Today's Day in Rock Stories

AC/DC With Axl Rose Concert Leads To Fine

Mustaine made news with his interview with the radio station WRIF when he said, "Believe it or not, we've got some cool things going on for the States. We've got two really great things we're gonna be doing. We'll be heading out some part of the spring or summer and then we just were told about an opportunity at the end of the year that really, really excited me."

He then added, "It's somebody I've never played with before that we're actually gonna be supporting. They were so cool that we would step down from being a headliner to support this group."

Limited to 4,000 copies, the mono single will be presented on a one-sided 12" 180-gram black vinyl and will play at 33 1/3 RPM. The single will come with a fold-out poster and an A6 postcard featuring a classic image of the band taken when they were recording their debut single, "Arnold Layne."

Written and performed by Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason, "Interstellar Overdrive" is an unheard recording from 1966, running at close to 15 minutes long.

The original recording was done at the Thomson studio in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire on November 31, 1966, before the band were signed to EMI.

The An Evening With Primus And Clutch tour is set to kick off on July
17th in Charlotte, NC at the Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre and will run until August 18th where it will wrap in Berkeley, CA at The Greek Theatre.

The trek will feature each band playing a full set and will not include any opening acts with Clutch kicking off each show an hour after the venue doors open.

McCartney had the following to say via his official website, "Chuck Berry sadly passed away over the weekend. He was one of rock 'n' roll's greatest poets. He will be missed but remembered by everyone who ever loved rock 'n' roll,.

According to Radio.com, a reissue of the long out of print 1983 Prince picture disc for "Little Red Corvette"/"1999" will be one of the exclusives offered this year at participating record stores. It will limited to just 5,000 copies.

For David Bowie fans, a previously unreleased live recording of his September 5th, 1974 concert in Los Angeles will be released as "David Bowie Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)." It too will be limited to 5,000 units.

"This is something I've always wanted to do: Take an evening, invite an audience and just be me," Walsh said in a statement. "What you can expect is me playing music, answering almost all questions anyone would ask (except the ones that may incriminate me), a big screen power point presentation put together and narrated by me, guitar shop talk, slide guitar 101, true stories of road craziness and a discussion of how to destroy hotel rooms and of course playing more music."

As frontman Adam Lazzara told Radio.com in November, the band faced a fork in the road after seventeen years. Do they give fans the expected, or do they follow their hearts and produce an album that speaks about who they are as a band today?

The band tweeted out the announcement using a similar design and typography used for envelopes accompanying some physical copies of their new EP Not the Actual Events.

"We love touring the world and playing music to our loyal fan base - this is what we do and we'll probably never quit!," says the band. "We're as excited and energized today as we've ever been and we can't wait to hit the UK this summer!"

"Potato Heads" refers to the toy that travels with McCready and often appears in the photos. "Not one to take things too seriously, Mike often brought along his pal, Mr. Potato Head and would ask celebrities, friends, and family to take a Polaroid photo with him," according to the book's summary.

The new clip was directed by Matt Zane (Wayne Static, John 5, Orgy) and is one of the tracks from Dopesick's forthcoming EP "The Love and Terror Cult", which is set to be released on April 28th.

Machado had this to say, "I had a great time making the video for Release Me. Somehow, we wound up on a Hollywood rooftop with Matt Zane, and insanity followed shortly after. The backdrop was the beautiful California night sky and a dimly lit Los Angeles skyline.

The first coheadlining dates revealed include Los Angeles' The Greek on August 27th, New York City's Beacon Theatre on September 14th and Peachtree City's Frederick Brown Amphitheatre on September 10th, with more dates still to be announced.

The band will be kicking off their touring with three U.S. dates this May in Illinois, New Jersey and Maryland, followed by a European tour in the first half of June.

The acclaimed UK band will be kicking off their sold out American tour on March 30th in Miami at the American Airlines Arena and concluding with their performance at the second weekend of the Coachella festival.

According to the brewery, they will distribute the new beer this June in 12oz six-pack cans in limited quantities. But for real fans who demand the beer stay true to the album title, Alesmith will also offer a small batch of limited edition of 40oz bottles for sale directly through the San Diego brewery and select outlets.