Pink Floyd Members Reunite For 50th Anniversary Event

An autopsy was performed on his body on Sunday, but the results could take up to eight weeks to be returned. Clark County coroner John Fudenberg says in a statement: "At this point, we don't have evidence that allegations of foul play will be substantiated. However, we are taking them very seriously and we will be conducting a thorough investigation."

CBS 8 San Diego reports sources say Whitworth paid at least $2 million for the concert as a celebration for his current wife, Fernanda Lopes, as the couple celebrated their 9th wedding anniversary; The Four Tops played at their wedding in 2006.

The invitation-only event saw about 400-500 friends attend the private show, just days after the group launched their Zip Code Tour of North America at nearby Petco Park in San Diego.

HarperCollins released the announcement of the book and revealed a January 19, 2016 release date. Bach says that the description offered in the announcement is not the "official" one.

Bach posted the following message to fans on his Facebook page soon after the HarperCollins announcement went out, "Hello, there are media reports today on the Internet about my book which will be coming out in January. Yes my book is coming out in January. But the story that is circulating today is not in any way the 'Official' description of my book.

"Stay tuned for a press release on the book. What you are reading today is something I have never read, and really not descriptive of the words in the book I have written. Thank you for your time."

Here is the description that HarperCollins put out: "In this uncensored, unfiltered memoir, the musician and former front man for Skid Row tells the story of how a choir boy became a mega-successful hair metal god, rode the wave of fame in Heavy Metal's heyday, and came out alive on the other side when glam rock went the way of the cassette tape and the Walkman.

"Sebastian Bach is an iconic rock vocalist who has sold in excess of twenty million records worldwide. Best known for his powerful high vocal range and his flowing blonde locks, he's been a stand out member of the metal music scene since he was fourteen. From first joining Kid Wikkid, Bach has rocked out with Skid Row, Madam X, The Last Hard Men, The Frogs, and Frameshift, and with famous friends such as Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Soundgarden, Pantera, and Guns 'N Roses.

"But eventually the party bus stopped and the rock star grew up. Yet the fun didn't end. Bach established a successful solo career as an actor, musician, and singer, appearing on numerous television shows and on Broadway. In this no-holds-barred memoir-raw, powerful, wild, funny, and reflective-he charts his unconventional childhood, first in the Bahamas and then in his rise from small-town Canada to the world's greatest concert stages to the Great White Way and beyond.

On the second of five nights at The Forum, the group dedicated two tracks to Sheehan, starting early in the show with "Iris (Hold Me Close)" from 2014's "Songs Of Innocence."

"What a privilege to share the stage with these brothers of mine and to share this evening with you who have given us everything," began Bono. "U2 is kind of family. It's a brotherhood, although there's a lot of sisters too. But our extended family is very, very important to us. We look after each other and it takes a lot to put on a show like tonight.

"Last night we lost a member of our family. Dennis Sheehan was his name. He was U2's tour manager for 33 years. He loved, as we all do, the city of Los Angeles and he called the Sunset Marquis his 'home away from home'. He came to this city as a young man in the '70s, working for Led Zeppelin. He always thought maybe U2 could be the next Led Zeppelin, which of course is impossible.

"We did try once at his last big birthday," he continued. "We turned up at his birthday dressed as Led Zeppelin. I must say The Edge looked pretty good with that two-necked guitar. Adam was quite something because he had kind of professorial John Paul Jones look. The biggest problem was I couldn't quite fill Robert Plant's pants. Who could?

"Anyway, a lot of U2 songs over the years have been written to fill a void, an absence, a hole in a heart left by a loved one. This next one is one of those. It's for my mother, Iris, who taught me through the womb that this kind of thing can be�an opening to something fantastic."

U2 closed the show with a second Sheehan tribute and dedication. "We made a live album way back when; it was set in Colorado at Red Rocks," Bono said. "It was called 'Under a Blood Red Sky.' We used to end the show with '40.' And whatever happened that night, nobody was singing the refrain.

