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Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper Tour Dates

The rumors have been confirmed: Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper will reunite for The Halloween Hootenanny Tour featuring the Gruesome Twosome with special guests Murderdolls.

The tour kicks off in Los Angeles at the Gibson Amphitheatre on Thursday, September 30th (please see below for tour dates). The pair recently shared the stage for a highly-successful, sold-out limited North American run earlier this year and have long been fans of one another, as well as good friends.

Drummer Joey Jordison will be doing double-duty on the dates, playing drums with Rob Zombie, as well as playing guitar with his own band, special guests Murderdolls. - more on this story

Free Download From Hughes, Bonham, Bonamassa's Black Country Communion

Rock latest and greatest supergroup, Black Country Communion, featuring Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin), keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater) and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa are offering a free song download of their brand new single , "One Last Soul," on their official website here

Black Country Communion will also guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 8:30pm PT/11:30pm ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with the band by calling 1-800-344-ROCK(7625). - more on this story

Trans-Siberian Orchestra Winter Tour

Trans-Siberian Orchestra have announced their 2010 winter tour where they'll be playing over 80 cities and 120+ show with tickets starting as low as $25. Here is the official word:

Trans-Siberian Orchestra, one of the top selling concert acts in the world creates one of the most captivating concert experiences on the road today. Insistent on giving their fans the most "value for their dollar," TSO puts on an over-the-top audio/visual spectacular complete with lasers, pyrotechnics and state of the art lighting with a ticket price that starts as low as $25 allowing generations of fans to be enthralled year after year.

TSO founder, producer and writer Paul O'Neill explains, "When someone goes to a TSO concert, we don't want them to walk away saying 'that was a great show' or 'that was worth it' or even 'that was the best show I've seen in a long time.' We want them to say, 'Man, that the best show ever; we just ripped that band off.'" - dates

Sufjan Stevens Fall Tour

Sufjan Stevens will hit the road for an extensive North American tour this fall. The performances will feature fully realized versions of the songs initially debuted during a late 2009 tour of small clubs in which Stevens workshopped several works-in-progress.

Stevens will tour with his large ensemble performing alongside a full production including projections.

Sufjan Stevens has released eight studio recordings since 2000 including the critically acclaimed Michigan and Illinois (the latter named the "Best Album of the Decade" by Paste); a 5-EP Christmas box set; Enjoy Your Rabbit, an instrumental electronic song cycle based on the animals of the Chinese Zodiac; and the aforementioned The BQE. Run Rabbit Run, a recording of Enjoy Your Rabbit rearranged for the Osso String Quartet, was released in 2009 via Asthmatic Kitty. Stevens has also collaborated with The Danielson Famile, Rosie Thomas, Denison Witmer, My Brightest Diamond and many others. - more on this story

Rush, KISS, Styx, Nirvana, Johnny Cash, Motorhead Head Icon Series

Rush, KISS, Styx, Nirvana, Johnny Cash, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Motorhead are just a few of the artists who will be spotlighted in Universal Music Enterprises (UMe)'s new Icon series which launches August 31, 2010, with releases from 30 major artists spanning rock, pop, R&B and country. Here is the announcement along with the full list of releases:

Each album, at a great price, includes 12 hit tracks. Noteworthy among the releases are the first-ever retrospectives from neo-soul queen Erykah Badu and alt-rock heroes Hoobastank.

Several artists--Patsy Cline, Marvin Gaye, KISS, Styx, The Temptations and Don Williams--are spotlighted with additional 2-CD versions filled with 24 selections. - full list of Icon releases

Zakk Wylde Talks About Iron Maiden Egg Tossing Incident

KNAC has a great new interview with Zakk Wyle where they cover a lot of topics including the infamous "egg tossing" incident at Ozzfest where Sharon Osbourne led the attack against Iron Maiden. Here is Zakk's take on the whole thing:

Wylde: Well, the whole thing is ridiculous. What it should have been down to is Mom [Ozzy's wife/manager Sharon Osbourne] should've just talked with their manager and just said, "Hey, look it. Tell your guy to shut the f**k up. And if he mentions one more thing, you guys are off the tour." That's it. You're done. And if their manager, Rod [Smallwood], went over to them — because they're all f**king grown-ups — and said, "Dude, enough of the f**king bagging on The Boss [Ozzy]. First off, it's their f**king tour." And that's the end of the conversation. The minute he goes back there and says, "Oh, f**k this. We don't need a reality TV show, f**k Ozzy, this and that, bla bla bla..." then you know what? Pull the power on them right there. Have a guy sitting on the side of the stage every f**king night and the minute he says one bad thing about Ozzy, break his f**king legs and you're off and you're on your way. That's it. Done.

