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Guns N' Roses Warning

Fans at this weekend's Reading and Leeds festival may find that if Guns N' Roses are an hour late; they will be an Axl short. According to the BBC, the festival "boss" has warned that he won't put the future of his event in jeopardy if Guns N' Roses repeat their two hour late start from 2002. If they are late, they simply won't go on.

"If Guns N' Roses decide to take to stage as late as they did in Leeds some years ago then the performance just won't happen," said Melvin Benn in a BBC report. "I've had a very heavy warning from the local councils. There is a curfew - it's a very strict curfew."

Guns N' Roses are set to headline this Friday night at Reading and Sunday night at Leeds. - Read the BBC report for more

Pearl Jam To Celebrate 20th Anniversary With Neil Young

Pearl Jam celebrate their 20th anniversary this year and instead of the usual nostalgia tour or reissue campaign, the band plans to play a special charity gig instead.

Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard tells Billboard that the band will take part in Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, Calif. on Oct. 23 and 24.

"The only thing we've got going on in October is Bridge School, which is really special," Gossard told Billboard while in New York to support the new album by his side-band, Brad. "So that's our 20th anniversary, which is fitting. It's perfect: not too blown up. It's not about us, it about all those kids that are on stage with you and about Neil Young and his commitment, his influence." - Read the full Billboard report here

Metallica Confirm Big Four DVD Release

News of the Big Four hitting your living room leaked out via online retailers last week but we now have official confirmation from Metallica that their historic gig with Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax is set for release on DVD and Blu-ray and they even confirmed the release dates. Here what Metallica had to say:

From Bulgaria to your local theatre to your living room or wherever you might enjoy a little live metal on the screen... You may have heard us say something about a DVD at the end of the satellite broadcast or read it in the internet rumor mill . . . it's true, there will be a DVD release of the Big 4 show from Sofia, Bulgaria!! We had such an awesome time hanging with Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer and the cameras were already rolling, so why not?

Here's the scoop: The DVD hits the streets on October 15 in Northern Europe, October 18 in most of the rest of the world, October 19 in North America and the full shows from all four bands will be included in the two disc set along with behind the scenes and interview footage. In addition to the two DVD set and the corresponding Blu-ray, there will be a limited edition "super deluxe" box set including the DVD set, five CD's with ALL the music, a 24 page booklet, a poster, photos of each band, and a Big 4 guitar pick. - more on this story

Collective Soul, Tonic, Five For Fighting, Gin Blossoms Live in the Ballpark

Collective Soul, Five For Fighting, Gin Blossoms, Green River Ordinance and Tonic will be Live in the Ballpark on October 22nd and 23rd at The Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Tx. Here are some details for the event:

Friday night, Oct. 22, multi-platinum artist John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting will take the stage acoustic on the pitcher's mound to perform his hit songs "Superman," "100 Years," his new hit "Slice" and more for a very private and exclusive dinner benefiting the City of Hope.

On Saturday Collective Soul takes the stage to perform their multiple No. 1 songs. Followed by the headlining set by Tonic. - full details here

Three Days Grace Clubbing

Three Days Grace are venturing back to the clubs. Actually only one club, for a special show next month.

The band announced Monday that they will be playing a special show on September 19th at The Machine Shop in Flint, MI.

They warn fans that wish to attend, "Please note as this is a smaller venue than usual tickets will go fast!" - more on this story

Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Volume 9: The Witmark Demos Details

Columbia Records have announced the details of Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Volume 9: The Witmark Demos.

They will be released on Tuesday, October 19th, in conjunction with Columbia/Legacy's release of the artist's first eight long-playing albums in a box set titled Bob Dylan – The Original Mono Recordings.

Both sets have been long sought-after by collectors and fans worldwide, with The Witmark Demos seeing their first commercial release nearly five decades after they were first recorded, and The Original Mono Recordings returning to the marketplace for the first time ever on Compact Disc, as well as on fully analogue 180-gram vinyl. - more on this story

Geezer Wants One Big Final Black Sabbath Tour

(The Metal Den) Geezer Butler wants to get back together with the original lineup Black Sabbath, consisting of him, vocalist John "Ozzy" Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward, for at least one more tour.

"It'd be just nice to do one final, big Sabbath tour because we didn't really play that many places when we got together for the last reunion (in 2005)," Butler said in a telephone interview with The Canadian Press.

"We've never played Japan as the original band and we haven't played Australia since the '70s. There's a lot of places in eastern Europe that didn't even exist when we were going the first time around, so there's loads of places we'd like to play as the original band. So hopefully we'll do it."

"It'd be nice to do the tour while we're still alive." - more on this story

Phree Phish Phor Phans

Phish will be giving ticket buyers free copies of live concerts on their upcoming fall tour.

Phish will launch its 2010 Fall Tour on October 10th with the first of three consecutive nights at the new 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, CO.

