Slipknot Robbed During Recent Concert

Blackmore will perform at the Monsters Of Rock festival in Loreley, Germany on June 17 ahead of his previously-announced appearance at the same event in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany on June 18.

Blackmore departed Deep Purple for the second time in 1993 and has been focusing his energies since 1997 on Blackmore's Night, a medieval folk band he formed with then-girlfriend and now-wife Candice Night.

"I'm now 70, so I just felt like playing some rock 'n' roll for a few days," the guitarist tells Billboard. "We're going to do four or five dates" - most likely in England, Germany and Sweden - "of just playing the old rock stuff, Purple stuff and Rainbow.

Mustaine tells Heavy: "I've had this outlook for a long time that the world is a really good place with some bad people in it. Others might think the opposite. But I think if you were to take a consensus of people, they know the difference between right and wrong.

"People have manners and morals - but lately there's been a decline in how people treat one another. That's where Dystopia comes in. If people don't start loving each other and helping those in need then when that becomes more important than power, fame or money then I think we're going to be okay."

In a statement, Aborted say: "It is with great sadness we have to announce that our show on Halloween is cancelled. We received notice from the promoter today that an angry parent had written the authorities about us performing and being appalled by our lyrics, themes, videos and the government decided to force the promoter to cancel and prosecute them.

The band announced this weekend that they have flown in a fill-in drummer for the rest of the trek while Ursich returns home to recover from a surgery he was forced to have on an infected cyst.

The band explained the medical situation with the following statement last week, "We are extremely heart broken we are not able to perform for you. Our drummer Nick Ursich had an infected cyst where he sits down to play drums. At first he kept complaining about something near his tailbone.

"Two hospitals in Spain and Switzerland told him nothing was wrong, until we went to a third in Germany and they had to operate on him immediately to remove and drain it out.

"Maintaining the wound has been hard on tour so now he is back in a fourth hospital, where he may stay overnight. More updates to come. To fly across the world and not able to perform hurts us more than anything.

"Please keep Nick Ursich in your prayers! Budapest is offering discounted rates if you keep your ticket for our next show there. We love you so much, and we will be back again in 2016 with a brand new album."

The band later revealed in a series of tweets their plans for completing the tour, "We decided it's best for [Nick] to fly home Monday & get better as he's suffering from multiple set-backs, currently in the hospital."

It's taken from Morrison's album God Shaped Hole, which also features Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro. The trio previously worked together in live covers band Camp Freddy.

The singer also confirmed that, contrary to reports, the song is not part of his new stage musical, "Lazarus", which will see its world premiere this fall in New York starting November 18.

Earlier this month, Bowie previewed the "Blackstar" title track as the theme for a new crime series, The Last Panthers, premiering on Sky Atlantic in November.

The lyrics were inspired by frontman Randy Blythe's ordeal in a Czech prison in 2012, before he was acquitted of the manslaughter of a fan. He was assigned to cell number 512 while he waited to be allowed home. The track appears on latest album VII: Sturm Und Drang.

Blythe says: "Our fascination with the horrors of history - which is part of the theme of our album - is also evidenced in Hellevator, and the tone of the show is a perfect fit with the vibe of 512.

The band revisits "Tusk" with a 5CD/1DVD/2 LP Deluxe Edition featuring the remastered original album and a complete alternate version from session outtakes, as well as an additional selection of singles, demos and remixes, and 22 unreleased live performances from the band's 1979 Tusk tour; a 5.1 surround mix on DVD-Audio and vinyl of the original album on 2-LPs rounds out the set.

Hagar was joined by guitarist Vic Johnson for the event, which was broadcast as part of CBS' Thursday Night Football lineup. While Hagar's set was not shown by CBS, the Red Rocker has recently made claims that Alex and Eddie Van Halen are trying to prevent him from performing songs from the band's Van Hagar-era.

Hagar continues to play material from his time in the group when he performs solo and with any of the supergroups he's a part of - the latest being The Circle, with bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Vic Johnson.

Hagar says he discovered the issue when he was a taping of his appearance on television earlier this year. "I'd like this to be known," Hagar told Rolling Stone, "the Van Halen brothers will not allow me to do any of my own songs on TV. They can't stop me from doing them live, because they've tried and they can't. They want to pretend like Van Hagar never existed. The only Number One albums they've had in their life, and they want to pretend like they never happened. I don't know why they hate me so bad, but I guess I'm too happy for them.

