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Van Halen and Scorpions Tour?- Hole Reunion- One Night Foo- Whitesnake Full Album Stream- Sully Erna Tour- Hammerfall Parties- In Flames, Haunted and Grave Supergroup- more

03/30/2011
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The Day in Rock Digest for 03/30/11: There is a rumor about Van Halen releasing their new album in August followed by a US tour with the Scorpions as coheadliner, according to Vulgar Display of Blog. The two bands previously toured together on the Monsters of Rock tour which also featured Metallica and Dokken. more

The members of Hole reunited Monday night in New York City for the first time in over a decade, to attend a screening of Hit So Hard, a documentary on drummer Patty Schemel's musical career and struggles with addiction. more

Classic Rock had this: If you're a Foo Fighters fan in the UK, then Thursday, April 7 will be a special night. Not only will the band's documentary Back And Forth be screened in more than 150 cinemas across the country, but those who go along will also get the chance to see and hear the band playing new album Wasting Light in its entirety. more

AOL is offering a full album stream of Whitesnake's brand new album, Forevermore, which hit stores yesterday. You can listen to it here

Farewell Continental has "unmasked," so to speak, and announced their debut full-length as well as a corresponding tour. The record is titled �Hey, Hey Pioneers! and is due out May 10, 2011 more

Funeral Party have confirmed their appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman tomorrow, March 31st. more

There is a new metal supergroup called The Resistance that features former members of In Flames, The Haunted and Grave. more

The St. Louis-based LouFest is set for August 27-28 at Forest Park, and this year's festival will be headlined by The Roots, TV on the Radio, Cat Power, Deerhunter and The Hold Steady. more

Godsmack frontman Sully Erna will be hitting the road this May in support of his debut solo album Avalon. The tour kicks off in Concord, NH on May 13th. more

The Strokes have a new video, directed by their guitarist. Watch it here

Ted Nugent has announced a number of new US dates to his upcoming live schedule more

Borknagar has once again joined the Century Media Records roster, signing a new three-album deal with the label earlier this month. The group is currently working on their next album. more

Paul Simon has added a handful of small theater shows to his forthcoming spring tour. more

Hammerfall is back with a new album, Infected, set for European street-date May 20th. To celebrate this, the band decided to arrange two exclusive shows at April 28th in Hamburg, Germany and April 29th in Osnabr�ck, Germany where fans can pre-listen to the whole new album three weeks before its release. more

A new Amazon.com service that lets customers store songs and play them on a variety of phones and computers is facing a backlash from the music industry that could ignite a legal battle. more

Ram has set "Death" as the title of its third album, tentatively due this fall via an as-yet-undetermined record label. more

Dirty Tactics will be releasing a new EP entitled The Divine Middle on May 3, 2011 via Kiss of Death / Say-10 Records. more

On this day in On this day in 1967, During an appearance by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on Top of the Pops to plug their latest single, "Purple Haze," a technician mistakenly put on the backing track to Alan Price's "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear," to which Hendrix responded, "I don't know the words to this one, man."

On this day in 1976, The Sex Pistols played their first show at The 100 Club, London. The band began a weekly residency at the venue in June.

On this day in 2007, A middle-aged man was arrested by police and detained under the Mental Health Act after trying to force his way into Paul McCartney's Sussex home, screaming "I must get to him." Find out what else happened on this date in music history here

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