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Rob Halford was asked do you think that Judas Priest will get their star on the Birmingham Walk Of Stars in your British hometown? And he responded, "That would be nice, wouldn't it? I don't know how that works. Is it to do with the city council, or is it a separate body of people? It would be wonderful if we could get that. I was in Hollywood a couple of weeks ago and walking down Hollywood Boulevard and [saw] all the stars there, and [Priest co-manager] Jayne [Andrews] mentioned that Priest had been offered a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. We've just never been there when they wanted to do the ceremony. God, I would just be ecstatic, because I love movies and Hollywood." more -

Aerosmith Sending Mixed Signals

The latest mystery surrounding Aerosmith is whether the band will or will not record a new studio album. Lead guitarist Joe Perry isn't helping solve the mystery by giving conflicting answers in different interviews.

As we told you last week, Perry told the Guardian, "Until a couple of years ago, fans would ask for more records like the old records, but that's all fallen off. New material is not that important any more. We've been at this for a long time. I think of some of the songs I've written or co-written and I think, why should I bother trying to top that? It's like Leonardo Da Vinci painting the Madonna again. Why should I paint the Madonna again?"

But Perry tells RollingStone.com, "Looking at the calendar we'll probably be going into the studio sometime around the holidays or maybe in the beginning of next year," he says. "We'll have to take time off from touring to make the best record we can make. We owe it to ourselves to make the best record we can make." - Read the Rolling Stone feature here

Ozzy and Iommi Settle Over Black Sabbath

Ozzy Osbourne says that he has settled his lawsuit against Tony Iommi over the use of the Black Sabbath brand and that everything is now okay between the former bandmates according to Blabbermouth.

When asked if there was once again a chance for the original Black Sabbath lineup to get together again Ozzy responded, "Well, I never say never," he said. "I mean, I've got a few ideas, but we'll see what happens, you know. We did try and do another album, but we've all changed so much and it's — if you don't do an album that blows the doors off the last one that we did together, then it's gonna be looked upon as a joke, you know."

Blabbermouth reports that Ozzy filed a lawsuit against Iommi in May 2009, claiming that Iommi illegally took sole ownership of the band's name in a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Osbourne sued Iommi for a 50 percent interest in the "Black Sabbath" trademark, along with a portion of Iommi's profits from use of the name. - more on this story

Bret Michaels Health and Legacy

Bret Michaels Lazarus like recovery from a string of medical emergency appears to be holding strong with the singer planning more concerts. AP spoke with last week about his immediate plans and the impact of his health problems on his legacy. Here is part of that report:

"I think this is good for my soul," Michaels told AP on Thursday. "Honestly, I'm taking every precaution. I'm not doing anything stupid. I'm going on stage and telling the fans that I'm going to give 100 percent of everything I've got, but if it's only 75 or 80 percent, I think they will understand."

"I don't want my legacy to be that I had a brain hemorrhage," said Michaels. "I want it to be that I rocked, I treated people with respect and I made a lot of good friends along the way. I think that came back to me when I got sick. I truly believe if you're a good person, and you spread love, then that love will come back to you."

- Read the AP report here

Gene Simmons Comments on Sexual Assault Allegation

The Gene Simmons camp issued a new statement about the KISS star's alleged sexual assault of an ESPN makeup artist. Here it is: Gene Simmons is challenging the claims of a makeup artist who falsely claimed that he assaulted her while visiting the ESPN studios in Los Angeles before a KISS concert last November at the Staples Center.

"I have no idea who this woman is and I deny her allegations," Simmons says. "I was only at the ESPN studios for a very short time, perhaps a half-hour, and was accompanied by KISS' drummer Eric Singer the entire time. I will not stand by and allow this baseless allegation to go unchallenged."

Makeup artist Victoria Jackson filed a lawsuit against Simmons in Los Angeles Superior Court on May 27, demanding that the KISS front man pay her $500,000 in damages for an assault that never took place. - more on this story

Live's Ed Kowalczyk Comes Alive with New Solo Album

Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk will release of his first solo album, Alive, on July 6. The album was recorded in Austin, TX at Wire Recording Studios with producer CJ Eiriksson (U2, Blue October, Matchbox Twenty) and Kowalczyk's new band - Ramy Antoun on drums, James Gabbie on lead guitar and Chris Heerlein on bass.

"During the last two years, I found myself at a new level of personal inspiration and creativity. I am so excited that my long time fans, as well as new ones, are about to experience the fruit of my labor of love! This album is a gigantic achievement for me and I couldn't be more thrilled at the prospect of finally sharing it with the world," he says.

