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Slash Band Member Nearly Blinded

The bassist for Slash's solo touring band Todd Kerns (Sin City Sinners) reportedly played most of their UK tour on the verge of suffering a detached retina.

Rock Radio reports: And he was told just hours before taking the stage at Glastonbury he could lose his sight permanently.

He started losing having problems ahead of the band's flight to the UK at the end of June. By the time he arrived at Bristol airport he was suffering the effects of a vitreous hemorrhage, which often takes place ahead of retinal detachment - a medical emergency which can lead to permanent blindess. - Click here to find out what happened next

Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax Carnage Confirmed

We mentioned this in yesterday's digest and we now have the full announcement with the dates: Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax will tour together once again on Leg Two of the "American Carnage Tour." This trek kicks off September 24 at Verizon Wireless Theatre in Dallas, TX and will play 20 dates, including New York's Nassau Coliseum, concluding at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on October 21.

On Leg Two of American Carnage, Megadeth will continue to roar through its landmark 1990 album Rust in Peace from front to back, while Slayer will rip the roof off by performing its much-lauded Seasons in the Abyss album, which was also released in 1990. Anthrax recently welcomed back singer Joey Belladonna, who defined the band during its heyday, and now permanently back in the band, will be front-and-center.

In the spirit of beating the recession, there will be pre-sale discounts on all tickets in most markets, and if that's not enough, a limited amount of $10 tickets will be available in many cities - more on this story

Bryan Ferry's New Album Features Nile Rodgers, David Gilmour, Flea, Radiohead and More

This news should make a lot of rock fans long for Rocktober to hurry up and arrive: Bryan Ferry has announced an October 26th release date for his brand new studio album Olympia, his debut for Astralwerks Records.

The album features musical contributions from Nile Rodgers, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Groove Armada, Scissor Sisters, Marcus Miller, Flea, ex Stone Roses Mani (Primal Scream) and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead. It also sees Bryan Ferry reunite on record with members of Roxy Music, including Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, and Andy Mackay. This is the first album to reunite them since Roxy Music's seminal album For Your Pleasure in 1973.

The album follows the release of the brand new single "You Can Dance" on August 10th. "You Can Dance", which is already a club hit across Europe, is accompanied by a stunning music video shot at the historic Wilton's Music Hall in London. - more on this story

Steven Adler's Appetite for Destruction Detailed

Harper Collins will release Steven Adler's new autobiography on July 27th. The publisher has posted some details from the book online and we learn some interesting things like the fact that Adler has overdosed 28 times. Here is what they had to say about the book: From Steven Adler, the original drummer for Guns N' Roses, comes My Appetite for Destruction, the inside story of GNR. Offering a different perspective from the bestselling Slash, Adler chronicles his life with the band, and own intense struggle with addiction, as seen on Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab and Sober House.

After forty years, twenty-eight ODs, three botched suicides, two heart attacks, a couple of jail stints, and a debilitating stroke, Steven Adler, the most self-destructive rock star ever, is ready to share the shattering untold truth in My Appetite for Destruction.

When Adler was eleven years old he told his two closest friends he was going to be a rock star in the world's greatest band. Along with four uniquely talented—but very complicated and demanding—musicians, Adler helped form Guns N' Roses. They rose from the streets—primal rockers who obliterated glam rock and its big hair to resurrect rock's truer blues roots. - more on this story

Taking Back Sunday Detail CD/DVD Release

Taking Back Sunday will release a new live album called, "Live From Orensanz" on August 17th digitally and in stores. A special edition with a bonus DVD will be sold exclusively on the band's website.

Here are the details from the site: This is taken from the two acoustic shows we filmed and recorded in December '09 at the beautiful Angel Orensanz in New York City.

Audio CD released digitally and in stores, CD/DVD bonus edition available exclusively at www.takingbacksunday.com. Check back this week for pre-sale info and the first trailer from the show! Check out the tracklisting and cover art

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Nick Lowe Announces U.S. Full Band Tour

Big news for U.S. Nick Lowe fans, in October he will bring a full band to this side of the Atlantic for a national tour for the first time this millennium.

