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With a debut album recorded and tucked away for a June release, Young Veins -- the new band from former Panic! at the Disco members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker -- played its first show together on Saturday night at The Echo on Los Angeles' East Side. Spin.com has all the details more -

Live Daughtry Stream This Week

Daughtry continues "Live Sets," a series of live online concerts brought to you by Sony's new global brand message, make.believe (pronounced "make dot believe"). "Live Sets" features live performances by popular artists streamed digitally, providing an intimate experience for on-site and online audiences.

In addition to the concert, each artist will also provide exclusive interview footage and share his or her own make.believe story to inspire fans across the country with the idea that "anything you can imagine, you can make real."

The band's "Live Sets" performance at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, MD will be streamed live to online audiences Thursday, March 18 on: Daughtryofficial.com, facebook.com/Daughtry, Facebook.com/sony, Crackle.com, and myplay.com. - more on this story

The Eagles, Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban Announce Stadium Tour

The Eagles, Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban* will be touring together for the first time when they hit the road on June 8th for a North American stadium concert tour. Tour dates and lineup is listed below.

The Eagles - Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit - will perform hits from their more than 35-year career, such as "Hotel California," "Desperado," "Life In The Fast Lane," "Lyin Eyes," "Take It To The Limit," "One Of These Nights," "Heartache Tonight," and more.

The Dixie Chicks - Martie Maguire, Emily Robison and lead singer Natalie Maines - will hit the stage for the first time in four years, performing songs from all four of their albums including smash hits, "Wide Open Spaces," "Goodbye Earl," and "Not Ready to Make Nice." - more on this story

Phish Announce Tour and Phish3D Film

Phish will kick off an extensive summer tour on June 11th at Toyota Park in Chicago, IL. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, April 2nd.

The band performed Genesis' "Watcher of the Skies" and "No Reply at All" thi week at the 25th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and guitarist/vocalist Trey Anastasio had the privilege of inducting the group.

After the sold-out summer tour last year, Phish delved into another ambitious undertaking: Festival 8. Held October 30th, 31st and November 1st at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, it was the band's eighth festival and attracted over 40,000 fans. Highlights from the celebration are captured in the new film, Phish 3D, which will be released in theatres this April. - more on this story

James Taylor and Carole King Announce Live Album and DVD, Add New Tour Dates

You now have more opportunities to witness the historic pairing of James Taylor and Carole King. The duo have added more dates to their mammoth Troubadour Reunion tour. If you can't make the show you'll be able to enjoy their historic 2007 Troubadour reunion shows on DVD and CD. Here is the official announcement followed by the latest tour dates:

In November of 1970, James Taylor and Carole King first performed together at the Troubadour on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Taylor had just released his debut album for the Beatles' newly-formed Apple Records and King was finding her way as a first-time solo performer even though by then she was a famous songwriter with a string of hits for other artists. When they returned to the club for a two-week co-headlining run in 1971, their lives were somewhat different. That summer Taylor's "Fire and Rain" was topping the charts and King's landmark Tapestry was on its way to making her a music superstar. Thirty-six years later, in November 2007, James Taylor, Carole King and members of their renowned original band "The Section" (featuring guitarist Danny Kortchmar, bassist Leland Sklar and drummer Russell Kunkel) returned to the Troubadour for a three-night, six-show run to celebrate the venue's 50th anniversary. Those historic shows are documented in Live at the Troubadour, a special 2-disc CD/DVD available May 4th from Hear Music/Concord Music Group.

This remarkable recording, culled from these unforgettable string of shows, features 15 songs and 75 minutes of pristine video and audio, including stunning performances of the pair's most beloved hits such as Carole King's "So Far Away," "It's Too Late," and "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?," as well as James Taylor's "Carolina in My Mind," "Sweet Baby James," and "Fire and Rain," to name just a few. - more on this story

Slash Pre-Orders

In what will be his first true solo album, rock icon Slash will release his CD, Slash, on April 6th, 2010. The album is now available for pre-order.

The album features an all-star roster of guest musicians including Ian Astbury, Chris Cornell, Rocco DeLuca, Fergie, Dave Grohl, Myles Kennedy, Kid Rock, Lemmy Kilmeister, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Duff McKagan, M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop, and Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother.

You can pre-order the album now through iTunes and Amazon.com. If you order from iTunes, you will instantly receive "By the Sword" featuring Andrew Stockdale. - more on this story

Scarface Meets Dr. Phil Inspires Blestenation Mash-Up Of Suicidal Tendencies Classic

Blestenation has released the video for their mash-up of the Suicidal Tendencies classic "Institutionalized" online. Blestenation will release their debut album, "MBugout City", on April 13th, 2010 through Suburban Noize
Records.

