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The guitarist's fifth solo project - which debuted and peaked at No. 27 on the US Billboard 200 - mixed original material with a cover of the 1974 Sweet classic, "Fox On The Run."

The updated 2017 edition adds three bonus tracks: "Hard For Me" - which was later reworked into the album's opening tune, "Foxy & Free" - a slower version of "Pain In The Neck", and the previously digital-only bonus track, "The Return Of Space Bear."

"Anomaly Deluxe" will feature enhanced album art, a new live poster, and extensive liner notes by rock writer and Frehley historian Ron Albanese, including track-by-track commentary by the guitarist himself.

Stevie joined the band onstage during their July 9th concert at Hyde Park to perform her and Petty's hit duet "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and fan filmed footage has been shared online.

The final date of the band's European tour at the stone theater at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece - which was built in the year 161 AD - was filmed for the PBS series "Landmarks Live In Concert", hosted by Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

Captured in legendary destinations around the globe, the "artist-driven concert series" bills itself as being "as much about landmarks, as it is the music and the musicians who perform" on the program.

Aired on ABC in the US shortly after the 1975's album release, "Alice Cooper: The Nightmare" showcases every song from the set, with Cooper taking on the role of Steven, and Vincent Price serving as The Spirit Of The Nightmare.

The broadcast delivered a mix of Cooper's hits and classics against a backdrop of giant spiders, skeletons, a cyclops, and the voice of Price. The "Welcome To My Nightmare" concert film captures the shock-rocker live over a pair of September 1975 shows at London's Wembley Arena.

Waiting on You, Love is an idea of Justin's that he had sung and played a couple of bars into his phone. Later on he finished out the arrangement and lyrics and we tried it out as a band. It was acoustic guitar-driven and had kind of a push and pull feel to it. During one of our writing sessions we tried an alternate version where we set up in a circle with me on acoustic piano, Scot and Rodney playing acoustic guitars and George playing percussion, Justin sang a guide vocal along with us through the talkback mic in the control room, which is used to communicate with the people wearing headphones in the tracking room. This version was much slower and darker, and changed the mood of the song completely. When we mixed the song the small talkback vocal sound was transformed into a larger than life version of itself by smashing it though some vintage audio compressors.

That version sat for about a year until we revived it again as we started digging into just what the new record track listing would be. The consensus was that while Justin's voice sounded great with all of that open space that the overall vibe of the song still wasn't quite right. We tossed around a bunch of ideas and ended up trying a completely different approach with a more driving beat and Peter Gabriel-like bass line, but also with ambient guitars and keys. Rodney was playing a heavily effected single note part using analog delay feedback and the keys were based on an Omnichord, which is a Suzuki toy autoharp form the early 80s that makes awesomely weird sounds. The song slowly speeds up from start to finish and George's drum part alternates playing ahead and behind the beat in each measure. We cut a single take of that and knew we had something good, but it was still very undefined to stand alone as a complete song. It was looking like it was going to become a cool B-side.

During the Joshua Tree Sessions with Sylvia Massy we dug into it once more, and added bigger guitars and the spacey intro piece. We also added Justin's original guitar part into the second half of the song which gave it the extra drive that it needed. Musically we had all of the pieces but something was still missing on the vocal performance. I went back to the original live acoustic and piano version and lifted that demo guide vocal that he had sung through the talkback microphone and cut it into the new version. It was done at a completely different tempo but after some editing it sat right into the mix made the song complete. There are no other vocal tracks on that song and its one of the most epic on the record. All of the drums, bass, main guitar track and keys are live. Sometimes your first sketch is the best one.

A recent report in The Hollywood Reporter says that, "Incoming MAD Magazine editor Bill Morrison will write and illustrate Titan Comics' adaptation in time for the movie's 50th anniversary next year."

Sully created the new clip to help spread awareness as the opioid crisis in America in association with the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation and Recovery Centers of America.

Erna had this to say, "When Jim Wahlberg approached me to get involved with the Foundation to combat the out-of-control opioid epidemic sweeping this country, it was an easy decision.

They launched the tour on July 6th at the Weesner Family Amphitheater in Apple Valley, MN and have now added dates that extend it until September 16th where it will wrap up in Sandy, UT at the Sandy City Amphitheater.

The tune is the second single from the Atlanta band's latest album, "Emperor Of Sand." Mastodon recently issued a Robert Schober-directed video for "Show Yourself" ahead of the live debut of the song during a March 17 performance at the SXSW music festival in Austin, TX.

Band leader Dani Filth had this to say about the new clip, "Working with such an artistic director as Arturs Berzi?s was indeed an honour, as the video shoot was very extensively planned, involving a myriad of extras and crew, make-up girls and set builders, a crow, some well-behaved snakes and a considerable amount of snow, candles, water, trees, naked bodies, lamentable mourners, as well as all being submerged in suitably gothic landscapes and vistas. And the fact that we travelled to Riga in Latvia to film it was also very unique and interesting.

The band have added a September 29th show at the famed Greek Theater in Los Angeles, as well as new dates in Reno (October 7th) and Washington D.C. (November 2nd).

They will be wrapping up their current North American summer leg with an appearance at this year's Lollapalooza festival on August 6th before heading overseas for a European trek.

He writes, "There has been some untruths and speculation circling about my departure from Tantric. To clarify, I made the decision to leave, as did the rest of the band. This was not a spur of the moment decision, but a culmination of years of erratic and profoundly unprofessional behavior from other members of the band, and a lack of forward momentum and opportunities.

"When I brought in my dear friend Bryan Bonds formerly of Florida Georgia Line, I felt maybe the band could have a fresh start. We had written a ton of amazing songs, which we recorded and started to copulate an album. I still believe in those songs, however there were many, many situations within the band I could no longer overlook.