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Slipknot, Marilyn Manson and Of Mice & Men Tour Announced

The group features Steve Vai (David Lee Roth band), Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society), Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme), and Tosin Abasi (Animals as Leaders).

The North American tour is scheduled to kick off on April 5th in Seattle, WA at the Paramount Theatre and will be concluding on May 8th in Providence, RI at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

The acclaimed guitarists will perform songs from their catalogs as well as some of their favorites and will be backed by Pete Griffin (Dweezil Zappa, Stanley Clarke, Edgar Winter) on bass and Nick Marinovich (Yngwie Malmsteen) on keyboard.

The rock world has continued paying tribute, with Alice Cooper's Hollywood Vampires performing Ace Of Spades at the Grammys earlier this week. Dee tells Sweden Rock Magazine: "Something like that is definitely happening, but when and how I have no idea.

"Now is not the right time. I'd like to wait until there's a demand. The fans have been eating hamburgers for 40 years, so maybe you don't want to have hamburger the first year after Lemmy's death - instead you have to crave that hamburger again. We've toured for so many years that some time has to pass until people say, 'F***, I'd really like to hear some cool Motorhead songs live on stage again.'"

The concert, in the city's Olympia venue, was the band's first full-length show in France since the terror attack during their performance at the Bataclan in November, during which 89 people were shot dead.

Hughes had vowed to "finish the show" before it took place, but he admitted: "I don't want to fall to pieces in front of everyone. It's overwhelming. I just don't want to let anyone down."

EODM were joined on stage by co-founder Josh Homme, who hadn't been present in November. The band opened with I Only Want You, then stopped partway through for a moment of silence. They didn't perform Kiss The Devil, the track they'd just completed when the Bataclan massacre began.

He had Alzheimer's disease. His funeral was held at Priory Church of St Mary in Usk on Monday (February 15), with Mott The Hoople keyboard player Verden Allen among those to pay tribute.
According to the Hereford Times, Allen recalled a chat he and Buffin had in London when the band signed their first record deal. The drummer remarked: "I'm not cut out for this rock and roll business." Allen replied: "I think it's a bit late for that Buff."

Guitarist Dan Jacobs said: "Because the only outlet we had was Atreyu, the sound started really altering. Stepping back and being able to do our own things, we could get that out of our system, find a comfortable place to have that outlet, and not let it affect the integrity of our sound.

"The reason we're able to come back now, be who we are, sound the way we do and be confident about what we're doing, is that that's not in the way any more."

They've also issued a short film exploring the creation of Generation Me and how they recovered from the departure of previous singer Matt Jones.

He was replaced by Mitchel Emms, a contestant on TV talent show The Voice. In the video, bassist Rick Newman says: "We lost our old singer. But we were not gonna stop, we were gonna find a new singer.

Drummer Dhani Mansworth adds: "To find a great classic rock singer, we didn't think it was possible. It was hard enough finding our original singer. Finding Mitch was an absolute fluke. At 4am I went on YouTube and searched for UK rock singer. The first video that came up was Mitch's The Voice audition, and as soon as he started singing I knew this was the guy."

The event will be taking place at Harley-Davidson of Glendale, CA (3717 San Fernando Rd.) on Saturday, March 5th from 2:00-5:00PM and will feature live performances from Dio Disciples, Gabbie Rae, Budderside, Ernie Snair, and The Loveless.

The label says: "Aborted have returned to not only deliver another album jam-packed with ferociously ripping brutal death metal, but also surpass all expectations with what could be considered their most mature and diverse album to date."

He says: "I'm very happy to be announcing such a varied lineup. The money raised is invaluable to this charity, which receives no government funding in England, to help young people with cancer in the NHS."

Apart from the headliners, organizers also announced the initial lineup that includes The Temperance Movement, Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons, The Sheepdogs, Radio Moscow, HoneyHoney, Big Something, Little Hurricane, The Band of Heathens, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, Mike Farris and The Roseland Rhythm Revue, with more acts still to be announced.

We were also sent the following details: The NightRIDE - when music spills off the Main Stage from Telluride's Town Park into local venues along Main Street for late night shows - will return again this year. The Sheridan Opera House, The Roma Bar and additional local venues will host intimate performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night.

Dobbie Brothers cofounder Tom Johnston had the following to say, "We are looking forward to playing for NASCAR in Bristol. Race fans know how to have a good time!"

Patrick Simmons adds, "We love the atmosphere of competition racing, and the folks who come to these events. The anticipation and electricity in the air, as well as the camaraderie of the fans and competitors, always make these races special, and a great experience for all those who attend. I know our music will fit right in there with the whole spirit of the event. We can't wait to get there!"

Bristol Motor Speedway executive vice president and general manager Jerry Caldwell shared his excitement, "We can't wait to see the Doobie Brothers' energetic performance at the Food City 500 pre-race concert.

Due February 26, the project is included in a 2CD package that also presents the acoustic record "Hearts On Trees." Warwick is joined on the double-album set by guests including bandmate Damon Johnson, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, Ginger Wildheart, Andy Cairns, Billy Morrison and Stiff Little Finger Jake Burns.

