on TV every day.

The band have described their 34-date US journey as "most likely the last of this magnitude" and manager Ray Danniels recently said it was "between possible and probable" that their 40th anniversary outing would be their touring swan-song.

The raw production and total lack of guitar solos was seen by many as too much of a departure from the thrash icons' previous efforts. But Rock says both Led Zeppelin hero Page and White Stripes mainman White are fans. Page made his comments when the pair bumped into each other at a hotel, while White's praise came at a film screening.

Rock tells Talk Is Jericho (via Blabbermouth): "I know Jimmy. He got up and walked over to me, gave me a big hug, and said, 'It's great to see you, I love the St Anger album.'

"I was at the premiere, and Jack White came over. He says, 'I'm Jack White.' I said, 'I know.' He says, 'That's my favourite Metallica album.' So I'm okay with those two."

Brown died last month, the day before the release of the debut album, Blaster, from Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, which he had a big hand in writing guitar parts for and right before the band set off on their first tour.

'It was a horrible tragedy that we're still dealing with, but after a lot of trial and tribulation auditioning guitar players, right when we were feeling very dour about it we found our guy," Weiland tells Radio.com, echoing a statement he would release days after this interview. 'His name is Nick Mayberry."

While Brown's shoes will be tough to fill, Weiland has high hopes for Mayberry, who has played with everyone from the Madden Brothers to Alice Cooper.

In our interview, Weiland talks about the loss of Brown, his new band, the shortcomings that he's on the road to repairing and where he was when he came up with Stone Temple Pilots' 'Plush," the song that would launch him into rock stardom.

Billboard notes in an interview with the band's manager, Darren Hill, a number of new songs have been recorded, and it is just currently unknown what the band intends to do with them.

Joel will play the coliseum on Aug. 4 for its final show before a year-long renovation that, at the moment, will see it reopen in December 2016, the singer announced via his website.

The show will mark McCartney's first concert in Philadelphia since a sold-out, two-night stand back in August 2010. This current leg of the former Beatle's seemingly never ending tour will again feature his longtime band of Paul 'Wix" Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums).

In episode one of the Uproxx Guns N' Roses documentary series, Canter says: "I love them both. They're very special people to me. I wish they would love each other again, you know, because we were all one big happy family. They know they needed each other back then. They know they need each other now."

Canter was so close to the band that Rose played what would become November Rain at the photographer's wedding - and later based the single's video on a wedding scene.

Townshend will be awarded the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award by the Boss for his work with the charity, which assists musicians with addition recovery as part of a benefit show in New York City on May 28 at the Best Buy Theater.

This charity helps provide assistance to musicians, recording engineers, and their families struggling with illness and disability, Consequence of Sound reports.

"The mission of The Sweet Stuff Foundation is to help our musical community and their families with the vital elements often overlooked during periods of illness and disability," its mission statement reads.

He tells WGRD 97.9: "Last year, vinyl went up 85%. And the kids, I think they're tired of buying air. They don't get anything with it. I think this generation is rebelling against the technology thing. I sign more records than I do CDs anymore."

The follow-up to 2013's "Super Coillider" will be Megadeth's 15th studio album. Former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza recently revealed that a reunion of the band's classic 1990s lineup fell apart during negotiations; he later shared the details of a contract offer put on the table by his former band.

Menza says Megadeth requested he record the group's next album without payment, with his earnings to be made from touring. "The reason why I refused to join Megadeth is because Dave didn't show me any kind of 'love' at all," explained the drummer. "I wish I was doing it, but they didn't want to show me any contract in writing or anything, I guess it was just not meant to be."

In the clip the former Dream Theater sticksman says: "I can't stress enough how much of this album is them. I don't want people to get the impression I'm writing anything.

Sel Balamir, Matt Brobin, Steve Durose and Alexander Redhead are currently on tour across the UK with Black Moth and will headline the Desertfest prog stage, sponsored by Prog magazine, at London's Jazz Cafe this weekend (April 25). They're also headline the Foxrox festival, Leicester on July 5.

McFarland is using archive footage combined with video that was captured over the last few years with the band's driving force, Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma.

Tickets for the 18+ only evening are limited to 200 people, who will each receive an event package containing a t-shirt, signed photo, laminate, a pair of Chris Slade signed drumsticks and more - including a photo with the drummer and a drumhead personally signed by Slade.