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Billboard reports Carlos Santana will record a version of Def Leppard's "Photograph" for his upcoming album, due out this September. more. The effort will also feature covers of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and others and feature collaborations with Scott Weiland, Daughtry and Nas. more

Brandon Flowers, the lead singer for U.S. rock band The Killers will release his debut solo album titled "Flamingo" on September 14, Island Records said on Thursday. more

According to his MySpace Page, Van Halen guitar legend Eddie Van Halen was reportedly a guest on last night's (June 24th) 100th Episode Celebration of Lopez Tonight, comedian George Lopez's talk show, according to BW&BK on Thursday. However, the show's site didn't have any clips or mention of Eddie early Friday morning after the show aired. Maybe you'll have better luck here

Courtney Love infuriated fans at a gig in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday by leaving them waiting for nearly three hours before gracing the stage. Jam! reports that Love was due to perform an acoustic set at the city's Ames Hotel in conjunction with local radio station WFNX, but the notoriously unpredictable singer arrived extremely late. more

Legend bass player Joe Ellis and guitarist Aaron "Bubble" Patrick have apparently both quit the group. Read what Ellis had to tell Lambgoat about it here

Glenn Hughes reportedly went into the studio last week to record a "duet" with his late former Purple bandmate - guitar legend Tommy Bolin. According to Hughes, he laid down vocals on an unfinished Bolin track, "Lotus in an Oriental Sky", adding that the album it's slated for will be a tribute album to the late guitarist, who tragically passed away at the age of 25 in Miami on December 4, 1976 more

In an interview with Swedish news site DN.se, Queen lead guitarist Brian May let it be widely known that a Guitar Hero: Queen type of game is in the works and will apparently hit at some point in 2011. more

Ryan Adams has collaborated with some truly bizarre and unexpected people, and done some even more bizarre and unexpected things (i.e. his black metal band, Werewolf). So it really shouldn't be shocking that Mandy Moore's hubby has co-written a song with Weezer; what is shocking is that the normally insular Weezer seem to finally have come out of their shell. more

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan will pay tribute to Canadian hard rock icons Rush as they accept their Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Billy joins Donna Halper, former radio personality at WMMS Cleveland where Rush received their first radio airplay with Working Man participate as well. more

Marky Ramone, who took over drumming for the legendary Ramones for the release of Road to Ruin and remained as sole drummer for fifteen years, is suing the people behind his royalties agreement. more

Allman Brothers Band co-founder Gregg Allman underwent liver-transplant surgery on Wednesday, forcing the veteran group to pull out of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival on Saturday near Chicago. more

Morbid Angel entered the studio on Tuesday to begin tracking their ninth full-length album. The effort is being recorded at Mana Recordings Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida with engineer (and former Morbid Angel member) Erik Rutan more

Excerpts from A Day In The Life Of KISS - an unreleased documentary about touring with the band during their 1970s heyday have surfaced online to promote the vintage KISS memorabilia auctions of eBay seller EliteWorks. The documentary was produced by the late Bill McMannus (whose company supplied services to KISS from 1976-81) as part of an instructional film on the touring industry. more including video clips

Jim Lindberg has unveiled his new punk rock project, The Black Pacific. Lindberg left Pennywise in August 2009 after spending more than two decades with the band. more

Arcade Fire's The Suburbs will get eight different covers. more

Hits Daily Double are reporting that Scream, Ozzy Osbourne's first album in almost three years, is on track to sell between 65,000 - 70,000 copies in the US in it's first week. Ozzy's previous release, Black Rain, sold 152,000 copies upon it's release in May 2007 more

Anal C*nt has announced that they have parted ways with guitarist Josh Martin. Frontman Seth Putnam will be handling guitar duties while the band decides on whether or not to hire a new guitarist, leaving Anal C*nt as a duo consisting of Putnam and drummer Tim Morse. more

Jane's Addiction will play being playing a small club show in Hollywood on July 2nd. more

Destruction Of A Rose will headline a summer tour with support from The Subtle Way. more

Nukeateen (nuke-a-teen) re-formed last year after splitting up in 1999. Ten years later they got back together to record their back catalogue of 48 songs that were popular live but never made it to the studio. These 48 songs will be made into 4 new albums one released every year over the next 4 years more

Man Must Die will headline a UK tour next month with support from The Rotted and Sworn Amongst. more

Early Graves have just announced their participation in the upcoming tour of the U.S with black metallers The Funeral Pyre. more -

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