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On this day in 1963, The Beatles received silver LP discs for Please Please Me and With The Beatles at a ceremony held at EMI House in London. They also received a silver EP for Twist and Shout and a silver single for "She Loves You." Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -

Queen Rock the Prince

(hennemusic) Queen rocked the first Prince's Trust Rock Gala in more than 20 years, Wednesday night at London's Royal Albert Hall.

The BBC reports Brian May and Roger Taylor performed with a variety of singers, including Midge Ure ("Seven Seas Of Rhye") and Keane's Tom Chaplin ("It's a Hard Life").

Chaplin described Queen as the "heroes of my youth. I have notions of being a weirdly flamboyant frontman, and my voice is in the same register as Freddie's was - it's such a buzz to be backed by the actual band themselves." - more on this story

Bret Michaels GQ Scientist?

(Gibson) A new ad campaign is gearing up to team rock stars such as Bret Michaels and Debbie Harry with award-winning scientists. The "2010 Rock Stars of Science" ads will begin running in the December issue of GQ magazine, according to USA Today.

The campaign, sponsored by the Geoffrey Beene Foundation, aims to bring greater visibility to today's great scientific minds. ResearchAmerica! polls have indicated that more than half of the public can't name a living scientist.

So, the new effort pairs Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn, cancer researcher Craig Thompson and surgery professor Mehmet Oz (better known through his television show as Dr. Oz) with music celebrities such as Poison's Michaels, Blondie's Harry and rap/pop producer Timbaland. - more on this story

The Strokes Finish New Album

(Gibson) The Strokes have finished recording their fourth album. The announcement came via frontman Julian Casablancas' Twitter account: "Still not going to be out for a few months – mixing, etc, but JUST finally finished it yesterday actually!?"

The album, which has not yet been given a title, will be the New York rockers' follow-up to First Impressions of Earth, released almost five years ago in January of 2006. Making the album hasn't been the easiest process for the band. "There is disagreement as to whether the songs are ready," Casablancas told Spin last year. "Some of the band think they are and others don't. I'm somewhere in the middle."

The band were able to come together and started recording in March of this year with Beck and White Stripes producer John Chicarelli. Casablancas said that fans should expect the new album to sound similar to the previous one, before admitting, "I may try to funk it up a little bit." -

Kid Rock To Play Thanksgiving NFL Halftime Show

Kid Rock announced on Wednesday that he will take the stage for the 2010 United Way Thanksgiving Halftime Show during the first game of the NFL's tripleheader when the Detroit Lions host the New England Patriots on Thursday, November 25 at 12:30 PM ET on CBS.

This special halftime event will feature a live performance of Kid Rock's new song and album title track Born Free released on the Atlantic Records label. Kid Rock has a history of giving back to the community, which includes time spent visiting and performing for troops overseas. More than 1,000 people will participate in the halftime show, including members of the National Guard and their families.

In addition, country music singer and former Marine Josh Gracin will kick off the game in Detroit with the National Anthem. He will be joined by PLAY 60 youth ambassadors from the NFL Youth Education Town in Detroit, a United Way agency. - more on this story

Watch Bruce Springsteen Rock Jimmy Fallon

(hennemusic) Bruce Springsteen made his only scheduled live tv performance this year on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night, to celebrate the simultaneous releases of Springsteen's "The Promise" 2-CD set and "The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story" 6-disc set.

Springsteen first appeared during Fallon's performance (as Neil Young) of 9-yr old Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair..." A solid interview session with Bruce followed, later joined in on by E Street guitarist Steven van Zandt.

And then…music: Springsteen, van Zandt and pianist Roy Bittan sat in with The Roots for two songs from the new collection: "Because The Night," the song Bruce gave to Patti Smith, and the first single, "Save My Love." - Check it out here

Nirvana Unplugged Anniversary

(Gibson) On this day in 1993, Nirvana recorded their MTV Unplugged special at Sony Studios, New York. Gibson takes a closer look: In their early days, Nirvana and MTV Unplugged sort of ran parallel paths. Nirvana released their debut album on indie label Sub Pop in 1989. MTV Unplugged, conceived as an acoustic showcase for musicians, debuted on its namesake cable channel in 1989, with performances from Squeeze, Syd Straw and Elliot Easton. Two years later, Unplugged became a bigger deal, with high profile shows featuring Paul McCartney and LL Cool J. Around the same time in 1991, Nirvana became one of the biggest bands in the world with the release of Nevermind and the angsty anthem "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

From that moment, MTV producers were dead set on getting Nirvana to do an Unplugged show for the network. Kurt Cobain and Co. resisted initially, mostly because they weren't too thrilled with the series. Drummer Dave Grohl remembers: "We'd seen the other Unpluggeds and didn't like many of them, because most bands would treat them like rock shows – play their hits like it was Madison Square Garden except with acoustic guitars."

