Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Confirms Solo Album Plans

On Wednesday, Eddie Van Halen tweeted a photo from backstage with son/bassist Wolfgang and actor Eric Stonestreet from Modern Family, with the caption "SECURITY!!!! #AprilFools"

The Ellen Show posted an Instagram image of David Lee Roth and Eddie performing on the program, writing "Van Halen is here tomorrow. Get ready to JUMP!"

The news of her death was shared via a press release mentioning that her son, Julian Lennon, was with her. "Cynthia Lennon passed away today at her home in Mallorca, Spain following a short but brave battle with cancer," the release reads. "Her son Julian Lennon was at her bedside throughout. The family are thankful for your prayers. Please respect their privacy at this difficult time."

Due May 25 (May 26 in North America), the remastered album will be available on CD, 2CD, LP, 2LP, a Deluxe Edition Boxet, Super Deluxe Edition Boxset and via digital download.

The acoustic take on "Wild Horses" will be featured on the Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions of the package, which feature previously unreleased material and alternative takes of a selection of album tracks.

The band have yet to reveal the release date and track details for the "Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More For The Fans!" which was captured during their special show at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA on November 12, 2014. We were sent these details:

The drummer died of a heart attack in his sleep in Poughkeepsie, NY at the age of 55 while on tour with Adrenaline Mob; he was just days away from meeting with French to discuss Twisted Sister's upcoming summer schedule.

"We will honor AJ during our shows this year," French writes on his blog at inc.com "A professional drummer who is a friend will be filling in shortly. This will allow us to fulfill our touring obligations and, most important, give us some space to make some very hard decisions about our future."

Titled Radio Silence, the project is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Dale Simmons and also includes contributions from Keith Carlock (Sting, John Myer, Steely Dan) and Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree).

Simmons says: "The central theme focuses on the downward spiral and ultimate demise of a man due to the psychological and physical effects of a long-term, self-imposed isolation.

"The album's going to be about my influences," Frehley tells Billboard. "I'm probably going to do a Rolling Stones song, a Who song, possibly a Led Zeppelin song, maybe a Beatles song. Stuff from bands that I grew up on and greatly influenced me. Those are the songs I'd redo, besides vintage Kiss stuff and a Frehley's Comet track."

The guitarist says he has done some overdubs and intends to track another six to eight songs, then pick the best 12 to focus on. The album's track list isn't solidified, but he says he's "probably going to redo both 'Cold Gin' and 'Parasite.' On Kiss records, I'm not singing lead. So I'm going to sing lead on them like I do live so there's studio tracks out there with me."

Benante tells Bravewords: "Worship Music started a new chapter in our career, and it has served as an inspiration for this new album. Worship was made up of a lot of different types of songs, some thrashy, some very mid-90s Anthrax-sounding, but this new one is really thrashy."

The band brought 20 tracks to the studio and Benante previously said they had enough material to put out a double album. The as-yet-untitled record is expected to be released later this year.

He's joined on the 17-track blues recording by a host of musicians including Bill Wyman, Martin Barre, Bernie Marsden, Paul Jones, Mark Feltham, Beverley Skeete, Josh Philips, Jim Rodford and Graham Walker.

The guitarist - whose position in Guns N' Roses remains unclear - tells MusicRadar: "I would have liked to have done the star-studded thing, but I was on such a roll that I didn't want to stop.

"Initially I put out some feelers, but it turned into, 'You've got to talk to the manager, the agent, this person and that.' After a while I just said, 'I don't have time for this. I've got to keep moving.'"

The one-time Zephyr and James Gang guitarist originally released the work while he was a member of Deep Purple. He died of a drug overdose the following year, at the age of 25.

Quite coincidentally, two of Robert Plant's post-Led Zeppelin solo albums, Spring 1985's Shaken'n'Stirred and March 1990's Manic Nirvana, are each marking significant anniversaries, so no better time to examine them via the impressive Nine Lives box set which chronicles Plant's prolific solo output.

It was Robert's second solo album, 1983's The Principle of Moments, which convinced us that Plant could sustain a viable solo career outside of the legendary Led Zeppelin, with whom he fronted for twelve fabled years. Angular extended songs "In the Mood" and the cryptic "Big Log" became rock radio staples in the States, followed by "Little by Little" from Shaken and Stirred in 1985.

Not until 1988's Now and Zen, however, did Plant shed the self-conscious shadow of Zeppelin by exorcising his ghosts with the song "Tall Cool One", brilliantly sampling the "thunder of the gods" iconic Led licks and employing Zeppelin mastermind Jimmy Page on guitar. "Heaven Knows" and "Ship of Fools" made Now and Zen a blockbuster, with "Hurting Kind" in 1990 from Manic Nirvana twenty-five years ago and the tender heartfelt "29 Palms" on Fate of Nations.

Robert shares with InTheStudio host Redbeard how Plant views himself and how he continues to evolve as an artist. "I can't really stand in middle ground and be showered with confetti and compliments. The most important thing to me is to expand what I'm doing and take people with me� or not."

His experience of having cartoon character Yosemite Sam burned off at the age of 26 - a decade after he'd had it done - has motivated him to launch Phase Tattoo Removal.

He recently revealed how the concept came about after a 2009 tribute event for late drummer Buddy Rich. Now Harrison tells the Kscope Podcast: "If I've learned anything from Robert Fripp, it's that you need a good big idea."

The drummer, along with arranger Laurence Cottle, came up with the concept of adding to their chosen tracks with material from other Porcupine Tree material.

The Israeli outfit opened for the German group last year and will once again join them for the latest run of shows, which sees them take in one UK date at London's Forum on April 12.

The video was shot by Small Pond Recordings and its launch comes ahead of the Heights' appearance at The Hope, Brighton, on April 4 (Saturday). Guitarist Al Heslop tells Prog: "Centrifuge has a cyclic riff that re-occurs in various forms.

"It was partially inspired by Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey - it features a space station with a centrifugal design that simulates gravity, shot to mind-bending effect.

The new live release was recorded by fans in Buenos Aires in 2011. It'll be released on 2CD, 2LP, DVD, Blu-ray and on digital formats via earMusic on June 1.

The band say in a statement: "The album is inspired by the 1486 treatise on the prosecution of witches by Heinrich Kramer and subtitled Goetic Justice, as the theme is one of violent revenge for violent persecution.

Mackintosh tells Total Guitar: "Sometimes it's nice to do albums that are expected, in a way. But for a career like ours it's important to do certain records and songs where you try something else."

This was the first song Trevor and I had written together, I think I had just gotten home from a tour with The Ready Set and we decided to give it a shot. Both of our other projects at the time were way different than this stuff, I know I personally hadn't had the chance to work on anything non-electronic and not super pop, so I was really stoked about doing something like this where we could kind of just do whatever and not over think it.

To me personally it's about feeling trapped while waiting for something good to happen and how mind-numbing that can be. I definitely channeled a bit of frustration about a label situation I was in during the time we wrote this- I think it's really the only time I've made any reference to that in a song. It was super refreshing getting to be open about things like that in a way that isn't just complaining.