Today's Day in Rock Stories

Rush, Rolling Stones, Clapton, Led Zeppelin Lead TV Marathon

Howe did a Q&A session with fans and one of the questions asked was about a reunion featuring those members and he didn't seem optimistic about the possibilities.

Rich Paskash asked Howe, "Is there any chance YES can reunite for another reunion tour? I am a huge fan of YES and will always be. To see you, Jon, Rick, Trevor, Geoff, Alan and Billy together would be most wonderful for all your YES fans around the world. I'm sure Chris would agree in spirit! Steve, please consider, ok?"

The guitarist responded, "This topic has gone round the houses a little bit. Before we can take on board ideas, there has to be a good line of communication. And as far as I understand ARW [the band featuring Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman] aren't really interested in doing this and we're most probably not really interested in doing this either.

"Now that sounds like a big shut down, but in another way, one's gotta understand that things aren't always what they appear. Reinventing the 'Union Tour' is not really a concept that anyone from either of the lineups of YES or ARW have endorsed.

Corren.se reports the musicians - billed as Nameless Ghouls - are seeking compensation for unpaid wages as part of what they claim to be a business partnership agreement between all five parties that was signed when the group formed in 2008

While the documents allegedly indicate Forge was to oversee the business management of Ghost, the former members say they worked for years while receiving compensation on a sporadic basis as Forge advised them that the company was not profitable.

The four musicians are asking the court to have Forge confirm and provide Ghost revenue reports from the financial years from 2011-2016, with a penalty of SEK 200,000 (approximately $22,000), or an amount that the court considers reasonable, if he fails to do so as part of the proceedings.

The event will be taking place at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on August 11th, 12th and 13th and will also feature headline performances from Gorillaz, Lorde and A Tribe Called Quest.

Metallica shared their excitement about playing the hometown festival, "How could we miss a chance to play outdoors this summer in our own backyard? We're honored to have been invited back to play one night during the 10th annual Outside Lands festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park the weekend of August 11th - 13th, 2017.

The 2-disc "40" delivers 40 hits from nine albums over 40 years, from their self-titled 1977 debut to today. The first disc covers Foreigner's first five albums: "Foreigner" (1977), "Double Vision" (1978), "Head Games" (1979), "4" (1981) and "Agent Provocateur" (1984). The 21 tracks include some the group's biggest hits - "Urgent" and "Feels Like The First Time" - as well as deeper cuts like "Luanne" and "Women."

The second disc features songs from "Inside Information" (1987), "Unusual Heat" (1991), "Mr. Moonlight" (1994) and "Can't Slow Down" (2009), and features "Rain," "When It Comes To Love" and "Heart Turns To Stone."

The legendary band has issued three promo video clips promoting the May 26 release; two are teasers, while a third details the contents of a 6-disc Super Deluxe Edition.

Alongside 2CD, 2LP, single disc and digital packages, the Super Deluxe Edition delivers a brand new mix by Giles Martin and Sam Okell from the original master tapes, a mono mix with six extra tracks that include a "lost" version of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", two discs featuring 100 minutes of outtakes - many previously unheard and unreleased, 5.1 surround sound and hi-res stereo mixes and DVD and Blu-ray versions of a documentary on the making of the album.

Blythe explained the reasoning behind the hiatus during an interview on Nikki Sixx's radio show Sixx Sense. Randy said (via Lambgoat), "I got out of prison [in the Czech Republic] and immediately went on tour, because I had five lawyers and they were just hemorrhaging money like crazy. I went from jail to home to, ten days later, being at Knotfest to home for a month or two, then out on tour with Lamb of God, then back to the Czech Republic to go to trial, found not guilty, then come home, then finish up the rest of our tour and finally end in South Africa. And then we took a little time off, but there were some changes in the organization and they started writing another record and we need to make money, so it was back in the studio. And it was back on tour again for this last record, and that cycle is not gonna end until August or September of this year, I guess. So it's just been, like, grinding, grinding, grinding. And when I'm not on the road, I'm working on writing and photography...