In the meantime, both Nirvana and Unplugged continued to gain fame. Nirvana continued to release hits off Nevermind and toured the world. Unplugged drew bigger and bigger stars – such as Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton (who won Grammys for his Unplugged performance) and Nirvana's grunge pals Pearl Jam. Finally, in the fall of 1993, following the release of In Utero and while on tour with the Meat Puppets, the band agreed to play Unplugged. - more on this story

Marillion's Fish Gives Up On Women

(Rock AAA) Fish says he's given up women after a series of love-life disasters – and instead he's going to concentrate on extreme exercise activities.

The former Marillion singer is pursuing his interests in zip rides, white water rafting, horse riding and scuba diving after his most recent marriage ended after just 11 months – because she said he was boring.

In 2007 he split with a fiancee a week before their wedding day, and six years previously his model wife left him for another man. Fish tells the Sun: "I've had it with women. I get my thrills from keeping fit now." - more on this story

Jim Morrison To Be Pardoned

(Gibson) Recently, we reported that outgoing Florida Governor Charlie Crist was "looking into" pardoning the late Jim Morrison for his conviction of indecent exposure and profanity at a Miami concert. Now, it seems Crist is moving forward with those plans. He announced that he will officially submit Morrison's name to his state's clemency board as a candidate to be pardoned.

"I've decided to do it, for the pure and simple reason that I just think it's the right thing to do," Crist told The New York Times. "In some ways it seems like a tragic conclusion to a young man's life to have maybe this be a lasting legacy, where we're not even sure that it actually occurred. The more that I've read about the case and the more I get briefed on it, the more convinced I am that maybe an injustice has been done here."

Morrison, by many accounts, was drunk during a Doors concert in 1969, during which he gave a wild and unruly performance. After the show, the singer was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, a felony, as well as several misdemeanors. In 1970, he was convicted of profanity and indecent exposure and was sentenced to six months of prison time with a $500 fine. The rock legend never served the time though. He was still appealing the ruling when he died in Paris in 1971. - more on this story

Cheap Trick HD

Cheap Trick are going high def this weekend when HDNet Concert Series debuts "Cheap Trick: The Latest Live @ SXSW," this Sunday, November 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

With more than 5,000 performances, 20 million records sold, 29 movie soundtracks and 40 gold and platinum recording awards, Cheap Trick headline the famed South By Southwest Music festival in front of a crowd of 20,000.

In this performance filmed by HDNet cameras, the band plays their own energetic and melodic sound from 36 years of music, including monster hits like "Surrender," "I Want You to Want Me," "The Flame" and "Dream Police" and more. - preview

KISS is All About Brand not Band?

(hennemusic) Gene Simmons of Kiss delivered a keynote address at the 5th annual M For Montreal music conference on Wednesday.

His message continues to be the same, regardless of the forum: "You're allowed to have a band, or you can have a brand."

"What we all want to recognize is that a name means something," added Gene. "It doesn't matter what it is: whether it has music, whether it's a religious symbol, a political symbol, or a politician – everything should be a brand." - more including video

Singled Out: The City Champs

Today Al Gamble from The City Champs tells us about the title track from their brand new album "The Set-Up". Here is the story:

About two or three weeks before we were scheduled to go into the studio to record our second album, the three of us had already put together most of the tunes. The songs we had prepared were mainly written by Joe Restivo. George Sluppick and I helped some with the melodies and tweaking, but Joe is the main writer in the band. I knew I needed to contribute something to this new record, and was putting a little pressure on myself to write something before we went into the studio. Honestly, I'm not sure exactly how I got the idea for The Set-Up. The band had moved away from the Boogaloo influence of the first album (The Safecracker) to more of a Booker T. and the MGs influence with the material we had so far. So, I tried keeping this tune in that vein. One morning after my wife went to work and our three girls were at school, I sat down at the organ in my living room and came up with the melody for the A section of The Set-Up. I felt like it had a Hang 'em High feel, especially with the call and response between the organ and guitar. After a couple of days of messing with it on my own we got together for a rehearsal and I let the guys hear it to get their opinion. Joe suggested a nice chord substitution for the A section, and George immediately came up with the right groove and we were off. I had the basic idea for the B section ready to go but it still needed some tweaking. Joe and George helped pull it all together.

Once we had it rehearsed and felt comfortable we started playing it live. One of the hardest things about writing original instrumentals is coming up with names for the songs. The Set-Up was originally called Overlander, named after a particular model of vintage Airstream travel trailers. Just before I had written the song I had purchased an old Airstream trailer. I thought it would be cool to name an instrumental tune after some Airstream reference. We called it Overlander for several weeks, and some City Champs fans may even find bootleg recordings of it from our tour in February 2010 with the North Mississippi Allstars. When it came time to choose cuts for the album, Scott Bomar, our label owner and producer, wasn't crazy about the name. It just didn't sound like the song. So I came up with a list of alternate names. The Set-Up seemed the most obvious of the bunch, and it ended up being the title of the album. It makes for a much better album title than Overlander.

