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Barker confirmed the upcoming album when speaking with Punkvideosrock.com. When asked about a release date for the album's first single, Barker explained, "I can't really give it away, but, I mean, it's all there."

He continued, "The album's done, I'll be honest with everybody. It's just a matter of picking what 12 to 14 songs are going to be on the album. I think we wrote 26 or 27�everyone is really pushing for their favorite."

The pair were part of the band's Mark III lineup alongside Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice and Jon Lord, then the Mark IV version with Tommy Bolin in Blackmore's place.

Current frontman Ian Gillan recently said that only the 21st-century "living, breathing" lineup of the band would perform, as a response to present members Steve Morse and Don Airey being left out of the induction.

Blackmore reported he'd been "banned" from attending, although Deep Purple's management said he'd only been advised that he wouldn't get to play.

Now Hughes tells Billboard: "There's a lot of gossip and innuendo about who's saying what. I'd love to play. I'd love to sing. And so would David. A month ago David said to me, 'Shall I reach out to Ian to figure out what we're gonna do?' He came back and told me that there's a problem that Don and Steve aren't getting inducted and there's all sorts of scenarios with that. I said, 'Well, I'm just going to stay out of the way,' and Coverdale is as well.

The Tennessean reports that Davis last week filed a lawsuit against his former colleagues and Williams' company Varoom Whoa after he was refused access to financial records.

She argues that he was an employee rather than a partner in the business, while he says he's entitled to a share of royalties, tour revenue and other income.

The co-headlining shows will begin Jul 19 in Englewood, CO and run to September 3 in Bristow, VA. General public tickets will go on sale starting Friday, March 11 at livenation.com

Godfrey, who was diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer's disease in 2014, has decided to step back from playing live - although he'll still be involved in the group's studio work.

He tells Prog: "The time has come for me to cross the footlights and devote myself into building our wonderful fan club, The Enidi, into a force to be reckoned with. I still have a few things up my sleeve before the sun sets upon my life's work."

Carefully restored from the original analog master tapes, and featuring original poster and alternate cover art, Smash Hits includes timeless classics like "Purple Haze," "Hey Joe," "Red House," "Fire," plus eight more essential tracks that showcase the eclectic genius of Jimi Hendrix, forever cementing his status as a groundbreaking guitarist, songwriter and arranger.

Released in July, 1969, Smash Hits served a few purposes. It was the Jimi Hendrix Experience's very first compilation album, originally conceived in 1968 by the group's UK label as a vehicle to compile the group's hit singles that had not yet appeared on the LP format. Jimi's original U.S. record label Reprise sought to create its own version (just as it did with the group's 1967 debut Are You Experienced combining essential songs such as "Remember" and "Can You See Me" with popular favorites such as "Purple Haze" and "All Along The Watchtower." It also introduced North American fans to his signature blues song "Red House." Recorded at De Lane Lea and Olympic Studios, the version of "Red House" that appears on Smash Hits derives from different sessions than the original take found on the UK version of Are You Experienced (recorded at CBS Studios). It was, thus, exclusive to this collection for the world at the time of release.

Smash Hits proved immensely popular upon its release. The Experience was the highest grossing touring act in the world and the album came on the heels of the group's largest ever U.S. tour. The album has since served as a critical introduction to the Hendrix canon for successive generations of fans.

It arrived last September after a delay caused by frontman Bruce Dickinson's cancer battle. He recently said: "A year ago I didn't even know if I could sing - we've had an amazing turnaround in fortune, getting rid of that, and getting out to doing the tour. Pretty much the whole of the US is sold out. It's amazing."

The new EP, entitled "Stripped", will be released by The End Records on May 13th and will include a cover of K's Choice's "Not An Addict" as well as five acoustic versions of past Hinder tracks.

The band had this to say about the EP, "We're thrilled to finally be able to release this acoustic EP. When we write songs, we believe that they have to be great with just an acoustic guitar. The rest of the instrumentation is just icing on the cake. We can't wait get out on the road and show our fans our music in its original form."

Fallon will tour the UK and Europe in April where he'll play a selection of tracks from his new album plus material from his Horrible Crowes' debut album Elsie.

