Black Label Society Shakeup- RIP Red Dog (Allman Brothers Band)- Queen Still Rocks- Jani Lane Cancels Tour- Bobbing for Queensryche- Paul McCartney Ballet- more
. Joseph "Red Dog" Campbell, the beloved longtime roadie for the Allman Brothers Band, died of cancer on February 21, 2011. He was 68. In the 2000 film Almost Famous, the roadie for the film's fictional band, Stillwater was named Red Dog in honor of Campbell more Anthrax singer Joey Belladonna reports the band have completed three songs for their next album more Queen's classic "We Will Rock You" is still the most-played song at sporting events, according to a new survey from BMI, the royalty-distribution service. more According to a posting on the Everything Jani Lane page, former Warrant singer Jani Lane has canceled all of his previously announced solo tour dates. The message continues, "I do not wish to elaborate, but I do ask for your prayers and thoughts to be with Jani and his family at this time." more No reason was given for the concert cancellations, however some speculate that Jani Lane has started drinking again (based on an anonymous email sent to Metal Sludge) more Paul McCartney is to write his first original orchestral score for a ballet performance. The former Beatle is collaborating with the New York City Ballet company (NYCB) on Ocean's Kingdom. more Queensryche singer Geoff Tate says the band are continuing with the tradition of calling their current recording project "Bob" until they come up with a real title. more The first-annual Welcome To Rockville festival has been announced for Jacksonville, FL, headlined by Godsmack, Seether, Stone Sour, Theory Of A Deadman, Puddle Of Mudd, Skillet, Halestorm, Rev Theory, My Darkest Days more The Menzingers, Black Square, Bad Rabbits, Mojo Morgan, Blood On The Dance Floor have been added to the Warped Tour. more Zoroaster will head out on the road at the end of the month without bass player and founding member Brent Anderson. "We've had a lot of personal stuff going on and the future of Brent and Zoroaster is up to him," drummer Dan Scanlan told Creative Loafing more Jucifer and Sourvein will team up for a brief tour in early-March more Voivod are to release a live album in the spring. Titled Warriors Of Ice, the experimental Canadian metallers recorded this in Montreal during December 2009 more Novembers Doom has finished recording its eighth full-length album, "Aphotic", for a May 10 release via The End Records. The CD features special guests on several tracks: Anneke Van Giersbergen (Agua De Annique, The Gathering) and more Steel Panther have revealed that they are getting closer to finishing the follow-up to 'Feel The Steel'. more Gama Bomb has scheduled a May tour of the UK. more On this day in 1963, the first Beatles single, "Please Please Me," was released in the U.S. on the Vee-Jay label. On this day in 1984, Van Halen's "Jump" started a five-week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart. The track was a #7 hit in the U.K. On this day in 1985, U2 began their first full North American arena tour, starting at the Dallas Reunion Arena. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
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