KNAC.COM: So that's what was really going on? Wylde: It should have never got to eggs. If anyone ever threw eggs at me, I'd break their f**king legs, dude. I'd stop the show right there and whoever was throwing the f**king eggs — I'd f**kin' morgue them. I wouldn't hospitalize them. I'd f**kin' kill them, right there. I'm looking at both sides. If I was Iron Maiden, I'd f**k some people up. And, if I find out who's responsible for it, they're getting f**ked up, too. I mean, I'd never go up onstage and start bagging on whoever the headliner is. If anything, all I ever do is thank the band for letting us play with them. When I opened up for Ted Nugent and Lynyrd Skynyrd, I thought, this is such an honor to be playing with these guys. Why would I say anything bad about them? You know what I mean? And on top of that, you're getting paid. It's so f**kin' ridiculous. It's a f**kin' joke. I had no idea. I was just like, "Whatever, man." I'm telling you right now — the way I would have handled it would be, "Hey, guy. You tell your singer to shut the f**k up or hands down, I'll break his f**kin' neck. I'll break his legs first, then I'll break his f**kin' neck. Then you'll have no singer. So he can't say sh*t. Throw eggs? I'll slit his f**kin' throat, dude. I'd say, "f**k you!" F**kin' throw eggs? Are you f**kin' kidding me? What, are we in second grade here? Come on. Throw eggs? Throw f**kin' grenades, now. You motherf**ker. That whole thing should have just never happened. It should've been, "Tell him to shut up or the guy's off tour." That's it. Then his manager would have said, "Dude, enough of the talking, slagging the headlining act." I mean, how old are we here, dude? How old is Bruce Dickinson? You'd expect that out of an 18-year old, like the Battle of the Bands in high school? What do you think about it?
- Check out the full interview here

Singled Out: Toadies' Feeler

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Mark Reznicek from Toadies tells us about their new album "Feeler," which finally hits stores today after a dozen year wait. It's quite a story; we now turn it over to Mark:

In August of 1996, we finished two years of solid touring for our debut album, Rubberneck. During the course of those two years, the album had gone gold and then platinum. Way beyond our wildest dreams. So, after the tour was over, we parted ways with our guitar player Darrel and held auditions for a new guy. Eventually we chose Clark, and began writing and rehearsing songs in earnest. Every so often, we'd submit demos of our latest batch of songs to our label, and finally they determined we had enough songs to go in the studio and record an album.

So, in January of 1998, we went into Pedernales Studio in Spicewood, Texas (outside Austin) with producer Paul Leary (of the legendary Butthole Surfers). This was in the early days of ProTools, a new-ish technology without much precedent. After a month and a half, with the basic drum and bass tracks done, we moved to Austin's Arlen studio for overdubs. During this time, SXSW was going on, and a lot of our friends from various DFW bands came into town (like Baboon and Caulk), and we hung out and partied and went to a few rock shows. It was a nice break from the tedium and tension of the studio.

By this point there had been several disagreements with the producer and his manager (who also happened to be our manager, too). This led to arguments with both of them and between all of us in the band. It seemed like there was a lot of pressure to create this follow-up to our big million-seller, and everyone was feeling it. Finally, around the end of March or early April, the album was completely recorded. All that was needed was a "big name" to mix it (the label wanted a "big name" to attach to it). Somehow in the midst of all this, the label decided that they didn't hear a single in the fifteen tracks we had recorded (that they'd already approved!). The entire recording, as well as the last year and a half of our lives, was down the tubes.