"Yes, it's true. They wouldn't let me do them. I can hire an attorney and fight them and I'm going too, but I didn't have time to do that then. On the new Circle DVD we're making from the live album, Led Zeppelin agreed to let us use their music. And Van Halen said, 'No.' And then I said, 'F*** you.' I don't need to do this to survive, and thank God, because otherwise, they would starve me out like I think they're trying to do."

The finale of the band's 1982 European tour in support of "Tattoo You" also marked pianist Ian Stewart's last show before his passing in 1985 and the group's final live performance for 7 years.

But Portnoy insists he'd rather watch Ulrich entertaining the crowd instead of a technical wizard any day of the week. He tells Sticks For Stones: "I don't judge drummers based on their technical ability - I judge them based on the overall package and what they bring to the music they're part of.

"What Lars brings to the music of Metallica is absolutely invaluable. So I could care less if his meter might be slightly up and down, or if his fills are slightly sloppy. I don't care about that. There's way more to being a good drummer than precision and technique."

In a statement, Charlie Harper, Alvin Gibbs, Jamie Oliver and Jet say: "The UK Subs will embark on the making of our 26th and final official album next month. As some of you already know, each former LP, starting with Another Kind Of Blues released in 1979, has a primary title letter taken from the alphabet in sequential order.

Halford tells OC Weekly: "I always listen to Ronnie before I go on stage with Priest because I find his voice invigorating. It gets my blood pumping and gets me in the zone before I go out and do my thing with Priest. I pretty much listen to him almost every time.

"I listen to Ronnie for so many weeks at a time. I find his voice so inspiring and so powerful for me as a singer. He was a very influential singer. If you listen to him now, you can almost imagine what he was like behind the mic in the studio because he's so committed.

The reissue is expected to include the original album as well as early demos by Crab Society North, the band that spawned Stormtroopers Of Death (S.O.D).

Bruce tells Kerrang: "After we spent the last two years writing for this record, a lot of that ended up getting scratched when Denis joined, and we started again from scratch."

The new additions include Vanilla Fudge; Strawbs; Chuck Negron (former lead singer of Three Dog Night); Mark Farner (formerlead singer of Grand Funk Railroad); and Brian Howe (former lead singer of Bad Company).

The previously announced roster joining The Moody Blues on the cruise includes The Zombies; The Orchestra; Ambrosia; Randy Hansen and Mellow Yellow. In addition to Christopher Cross; Renaissance; Rare Earth; John Waite; The Ides of March; Randy Hansen with the Music of Jimi Hendrix; plus Matthew and Gunnar Nelson performing "Ricky Nelson Remembered," a special tribute to their legendary father.

Make America Psycho Again is issued on October 30 via Island Records and it features every track on American Beauty/American Psycho remixed and reworked with artists including Wiz Khalifa, Azealia Banks and Joey Badass.

The newly announced dates take place in Brighton, on April 9, and Cardiff, on April 15, have been added, as well as extra nights in Glasgow, on April 20, and Manchester, on April 23.

Schenker has also confirmed that the band will film their concert at Joy Eslava, Madrid, on November 19, for a DVD release early next year. He reports: "We chose Madrid because of the immense support we've received there in the past. The crowds have always been very special to me - their passion is second to none, and we hope to capture the energy and excitement of the audience and the band."

He's released a brief teaser for the follow-up to 2014's Departure. Kershaw says: "I am honoured and delighted to be joining BEM - it's a unique, friendly label and I'm proud to be a part of it."

Guitarist Matt Stevens says: "It's been a great year for us, and to play with some of our favourite bands is a massive deal for us. The Aristocrats don't normally have supports, so it's really lovely to be asked by them."

Vocalist Pat Kennedy says: "Are You Sure? was the first song that we finished for our new record and it was one of those that came out super easy. We just jammed it a few times and it felt right, which doesn't always happen.

The Mindsweep: Hospitalised is released on October 30 and sees every track on their record The Mindsweep re-imagined by artists and producers from the Hospital roster. They previously made Reso's version of Anaesthetist available to stream.

The first two parts of a conversation between Reynolds and Hospital boss Chris Goss have been released and the vocalist explains where his long-held love of dance music came from.

Reynolds says: "Rory, our guitarist, his elder brother is a drum & bass DJ so every time I was round his house we were at the decks listening and slowly getting and education. I grew up with a lot of Motown and Northern stuff because my dad used to DJ that, and the early Hospital Records stuff is very orientated around that."