"So we were backstage just trying to figure out what the hell was going on and trying to make it happen. We just heard this lone voice, this single voice, singing 'How long to sing this song' -- a light voice, beautiful tremolo. And it was the voice of Dennis Sheehan, trying to get everyone to sing, which they did.

"So we dedicate this song... in fact we dedicate the night... in fact we dedicate our whole tour to the very vivid memory of Dennis Sheehan, St. Dennis of Dublin, as he's known around here."

The tour will feature support from Tigers Jaw is scheduled to get underway on October 8th at the Livewire in Scottsdale, AZ and will conclude on November 22nd at the House of Blues in San Diego, CA.

Yellowcard coupled the announcement with the release of their new music video for the song "California" which comes from their current album "Lift A Sail." Watch it here.

Yellowcard also had this to say about the tour, "We have shared the stage with New Found Glory all over the world, but we've never had the chance to do a proper tour together in the States.

The band will be offering the new album, their 10th studio effort, in various formats including CD, Vinyl and TS/CD Bundle. The album was produced and mixed by Jens Bogren and was recorded by David Castillo at Studio Gr�ndal.

Frontman Bj�rn Speed Strid had this to say, "We just put the final touches on our new album, The Ride Majestic, and all we can say is that it's going to be massive. It definitely picks up where we left off with The Living Infinite, but slightly darker, atmospheric and almost anthemic, with some really interesting twists and turns. Can't wait to play this epic beast live! Await the ride majestic ladies n' gents!"

The band has also released a new live video from their DVD/Blu Ray release, "Live In The Heart Of Helsinki". The clip is their performance of the track "Let This River Flow" which features a guest appearance from Floor Jansen.

Strid had this to say about the clip, "I was really excited to work with Floor Jansen, especially since we haven't had any female guest artists featured on anything SOILWORK-related before. I first got to know Floor via email some years ago, when she asked me to do some guest vocals for her other amazing band Revamp.

"I was absolutely thrilled, since I really respect her as a singer - she can do it all: amazing clean vocals, powerful high and low screams and can shape her voice into just about anything. I thought I'd "return the favor" and ask her to do 'Let This River Flow' with me for our live DVD in Helsinki and boy did it turn out amazing!

"It was really cool to meet her in person as well, her presence is majestic and she has a great sense of humor. I think our voices match perfectly in this almost anthemic song, which showcases a lot of different types of vocals."

"Alive & Burning" was recording during the band's sold out show at the Wiltern Theater in Hollywood, Ca on November 1, 2014 during their "Black Mass" tour.

In addition to the DVD and Blu-Ray release, "Alive & Burning" will also be offered digitally via iTunes. Here is the tracklisting: 1) Heart Of Fire 2) I Am Bulletproof 3) Coffin 4) Faithless 5) Wretched & Divine 6) Knives & Pens 7) Overture 8) Shadows Die 9) Last Rites 10) Rebel Love Song 11) Drum Solo 12) The Legacy 13) Sweet Blasphemy 14) Perfect Weapon 15) Fallen Angels 16) Rebel Yell 17) In The End - bonus feature "Meet The Fans".

The 17-date tour will be launching on June 23rd in Ringle, WI at the Q & Z Expo Center and will conclude on July 18th in Arlington Heights, IL at the Home Bar.

3 Years Hollow frontman Jose Urquiza had this to say, "Heading towards the rest of 2015 we definitely feel this renewed energy within us and around us, including the entire team of people that we work with.

The new album is set to be released on June 22nd in the UK (Amazon shows June 30th North American release date) and Wyman was joined in the studio to record the effort by long time collaborator/guitarist Terry Taylor, Guy Fletcher (of Mark Knopfler fame), Graham Broad and Robbie McIntosh.

Wyman had this to say about the new track, "I was watching the video of Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues with the song cards that he tosses aside and I thought I'd like to do something like that.