In a first for the band, Phish will be giving ticket buyers free MP3 copies of each gig after it happens - more on this story

Singled Out: Fight The Lion

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Fight The Lion lead singer Jake Mimikos tells us about "Time Taker" and "A New Hope" from their new album "When the Mighty Fall," which is currently available on iTunes. We now turn it over to Jake for the stories:

"Time Taker" - This was one of those songs that we knew instantly would be good. Musically it came together so easy for us because we knew we wanted to throw some toms in the verses with a spacey guitar and then come in big on the chorus. Once we started to figure out the vocal harmonies, we felt the song was brought to a whole new level. At that point I started to think about the lyrics. Well one main theme that was going through my head when playing the song (and hearing the guitar riffs) was time. I began to think about how I could incorporate something in my life, something that was real, into the song. With my busy schedule (and I'm sure many people's busy schedule) I wanted to tie it all together. Starting with the chorus ["time, it's never enough", "I'm just walking on that line", "holding on too tight", "afraid to let go"], I felt it conveyed everything I was feeling at the time. The constant struggle with never having enough time and finding it hard to just give it away frivolously knowing how precious it is.

"A New Hope" - Musically we really let go on this one. I brought my guitar riff in for the guys and a big reason why I love my band is one by one they came up with their parts and the song came together as it should have. Most of the lyrics were already written at that point. The song strikes a chord in me still every time I hear it. It reminds me of why I keep looking forward in life and never back. Why you must not regret the things you do and how you can easily lose it all in the blink of an eye. It Is meant to be inspiring though, not at all to drag anyone down. This is pretty much the theme to a lot of the lyrics on the album. We thought it was a great way to open the CD.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the stories behind the songs, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!

Comprehensive Stevie Ray Vaughan Book Series Launching in September

Backbeat Books have announced the first volume of a comprehensive two book set on Stevie Ray Vaughan, which is set for release in September.

Craig Hopkins, the author of 'The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan' returns with Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day By Day, Night After Night - His Early Years, 1954-1982.

Here is the publisher's description: It is no easy feat to capture the enormous spirit of Stevie Ray Vaughan, a man whose presence in the world was like an untamable fire, shooting flames of raw talent, passion, and innovation. That bright light wrestled with a dark side, an addiction and sadness that threatened to put out the fire forever. His unmatched guitar playing, buttery vocals, and unforgettable songs made him a triple threat. Vaughan is arguably the greatest guitar god who has ever lived – a re-inventor of guitar and the blues. Twenty years after his death, he lives on in the hearts of millions of people around the world. - more on this story

Megadeth Rust in Preview

Sitting on the fence on whether to pick up the forthcoming Megadeth Rust In Peace Live Blu-ray, DVD and CD when it hits stores on September 7th?

How about a preview to help you make your decision? A free preview of the upcoming release has been posted online. You can check out a video clip of "Holy Wars…The Punishment Due" captured on the final night of Megadeth's historic Rust In Peace 20th anniversary tour at the legendary Hollywood Palladium, not far from where Dave Mustaine formed the band in 1983 here

Rust In Peace Live marks the return of original bassist David Ellefson (Megadeth 1983-2002) to the iconic multi-platinum group after eight years. Ellefson (bass) joins Mustaine (lead vocals, guitar), Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar). - more on this story

Anthony Kiedis, Eric Avery And More Added To Surfrider's Celebrity Expression Session

Anthony Kiedis, Austin Nichols, Brian Geraghty, Eric Avery, and Eric Balfour will join Martyn Lenoble and Christina Applegate at the 5th Annual Celebrity Expression Session on Saturday, September 11th at First Point, Malibu.

The Celebrity Expression Session is a 45-minute free-surf that takes place during the Malibu Surfing Association's MSA Classic, and gives celebrity surfers from music, film and television the opportunity to have some fun demonstrating their skills on an empty First Point, while raising funds and awareness for the Surfrider Foundation.

First Point, Surfrider Beach Pacific Coast Highway, North of Malibu Pier Malibu, CA - Expression session begins: 12:00 PM
- http://www.surfrider.org/

Helmet Album and Tour Right Around the Corner

Helmet fans mark your calendars for early September. The band are not only releasing a new album but are launching tours of the North America and Europe.

First on September 7 they will release their new album, "Seeing Eye Dog," their first since 2006's critically acclaimed Monochrome.