"I have been a fan of Suicidal Tendencies since I was a little kid," says Werdplay from Blestenation. "I wasn't able to be a part of the scene at the time, because I was a bit young, so this is kind of like my tribute to them. I actually did get to see Suicidal live for the first time when they played with Madball at Irving Plaza in early 2009 and they were insane. Those guys still put on one hell of a show after all these years."

"I got the idea for the video from watching a skit on the Leno show one night where he had the scene from the end of Scarface, but he put Dr. Phil's face on Tony Montana," added FAFU. "The original is an epic song and we re-vamped it with Nate Albert on guitar. I always loved the difference between the mellow verse of the song and how loud and crazy the chorus was. We did our best to recreate that in a hip hop style." - Watch the video

Enter Shikari, A Day To Remember, August Burns Red and Silverstein Are Toursick

Enter Shikari are set to join A Day To Remember, August Burns Red and Silverstein on the North American Toursick tour starting March 30th in Ft Lauderdale, FL. A number of dates are already sold out. The band will then join the Warped Tour from June 24-July 18th.

The band's latest release, Common Dreads (which debuted at #7 in the UK) is the follow-up to the gold-certified debut Take To The Skies--which also debuted in the UK top 10, earning the band headlining gigs and regular spots on the major worldwide festival circuit. The band's most recent U.K. headline tour culminated with a triumphant show in front of over 5000 fans at the Hammersmith Apollo.

Common Dreads is available digitally in the United States via the band's own imprint Ambush Reality in partnership with DGC/Interscope Records. The physical release will be available in all Hot Topic stores beginning April 13th. Fans can also purchase the album at all shows as well as from the band's merch store - more on this story

Robert Randolph Announces New Album Plus Experience Hendrix Tour

Robert Randolph & The Family Band's new album We Walk This Road is set for release this June on Warner Bros. Records.

Produced by the legendary T-Bone Burnett, the album continues the Sacred Steel tradition for which Randolph has earned wide praise. Accompanied by his Sacred Steel mentors, Randolph will embark on the "Experience Hendrix Tour" beginning March 10 in San Francisco. The tour also features Los Lobos, Ernie Isley, Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and others.

Throughout the recording of We Walk This Road, Randolph and Burnett worked closely together as archivists, discovering songs—decade by decade—from the 20th century American music canon. - more on this story

Ivory's Nathaniel Moon Returns with Fairline

Fairline, featuring Nathaniel Moon, has released their single, "Need A Way Out," online for free download or name-your-own-price. Citing influences from Phoenix to Rufus Wainwright, Fairline have begun to create their own unique sound and place in today's musical landscape.

This all comes two years after the breakup of Nathaniel's former band, Ivory. He shares, "I used to be in a band called Ivory years ago and we were on the up and up in the indie scene. Our first tour we played for about three thousand people a night with our friends in Hawthorne Heights. They were at their peak, releasing their second record after their first went Gold and kind enough to bring us out to pop our road cherry. We had done a record with JT's (Hawthorne Heights) label, Carbon Copy Records. However, shortly after touring with Hawthorne [Heights] we heard the news that their band, meaning our label as well, was going to be involved in a lawsuit that would hold back our record and potentially our career. We were off the label and off the road. Ivory continued on for about another week or so and then within about two weeks of being home, our guitarist left, the band broke up, my girlfriend of two years at the time started dating my ex-roommate, I lost my car, and job. Everything I put my identity into was gone within two weeks. I was a wreck." - more on this story

Fear Factory Announce New In-store Appearance

Candlelight Records confirmed the second in-store/meet-and-greet with Fear Factory on their upcoming Revolver Presents: Fear Campaign American Tour 2010.

All four members of the band will appear at Hogwild Records, located at 1824 North Main in San Antonio on Saturday, March 27 beginning at 2:00pm. This will be the first opportunity for fans to meet the band who have not toured the US in nearly three years.

Fear Factory announced their first American dates in support of their recently released new album, Mechanize, several weeks ago. Set to begin March 22, tickets for all shows are on sale now through all major ticket outlets and individual venue ticket box offices. - more on this story

Dovecote Records Announce New Release From The Futureheads and Hooray For Earth

Dovecote Records is super excited to announce upcoming releases by Sunderland, England's The Futureheads AND New York by way of Boston's Hooray For Earth.