Davis broke the news to fans with a photo posting on Instagram that shows him in a recording studio with the country music stars. The caption says: "Working with Big and Rich on a country music project #bakersfieldsound." See the post here.

Davis' surprise announcement came a day after Loudwire published an interview where Korn guitarist James 'Munky' Shaffer said that country music is the only genre of music that he doesn't see Korn experimenting with in the future.

Shaffer was asked about the band's musical experimentation and which direction he would like to see the band explore. He said, "I think we just continue to grow as songwriters, so I don't know. We've gone in every direction except for country and I don't think that's going to happen for Korn, but I know there's been some remix stuff.

Springsteen was one of many artists there to pay tribute to Townshend; Joan Jett (currently opening for the Who), Billy Idol, Willie Nile and Roger Daltrey all performed, accompanied by the Who's touring band (John Corey on piano, Loren Gold on keyboards, Pino Palladino on bass, Frank Simes on keyboards, Zak Starkey on drums, and Pete's brother Simon Townshend on guitars), in tribute to the songwriter.

Springsteen's speech, however, was as powerful as any of the performances. Here are some of the excerpts: "Pete's got a long history of working hard and raising spirits and money for worthy causes� I could go on and tell you what Pete's done for others, but I think I'll tell you about what Pete's done for me.

"It was the summer of '66 or '67, it was the first American tour that the who were on, and I'm on a long line snaking out of Convention Hall down the boardwalk. And in big type: 'Herman's Hermits!' And then: 'The Who!' I was the young, pimply faced teenager who managed to [put together] enough money to see my first rock concert ever. Pete and the Who were young, pimply faced teenagers with a record contract, a tour and a rude, aggressive magic. They were on this tour, of all things, opening for Herman's Hermits. There was no justice!

"The first band out, I think, were the Blues Magoos. You folks remember the Blues Magoos? I don't believe you. But they had a great song called 'Ain't Got Nothin' Yet' and these electric suits, and the suits lit up. And it was high level special effects for the time.

"Then the Who came out and they played for probably no more than thirty minutes. Pete, in a cloud of smoke, demolished his guitar, bashing it over and over into the floor and his amplifier. The audience was filled with a significant amount of teeny boppers waiting for [the Herman's Hermits hit single] 'Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter.' So they sat there with their mouths agape. Like, who are these guys? What are they doing? Why are they doing it? All I knew was that, for some reason, this music, and the demolishing of perfectly fine instruments, filled me with incredible joy. There was something wonderful about the wanton destruction of good, commercial property. It was the joy and giddiness of the riot, that the Who managed to safely attain. Semi-safely attain! But all I knew was that it made me happy and it thrilled and inspired me.

"I was in a band called the Castiles, I was about 16 years old. We had a gig the next weekend at a Catholic school dance. So I went out and bought a smoke bomb and a strobe light and I brought them over to the gig. and as the night neared its end, I wasn't able to smash my guitar [like Townshend] - it was the only one I had! - so I lit the smoke bomb in the Catholic school basement and turned on the strobe light and I climbed on top of my amplifier holding a vase of flowers that I stole from one of the upstairs classrooms, and with this huge flourish I raised the vase of flowers as the flickering, blinding strobe lit me, with smoke all around me, and as the nuns looked on in horror, I smashed them onto the dance floor. I jumped off the amp and stomped all over the petunias!

"The vase of flowers simply failed to have the grandeur of a newly minted Telecaster being smashed to splinters, but we worked with what we had. I went home smiling, feeling a blood bond with Pete Townshend, and I never looked back.

"As I grew older, the Who's music seemed to grow with me, the sexual frustration, the politics, the identity� these themes coursed through my veins with every concurant Who album. I always found myself there somewhere in their music. 'The Seeker' is the guy in 'Born to Run.' There'd be no "Down in Jungleland' without Pete's slashing bloody attack on his instrument. Pete is the greatest rhythm guitarist of all time. He showed you, you don't have to play any lead. It's an amazing thing to behold.