The band's first material since 2014's Sweet Salvation was mixed by Swede Chris Laney, with the band saying they wanted him onboard as they were looking for a more European feel on the record.

The band say: "We chipped away at each track's session, layering guitars, Moog synths, bongos, bells, wind chimes, and even an old-school talk-box. Chris's mixes just kept blowing us away.

The event, produced by the Ventura County Blues Society, will be taking place at new location this year, Studio Channel Islands, 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., in Camarillo, on Saturday, April 30th.

Ventura County Blues Society President Michael John had the following to say, "We're really excited about the Festival's new location this year, and being able to have The Delgado Brothers perform, fresh from their recent IBC victory.

The organization, which runs the Cambridge Corn Exchange and Cambridge Folk Festival, commissioned a piece of public art using funding from Cambridge City Council, in collaboration with Syd's family, to be permanently displayed at the Cambridge Corn Exchange to commemorate his last ever live public performances at the venue in 1972.

The artwork will be publically unveiled on Thursday October 27 in the year that marks both the 10th anniversary of Syd's death as well as the 70th anniversary of his birth.

Cambridge Live has now also revealed that it will also be marking the occasion with the staging of a celebratory concert the same evening, with a guest list that is expected to include Syd's family, friends and former associates and with audience members expected to come from all corners of the world.

Entitled Syd Barrett - A Celebration, the concert will feature Swedish band Men on the Border, who reinterpret the music of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd, backed by the Sandviken Symphony Orchestra, also from Sweden. It will feature symphonic interpretations of Barrett classics from his solo albums The Madcap Laughs and Barrett including the likes of Octopus and Terrapin with the repertoire flanked by an interpretation of Floyd's High Hopes.

The concert will also include lighting from Peter Wynne Willson who worked with Pink Floyd between 1966 and 1968 when he created light shows for their performances at UFO and the Roundhouse and went on to design the lighting for the band's UK, European and American gigs and tours as well as having since worked with Roger Waters, Radiohead and U2.

Neil Jones, Operations Director for Cambridge Live said "It's fantastic that we can pay tribute on such a large scale to the city's most famous musical son. Having played his last ever live concerts at the venue it is fitting that his life and work is celebrated in the same venue as those last concerts and particularly in his anniversary year."

Rosemary Breen, Syd Barrett's sister said "Syd loved Cambridge, it always meant home to him. He would have been very surprised and delighted to be recognised in such a unique way. His family would like to thank everyone involved with this memorial."

The band had the following to say about the new music video clip, "We filmed the video for the song Razoring Woods cause it seemed to us the most suitable for this purpose.

"I like to keep it vague when I'm talking about what songs mean, because I don't want to tell anyone what to think. So I'll tell you what this song means to me and the feeling I had when I wrote it.

Bertyl is about stolen moments. Have you ever locked eyes with someone and wished that time would stand still so you could say everything you've always wanted to say? That moment is where Bertyl takes place. That's the violet room.

It doesn't have to be an alternate reality. What if we were unabashedly honest with each other all the time? There's so much freedom in that. I think we'd feel more real and more alive. Go lock eyes with that person you're thinking of and say everything you've always wanted to say."

The new box set will contain the band's first four albums and two additional discs of bonus material. Originally released on the Spanish label Locomotive, these albums have been long out of print.

After having released the first four Anubis Gate albums, Locomotive Music went into hiding, taking with them the rights and funds still owed the band. As a result, these albums became rarities, commanding high prices being sold secondhand online.

Now fans can finally own these albums again without paying insane prices. In fact, the price for the complete 6-disc set will be lower than what one copy of Andromeda Unchained has been listed for on eBay.

Included in the Orbits box set will be the albums Purification, A Perfect Forever, Andromeda Unchained, and The Detached, plus a double disc bonus set that will include rare and unreleased studio and live material. In addition, there will be a 24-page booklet with a special track-by-track guide by the original band members who made these recordings. Each box set will be numbered, and a bundle option with an Anubis Gate Orbits logo shirt will also be available.

Kim Olesen had the following to say, "Hi people! This has been so long in the making and we are so glad to finally get this on track. I've had many, many inquiries over the years in regards to making these albums available again.

"The biggest roadblock was Locomotive's refusal to communicate with us and breaching their contract by not paying any royalties after 2008 and still not allowing the rights to revert back to us.

"Furthermore, they continued to sell them digitally until about a year and half ago while, at the same time, depriving us of money that we could have used for things such as touring and paying the bills that bands typically have.

"Only when the Danish Musicians' Union (DMF) stepped in did we stop these sales and regain the rights to these first four albums. Now that they are finally under our control again, we can release them without too much of a bitter business taste in our mouth.

"They are important parts of the history of the band and as parents say, 'we love all our children,' which goes for these albums, too. We hope you will contribute to making these available again with our Kickstarter campaign; we put much love and hard work into them - both in their creation and the ensuing struggle to win them back."

Buckley drowned in Tennessee in 1997, aged 30, while working on the planned follow-up to his 1994 debut, Grace. The I Know It's Over video's executive producer, Amy Redford, tells Rolling Stone: "When I first heard Jeff, he gave me permission to feel fully and with contradiction.