In addition to the influence differences on the second album, we also decided to add some horns and percussion that weren't present on the first record. The Safecracker is a true organ trio with just the three of us taping live. We recorded the second album as a trio, live and straight to analog tape, but also brought in some friends to add a little depth to some of the tracks. We felt like The Set-Up single didn't really need horns or congas. But this song did greatly benefit from the masterful tambourine playing of legendary Jack Ashford of Motown fame. Little known to a lot of people in Memphis, musicians included, Jack lives in nearby north Mississippi. He still tours with the Funk Brothers and makes an annual trip to Europe, but he rarely gets called to do studio work in Memphis. Scott had known that Jack lived here and had been waiting for the right time to call him in and work with him. He came in to add tambourine to a few tracks on the album, and The Set-Up ended up being one of those tracks. The tambourine on The Set-Up is absent in the first two minutes of the song, but when it comes in it just brings the song to a new level. Something that seems so simple added so much. Plus, it was just a pleasure to work with Jack. It was one of those special musician moments, not just the recording together, but listening to his stories from the Motown days. It also completely changed the way I listen to those old Motown tracks. The tambourine is the first thing I hear now when those songs come on the radio.

Now that you know the story behind the song learn more about the album - right here!

Pearl Jam Sideband Brad Going Late Night

Pearl Jam sideband Brad will appear as the musical guest on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, December 7th (airing at 12:05am ET/PT).

The following day, Wednesday, December 8th, the band is scheduled to play The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles.

BRAD heads to L.A. on the heels of their two hometown shows, scheduled for Sunday and Monday, December 5th and 6th at The High Dive in Seattle. - more on this story

Jeff Beck's Rock And Roll Party To Honor Les Paul Coming To DVD and CD

Eagle Rock Entertainment and ATCO will release Rock And Roll Party To Honor Les Paul on DVD and CD February 22.

Jeff Beck paid fitting tribute to Les Paul last summer, celebrating what would have been the pioneering guitarist's 95th birthday by playing his friend and mentor's music, along with classic tunes from the era, in the same Times Square nightclub that Paul played every Monday for 14 years before his death in August 2009.

Sponsored by Gibson Guitar and billed as "A Celebration of Les Paul," Beck was joined by The Imelda May Band at the Iridium Jazz Club in June 2010. The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee mesmerized the star-studded audience with a tour de force performance of classics Paul recorded with Mary Ford, "How High The Moon," "Vaya Con Dios" and "Mockin' Bird Hill," along with such rock and roll standards as "Twenty Flight Rock" and "Walking In The Sand." - more on this story

Terrorvision Call On Fans

(Rock AAA) Terrorvision are calling on fans to send them photos from recent shows, to be used in the artwork for their first album since 2001.

The comic-book outfit, who got back together two years ago, are currently recording Super Delux, and promise a darker feel to their sound alongside some more traditional poppy tracks.

Bassist Leigh Marklew says: "The record will be the first to feature new drummer Cam Greenwood, who replaced Shutty in 2009." - more on this story

Members of Radiohead and Pink Floyd and Sandie Shaw Coalition

(Gibson) Ed O'Brien of Radiohead, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd and '60s legend Sandie Shaw will be the be the new co-chairs of The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC).

The FAC, established in 2008 to build a network of U.K. musicians and artists, has over 200 members, some well known like Annie Lennox, many new and unsigned.

Pink Floyd's Nick Mason will operate as the FAC ambassador to the music industry. Sandie Shaw will direct membership recruitment and Radiohead's Ed O'Brien will take charge of the organization's education initiatives. - more on this story

Bret Michaels Only Dreaming of Motley Crue Tour

(hennemusic) Bret Michaels has come clean on his recent comments about a Poison and Motley Crue tour.

Michaels made reference to a package tour with the two bands during a solo show at Caesars Windsor's Colosseum last Saturday, which made headlines.

The Poison frontman told People magazine that the idea "is simply a pipe dream." - more on this story

Help PBS Remember John Lennon

PBS is asking viewers to record and upload memories of John Lennon to become part of "Remembering Lennon," a new online video exhibition tied to the American Masters film "LENNONYC," airing November 22 at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS.

Starting November 18, PBS will accept user-generated videos through its PBS Arts website (www.pbs.org/arts), which was launched earlier this year to give Americans the chance to experience the arts and explore the creative process through virtual art exhibits, videos from PBS national and local programs and interactive features.