Mainman Mustaine had invented the Vic Rattlehead character before the band started recording their first work in 1984, and he'd given the Combat record label clear instructions about what he wanted from the artwork.

Mustaine tells Metal Hammer's Paul Brannigan: "The inspiration for Vic came from a little model of the 'Speak No Evil, See No Evil, Hear No Evil' monkeys that my mom had. I thought it would be cool to translate that to metal.

"I drew it and got my friend Peyton Tuttle to paint it for our first t-shirt. The cover was supposed to be based on his painting, with a shield, knives and chains, a skull and crossbones."

Ellefson says: "So this box shows up, and we open it, and there's the record. Dave was immediately on the phone to Combat, asking, 'What the f*** is this?'"

Mustaine states: "It was a plastic skull with tinfoil and ketchup. It was sh*t." His comment reflects one of his golden rules about working in the music industry: "I told David, 'In this business, you have to eat sh*t, smile and ask for more.'"

Lindemann previously told TeamRock that Rammstein fans might not like the material as he doesn't sing in German on the record. He said: "Peter's a real metalhead and I'm into this gothic thing. I know a lot of hardcore Rammstein fans may not like it because they'll miss the German language and harsh sounds, but this is a side-project and I bring a lot of personality into my half."

The popular franchise has been on hiatus for five years but will return this autumn for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Wii U. It will come bundled with a redesigned guitar controller.

They released their seventh album Confuse & Conquer in April via Southern Lord Recordings and embarked on a European tour to support the album. But they've taken a step back citing issues including "unfortunate band behavior."

They say in a statement: "Poison Idea is going on an indefinite hiatus following a successful month-long European tour due to some health/sanity issues, personal matters and addressing some unfortunate band behavior.

It's mixed by Neil Kernon, who is currently putting the finishing touches to the album. A European tour which includes four dates in England has also been announced.

Vocalist Kyle Sanders says: "The focus this time around is on brutally heavy metal riffing and songwriting - very streamlined to achieve maximum destructive impact. Our last record was super surgically clean and very musicianship-oriented, whereas the new disc is a polar opposite.

The thrash icons recently confirmed the launch of 11th album Repentless - their first without co-founder Jeff Hanneman, who died in 2013. King tells Full Metal Jackie: "I think more so now than the early days, they're more acceptable to quality music, which is cool. I used to hate to watch friends just get pummelled. I remember Alice In Chains were opening and they got destroyed by the fans - and they were awesome.

"I was out there almost every day, and it would put me out to see gallon jars of sh*t being thrown onstage. They manned up and dealt with it. That was their trial by fire."

Produced by Chips Kiesbye (Hellacopters, Nomads) in Gothenburg, Sweden and mixed by Petri Majuri in Helsinki, Finland, the project is the follow-up to the 2013 Finnish chart-topper "Horns And Halos."

Monroe recorded the album with his touring band - bassist Sami Yaffa (ex-Hanoi Rocks/New York Dolls), guitarist Steve Conte (ex-New York Dolls/Company Of Wolves), guitarist Rich Jones (ex-Black Halos/Amen) and drummer Karl Rockfist (ex-Chelsea Smiles/Danzig).

The tune is one of several previously unreleased and alternative takes of a selection of album tracks featured on the project, including an alternative version of "Brown Sugar" featuring Eric Clapton; unreleased versions of "Bitch" and "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", an acoustic take on "Wild Horses", and five tracks recorded live at The Roundhouse in 1971 including "Honky Tonk Women" and "Midnight Rambler" - all featured on the Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions.

Due June 8 (June 9 in North America), the remastered album will be available on CD, 2CD, LP, 2LP, a Deluxe Edition Boxet, Super Deluxe Edition Boxset and via digital download.

The Super Deluxe edition also includes "Get Yer Leeds Lungs Out!", a 13-track audio recording of the Stones March 1971 show in Leeds, shortly before they began their self-imposed UK 'exile' period in France over tax issues. A DVD includes two tracks from the band's Marquee Club show in London on March 26, 1971.