Along with friends Art Alexakis of Everclear and Leigh Nash of Sixpence None The Richer, Kowalczyk recently completed a series of dates as "Open Wings, Broken Strings," a tour that he both produced and created. Stripped down, storyteller-like acoustic versions of their music offered the audience a unique, compelling and intimate way to experience the songs they know and love and hear the stories behind them. - www.edkowalczyk.com

Against Me! Streaming New Album and Book TV Appearances

Against Me! are currently previewing their new album, White Crosses, online. The album hits stores tomorrow but you can stream it today at Myspace.

Against Me! will make several appearances the week the album is released, including taping upcoming segments for Fuel TV's Daily Habit. They will also perform the album's first single, "I Was A Teenage Anarchist," on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on June 11th.

White Crosses was produced by veteran producer Butch Vig (Green Day, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins), who also produced Against Me!'s 2007 album New Wave. Against Me!, which also includes guitarist James Bowman, bassist Andrew Seward, and new drummer George Rebelo (formerly of Hot Water Music), are currently on the road. - more on this story

Ozzy, Metallica, Megadeth, Stones, Def Leppard, KISS, Sabbath, Muse and More Are Warriors of Rock.

If you missed this news on Friday, here it is again: Some hardrocking air guitar favorites including Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, KISS, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Slayer, Avenged Sevenfold, Queen and more are slated to be part of the next installment of Guitar Hero. This one is dubbed Warriors of Rock and is set for release on September 21st (according to Amazon). Here is the announcement:

This fall, living room legends and their friends will join together and embark on an epic rock journey to save rock n' roll with Activision Publishing, Inc.'s Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock. The latest installment in the world's most popular music game series, Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock, will once again redefine music gaming with an all-new, story-driven Quest Mode, a completely redesigned rock-inspired guitar controller, the biggest on-disc selection of rock music ever in a Guitar Hero game and Quickplay+, which invites challenge-starved fanatics to test their rock skills in any of the on-disc or over 500 songs in the Guitar Hero Music Library. - more on this story

Hot Hot Heat and Their Weird Friends

Hot Hot Heat have released a new video for their single "21@12," off their new album Future Breeds, which hits stores this Tuesday June 8th on Dangerbird Records.

The clip features a cast of eccentric, real life characters including a pro-wrestler and a neighborhood grandmother, who were found in Edmonton, Alberta – where it was shot. Watch it here

The band is also giving fans another taste of Future Breeds with "Goddess on the Prairie." The track is actually the first positive love song that Hot Hot Heat frontman Steve Bays has ever written. - more on this story

Murder By Death Touring With mewithoutYou, Offering New Album for Five Bucks

Murder By Death is hitting the road this summer with mewithoutYou for a trek throughout the midwest and northeastern states.

The two-week summer jaunt in support of their most recent release Good Morning, Magpie.

The Indiana natives released their fifth full-length on April 6 (via Vagrant) and immediately landed the #5 spot on Billboard's Heatseeker's Chart as well as a debut appearance on Billboard's Top 200 Chart. For the entire month of June, Amazon.com is offering the digital version of Good Morning, Magpie for only $5. Get it here. Tour dates are - here

Singled Out: Lo-Pro's Alive

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Lo-Pro frontman Pete Murray tells us about "Alive" from their brand new album "The Beautiful Sounds of Revenge". We now turn it over to Pete for the story:

'The Beautiful Sounds of Revenge' is truly a diary of our journey over the last several years. Following the demise of our last record deal, we went through a "12 step program" of sorts emotionally. The first step was naturally anger, followed by despair and depression. These emotions are tiring though and not all that healthy over time and we eventually returned to this magical place of making music for the sake of making music.

At the end of the day, we'll always have our music, despite where we may be on a business level at the time. I think "Alive" marked the beginning of that transition. The lyrics are upbeat and hopeful. "Let them know you're alive" is a call to action. Life is too short for bitterness.

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

Evile Colin Farrell Blood Bath

Evile's 'Bathe In Blood', from their 2007 debut album Enter The Grave, is featured in a new movie starring Colin Farrell.

The new movie, 'Ondine', which was written and directed by Oscar winner Neil Jordan, tells the tale of an Irish fisherman who discovers a woman caught in his fishing net who he believes to be a mermaid. Evile's track 'Bathe In Blood', from their 2007 debut album Enter The Grave, is played during the movie.

Evile lead guitarist OL DRAKE comments: "I just sat down to watch Neil Jordan's new film 'Ondine' starring Colin Farrell. A while ago we allowed the film makers to use our track 'Bathe in Blood' in the film. About 30 minutes in, the character Alex (Tony Curran) can be seen headbanging in another room whilst his daughter is reading a book, and the tones of 'Bathe in Blood' can be heard. It's so bizarre yet awesome to hear one of our tracks in a film, and to my surprise a great film. It isn't usually my cup of tea but it has a great story. Bravo, Mr Jordan and thank you!"