Droves of U.S. fans have watched enraptured, as Nick has perfected his now legendary solo performances over the past ten years, culminating in his awe-inspiring Austin City Limits performance from season XX. Constant clamoring for full band renditions of his new and classic material has finally paid off, resulting in a national tour this fall. The U.S. line-up will feature Geraint Watkins (keyboards), Robert Trehern (drums), Johnny Scott (guitar) and Matt Radford (bass).

An architect of pub rock with Brinsley Schwartz and Rockpile, then later emerging as the co-founder of Stiff Records, Lowe debuted as a solo artist with pop monolith Jesus of Cool/Pure Pop for Now People in 1978. In recent years, Lowe has continued to produce some of his most critically-acclaimed solo albums with The Impossible Bird, Dig My Mood, The Convincer and most recently, the amazing At My Age. - more on this story

Carlos Santana Proposes On Stage

Talk about a proposal that you will never forget. Imagine having the experience in front of thousands of people. Carlos Santana doesn't have to imagine it as the legendary guitarist proposed to acclaimed Cindy Blackman onstage during his Friday, July 9 concert at the Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL.

Carlos popped the question four songs into the show—the Chicago area stop on Santana's Universal Tone Tour 2010—following Cindy's virtuoso drum solo on the Santana hit "Corazon Espinado." After she accepted, the just-engaged couple kissed, and the audience broke out into cheers.

"Cindy and I are blessed to have found each other," said Carlos Santana. "Being in love is a gift from the universe, and the spirit and vibrations that come with it are infinitely powerful. I look forward to expressing that incredible energy through my music, and in helping to tip the balance toward more love in the world with what Cindy and I share." - more on this story

Emerson, Lake & Palmer Special Edition DVD

Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Pictures At An Exhibition: Special Edition on DVD on July 27th. This concert film, which has previously been released on VHS and DVD, is now available as a special 40-year anniversary package.

Originally released in cinemas in 1973, Pictures At An Exhibition captures the English power trio performing at the Lyceum in London in December of 1970. Filmed at the height of their popularity, this concert film is a snapshot in time, blending the integrity of the music with seventies psychedelic special effects.

This special edition release, commemorating forty years since this concert, is the most complete version of the film, presented with the best possible sound and picture quality. As a bonus, the DVD features a previously unreleased 1970 live performance from Belgian television program "Pop Shop," as well as the original theatrical trailer. - more on this story

Tracy Bonham's Record Release Show Tonight Will Kick Off U.S. Tour

Tracy Bonham releases her new record, Masts Of Manhatta, today. In celebration Bonham will play a show at Joe's Pub in New York City tonight as the first stop on her upcoming headlining tour.

Masts of Manhatta - which takes its title from a Walt Whitman poem - was produced by Bonham and mixed by Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, Lisa Germano). It features the Brooklyn-based Smokey's Roundup, a trio led by guitarist Smokey Hormel (Tom Waits, Beck, Norah Jones), as the backing band.

A native of Eugene, Oregon, Bonham began singing at age five, playing the violin at nine and piano at age 14. After studying violin performance at the University of Southern California and jazz vocals at Berklee College of Music, she started her own band and began writing songs. Her 1996 major label debut, The Burdens of Being Upright (Island) with the hit single "Mother Mother" was certified Gold and led to a pair of GRAMMY nominations (Best Female Vocalist and Best Alternative Rock Performance). Down Herefollowed in 2000 and Blink the Brightest was released in 2005 to widespread critical acclaim. - more on this story

Singled Out: Tony Lucca's Always

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Tony Lucca tells us about "Always" from his brand new album "Rendezvous With The Angel," which comes out today. We now turn it over to Tony for the story:

As an independent artist who spends more than half the year on the road, I wind up getting in most of my songwriting between sound checks and showtimes, in the back seat of a tour van or in some cheap hotel room on any of a handful of my days off. Unfortunately, I was on tour while my wife was in her third trimester, expecting our daughter, Sparrow. Of course my head was spinning with countless thoughts of becoming a father for the first time, much less that of a baby girl. Somehow the idea of being able to honestly Love someone - completely, unconditionally, forever - became so overwhelming that I couldn't help but write about it. The words came to me during a night drive through Colorado and the next day I was able to sit down at a piano and came up with something to go along with it. The result was the song "Always." It's funny how quiet I'm able to get some rooms when playing this song live. Even the toughest of cookies seem to connect to it, especially if they've ever had the pleasure of bringing a child into the world and loving them as only a parent can. It's pretty damn cool, really.