The Futureheads' new full-length album, The Chaos will be released June 1st via Dovecote Records. The Chaos is the band's fourth album and arguably their most riotous to date. Following high-profile tours supporting the likes of The Pixies and Foo Fighters, the four-piece buckled down, penning bold, three-minute, heads-down, pop delicacies. The Chaos was recorded over a series of sessions with David Brewis of Field Music and renowned producer Youth.

Also releasing June 1st is Hooray For Earth's MOMO. Originally available as a 5-song EP through the digital eMusic Selects program, a sixth track has been added to the EP and will see a proper physical and digital release from Dovecote Records. Hooray For Earth formed in Boston, MA in 2005, self-releasing an album in 2006. When band leader Noel Heroux moved to New York City, the band found themselves splitting residence between the two cities, building upon their existing fan base in Boston, but also started to gain recognition in the New York City/Brooklyn scene. Hooray For Earth has played with Deer Tick, Depreciation Guild, Holy f***, Mission Of Burma, Oh No Ono, Passion Pit and Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers.
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George Lynch Recording With Willie Basse and Andy Johns

Dokken, Lynch Mob and current 'Souls of WE' guitarist, George Lynch has joined '80's Metal Pioneer Willie Basse in his Burbank, CA studio to record a new single, "Break Away" for Basse's upcoming new studio album. The track and album is being recorded by Basse and Led Zeppelin engineer, Andy Johns and is expected to surface in late 2010 through Basse's own New Empire Media, Inc.

"Working with George Lynch again is amazing and we're enjoying lots of creative fun! We can actually do anything and go anywhere without limits," commented Willie Basse. "His contribution to my project, along with unmatched professional musicianship enlightens me, and inspires me to new heights."

"Ok. First you have Andy Johns.. Hello Andy Johns?! He's done a few records...Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones.." added George Lynch. "Then you've got Willie, who I played with back in the 80s, so we've got some history. Willie is so passionate about the music that he lives and breathes. Working on these tracks is liking going back in time, in a good way! It's very reminiscent of Priest and other hard rock bands of that era. And everything starts out analog. You just can't beat tape. I felt like I was back in 1987 recording a classic Dokken record!" - more on this story

Dio Endorses Guitar Charity Auction

Prosthetic Records is currently auctioning an Epiphone Prophecy Futura Custom EX on eBay, with all proceeds benefitting the T.J. Martell Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports research for cancer, AIDS and leukemia. The guitar will be signed by the six Prosthetic acts who will play the label's inaugural SXSW showcase at Mohawk in Austin, Texas on Wednesday night (Mar. 17): Scale The Summit, Landmine Marathon, Withered, Book of Black Earth, The Funeral Pyre and Clinging To The Trees of a Forest Fire.

The T.J. Martell Foundation was recommended to Prosthetic by the management of legendary vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer late last year. A 501(c)3 non-profit founded in the 1970s, the Foundation has helped Dio receive key treatment in his ongoing battle against cancer. More information on the organization can be found at www.tjmartellfoundation.org.

Prosthetic was honored to receive these words of encouragement directly from Dio himself shortly after the auction went live on Monday: "It's great to be a part of your wonderful charitable event, and all the caring performers who are giving of themselves to aid the charity of my choice. My current misfortune has opened my eyes to the constant need for funds to battle the ravages of cancer, and I am therefore pleased to endorse your efforts to auction off an Epiphone guitar signed by the aforementioned musicians to benefit the T.J.Martell Cancer Foundation. Let's hope a generous amount of money can be raised for this ultra-worthy cause. Thanks so much for you concern and humanity. It's a gesture of kindness I will never forget. Love and Magic to you all, Ronnie James Dio"

Interested parties can bid on the auction or learn more about the guitar - here

Special Ops Now Thorny Bleeders

Thorny Bleeder Records is proud to announce their latest signing of Montreal infantry-rockers Special Ops to their unique collective and family of artists!

Special Ops have emerged to become one of the most sought after metal outfits where bottom heavy distorted elegance fuses with ethnically infectious rhythms. These infantry rockers have returned to the battlefront with a fresh new release titled, "Through The Heart of The Infidel".

In their third album, produced by award winning producer & mixer Glen Robinson (Voivod, The Ramones, AC/DC, Gwar, Queensryche, Nashville Pussy) along with the engineering and production talents of Kevin Jardine (Slaves on Dope, Monarchy), Special Ops capture 10 jaw-dropping tracks that display a fusion of the members' diverse cultures. - more on this story

Ayurveda Announce Concept EP About the 2012 Mayan Prophesy

Forget the Hollywood vision of a literal apocalypse. December 2012 will mark the end of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mayan Long Count calendar, and it represents a time of astronomical and spiritual transformation -- and perhaps, some believe, even the beginning of the next human evolution.