The next day on September 8, the tour launches in Sacramento, CA and will take Helmet across the U.S. and Canada. Immediately after, they will head to Europe for a string of dates. - more on this story

Good Charlotte Mall Tour

Some misguided souls have called Good Charlotte a punk band. Even with a very liberal definition of the genre that is really stretching it, sort of like calling Warrant a death metal band. You wouldn't find the likes of The Damned, Social Distortion, X, Dead Kennedys, T.S.O.L., or D.I. playing at Macys but that where you will find Good Charlotte joining the ranks of Tiffany and Justin Bieber soon. Mall-punk? Still not seeing the punk connection. Here is the announcement:

On Wednesday, August 25, Macy's and American Rag will unveil the limited edition "Mad Picks" capsule collection by Good Charlotte's Benji and Joel Madden, available in select Macy's stores and on macys.com. As part of an exciting music program created by FILTER Creative Group and Macy's private brand American Rag, the "Mad Picks" capsule collection has a distinct rock-n-roll feel for the girl who loves to combine her love of music with fashion.

In addition to handpicking "Mad Picks" items from the American Rag fall collection, Benji and Joel Madden will be performing a series of five free concert events in Macy's stores across the country this fall in support of Good Charlotte's new album, Cardiology, out November 2. - more on this story

We Came As Romans Streaming New Song, Launching New Tour

We Came As Romans are streaming a new song online as they hit the road this week and announce more global dates.

We Came As Romans is now streaming on Facebook. Their new song, "To Move On Is To Grow," was recorded in June with Joey Sturgis [The Devil Wears Prada, Attack Attack!] and is now streaming here.

The band will head out on the Band Of Brothers Tour this Friday. The outing is a full U.S. and Canada headlining tour, with In Fear And Faith, Confide, Upon A Burning Body, and Abandon All Ships*. - more on this story

Julie Christmas Goes Solo As The Bad Wife

Julie Christmas has announced the release of her first solo record, The Bad Wife, which will be available on CD/LP and digital download via Rising Pulse Records on November 9th, 2010.

Often celebrated for her intense vocal acrobatics in heavy-hitting bands like Made Out of Babies, Battle of Mice and the supergroup Spylacopa (featuring members of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Candiria and Isis), Christmas' solo debut finds her pushing the range of her already iconoclastic genre-melding work. Ahead of the album's release, the song "July 31st" is featured on the soundtrack for the Paramount movie, Wrong Turn at Tahoe, starring Harvey Keitel and Cuba Gooding Jr.

Of late, Christmas has been busy expanding her repertoire. She is currently is collaborating with Nix Turner, renowned illustrator of worldwide counterculture icon, Emily the Strange, to create a book titled The Scribbles and Scrapes of Amy Anyone: (A Multiple Personality Autobiography). Christmas wrote the story and is working on music for the release of an accompanying CD, featuring a tone signaling the reader to turn the page. - more on this story

Cradle of Filth New Album Details

Cradle of Filth have recruited Natalie Shau to create the artwork for the band's new album, Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, which is due out on November 9th on Nuclear Blast Records.

Frontman Dani Filth called the album, "without doubt the fastest and most brutal album we've created to date."

"This album is Cradle at our most sinister and darkened fairytale," continues Dani. "A gothic horror themed slay-ride of fervour and perversion; yet amidst the orchestral melodrama and lush, cinematic production, there sits stalwart a ravening beast of furious riffing, flesh ripping vocals and monstrous, unstoppable percussion." - more on this story

Kylesa Album and Tour Coming

Kylesa return with a new album and tour. The album, Spiral Shadow, is set to hit stores on October 26th on Season of Mist. The album will have a limited edition digipak version with 3D cover art packaged with a bonus DVD.

The band recorded the new album at the Jam Room in Columbia, SC earlier this summer with band member and renowned producer Phillip Cope(Baroness, Withered) once again at the helm.

Kylesa is currently working on a video for "Tired Climb" and will return to the road on Sept. 11 with a performance at Raleigh's Hopscotch Festival before joining High On Fire and Torche for a five-week US trek. - more on this story

Carney Announce Pre Spider-Man Show

Carney have announced that they will perform a very special show at Piano's in New York City, giving fans a chance to see the band before frontman Reeve Carney takes the stage as the lead in the upcoming Broadway production of SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark. The September 15th show will feature songs from Carney's debut album Mr. Green, Vol. 1, which was released in May on DAS Label/Interscope Records.

In its live review of Carney's May show at Piano's, the Sentimentalist wrote that the band "proved to be purveyors of an unpredictably broad, bold, kaleidoscopic sonic palette. Shades of '70s glimmer rock, '80s Sunset Strip decadence (and a bit of The Police), and boogie blues all coalesced to impressive heights," while calling Reeve "a born entertainer, whose elegant looks and soaring voice (think a note-perfect mixture of Jeff Buckley and Thom Yorke with shades of Chris Cornell's higher range) would make anyone nervous."