PBS president Paula Kerger, in one of the first videos featured on the site, recalls a personal connection to Lennon: "When I think about John Lennon music, one thing I think about is when I first met my husband in high school. The album Walls and Bridges had just come out, and he had an 8-track player in his car. I remember listening to that great album over and over again as we drove around. It's the album I was listening to when I fell in love, so it's very special to me." - more on this story

Foo Fighters To Headline Music Festival

(Gibson) The Foo Fighters will headline night two of 2011's Isle of Wight festival, following on the heels of another American band, first night bill-toppers Kings of Leon. The third headliner of the British music event will be announced today.

Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters have a busy year planned for 2011 with lots of touring. So far, they've announced three dates, all in Britain – July 2 and 3 at Milton Keynes Bowl and June 11 at Isle of Wight. The band are also working on a new album, which (last we heard) was going to be more "silly" and "heavy" than recent albums.

In a statement, Isle of Wight promoter John Giddings said, "What band is more fitting to bring back for our 10th birthday than the Foos? They gave it their all in 2006 and have only become bigger and better since." -

Never Shout Never To Get Intimate With Fans

After finishing up "The Harmony Tour" this fall, Never Shout Never will perform four special, intimate shows in the Midwest

The special shows have been dubbed "A Night With Never Shout Never" and will also feature Carter Hulsey and The Denison.

All the venues on this tour are much smaller than the clubs played during "The Harmony Tour."
- more on this story

In Flames Reissue Campaign Announced

Good Fight Music have announced plans to reissue the classic In Flames catalog, starting with The Jester Race through Soundtrack To Your Escape.

These titles, which until now have been unavailable in the marketplace, will be back on music retailer's shelves and available at digital stores (e.g. iTunes) starting on Monday, November 22nd, 2010. - more on this story

The Ready Set Regifted

On November 30, 2010 The Ready Set will premiere the digital holiday EP "Regifted".

The release includes "Wishlist," an original holiday song, a cover of Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time" and an acoustic version of "More Than Alive" as well as a digital booklet for only $1.99.

To coincide with the holiday EP, "I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming" will be discounted and sold for only $6.99 on iTunes. - more on this story

JanSport Battle of the Bands Leads To SXSW

JanSport announced its online Battle of the Bands competition. Beginning with over 800 entries, 50 of the best-of-the-best bands have been hand-picked by a panel of judges from JanSport and now the Brand is putting the hard decision-making in the hands of voters.

Beginning November 17 through December 20 at 11:59 p.m. EST, JanSport invites music fans to visit www.jansport.com/battleofthebands once a day to cast a vote for their favorite band for the chance-of-a-lifetime opportunity to play the Sonicbids Official SXSW party, presented by JanSport, this March 2011 in Austin, TX. Beyond having the chance to play at SXSW, the winning band will receive a JanSport luggage set and will have their travel expenses covered by JanSport.

After this round of voting closes on December 20, the top 10 vote-getters will become finalists, but only one band will be selected to become the JanSport Battle of the Bands Grand Prize Winner to be announced in late January 2011. - more on this story

The Gun Show's Han Solo Tour

Hot off the heels of recording their upcoming album Discontentment with Brian Bone (Haste the Day) The Gun Show has announced a solo run of tour dates.

The new trek will keep them on the road from November 27th to December 14th.

Dubbed 'The Han Solo Tour', the tour will put The Gun Show in front of crowds throughout the southeast and mid-west, where they'll showcase material from their upcoming album, due out early in 2011 through Static Age Records. - more on this story

Pure Reason Revolution Drop Hammer and Anvil

Pure Reason Revolution's new album "Hammer and Anvil" is now available in North America via Superball Music.

Pure Reason Revolution "Hammer and Anvil" is available in 3 different formats: Standard Jewel Case * Limited Edition (Including Dvd) * Digital Download

With "Hammer and Anvil" PRR prove that a band can be influenced by ELO, Smashing Pumpkins, Soulwax, Depeche Mode and The Beach Boys all at once, yet make sense of a vision that brings those disparate voices together into a sound that combines electronic dance rhythms, pop hooks and sublime vocal harmonies with huge rock riffs. - more

Black Friday Bonnaroo

(Gibson) In addition to announcing their 2011 dates (June 9-12), the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival revealed that the event will sell a limited number of tickets at a special rate on November 26 (a.k.a. "Black Friday," a.k.a. the day after Thanksgiving). And music fans won't even have to get up that early.

The cut-rate tickets will go on sale at noon (Eastern Time) for $209.50, plus service fees, at Bonnaroo.com. After that allotment of tickets is gone, the site will continue to sell tickets at a partially reduced rate of $224.50, plus service fees. That deal is good through the end of 2010.

Of course, fans will have to make their decision to buy Bonnaroo tickets without knowing the festival's lineup, which featured Jay-Z, Kings of Leon and Conan O'Brien last year. The festival, held annually in Manchester, Tennessee, will celebrate its 10th year in 2011. - more on this story