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Sales of (Blackstar) reached 43,000 in the UK in the 24 hours after his death was confirmed, with the numbers still rising rapidly. It currently tops the midweek UK Top 40 Album Chart as well as the iTunes chart and sales of much of Bowie's back catalogue have risen sharply, the Guardian reports.

The 6-episode series sees Hagar drive across the country to jam with some of music's biggest names, with the first two editions set to feature former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, and Bob Weir and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead.

Other season one guests include Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson, Alice Cooper and Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell. Last month, Hagar and The Circle released their first live DVD, "At Your Service."

Iron Maiden will kick off the global trek in support of 2015's double-album, "The Book Of Souls", with three US concerts starting February 24 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

The 20-plus "Alive In The Hidden City" run begins next month with four US dates - a pair each in New York and Los Angeles - following which the band will perform an extensive UK tour and return the North America for a month of concerts starting with a March 18 appearance at SXSW in Austin, TX.

Due February 5, "Hidden City" sees The Cult working once again with producer Bob Rock, who they teamed with for 1989's "Sonic Temple", 1994's self-titled album, 2001's "Beyond Good And Evil" and 2012's "Choice Of Weapon."

"We're looking very much forward to seeing all of you at the Rocklahoma Festival on Memorial Day Weekend," say Scorpions. "Are we ready to rock you like a hurricane again? You bet!"

Although the band will be concentrating on touring most of the spring, it sounds like they are also busy working out new songs before they hit the road.

Their first new music since 2014's Rave Tapes features reworked material that the Glasgow group composed for last year's BBC4 documentary Atomic: Living In Dread And Promise. It was directed by Mark Cousin's and explored the Hiroshima bomb attack.

Speaking of their latest record, Parker said: "I think I wanted to make songs that I'd always wanted to do, but I'd always shut out, because I thought those influences were not fitting the realm of psych rock.

Countless rockets have launched payloads into near-Earth orbit. But, most have tumbled back to the surface in pieces or simply remained in orbit as space junk. But the Falcon 9 was different. It placed 11 satellites into orbit. Then, with legs extending at the last second, it returned to Earth to land vertically on a launch pad. If you didn't know the footage was real, it could be mistaken for a scene from a science fiction film.

Manson says: "My first introduction to David Bowie was watching Ashes To Ashes on MTV. I was confused and captivated. But it wasn't until my first real stay in Los Angeles, around 1997, that someone told me to take a moment to listen to something other than Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and Hunky Dory. So I went for a dizzying car ride through the Hollywood Hills and listened to Diamond Dogs.

"All of my nostalgia instantly turned to awe. I was hearing him sing about fiction as a mask to show his naked soul. This changed my life forever. Every song of his was a way for me to communicate to others. It was a sedative. An arousal. A love letter I could never have written.

He tells Music Radar: "This might surprise some people, but I've been on a huge Lindsey Buckingham trip recently and listening to his playing in Fleetwood Mac.

"I always thought there were two guitar players playing together, but it was just him doing all that Travis picking stuff. That's how good he is. I thought, 'You f***in' a**hole, how is that possible?'

And while reshuffling the tour, the former Marillion man realized he was able to slot in an additional six UK appearances. Fish says: "Having lost the two German shows at the beginning of the last tour and the three Dutch shows, I had to find a way to fulfil the gigs and at the same time make sense of the logistics and expense of an awkward routing and venue availabilities.

The event to mark the release of their third record and follow-up to 2012's Individuation will be held at the Chaos Theory's monthly night The Facemelter, at the The Black Heart, Camden, on February 5.

The multi-instrumentalist and frontman of cover band ReGenesis' latest effort is said to feature "beautiful soundscapes with heartfelt, wistful songs dealing with such subjects as loss, longing and even a cynical observation of social media."

It was recorded in a Minneapolis jazz club and follows the band's two studio albums, 2011's Black Cloud and 2014's Sunshine. Singer Davina Sowers had the following say: "On the corner of Nicollet And Tenth, in downtown Minneapolis, lies a moody jazz club called the Dakota.

The version was recorded in New York, St Louis and Los Angeles and the seeds were sown years ago when Mesey asked Johnson to play piano on a recording of Johnny B. Goode. Johnson ended up providing the only studio recording of him ever playing the song.

Founding member and drummer Stef Broks recently told TeamRock: "I had to halt the guys and say, 'Listen, do we really want to make just another album? Or do we want to do something completely different?'

"I knew we couldn't just write 10 songs for a new record and think that was going to be enough. This is our fifth album, and traditionally that's a very important step for a band. It's where reputations are cemented.