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

The Boy Will Drown in Europe

The Boy Will Drown have a headlining tour of Europe this September and October, with support bands including Wreck Of The Minotaur, The Bridal Procession, Forget To Forgive and Eradication.

The Boy Will Drown guitarist Liam Keeler comments: "We are all really excited to be heading back over to Europe and getting to play some awesome new cities, as well as revisiting some of the places we played before. It's nice to be given the chance to play for some old faces and hopefully some new ones. - more on this story

Boyd Rice Announces Show With David Johansen and Jonathan Toubin and Film Premiere with Michael Des Barres

NON (Boyd Rice) has announced a rare live date in New York that will take place on July 22nd at Le Poisson Rouge with support from Jet Fueled Horses and DJs David Johansen (New York Dolls) and Jonathan Toubin (New York Night Train).

A 20 minute world premiere teaser trailer for Iconoclast, a documentary on Boyd Rice, will also be shown at 10.30pm sharp.

The premiere of the documentary will take place in LA on August 17th at an event hosted by glam rock legend, Michael Des Barres and featuring a Q&A with Boyd Rice, Iconoclast's director Larry Wessel and the celebrated director Allison Anders. - more on this story

August Burns Red Announce CD and DVD Release

August Burns Red have set a September 28th release date for their first live CD and DVD, entitled Home. Here is the announcement with some details:

The DVD/CD shoot - filmed last month in, appropriately enough, the band's Home-town of Manheim, PA - drew a sold-out crowd of 1250 people who wanted to participate in the exciting performance, including some who traveled internationally, from as close as Montreal to as far as away as Amsterdam.

"We played our first ever show as a band in Manheim, PA in April of 2003," explains guitarist JB Brubaker. "Between then and now we've been fortunate enough to play all over the world. But when it came time for us to record our first live DVD/CD, it only made sense to do so back in Manheim where everything began. It was exciting for us to have people come from far and wide to the town where most of us grew up, and to be able to play such a special show in front of our families and close friends who have been supporting us since the beginning." - more on this story

Two Gallants' Adam Haworth Stephens Announces Solo Debut, Offers Free Download

Two Gallants lead singer and songwriter Adam Haworth Stephens will release his debut solo album, We Live On Cliffs, on September 28th through Saddle Creek

To get fans excited, Stephens is offering the first track, "The Cities That You've Burned" for free download at www.adamhstephens.com.

Beginning August 7th in Salt Lake City, UT, Stephens will head out as a four-piece band for a 9-date club tour to premiere these new songs to fans. Tour dates - here

The Charlatans New Album and Tour

The Charlatans have announced a new North American tour and album release. Their new album, Who We Touch , will be released on September 14, 2010 via The End Records.

The 10-track album was produced by Youth (Killing Joke, Primal Scream, Paul McCartney) and the first single will be "Love is Ending."

The band will be heading to American a week prior to the album's release for a tour that begins September 7 in Atlanta, Georgia and closes September 22 in Los Angeles, California. The tour marks the first time in over four years since The Charlatans performed in North America. - more on this story

American Bang Bob Rock For August Release

Reprise Records will release American Bang's self-titled major-label debut album on August 31st.

Produced by Bob Rock in Nashville and Hawaii, the album captures the band's deep musical roots and Southern accent.

The video for "Wild & Young," the album's debut single, is currently in rotation on MTV2 and MTVU, and spiking at AMTV (MTV's morning video hours). - more on this story

Dr. Dog Fall Tour

Dr. Dog are hitting the road for a fall tour in support of their latest album, Shame, Shame.

Beginning October 16th in Toronto, ON, this four-week tour follows two sold-out headlining tours and performances at several summer festivals including Bonnaroo and Sasquatch.