"He inspired me to fight for authenticity, and to feel confidence in simplicity. To collaborate on these songs coming to life, and to see the community of people who Jeff touched, has been a privilege."

You And I includes Buckley's versions of Just Like A Woman by Bob Dylan, Everyday People by Sly & The Family Stone, Night Flight by Led Zeppelin and The Boy With The Thorn In His Side by The Smiths.

Led by Papa Emeritus III, the group were honored with their first Grammy Award, taking home the Grammy in the Best Metal performance category for "Cirice", the lead single from their latest album "Meliora." The tune was nominated alongside tracks by Slipknot ("Custer"), Lamb Of God ("512"), Sevendust ("Thank You") and August Burns Red ("Identity").

One of the Nameless Ghouls recently shared details of how the band received news of their Grammy nod. "When we got the news that we were nominated, I just got a text saying, 'You're nominated for a Grammy,'" he told Grammy.com. "In Sweden, we have another prize called Grammis, which, internationally, is referred to as the Swedish Grammy. So when I got the text, I told my friend next to me that we were nominated for a Grammis.

He tells Kerrang: "We recorded this record in a different way. I'm not saying we went in with any preconceived ideas as such, but I do think we went in knowing that we wanted to make this record a little different from the last two.

"It's still a Deftones record - we didn't really have any new influences that changed that. But it's an expansion of what we were comfortable with. And it's important to get out of your comfort zone sometimes with the music - just to be excited.

The band is launching the dates surrounding their very first appearance at the Coachella festival on April 15th and April 22nd. They kick things off with the special Los Angeles show at the Roxy on April 13th and wrap up the trek on April 26 in Lubbock, TX at the Lodestar Amphitheater.

The band had the following to say about the new dates, "We're thrilled to be heading back out on the road in the United States this April, and to have the chance to get up close and personal with you at the legendary Roxy Theater in Los Angeles for our first show of 2016.

"It is long overdue that one of the greatest rock cities in the world has a festival of its own," say Disturbed. "We are honoured and excited to be one of the headliners at the inaugural Open Air festival in our hometown of Chicago."

Here is Lee's comments about the first three tracks: "It begins with the 'Overture', which - despite being the first thing you hear - was the last piece to be written, much like with any classical overture. We wanted to take the most important musical threads from each of the subsequent parts to create a 'new' piece of music that would represent the album as a whole. So that's where it all starts."

"And then 'The Temples Of Syrinx' sets the scene, because 2112 is about a totalitarian society that controls everything about your life, including the music that you hear. It manufactures it all, so that's what we wanted to say with this track. It sets up the hierarchy in this futuristic world that we've arrived in."

The tour will be kicking off on May 30th in Manchester, UK at Bridgewater Hall and will visit nine countries in all and conclude on June 16th in Stockholm, Sweden at Cirkus.

Frontman Maynard James Keenan had this to say about the tour, "UK. Europe. We are coming. Ready your cherries for soon we will be in you. We promise to be gentle since this is your first time."

Prior to the European tour the band will launch the second leg of their North American tour in support of their latest release "Money Shot". That tour will be kicking off on March 17 in Riverside, Ca at the Fox Performing Arts Center.

"Battle Cry" was recorded on August 1st, 2015 at Germany's Wacken Festival in front of an audience of 85,000 and will be released as a 15-track CD, on DVD and Blu-ray featuring the full concert, and also digitally in audio and video formats. Watch the preview clip here.

The band are said to be working on their debut album at a Las Vegas studio with producer Logan Mader, known for his efforts with 5FDP, Devildriver and Gojira.

Johnson tells Notorious Photography: "We're all super excited about this project. I'm stoked to be singing again. I love playing bass, obviously, but I've been a singer for a long f***ing time. I just took a huge break, so it's good to be able to kind of get back into it and kind of have my cake and eat it too, and be on both sides."

Luzier, who also drums for Korn, posted an Instagram picture from Steakhouse Studio in Los Angeles, along with the caption: "KXM 2 drums complete."

The Canadian metal outfit say: "Sorry to report the unfortunate news of our accident � we're not at fault by the way � on the highway in Texas last night and that we will have to pull out of the remaining eight tour dates.

"Ian is recovering in hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, otherwise everyone is going to be okay. We are just happy to be alive at this point.

In a video message recorded for fans, Flynn says: "I have been battling a chest infection or a chest flu for a few days now. I can't stop coughing and I have basically blown my voice out onstage. It started happening yesterday, but there's nothing coming out of my throat right now. I am so, so sorry that we had to stop but I hope you understand."

The next date on the band's European tour is scheduled for Luxembourg's Den Atelier on February 17 (Wednesday) and they say they'll have to "wait and see" how Flynn's illness is before they know whether it'll go ahead.

Wilde tells The Blues: "It's about regrets and mistakes, and the sex drugs and rock'n'roll lifestyle. Back then the band and I were all a bit wild to say the least - nowadays I prefer a cuppa tea on the road, a good book to read in the van, early nights and to come home to my boyfriend at the end."