Slipknot's Future in Doubt- Mega Wheelchair Mosh- Entombed Lineup Change- Maiden Still Rules- My Favorite Highway Split- Korny Guilt- Deep Purple- Bad Astronaut- more

Break out the lipstick. Warrant, Kip Winger and Sin City Sinners will join forces for a free show on September 17th at Sunset Station Hotel and Casino's Outdoor Amphitheater in Henderson, NV. more -

Bono For President?

U2's Bono could never become president of the United States, he is from Ireland and the Constitution wouldn't allow it but there is one former world leader who thinks that the U2 singer has makings to be president or prime minister.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair writes about Bono's political savvy in his new memoirs, A Journey. Gibson has the passage:

On page 555, he wrote that Bono "could have been a president or prime minister standing on his head. He had an absolutely natural gift for politicking, was great with people, very smart and an inspirational speaker... motivated by an abundant desire to keep on improving, never really content or relaxed. I knew he would work with George [W. Bush] well, and with none of the prissy disdain of most of his ilk." - Bono wasn't the only music figure mentioned in the book

Guided by Voices Reunion Tour

Acclaimed indie rock favorites Guided by Voices return, but only for a short time. Here is the announcement and reunion dates:

After breaking up Guided By Voices in 2004, Robert Pollard is reuniting the "classic" Guided By Voices line-up for just one brief US tour. Tobin Sprout (guitar) Charles "Mitch" Mitchell (guitar), Greg Demos (bass) and Kevin Fennel (drums) will be joining Pollard on classic GBV songs from 1992-1996 from the albums Propeller, Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes and Under The Bushes, Under The Stars.

Robert Pollard recently released a solo album in July called Moses on a Snail, and will be releasing another album with his band Boston Spaceships September 7th called Our Cubehouse Still Rocks. - reunion tour dates

High Voltage AC/DC Book This Roctober

This Rocktober 15th AC/DC will release a brand new book chronicling their ascent from the Sydney club scene to massive world tours. Gibson reports: AC/DC: High Voltage Rock 'N' Roll — The Ultimate Illustrated History is the ultimate testament to Australia's hard rock heroes.

The tome contains over 400 rare photos, including handbills, posters, backstage passes and vinyl from around the world, as well as private and concert photography.

In addition, a roster of top writers from the music industry (including Gibson.com's own Dave Hunter) examine all of the band's studio albums and chronicles the group's various personnel changes, as well as the Young brothers' guitar gear. An all-star array of musical artists also lend their commentary on one of the greatest bands in rock history, including Def Leppard's Joe Elliott, who provides an afterward. - more on this story

Duff McKagan's Loaded Complete New Album

Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver fame informed fans in his Seattle Weekly column that not only has his band Loaded gone with a different producer for their new album, but they are done with the album and are ready to find a label to release it. The band parted ways with Century Media, the label that released their last effort "Sick" in 2009.

Here is part of Duff's update: "Famed producer Terry Date (Soundgarden, Pantera, Deftones, Prong, Screaming Trees, just to name a very few) came in to the Loaded fold somehow just before we were to start this record and offered his assistance in a producer role. Yeah, when Terry Date wants to do your record, you run and not walk straight to that man. Actually, who could blame Terry? We are all pretty smokin' hot dudes, and our collective wit and charm has yet to be matched anywhere west of the Mississippi. Truth be told, though, Mr. Date is probably still scrubbing himself in the shower a whole week now after we have finished, in an attempt to get our off-color humorist hue out of his skin.

"For those of you who follow the band, you will also know that having Terry produce this new record is a departure from Martin Feveyear, the producer of the first two Loaded records. Martin is not only our producer, but one of my dearest friends, and I can probably speak for the other fellas in the band when I state that this was a very tough decision for us. Martin totally understood and told us to make a great record. I love you, pal. - more on this story

Classical Voice Teacher Praises Iron Maiden's Dickinson and Ronnie James Dio But Ozzy Is Different Story

BW&BK ran a story early this morning with the headline Professional Classical Singer Analyzes Bruce Dickinson, Ronnie James Dio, King Diamond, Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Halford. Of course we clicked over to check it out! It was an excerpt from an Invisible Oranges feature where they asked classically-trained, New York-based voice teacher Claudia Friedlander to give her opinion of five heavy metal singers. BW&BK singled out Dio and King Diamond, who both got high marks, but we decided to focus on Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson and Ozzy Osbourne.