Eventually we came up with some new songs, rearranged a few of the songs from the Austin sessions, and recorded Hell Below/Stars Above, the long-awaited (by us anyway) follow-up to Rubberneck with Rob Schnapf and Tom Rothrock, the production team we had worked with on Rubberneck. By the time the label got around to releasing the album in Spring 2001, 7 years had passed since our last album, a lifetime in the music industry. We went on tour, only to find that a substantial portion of our fan base had moved on. After a few months, our bass player Lisa decided she'd had enough and announced she was quitting the band. A day or two later, Todd, our singer (and the guy who started the band in the first place) announced he was breaking the band up. So in a roundabout way, Feeler was the album that broke the Toadies back.

Well, a few years later we were asked to reunite for a special, high-paying gig. We did it and it was fun, and then we all went back to what we were doing (I was playing in a country band, Todd had started another band, and Clark was editing film out in California). The following year, we were offered another tidy sum to reunite again, which we did and which ultimately led to a full-on reunion: a new album, a new tour, and even some new fans thanks to our inclusion in the Guitar Hero II game.

Talk would always come back around to that rejected album from 1998. By this point it had been leaked out onto the internet, and was traded and discussed by our fans, who often asked when we were going to release it. After some discussion, we decided it would be better to re-record our favorite songs from that session rather than just mix the old tracks from 1998. So, in late Spring of 2010, we got together with Rob Schnapf (who had already done Rubberneck and Hell Below with us) and recorded the best songs from that long ago era, with a few lyric and arrangement tweaks. And so the album that was meant to be our 2nd became our 4th, Feeler, and is finally seeing the light of day in the Summer of 2010.

Grab more info about the album and more - right here!

Chiodos Announce New Album

Chiodos have announced the release of their third full-length album, Illuminaudio, which is set to hit stores on October 5th, 2010.

The album will be the debut Chiodos recording for new lead vocalist Brandon Bolmer (formerly of Yesterday's Rising) and drummer Tanner Wayne (formerly of Underminded and Scary Kids Scaring Kids). Alongside Bolmer and Wayne are established Chiodos members Bradley Bell (keys), Jason Hale (guitar), Pat McManaman (guitar), and Matt Goddard (bass).

With the core composers of the music still at the heart of Chiodos, fans can be reassured that they will hear the sound that they have grown familiar with over the years. Bell explains, "Even if the lineup had stayed the same, I feel that the direction of sound would've turned out similar. We don't feel like our vision was lost or compromised in any way throughout the writing process." -

TAB The Band Playing with Slash and Stone Temple Pilots This Fall

TAB The Band are hitting the road to support both Stone Temple Pilots and Slash on some upcoming fall dates.

STP has added even more fall dates with TAB, and also Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. As TAB prepares to share the stage with some industry greats in support of their new album ZOO NOISES, TAB front man Adrian Perry had this to say, "We're all excited to get back out again with STP, both with Cage the Elephant and BRMC. It'll be great to play some places we've never played before. We will be spreading the gospel of TtheB to new lands."

TAB the Band was founded by Adrian and Tony Perry, sons of Aerosmith legend Joe Perry. After a life of playing and being surrounded by music, they are now being hailed as "the next big thing" as they continue to garner positive press. - more on this story

Alice Cooper's Tour Manager Recounts Sonisphere Storm Havoc

We ran a story yesterday about the freak storm which played havoc on Sonisphere in Finland on Sunday. Today we received a first hand account from Alice Cooper's Tour Manager Toby Mamis about what happened:

We all survived Sonisphere Finland. An amazing experience for all of us who were there -- bands, crews, and fans alike. At around 3:45 PM, during the set change on the main stage after Slayer and before Alice, with Alice's crew setting up the gear, and Maiden's crew beginning to set up THEIR gear behind Alice, a tornado-like "weather event" hit the festival site, with the two stages right in the bullseye.

At the second stage, Iggy & The Stooges were about to go on, and Motley's crew were setting up their gear to follow the Stooges. Both stages got hit hard, with the second stage rendered useless when part of the ground support (which holds up the lighting, sound and roof) collapsed. On the main stage, the huge Sonisphere backdrop was ripped off the back of the stage, and crashed down onto Alice's equipment truck. Thankfully, nobody on either stage was seriously injured, though there were a lot of cuts, scrapes, abrasions, headaches, and frayed nerves. - more

Serj Tankian Album Release Delayed

Serj Tankian has postponed the street date of his new solo album, Imperfect Harmonies. It is now set to be released September 21st, 2010.