Carney, comprised of Reeve (lead vocals/guitar), Zane Carney (guitar), Jon Epcar, (drums), and Aiden Moore (bass), are known for their incendiary live shows, selling out regular residencies at the El Rey Theatre and The Troubadour in Los Angeles. Named one of the hottest bands at Lollapalooza by Spin, the band has also won over crowds at Bonnaroo, San Diego Street Scene, and the Outside Lands Festival, with Entertainment Weekly naming Reeve "one of the 10 Rising Stars to watch in 2010." - more on this story

Gene Simmons Struck Out With Candye Kane

That headline get your attention? It's a true story and you can read all about below, but first the whole reason for that quote: Celebrated blues diva Candye Kane, recent cancer survivor and 2010 nominee for the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award, becomes the final name player added to the upcoming tribute album "Whole Lotta Love: An All-Star Salute To Fat Chicks."

The voluptuous and curvaceous Candye appears courtesy of her size-positive original recording "You Need A Great Big Woman," as showcased on the Lifetime network and "The Maury Povich Show." This guitar-laden swing rocker features the incomparable Ms. Kane belting out the benefits of loving a large and luscious lady like herself. A sample of the song is now available at the official "Whole Lotta Love" MySpace page.

Candye is one of but few women on the roster, which consists largely of members of such hard rock bands as Quiet Riot, Cinderella, Twisted Sister, Danger Danger and L.A. Guns performing songs about plus-sized women like her. Despite her minimal association with the genre, she does recall an encounter she once had with Kiss bassist Gene Simmons (who has publicly acknowledged his own appreciation of full-bodied women). "Even though I'm honored to be included here, I'm not normally in the company of rockers," admits Kane. "I think the closest I got was back in the '80s when Gene Simmons hit on me! This was when I was recording my first album and he was producing some Japanese band (EZO) in the same studio. I turned him down, so I'm probably one of the few women who can say that! Back then I was more into country music so I said, 'Maybe if you were Dwight Yoakam!' I'm sure he wasn't accustomed to hearing that!" - more on this story

Ancestors and The F**king Wrath Head West

Ancestors and The F**king Wrath are hitting the road together for a string of West Coast tour dates in late October.

The F**king Wrath recently signed with Tee Pee Records and will be releasing the EP "Terra Fire" on October 19th.

Ancestors are supporting their 2009 critically acclaimed sophomore album "Of Sound Mind". - more on this story

The Eagles Joe Walsh Answers Fans Calls Tonight

The Eagles Joe Walsh is opening the airwaves to the fans with his first call-in special on the A.P.E. Radio station, "Eagles Radio Hosted by Joe Walsh."

The special will air for two hours beginning at 5 pm EDT on August 25, followed by an hour-long version repeating throughout the coming weeks.

To select the lucky fans that will have the opportunity to speak with Walsh, banners went live on www.joewalsh.com and www.eaglesband.com on Friday, which encouraged fans to participate by emailing eagles@aperadio.com with what they'd want to talk to Walsh about. From the Clear Channel studios, Walsh will make dreams come true when he calls select fans for on-air conversations. Between calls, Walsh will play personally selected songs and reminisce in his own affable style. - more on this story

Owl City Pens Theme for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Owl City has penned a new song, "To the Sky," that will serve as the theme to Director Zack Snyder's animation debut Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures).

Based on Kathryn Lasky novels Guardians of G'Hoole, the film opens nationwide in theatres and IMAX on September 24th in both 3D and 2D and will be accompanied by an original motion picture soundtrack that will be released on September 21st by WaterTower Music.

"It is such an incredible honor to be part of this film. As a fan of both the children's book series growing up, and Zack Snyder's work as a director, having my music included is pretty surreal. I've been waiting for someone to make a movie like this for some time now. I'm endlessly grateful to be involved." – Owl City's Adam Young - more on this story

The Honorary Title's Jarrod Gorbel Announces Dates With Hanson

The Honorary Title's Jarrod Gorbel is hitting the road with Hanson starting on November 1, in Dallas at the House of Blues.

This tour will run directly after his previous announced dates with Fun and Steel Train. Gorbel is releasing his first solo album Devil's Made a New Friend August 31 on independent label Burning-house Records and his own imprint, Gorbel Music.

Blake Sennett (of Rilo Kiley and The Elected) produced the album, which features many collaborations and a band made up of members of Rilo Kiley, Black Crowes, Mystic Valley Band, and Azure Ray. - more on this story

Lifehouse Fall Tour

Lifehouse will kick off their fall headlining tour October 15th in Mashantucket, CT.

The trek is in support of their fifth studio album Smoke & Mirrors, which was release in March and gave them their highest chart debut of their ten year career, and was #1 on the iTunes album chart for a week. - more on this story

The Futureheads Heading West By Southwest

The Futureheads have announced a run of West Coast/Southwest tour dates.

The tour is set to kick off in Seattle on September 29 and will wrap in Houston on October 13, hitting major cities on our Pacific coast including LA on October 6.

This tour will be the bands first run through the western/southwestern states in four years - more on this story