'Ondine' is due to be released on DVD in the UK on August 16th. View the trailer for the movie - here

Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle Offshoot Sweethead and Announce Tour Dates

Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle, Failure's Troy Van Leeuwen new band Sweethead have announced a handful of new dates in the western US.

The band is playing in support their debut album which was release last month by The End Records. The band is fronted by lead vocalist Serrina Sims and also features Eddie Nappi on bass (Mark Lanegan Band, Handsome), and Norm Block on drums (Mark Lanegan Band, Plexi).

They recently took up residency at LA's Spaceland before jetting to Europe and the UK for a series of festival performances and headline club dates. The band starts back up in the US on July 14 in Los Angeles and currently wraps in Seattle, Washington on July 22. More dates will be announced shortly. - more on this story

Boys Like Girls on Video

Boys Like Girls premiered the video for their new single "Heart Heart Heartbreak" on VEVO.com on Friday.

he track is the band's third single from their acclaimed album Love Drunk. The album's first two singles, "Love Drunk" and "Two Is Better Than One," have been certified platinum, and the music videos were viewed over 10 million times online.

"Heart Heart Heartbreak" is BLG's 6th consecutive charting single at Top 40 radio. Boys Like Girls is currently headlining The Bamboozle Road Show with All Time Low through the end of June.
- Watch it here

Silverstein Launch Four Night Online Event

Silverstein launched a four-night take-over on UStream.tv to recreate their four-night take-over of the El Mocambo, in Toronto, Ontario.

For four consecutive nights, starting on Sunday, June 6th, members of Silverstein will be recounting their experience of the historic event by chatting live on UStream.tv, followed by the world premiere of sections from Silverstein's upcoming CD/DVD Decade (Live At The El Mocambo).

This special online event is the perfect way for Silverstein fans across the world to connect with the band and celebrate their highly accomplished 10-year anniversary. - more on this story

Eyehategod Supergroup Announce One Off

Prior to part-two of Eyehategod's two-night stand at the Empty Bottle, BloodLust! presents a special afternoon noise set at Reckless Records in Wicker Park by Ten Suicides (featuring members of Eyehategod, Outlaw Order, The Guilt Of..., Bloodyminded, Anatomy of Habit, The Fortieth Day).

The performance will be based around the Bloodyminded song "Ten Suicides," which features guest lead vocals by Eyehategod's Mike Williams. Expect the worlds of noise, sludge, and doom to lock into a united North-South experimental soundscape of epic proportions...

Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 3:00 PM All Ages Free at Reckless Records 1532 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 773.235.3727 - http://www.reckless.com/

Heathen's West Coast Exodus

Heathen will perform two special west coast shows this week alongside fellow thrash titans/kindred spirits Exodus.

6/11/2010 Key Club - Los Angeles, CA w/ Exodus, Bonded By Blood, All Gods Kill and Tormentor [http://www.keyclub.com]

6/12/2010 Slim's - San Francisco, CA w/ Exodus, Anvil Chorus, and Passive Aggressive

HEATHEN continue to reap praise from the metal masses with The Evolution Of Chaos, released in the US on February 16th via Holland's Mascot Records. The record marks HEATHEN's first studio offering in nearly 20 years. - more on this story

Township Announce Summer Trek

Township will kick-start the summer by playing throughout the Northeast, including a special solo performance by lead guitarist and singer Marc Pinansky in their hometown Boston.

Since their 2006 debut, Township's style of prolific and expertly crafted recordings has led to inevitable, yet remarkable comparisons to a variety of legends, including Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and The Who.

In less than three years of collaborating their talents, Greg Beadle, Marc Pinansky, & John Sheeran saw the gratifying results of two self-released EP's and two full-length albums. Their knack for classic rock was quickly picked up by radio stations across the country, as well as licensed by Pacific Sunwear and Globe Shoes. - more on this story

RPWL Offer Up Free MP3

RPWL are offering a free MP3 download of the title track of their 2002 album "Trying to Kiss the Sun".

The track is a perfect and pure representation of what the RPWL sound is all about.

This song also appears on their forthcoming release The Gentle Art of Music a two-disc retrospective celebrating the band's tenth anniversary. You can access the free download - here

Rooney Mixtape

To celebrate the release of Rooney's latest record, Eureka, Ned Brower picked out 10 of his talented friends to feature on a new the Mixtape.

"For my emerging artist play-list, I decided to limit myself to artists who happen to be my good buddies. I wasn't sure I was going to have enough and I was delighted to realize how many talented friends I keep.

"The following artists and groups are people I have had the pleasure to record with, play with, sing with, write with, and hang out with. Now put on some headphones and enjoy these great songs from my pals." - Ned Brower

- See list and listen here

Miniature Tigers Hitting The Road With The Spinto Band

Miniature Tigers will be hitting the road on their first ever headlining tour in support of sophomore album.