The reason for the delay? According to the press release he wanted to package the recording in the same tree-free paper he has used for his previous release, Elect the Dead.

The eco-friendly paper was not available to create the packaging for Imperfect Harmonies in time to make the previously announced street date of September 7th. - more on this story

When Joe Perry Met Jimmy Page

Gibson.com has the tale of when Joe met Jimmy: Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry recently said that meeting Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and playing with him in 1990 was beyond the realm of possibility.

"I would never have thought it would have been possible growing up in Boston in the late '60s, when the idea of being in London was like for a Catholic going to the Vatican, the holy grail," he told DigitalSpy.com. "The fact that 20 years down the line I'd not only know Jimmy Page but be able to play with him, that was beyond anything I thought could ever happen.

"People call Aerosmith the American Stones, but we were always the American Zeppelin." Perry said that he was blown away by Page's talent, but also by his desire to get to know the band. "He travelled with us on the bus and we hung out with him for the whole weekend," he said. "It blows my mind to think that Jimmy would think that much of the band that he'd want to spend that much time hanging out with us and then play with us." - more on this story

Tegan and Sara Video Premiere Today

Tegan and Sara have yet another brand new video for the track, "Northshore," which launches online today.

"Northshore," the newest video from T & S will have its global premiere exclusively on the band's MySpace page here, today, August 10th.

Once again, the clip was filmed in Vancouver, BC and directed by Angela Kendall, who also directed "On Directing.". In fact, both clips were filmed on the same day. - more on this story

The Andreas Kapsalis Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo Tour

The Andreas Kapsalis Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo kick off their North American tour next week.

The pair will break from the touring to return home to Chicago to perform at the Mayne Stage on Thursday, October 7, as part of the groundbreaking Chicago Guitar Festival, which Kapsalis and Ivanovic are helping to produce.

The experimental duo, comprised of steel string ten finger guitar prodigy Andreas Kapsalis, and masterful nylon string guitarist Goran Ivanovic, fuse their musical roots with modern, classical, world, jazz and other genres to create a sound that's entirely their own. - more on this story

New Amusement Parks on Fire Album Coming in October

Filter Music have announced an October 5th release date for Amusement Parks on Fire's third album, Road Eyes.

The band will also be promoting the album with a tour opening for The Boxer Rebellion which kicks off September 22nd at the Middle East in Boston.

Recorded with the help of producers Michael Patterson (Great Northern, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beck's Midnite Vultures) and Nic Jodoin during a yearlong stay in Los Angeles, Road Eyes was an attempt to channel the bands love of both sonic adventurism and classic songwriting in to one fat free forty five minute fever dream of a pop record. - more on this story

Protest The Hero Release Tab Books, Begin New Album

For guitarist who want to play Protest The Hero songs from the band's two albums, this news is for you: Luke Hoskin and Tim Millar recently created a guitar tab book for their 2008 chart-topping album Fortress and have now completed another for their 2006 debut album, Kezia. The spiral bound book includes transcriptions for each of the ten songs on Kezia and an introduction - all written exclusively by the band members.

The guitarists commented, "Better late than never! If you liked playing along with the Fortress guitar book, you will find this just as challenging...maybe even more so since we suffered higher attention deficit issues back then."

Protest The Hero will begin recording their third full-length at the end of August. The band will once again be working with producer Julius "Juice" Butty at both Jukasa Studios and Silo Recording Studioand the record will be mixed by producer/engineer Machine for an expected early 2011 release. - details on where to get the books and a contest to win a guitar

Midlake and Rogue Wave Tour

Midlake have announced a fall co-headlining tour with Rogue Wave with support coming from Peter Wolf Crier.

Midlake will end the tour with a performance at the 2010 Austin City Limits Festival.

It will be Midlake's second live run in support of this year's The Courage of Others. Midlake will also release a digital EP on 9/21 consisting of alternate and live versions of songs from The Courage of Others. - more on this story

Fang Island Announce Dates with Stone Temple Pilots and Matt & Kim

Fang Island are hitting the road this week supporting the reunited Stone Temple Pilots.

After that trek, the band will then embark on their first headlining tour of the UK and Europe in September, starting in Dublin at the Electric Picnic.