Here is an excerpt of her comments' about Dickinson: "I have nothing but admiration for this singer. Listen how he starts off with a soft growl, then moves seamlessly into a well-supported, sustained high full-voice sound that then evolves into an effortless long scream! His diction is easily intelligible, regardless of the range he's singing in or the effect he's going for."

She went on to praise Ronnie James Dio, even compared him to Freddie Mercury but she had quite a different take on the man he replaced in Black Sabbath. Her reaction to Ozzy Osbourne is classic. She said in part, "It hurt my throat so much to listen to him that I was tempted to ask Cosmo how long his career lasted before he either washed out or needed surgery."

Read her full comments and see how King Diamond and Rob Halford did - here

Steve Miller Band's Rock & Roll Formal

Steve Miller Band has announced they will perform a one-night-only exclusive "Rock & Roll Formal" (Black-Tie/Leather optional) concert at The Fender Center in Corona, California with all proceeds from the event going to benefit the non-profit organization's Kids Rock Free music education program.

Founded in 1997, the Fender Center in Corona, CA has provided free and low cost music education classes to more than 14,000 children from over 100 cities throughout Southern California. The Fender Center conducts events throughout the year to bring musical experiences to the general public and raise funds to continue the important work of children's music education. The Steve Miller Bands summer tour extravaganza has become an anticipated annual event for millions of rock fans, and this once-in-a-lifetime benefit concert event proves to be nothing less.

The one-night-only VIP gala event will support the "CAMPAIGN 800" program. A fundraising platform designed to address the needs of the 800 kids currently on the waiting list to participate in the Kids Rock Free® music education programs. Supported by performing artists, music industry executives, community leaders and individuals in support of music education, "CAMPAIGN 800" aims to alleviate the void created by diminishing music education resources. - more on this story

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Didn't Want To Repair Old Relationship with Metallica's James Hetfield

San Francisco Bay Guardian Online has a great feature with Megadeth's Dave Mustaine where they discuss his new autobiography "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir." During the interview they cover a lot of ground where Dave explains why he felt compelled to cover his troubled childhood but they also discussed Dave's troubled past with his former Metallica bandmates and how they have finally been able to lay the past to rest. Here is that part of the interview:

"I saw [Metallica] over in Europe, we had dinner and it was fine. I was sitting there at the table with Lars and James, and I thought it was so great that we were together again — we're in different bands, but the fact that we as three young little guys, what we accomplished, how we changed the world. I mean honestly, you can't even listen to a television program anymore without hearing music that's [evolved from] what we created. To be able to sit there with our brethren and knowing that in this room stands the cream of the crop of American heavy metal talent, and it was such a great feeling."

"My relationship with Lars and James has been publicized a lot, so I went up to James and I said, 'I don't want to try to repair our old relationship. That would be like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. I want to have a new relationship with you,' and I think that's what we have now, it's great, and I'm going to see the guy when I get into town." - Read the full feature here

Crosby, Stills and Nash Take On The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead and More

Graham Nash says that the new Crosby, Stills and Nash covers album is about one-third done and has reveals some of the tracks that will be included.

Gibson reports: Helmed by producer extraordinaire Rick Rubin, the untitled release will feature an array of classic rock covers. During their summer tour, CSN has been giving audiences the first taste of some of their reworkings, including a version of The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday."
Nash and Stephen Stills have revealed other songs that will be part of the album: The Beatles' "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Bob Dylan's "Girl From the North Country," The Allman Brothers Band's "Midnight Rider," the Grateful Dead's "Uncle John's Band," Jackson Browne's "Lives in the Balance" and Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe." Nash told Billboard.com that he's not sure when the album will be finished and released.

