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Free Soundgarden- Black Sabbath Reunion?- Velvet Revolver DVD- Prince Tour- Candlemass Reunion- Gay Bush- Star Spangled Slash- Di'Anno Plans Maiden Tour- more (Top Story)

10/17/2010
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Free Soundgarden- Black Sabbath Reunion?- Velvet Revolver DVD- Prince Tour- Candlemass Reunion- Gay Bush- Star Spangled Slash- Di'Anno Plans Maiden Tour- more was a top 10 story this week . Here is the recap: Soundgarden's "Black Rain" music video is free on iTunes this week. The video features Metalocalypes' Dethklok and an animated Soundgarden. Get it here

Music Radar has an interesting spin on Tony Iommi's comments about writing new material, which you may have read about in yesterday's Day in Rock. The site asks, could Black Sabbath be on the verge of reuniting? While original members Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward have given vague hints that they're open to the idea, the only concrete news in that direction is that Tony Iommi is writing again and plans on working with his Sabbath/Heaven And Hell bandmate Butler. more

A public memorial has been announced for Gotthard singer Steve Lee, who was killed in a motorcycle accident. The memorial will be held in Switzerland on October 17 at the Gotthard Pass Hospice. A eulogy will also be given by two Capucine monks. more

Bush singer Gavin Rossdale has admitted he had an affair with gender bender male pop singer Marilyn, when he was 17. more

Every Time I Die got into a bit of legal trouble by promoting their upcoming DVD release by posting faked re-tweets from celebrities such as Kanye West, Andy Dick, Justin Bieber, and Jimmy Fallon. Read all about it here

The Devil Wears Prada, Silverstein, and For Today will be touring Canada together later this year. more

Rex Brown (Pantera, Down) had a bit of a big lineup news about his Arms Of The Sun group. Brown says "I got Vinny Appice to come in and play drums, in fact he's gonna come out this Monday - and I think that's gonna be the rhythm section. That's gonna be pretty hardcore brother." more

Cheap Trick have confirmed more US and UK tour dates for the fall. more

Tom Waits has collaborated with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to release an extremely limited 78 RPM vinyl recording of "Tootie Ma Was A Big Fine Thing" , and "Corrine Died On The Battlefield." more

Slash performed the US National anthem at the Kings' game as they hosted the Atlanta Thrashers at the Staples Center; the Kings won the game 3-1. Check it out here

Twisted Sister's annual Twisted Christmas shows will not be performed this year. more

Accept will be streaming their Hollywood concert for free on October 19th live on the web for fans around the world more

Haste The Day has announced the "12 Days of Christmas Tour," a brief December trek that will also feature Oh, Sleeper, Our Last Night, and Conditions. more

Nevermore guitarist Jeff Loomis has posted a trailer for his forthcoming instructional DVD. The two disc DVD set is titled 'Extreme Lead Guitar: Dissonant Scales & Arpeggios.' You can view the trailer here

Image The Jam's 1980 classic, Sound Affects will receive a deluxe reissue next month on November 1, 2010. The album has been digitally remastered and will feature a second disc with demos, covers and more. more

White Wizzard's single featuring "Shooting Star" -- which was written as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio -- and "We Rock" will be released via iTunes on October 18 more

British Sea Power's new album, 'Valhalla Dancehall,' will be released in January. NME has a video of the band discussing it here

Chimaira will headline a handful of November/December shows with support from Impending Doom and Daath. more

The Menzingers are currently in the midst of recording an acoustic album. Currently untitled the album is being recorded in the band's apartment in South Philadelphia. more

The "Right to Rock" benefit will feature a live performance by legendary rock band Vanilla Fudge. Vanilla Fudge drummer, Carmine Appice, sits on Little Kids Rock's honorary board of directors and has been a longtime supporter of the organization. more

Classic Rock reports that Velvet Revolver will release a live DVD next month. Called Live In Houston, it was filmed in 2005, check out the tracklisting here

Prince held a press conference at Harlem's Apollo Theater to announce "Welcome 2 America," a forthcoming tour beginning in December 2010. more

Candlemass have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Roadburn Festival. Candlemass will perform a very special two-hour set, which will include "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" in its entirety; featuring original vocalist Johan L�ngquist. more

Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno will perform the band's classic self-titled debut album in its entirety for the first time ever in the USA plus select cuts from "Killers" during his upcoming tour in December/January. Support on the trek will come from Pittsburgh traditional metallers Icarus Witch.

The Jimi Hendrix estate, Martin Scorsese and an old saxophone player named Lonnie Youngblood are among those battling over a 40-year-old song entitled "Georgia Blues" that was recently featured on a Scorsese-directed PBS special more

Prince held a press conference at Harlem's Apollo Theater to announce "Welcome 2 America," a forthcoming tour beginning in December 2010. more

Antiquiet just got their hands on a previously unreleased Weezer song from 1996 entitled Tragic Girl. Grab a listen here

Kid Rock has taken issue with his Las Vegas impersonator after he was photographed groping reality TV star Tila Tequila and didn't make it clear he wasn't the real deal. more

Guitar Hero 6 has just launched a new track pack which includes Muse's 'Resistance'. This is available for free this week for all XBox Gold Members and will then be available for sale worldwide from October 19th.

Kwinana Mayor Carol Adams has denied a claim she had asked for gang crime police to attend the Guns N' Roses concert at the Perth Motorplex later this year. more

The Experience Music Project announced that they will be opening the world's most extensive exhibit of Nirvana memorabilia in Seattle next April. more

U.D.O. have announced that its forthcoming studio album, titled 'Rev-Raptor,' has had its release date pushed back from the original January 14, 2011 date to March 18, 2011 more

The original incarnation of Corrosion Of Conformity (drummer Reed Mullin, bassist/vocalist Mike Dean and guitarist Woodroe Weatherman) filmed their concert last night for an upcoming DVD release. more

Alice Cooper has been booked to play the Halloween edition of Strictly Come Dancing. more

Vanna, Tides Of Man, Greeley Estates, and A Bullet For Pretty Boy will touring together in late-Nov more

Chronicle Books has released The Ultimate Metallica, a book of photos by Ross Halfin, featuring a foreword by Lars Ulrich, and an afterword by Kirk Hammett. more -

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