FNM had been certain that no regrouping would ever take place, until frontman Mike Patton and drummer Mike Bordin attended keyboardist Roddy Bottum's wedding.

But Gould - who was out of the US at the time - tells Metal Hammer's Dave Everley: "I found out they were all hanging out, and I thought that was a little weird.

"The first thing that comes to mind with something like that is, 'Someone needs money.' I had a very negative gut feeling about it. But when you're apart you remember the bad things - when you're together, you remember the good things."

He finally reconnected with FNM over lunch. "I happened to be in LA and they happened to be in LA," he says. "I just thought, 'I've got nothing to lose.' It was the first time we'd all been in the same room since 1999.

Says Bjork: "Hey all you rock 'n' rollers, check out my new video for Controllers Destroyed. I had a blast shooting this video. The skaters were super cool and it was rad hanging out in San Bernardino with Salba and some other solid locals.

Nicks tells Mojo: "Every band should have a girl in it - it's always going to make for more cooler stuff than if it's just a bunch of guys. It's ultimately more romantic, no matter what. Even if nobody is getting together, it still casts a romantic spell."

Mac's history is infamous for the inter-band relationships, highlighted by Nicks' own tension with ex-lover Lindsey Buckingham as they worked on 1977 classic Rumours.

Last year fans rallied round after Marie revealed he was close to death. They raised $250,000 to help with medical bills. He finally received a transplant in May 2014 and later told his wife: "I hung in there - and a lot of the reason was due to you. Some of the nurses and the doctors, but mainly you."

Trout says in his update: "A year ago, we didn't know if I would still be here. Thanks to you and my music friends I'm still here and playing. I'm in the midst of making a new album and can't wait to see you out on tour."

The frontman's wife was experiencing a difficult pregnancy with daughter Anna-Marie, and problems continued after her birth. He was also attempting to write a movie with The Exorcist director William Friedkin, all while Genesis tried to create their ambitious 1974 double album.

Hackett tells Prog's Daryl Easlea: "Pete was going through his version of Hell and I was going through mine. My first marriage broke up and I had a son. There was a tremendous amount of guilt - I just wanted to get on with the music, but modern life just kept crashing in all the time."

Gabriel eventually asked for time off in order to work on the film, but the band refused. Hackett says: "Friedkin freaked when he heard he could be responsible for breaking up the band. Pete came back to it."

The shows have been lined up to support The Prodigy's sixth album The Day Is My Enemy, released in March. They'll follow the band's headline slot at the Isle Of Wight festival on June 12 and T In The Park in Perth on July 10.

Hardcore heroes The Bronx - along with their alter ego Mariachi El Bronx - Japanese outfit Bo Ningen, two-piece rockers God Damn and pop punk band As It Is have also been announced for the twin events, which take place on the weekend of August 28-30.

The new album launch follows a career that saw him quitting music in 1977, returning nearly 20 years later then reinventing his approach to banjo playing in 2008.

Landreth says: "Developing a style and an approach that is your own musically is not something to be taken for granted. I'm at a point in life where I want to make the most of every moment I can - and that changes your perspective, your priorities and how you relate to everyone else.

Michael McClinton lay in the hospital recovering from surgery. Unfortunately, his band took this opportunity to quit on him, and then they tried to continue on without him playing his music. In essence, they tried to steal his act while he was dealing with health issues - instead of supporting him through this difficult time.

Rather than feel sorry for himself at this low point, Michael McClinton called his friend and music producer Paul Carabala. He told Paul this painful experience had inspired him to write a song - he wanted his anger to fuel his creativity and give the world a song they could identify with.

Paul got to work and came back with the music that would become "Crumble" - a driving riff rock song, with a sing along chorus and a great rhythmic hook.

McClinton wrote the lyrics that tell the story, and if you have ever been kicked when you were down, you will relate to this song. It is an anthem for anyone who has hit some bumps in the road and come back stronger than ever.