Patrick said of Crazy Eyes: "On the last record, there was another guy at the label who signed us, and I felt a responsibility to him. He wanted a big rock sound so I let the guitars be the main focus.

Now Campbell, who is also a member of Def Leppard, says the timing robbed Bain of the chance to see the record being released. Campbell tells About Entertainment: "The response and the reviews thus far to the record have been very, very encouraging. It's such a bittersweet crossroads that we find ourselves at because Jimmy didn't live to see it.

American Head Charge say: "Regretfully, American Head Charge has dropped off of the UK tour. This difficult decision was made due to unfortunate but personal circumstances and we are truly gutted. We'll be back to the UK very soon."

Live in Concert 1977 & 1979 features two entire concerts recorded in Houston, Texas in 1977 and London in 1979. It marks Bad Company's first live album with their original line up: Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and Boz Burrell. The concerts will also be released on vinyl later this year.

The 1977 show recorded in Houston features the band playing tracks from their first four studio albums. Paul Rodgers and company offer up energetic performances of like "Shooting Star," "Ready For Love," "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and "Feel Like Makin' Love."

Frontman Aryn Jonathan Black says the follow-up to 2013's self-titled debut tells the story of a "travelling man imprisoned for a murderous crime." He adds: "He was forced into confessing by his wife and her wealthy lover. Sentenced to a life's term, he goes through extreme emotions, dealing with the only woman he'd ever loved taking everything away from him.

Roth tells Sleaze Roxx: "We have recorded a lot of shows, but I just want to release the very best. There will be be a counterpart to Scorpions Revisited and it will be called Tokyo Tapes Revisited.

The residency will see Idol perform songs from throughout his career, including tracks from seminal British punk band Generation X to his string of solo hits.

Previously announced dates in March and May are on sale now and additional dates beginning August 31st and playing in September and October will go on sale this week.

"We share this Top 10 victory with all of our fans," says drummer Charlie Benante. "Heavy metal is alive and well." "For All Kings" also debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart, No. 2 on the Independent Albums chart, No. 4 on the Physical Albums chart, and at No. 5 on the Vinyl Albums chart.

In the clip, each member of the band addresses the break and shows what they have been working on during their downtime. Frontman Jeremy McKinnon is seen working as parking lot attendant and other members of the band have picked up work as an Uber driver, a fast food delivery man and one simply spent the time working on his basketball game.

The band say of the follow-up to 2012's Dead End Kings: "This album is probably everything we unknowingly ever dreamed of to release. It's a bleak but adventurous journey through our elements.

Mikkonen spoke about the band's upcoming album, "Jomsviking", about how Amon Amarth created its distinct sound and explained to us the current situation regarding the departure of their drummer Fredrik Andersson last year.

About Andersson's departure: "I don't really want to go into details regarding Fredrik, but basically we just separated. Its kinda like a marriage that doesn't work and you get divorced and that's kinda what happened to our band. Right after that we started to work on our new album and we didn't wanna work with anybody we did not know so that's why we took in Tobias and he is an old friend of the band, we've known him for many many years. He was with us through the whole working process towards when the recording was finished.

Fire and Gasoline was recorded at Vancouver's The Farm studio (better known to rock aficionados by its former name, Little Mountain Sound) with west coast engineers Ben Kaplan (Mother Mother, Hedley) and vocal engineer/keyboard guru John Webster (Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, The Cult).
The album is available for pre-order now, here: http://tinyurl.com/je4qzgk

One dollar from each ticket sold will support the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation, which is currently raising funds and partnering with charitable organizations to mobilize support for children facing problems including homelessness, poverty, abuse, and neglect.

Our latest single "Love and Affection" is a story about not appreciating/recognizing when someone cares for you more than they do themselves and you selfishly ignore and take for granted all the love they pour on to you.

When the inevitable breakdown comes, you recognize that you lost more than you will ever have again and this is a supplication for endearment that we all need, just as much as the oxygen we breathe. The conclusion is obvious, we all need love and affection and we shouldn't ever turn our backs on those who love us.