"It's a lot slower than it's ever taken us to do an album, because we've been on the road since May, and we don't quit until October," Nash said. "We all want it to be right – Rick, too – so we're taking our time to make sure it is." - more on this story

Singled Out: Healing Sixes' Fine Time (with Joe Bonamassa)

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Doug Henthorn from Healing Sixes tells us how Joe Bonamassa Came To Play On "Fine Time" from their brand new album "Blue Jay," which is being released next Tuesday. We now turn it over to Doug for the story:

I'd just returned from Malibu where Joe Bonamassa was recording his CD "Slow Gin". He and Kevin Shirley were looking to get me singing on that since "Tea for One" had been fairly well received on his "You and Me" release. It was all very gracious of them both, but I ended up singing the song that became the title track of that CD- "Slow Gin". It didn't make much sense for Joe to have someone else singing the title track- he's a very good and capable singer. I have to say in all honesty that they chose wisely. I was in a very dark headspace at that time and my performance on "Slow Gin" probably reflected a bit of that. So I came home a little down trodden and started working on ideas for the next Healing Sixes album.

"Fine Time" was the first idea that came together, and from the moment that idea fell into place and the lyric evolved into this age old blues theme of 'the girl done me wrong', I knew it would be a great platform for Joe to do his thing. I reached out to see if it was something he might be into and he fired right back with an 'absolutely'.

The band and I tracked the tune in less than a week and sent the beds out to Joe in California where he laid down these burning solos that lit the whole track up- he did a fabulous job.

The best thing about this song for us as a band was that it was done in such a furious and reckless way that when it was finished, it was like hearing it for the first time. Everything about it was off the cuff and without any thought of making it more commercial or palatable to the masses. It's a full five minutes of angst and emotion from everyone performing and it really helped us maintain that mindset for the rest of our CD "Bluejay". Cheers!

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

Alice in Deftones Podcast

Chino Moreno from the Deftones and Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains are the latest stars to take part in iTunes Celebrity Playlist Podcast.

iTunes says of the series: Each episode of our Celebrity Playlist Podcast brings you that much closer to the artists, actors, musicians, and other people in the public eye by giving them a chance to expand on their favorite music in their own words.

This time Chino and Jerry got together to discuss the significance of some of their favorite songs. You can check it out - here

Top Labor Day Songs about Working Your Butt Off

Our friends over at Gibson are celebrating the long holiday weekend by releasing their "Top 10 Labor Day Songs about Working Your Butt Off". Here are a couple of their picks:

6. The Beatles, "A Hard Day's Night": Written by John Lennon with an assist by Paul, the seed for "A Hard Day's Night" came from something Ringo told a disc jockey in 1964. In talking about the band having just worked all day and night, he said it had been "a hard day," only to look around and notice it was dark. So he added "…night!" Genius comes in many forms. Thanks, Ringo!

2. Rush, "Working Man": The song that really broke Rush in the U.S., "Working Man" resonated with blue collar stiffs everywhere, who readily identified with its timeless message: "I get up at seven, yeah/And I go to work at nine/I got no time for livin'/Yes, I'm workin' all the time." - Check out the full top 10 here and find out who landed in No 1

The Breeders Keeping Busy

Not only are The Breeders back on the road but they might also be releasing some new music. Gibson has the story: With all the talk in recent years about Pixies reunions, one could be forgiven for forgetting Kim Deal's other great band. But The Breeders, which were initially formed by Deal and Throwing Muses guitarist Tanya Donelly as a side project in 1988, became bona fide hit-makers after the Pixies broke up in 1993. In between Pixies tours, Deal is back on the road with sister Kelley and company. Although the retooled band released an album, Mountain Battles, last year, the bassist told Cleveland Scene there could be more new Breeders music in the works.

"I've got enough songs for an EP, and I'm thinking about doing something like Fate to Fatal again," Deal said. "If I had a third EP, maybe I could put it all out on a record. I don't want to wait. It takes me forever to write a record."