The new album, Fortress, will hit stores on July 27 on Modern Art Records/ILG. The Spinto Band support on all of the dates beginning on July 21st.

Miniature Tigers have been actively touring throughout 2010 including stints with the morning benders and Free Energy and this summer they play Lollapalooza on August 8 - more on this story

Tony Lucca to Rendezvous With The Angels in July

Tony Lucca new album, "Rendezvous With The Angels," will hit stores on July 13, 2010, on Rock Ridge Music (through Warner Music Group's Alternative Distribution Alliance).

"Rendezvous With The Angels" finds Lucca crafting his most thoughtful, tuneful, and mature work yet. The album includes appearances by Lucca's 2009 tour mate Sara Bareilles (who duets on "Back to Me") and Lady Antebellum guitarist Jason "Slim" Gambill (featured on the bonus track "Nobody But You").

Most of the record was recorded in the fall of 2009 by Ron Probst -- who also served as executive producer of the album with his wife Linda -- at Mitch Easter's Winston-Salem, North Carolina, studio, the Fidelitorium. Four tracks – "Long Love Letter," "Make You Mine," "Love Light," and "Anchored" – were cut by producer Todd Beauchamp at his Vienna Circle Studios in Los Angeles. - more on this story

Pyrrhon Are Coming

Pyrrhon have inked a deal in with The Path Less Traveled Records to release their debut EP, Fever Kingdoms. The label also plan to release this facemelting quartet's debut LP in 2011.

Pyrrhon formed in 2008, and have been laying waste to the New York area with their brutally unique, masterfully executed take on death metal, sharing stages with the likes of Misery Index, Evoken, Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire, The Communion, Liturgy, and dozens more.

To call them "technical death metal" is a bit of a misnomer; sure, their songwriting chops are unf***withable and their riffs will make your head spin, but unlike so many other widdly-widdly bands out there, PYRRHON are more interested in writing memorable, wickedly heavy songs than in guitar wankery. Think Immolation, Origin, and Death, and you're halfway there! - more on this story

iSlacker Radio 2.0

Slacker Radio 2.0 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has been released. Here is the announcement: For the first time ever, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users can cache their favorite Slacker music stations to listen anywhere – whether they are connected to a wireless network or not and without incurring data charges.

With Slacker Radio 2.0 for iPhone and a Slacker Radio Plus subscription, music lovers can select specific stations to cache while they are listening by simply tapping "Cache This Station" from any station page. Once stations have been selected, individual songs for the stations are automatically downloaded by selecting "Refresh Stations" from the Cached Stations link in the home screen view. During a station refresh the application will store up to thousands of songs on the device for off-line playback allowing stations to be accessed on planes, subways and everywhere in between with no interruptions and greatly reduced battery use. Along with the ability to store stations to the device, Slacker Radio Plus features ad-free listening, complete song lyrics, "peek ahead" artist and album previews, unlimited song skipping, unlimited song requests and more.

iPod touch and iPad owners can now listen to Slacker Radio beyond Wi-Fi networks and take their favorite tunes wherever they go without having to manage playlists or transfer music from their home computers. Free Slacker Basic Radio listeners will be able to cache stations for up to 14 days, providing the opportunity to try this new feature on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, risk-free. - more on this story

Year of the Sun Relapse

It will soon be easier to get your hands on Year of the Sun Records releases as the label has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Relapse Records.

The deal will see all of Year of the Sun's releases being distributed in the United States while also making the label's product available through Relapse's online store.

"We take pride in working with forward-thinking labels, and all it takes is one listen to any of the bands on Year Of The Sun's roster to show why Relapse Records is pleased to work with them," commented Brian O'Neil from Relapse Records. "We anticipate our relationship will be mutually beneficial." - more on this story

P.O.D., The Letter Black and Rapture Ruckus Announce Benefit Show

Next Saturday, June 12th, The Letter Black and Rapture Ruckus will join P.O.D. for the benefit concert "San Diego Loves Haiti."

The concert will be a part of the Emergency & Disaster Awareness Fair taking place at the San Diego Qualcomm Stadium parking lot on Saturday, June 12th, 2010. Doors open at 11:00 a.m. and the event ends at 9:00 p.m.

Hosted by Dead Serious Foundation Inc. together with the San Diego Loves Haiti Committee. This event will feature live music, extreme sports, art, a car show, and community assistance organizations. The event will conclude with a Benefit Concert for Haiti. The goal for this event is to raise funds to build a primary school, medical clinic, and orphanage for the people of Haiti. For more information and how to get involved, please visit - http://www.sandiegoloveshaiti.org