In addition to this tour, Dr. Dog will perform a free show on Governors Island in New York, NY on Sunday, August 15th. - more on this story

Debutaunts Album and Tour coming

Debutaunts will kick of their US tour with a CD release party at Vinyl in Atlanta, GA, on August 13th.

The new album, Why Can't We Have Fun ,is set for release on August 17th. Recorded in Glow In the Dark studios in Atlanta, GA, with producer Matt Goldman (Underoath, Anberlin) the band's record offers listeners a mix of infectious, powerful and undeniable songs.

The guys have been causing a stir in their local cities of Atlanta and Gainesville, FL, and are quite anxious to take their sound across the country. - more on this story

Place Of Skulls Eye Fall Release

Place Of Skulls will release their fourth full-length album, As A Dog Returns, some time this fall.

The follow-up to 2006's The Black Is Never Far was recorded at Lakeside Studios in Knoxville by Travis Wyrick and founding guitarist/vocalist Victor Griffin (Pentagram, Death Row, Cathedral, Joe Hasselvander) with drums recorded and engineered by Mike Dearing.

Said Griffin of the band's latest output: "The new album As A Dog Returns picks up dynamically where The Black Is Never Far left off. Where The Black... album had a bit more of a depressive theme lyrically, the new album tends to look to a brighter outcome. Musically we've gone further than ever before with dynamics and production. Though all the PLACE OF SKULLS' brand of heaviness you would expect is certainly there, there's a nice ebb and flow with quieter parts which tend to set a very dramatic and melancholy mood at times to the overall album. - more on this story

Across The Sun Ink with Metal Blade

Metal Blade Records have inked Across The Sun. Vocalist Brandon Davis comments: "We are beyond ecstatic to be signing with Metal Blade Records! They are coming up on 30 years as the best metal label on the planet, and we are honored to now be a part of that history. This really is a dream come true for us, as we have made this band our lives' work. It's so amazing seeing our hard work and dedication culminate with this once in a lifetime opportunity, we are truly blessed. Our upcoming tour promises to be a great time every single night, we hope to see you all at a show this summer and beyond!"

Drummer Alan Ashcraft adds: "Metal Blade is a great fit for us, because their familiarity with metal music is unrivaled. Across The Sun is at its strongest, and is capable of anything. With such a great label behind us, we're confident that metal fans will have some amazing things to look forward to."

Across The Sun hits the road once again with Throw The Fight, Gwen Stacy, and more, as well playing Transmission Festival with August Burns Red, Vanna, Living Sacrifice, etc. on August 6th and 7th. - more on this story

Active Child and School of Seven Bells To Do America

Active Child will be hitting the road with School of Seven Bells this fall for a North American Tour.

Beginning at Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, NY, on Thursday, September 9, and culminating in a performance at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia, PA, on Friday, October 22

Active Child recently toured the US with Islands and Steel Phantoms in support of his recently released debut EP titled Curtis Lane (June 1, FILTER US Recordings). - more on this story

With Life In Mind Set Album Release, Announce Summer Tour

With Life In Mind will release their new album, Grievances, on September 14th via CI Records.

The album, a powerful, heavy sludge-fest was recorded with producer Carson Slovak of Century (Prosthetic Records) and Armsbendback (Trustkill Records) and its persistent pummeling will certainly resonate with fans of bands like Shai Hulud, Misery Signals and more.

Fresh out of the studio, the band looks to take the pent-up energy that comes with being stuck in a studio out on the road with a string of North American tour dates with TEXAS IN JULY (Equal Vision Records). - more on this story

Rain Perry Takes On Bob Seger

Rain Perry takes on Bob Seger's "Till It Shines" on her new album 'Internal Combustion,' which will be released on September 21st by Precipitous Records.

Perry has won several songwriting prizes, including the grand prize in the folk division at the 2000 John Lennon Songwriting Competition. But the Ojai, California singer-songwriter also has a great affection for unusual covers.

"I feel it's an underrated gem," Perry says, "and oddly perfect for a chick singer." She and producer Mark Hallman (Ani DiFranco, Eliza Gilkyson, Carole King) reworked the sound to be more current than the original twin electric guitars. - more on this story