That belief sets the stage for "H. luminous," the new EP from Ithaca, NY rock band Ayurveda, which weaves the story of a shamanic journey of transformation together with a 25-minute, eight-section musical concept piece.

"H. luminous" will be released May 11, and the band is on a national tour introducing it live now. See below for a track list and tour dates. - more on this story

Talking Judas Wizzard

Talking Metal episode 303 is available on TalkingMetal.com and iTunes. This episode, recorded at the Lamp Post Bar & Grille in Jersey City, NJ, the Grammercy Theater in New York, NY, and Bionic Studios in midtown Manhattan, contains an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Jon Leon and Erik Kluiber of White Wizzard.

Topics include the new White Wizzard album, forming the group, touring and Kluiber's online guitar lessons.

The episode also contains the Talking Metal Live interview with Militia and Grace, Maiden of Metal, of New York's all-female Judas Priest tribute act, Judas Priestess. Topics include forming the band, their fans, Rob Halford, Judas Priest, Swear on Your Life, and Talking Metal. - http://www.talkingmetal.com

Peter Parcek Sets May Album Release

Redstar Entertainment announces the signing of Boston-based guitarist Peter Parcek and a May 18 release date for his national label debut CD, The Mathematics of Love, to be distributed in North America by VizzTone Label Group/Redeye.

The new album was produced by Ted Drozdowski and features special guest appearances by legendary keyboardist Al Kooper and guitarist Ronnie Earl. Other guests include bassist Marty Ballou, mandolinist Jimmy Ryan and violinist Dan Kellar.

Considered one of New England's best kept secrets, virtuoso guitarist Peter Parcek presents to the world an amazing calling card with The Mathematics of Love, weaving beautiful mosaics of sound on the album that reflect his interests in blues, rock, jazz, folk and country music. - more on this story

Seasick Steve's Man From Another Time Hitting U.S. Stores Later This Month

Ryko is pleased to announce the U.S. release of Seasick Steve's Man From Another Time on March 30, 2010. The tale of Seasick Steve is that of an anomaly in modern recorded music – signed in his 60's, the US-born musician came to see a platinum-selling album in the UK, become the oldest Brit Award nominee in history and the winner of Mojo's Best Breakthrough Act.

Seasick Steve's "sudden" career rise began to take place in 2006 after a UK television appearance on Jools Holland's 'Annual Hootenanny' BBC TV show. His electrifying performance immediately propelled him into the UK public's consciousness. As his star rose, crowds flocked to his live events worldwide, including in a sold-out performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and appearances such at festivals such as: UK Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury (UK), Coachella, All Points West (U.S.) and Fuji Rock Festival (Japan).

"Every time I walk out in front of these thousands of people, I think 'Goddamn, how can someone who's not young, and didn't used to be famous already have all this success out of the blue?" Seasick Steve remarked. "My belief is I've come at the right time. People are tired of everythin' bein' so fancy. I guess they kinda like hearin' me with an acoustic guitar stompin' on a box." - more on this story

Fight Pretty Announce Final Show

Let's make this fast and straight to the point. The Texas Hardcore band Fight Pretty is over. Their last show is this Friday at Walters in Houston, Texas.

They made a new album called "Smoke Filled Womb" and is available for download today exclusively on the bands website. With that said, head over to the bands Myspace page to sample new tracks off the album entitled "College Towns," "Girl with Epidural Eyes," "Nightwalkers" and "Saltwater Newlywed."

The band goes on to state: "To all the fans who have supported us through the years, thank you from the bottom of our f***ing hearts. You made it worthwhile and kept us going this long. Releasing a physical copy of our new and final album "Smoke Filled Womb" would have been too expensive, so while we know a digital download isn't as personal and intimate as CD or Vinyl, we hope you enjoy what took us 3 years to finish." - more on this story

Your Demise Return to North America This Week To Kick Off Busy Tour Schedule

Your Demise, the powerhouse hardcore act from St. Albans, UK are returning to North America for another long round of tours that will keep them here long into the spring.

Following a string of UK tour dates that saw them play for their rabid hometown fans, Your Demise is psyched to come back and make their first appearance at SXSW.

They will be following that with new dates alongside Born Of Osiris, a stint on the Atticus Metal Tour II with Unearth, several shows with Bring Me The Horizon and more! - more on this story