The band, fronted by former Creed singer Scott Stapp and includes ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, Disturbed bassist John Moyer and brothers Jon and Vince Votta, stopped by the station's Coors Light Studio and played the title track to the new album and the song "Changed Man."

The new leg of U.S. dates is currently scheduled to kick off on July 2nd in Oakland, CA at Burger Boogaloo Mosswood Park and will be wrapping up on September 27th in Columbus, OH at Skully's Music Diner, with more dates still to be announced.

The trek will be kicking off on July 11th at the Skyline Stage at the Mann in Philadelphia and will run until August 3rd when it concludes in Vancouver at the PNE Ampitheatre.

The new collection is set to be released on June 16th in various formats including standard CD, digitally (download and streaming) as well as a special 3LP vinyl edition.

The preview track "Turtles Have Short Legs" can be streamed here. The rare track was released as the band's third single in 1971 but was never issued on a studio album.

Cavalera teamed with Fudge Tunnel's Alex Newport to form the project in 1994. They recorded their only album and only performed live two times before pulling the plug.

Now Cavalera has revealed that he and his bandmates in Soulfly will be playing the entire one-off record during a still-to-be announced tour. Alex Newport will not be part of the trek.

When asked on Facebook about Newport's participation the band responded, "No Alex Newport, sorry. We really wish he could make it out for this!!!! In the end, Alex is so busy that this is probably the closest we will ever get to playing Nailbomb music.

On April 20, Los Angeles' Grammy Museum will host a film screening followed by a Q&A with film director Benno Nelson (of production company Yes Equals Yes) and Big Star's Third ensemble members Dan Wilson, Skylar Gudasz and musical director Stamey. GRAMMY� Foundation Vice President Scott Goldman will moderate.

Frontman Ronnie Radke, who plays a lonely spaceman in the new video, had this to say, "This video is an analogy of the dichotomies between my personal life and my public life - a lonely traveler content on fulfilling the dreams he set out on, but missing out on everything he has at home. A bittersweet duality."

According to various media outlets, other live performances from the weekend are also expected to be streamed via the Indio, California festival's official YouTube channel.

The music event will also feature performances from The Avett Brothers, Gary Clark Jr., Mavis Staples, Walk The Moon, Fitz and the Tantrums, Better Than Ezra, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and more.

The song will feature on the project's forthcoming sophomore album "The Big Dream", which is set to be released on April 28th and the new video was directed by Lee Blackmore.

Matt Harvey had this to say, "We entered the studio April 1st with our buddy Jarrett Pritchard (Gruesome, Goatwhore) to start the process and no, this is not an elaborate April Fool's joke... All Guts, No Glory was more of a straight-up speeding attack, Necrocracy had a bit more focus on groove and incorporating some mid-paced stuff in there, and this one is gonna be a lot darker.

Guitarist Keith Keister had this to say"American Dream is groovy, fast paced, straight forward example of exactly what we're trying to convey as a band. Off our Eulogy Records debut EP, it's definitely one of my favorites live and on the recording.

We're at SXSW in Austin right now, it's inspiring to be around all these other artists. I remember when we were here about 5 years ago and I woke up early to go see Bruce Springsteen give a talk. There were a couple hundred folks huddled in a conference room waiting for The Boss. When he came out he completely disarmed the room with a barrage of profanity�.

"Who the f*** decided to do this god damn talk so f***ing early!? Every great artist in Texas is asleep right now, so why the f*** do they have me doing this at this god forsaken hour!?"

I don't know why that felt good to hear. He proceeded to give a great talk about the music industry, how wonderful and terrible it is. How it's hard being an artist. It's hard being out here doing this. I guess that's what weeds people out. I mean I'm writing this on the floor of a friends house in Austin, we loaded our gear out at 3:00am, got home at 4, slept till 10. And today we will do it all over again.

That spirt is where I was coming from when I wrote "Never Take Us Down". I wanted something that gave me inspiration, something that got me through the hard times. I think the song is kind of cool when you look at it� the verses are both different, so there are multiple melodies, the chorus is based off a building chord progression which is unique and the outro puts a great capstone on the song.

It's a song about all the work you do to make your life meaningful.