The auction took place despite the fact that The Beatles' songwriter Paul McCartney denied any suggestion that the document 'solved' a puzzle, as he says the character was entirely fictitious.

"It is with great regret that Enslaved has to announce the cancellation of the North American Vertebrae tour, scheduled for May 2009.

Lynott died of heart failure and pneumonia on January 4, 1986 at the age of 36, after years of alcohol and drug abuse.

The guitarist made the admission during the band's current US tour. "Everybody knows who we are. You have to see us in league with The Rolling Stones now," he declared.

"Guillermo has been close to Ephel Duath for some time - he almost joined the band before in 2003! He was going to take the place of the clean vocalist Davide Tolomei who left Ephel Duath after The Painters Palette. Then we realized that Guillermo's aggressive vocal approach was going to clash with Lucio and we all agreed to abandon the idea. In any case, from that moment on Guillermo started to be very active with Ephel Duath, helping me with lyrics and the development of the concepts so far. The whole idea behind the songs 'Vector' and 'Vector Third Movement' from Pain Necessary To Know come from a conversation we had together. More recently, he was the person that pushed me to write the short stories I did for Through My Dog's Eyes.

As in the past, the first half of the show is The Hits, and the second half is The Christmas Show. Many fans have said, "It's not Christmas until I've heard John Berry sing 'O Holy Night.'"

The Georgia tenor has been recognized by the Grammys, the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association as a nominee in the Best Male Vocalist category. Berry's first No. 1 was the hit single "Your Love Amazes Me." During this career with Capitol Records, Berry hit the top of the charts and the top ten a number of times with such hits as "She's Taken A Shine," "Standing On The Edge of Goodbye," "I Think About It All The Time" and "Kiss Me In The Car," just to name a few.