Then, after quick stops to play the Pygmalian Music Festival and Midpoint Music Festival back in the American heartland, Fang Island tour into October with daredevil dancepunk duo Matt & Kim.
- more on this story

Julius C Announces 30 Days, 30 Shows in New York

Julius C has announced a month-long 30 Days, 30 Shows "tour" of New York City this September.

Performing everywhere from traditional clubs (including a residency at Rockwood on September 1st, 15th and 29th) to the Empire State Building, Staten Island Ferry and Brooklyn Bridge, Julius C will be found performing songs from its upcoming OK, OK album across the boroughs. - dates

Doro Pesch Announces U.S. Tour Dates

Doro Pesch has announced her return to the U.S. for four special shows later this year.

The former Warlock front woman and her band mates will hit stages in New Hampshire, New Jersey, Virginia and New York this Fall (dates below) as part of her on-going Fear No Evil world tour.

Said Pesch of the upcoming dates, "I'm so excited to return to American soil and see my American fans again! They will definitely be great shows as the band is doing all these summer festivals and we are on fire! I can't wait!" - more on this story

Chat With Michael Franti This Thursday

Michael Franti will be hosting an online chat this Thursday, August 12th at 8pm EST/5pm PST.

He's taking some time from his busy tour schedule to chat with fans about the upcoming September 21 release of The Sound of Sunshine, the seventh studio album from Michael Franti & Spearhead.

The chat will be streamed live at http://michaelfranti.com/live. Michael is also offering his fans the unique opportunity of submitting questions now via - Facebook

Middle Class Rut Debut Coming in October

Middle Class Rut's debut album, No Name No Color, will be released October 5 on Bright Antenna Records through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group.

The album's first single, "New Low," is being serviced to radio later this month and a video is currently in the works.

Middle Class Rut's music artfully blurs the line between heavy and melodic, showcasing the band's skill for raw, energized rock and roll that is equally complex and immediate. The record is enormous and rowdy, propelled by the duo's ability to make heavy music tasteful and accessible. Opening number "Busy Bein' Born" represents the rest of the disc, setting a tone and pace for the impassioned tracks that follow. - more on this story

Cannabis Corpse Tour Documentary

(Submitted News) Cannabis Corpse have released the first installment of thier video series documenting their first-ever European tour.

The triumphant trail they blazed across the continent inspired axeslinger Landphil (Municipal Waste) and artist Luna Duran to team up once again to commit the band's weed-induced antics to film for your viewing pleasure. Check out the video here

Cannabis Corpse are currently taking time off from recording their forthcoming LP, which has had the boys hard at work hot boxing the studio for months, and will be taking their ganj-obsessed live show on the road. - more on this story

Four Year Strong Announce Tour With Comeback Kid, The Wonder Years, American Fangs and Mountain Man

Four Year Strong have announced details for their headlining Tonight We Feel Alive! Tour.

The tour will be hitting the US this fall with Comeback Kid (10/3-10/24), The Wonder Years, American Fangs, and Mountain Man (10/29-11/6).

The trek kicks off in Burlington, VT on October 3rd at Higher Ground and wind across the U.S. before concluding on November 6th at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT. - more on this story

Halestorm Release New Video

Halestorm have debuted their brand new video for their latest single "Familiar Taste Of Poison"

The band will head out on the Uproar Tour with Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed next week, as they continue to tour in support of their self-titled debut album.

Last month, Halestorm performed "Familiar Taste of Poison" on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Check out the new video
- here

Pantera After Shows Fueled By Taco Bell?

The Metal Den has published a portion of an actual tour rider for Pantera from back when the legendary Texas groove metal act destroyed stages all across the world.

The band loved Taco Bell so much that they demanded at least one of their roadies make 'the run for the border' and not watch any of the act's encores so they'd have food waiting for when Philip, Dime, Vinnie and Rex came off the stage.

Before their untimely breakup in 2003, Pantera was the undisputed kings of metal. This coming August 20 is the birthday of the band's late great guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was shot and killed on stage while performing with his other band Damageplan on Dec 8, 2004. - more on this story

. Rock Reads: Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi

Throughout the 158-pages in the book, you have an overriding feeling that youre looking at things never meant to be seen by anyone. However, the lack of specifics, omitted details and dozens of side stories that appeal to no one culminates in a crash landing that it cant recover from. - Read the full Sex, Drugs and Bon Jovi review