Deal stressed the importance of quality control in the songwriting process. "I can't handle being part of a bad song. Writing a song is super easy. You can go to the library or bookstore and there's actually a formula for writing songs. But here's the hard part – writing a song I'm going to want to sing in front of people five years from now. If other people write bad songs, they just don't play them, like [Guided by Voices frontman] Bob Pollard – he's got as many bad songs as he's got good songs." - more on this story

Hawkwind's Dave Broke Explains New Album Title and Cover

Our very own Morley Seaver has a great new interview with Dave Brock the founder of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. The interview covers a lot of ground including the meaning of their new album title and album cover. Here is that part of the interview:

antiMusic: I've been told that most Hawkwind records are based on a theme even if they're not full-fledged concept records. Is there any particular theme to Blood of the Earth and if so, how does it relate to the title track? Dave: Well there is. I mean, Blood of the Earth being the lava that comes out of the earth of course. And also, you know being weathered by the wind and water and turning to soil, so it's re-generation in a way. Constant re-generation. Some people will listen too and think about what they're doing on this planet and of course, we've got our escape-ism, science fiction and so on. There's a double sort of little story there. Listen, in a way what we're doing is painting pictures with sound and people can make their own minds up. (laughs) Paint their own story.

antiMusic: I know you said it's up for interpretation but if Blood of the Earth is represented by lava coming up from the earth, what is the story behind the cover with a ship on water? Dave: Oh the ship. That's part of our show. We've got a wonderful visual show. and we have 2 dancers that have been working with us. They're really good girls actually, and they're really, really good together. We play a song called "Tide of the Century", one of Tim's songs and the two girls are actually like giant lobsters. They've got these huge great big costumes. And in the song, the longboat comes up through the water and I mean it looks quite spectacular when you watch it on stage. So that's the story behind that picture. It's part of our stage show. - Read the full interview here!

Homme Almost Split Queens of the Stone Age

(Gibson) Josh Homme has revealed that he nearly ended Queens of the Stone Age after founding bassist Nick Oliveri left the band in 2004. Oliveri left the hard rock group after a falling out with his long-time friend Homme.

"I thought about [giving up] a lot," Homme told ZaneLowe.com. "I wanted to respect what was there, but you come to a spot where you say, 'Should some mistake really be the end of us all? Someone else's mistake. Is that fair?' In the split [with Oliveri] I found my reason to continue, to make it about the music.

"[It] always made me nervous that it would get to the spot where the personalities would overcome the music because I don't need a better table at a restaurant, I just want people to respect our music." - more on this story

Black Country Communion Documentary Airs Saturday

The UK's leading classic rock radio station Planet Rock has announced an exclusive hour-long documentary interview with Black Country Communion - Glenn Hughes (vocals, bass), Joe Bonamassa (guitar, vocals), Jason Bonham (drums) and Derek Sherinian (keyboards).

The documentary airs this Saturday (September 4th) at 7PM and will feature Planet Rock speaking to the BCC members about the band's formation and future. The one hour radio special will also be repeated on Thursday 9th September at 11pm. Tune into Planet Rock this Saturday to listen to the documentary online here

Presented by DJ Nicky Horne, the behind-the-scenes documentary includes exclusive interviews with Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa and Jason Bonham, plus a selection of music from their highly anticipated debut album. Also featured in the one hour special will be the song "One Last Soul", which has fast become one of the station's most requested tracks. - more on this story

Free Arcade Fire Drums

The Drums are offering a free MP3 of their cover of Arcade Fire's "We Used To Wait" which was performed live at BBC Three Live Lounge with Huw Stephens. Want it?

The band also released a new video for album track, "Down By The Water," watch it here and will hit the road on a national tour with Surfer Blood this month.

Produced by Brian and Brad Palmer of SURROUND and The Drums the video reflects the band's vision of elegant simplicity. "Both the video and song are a tribute to the girl groups of the 50's and 60's, a great inspiration to the band and one of the reasons we started it," explains the band. A true departure from earlier singles the band slows the tempo showing their versatility with this new track. - more on this story

Wormrot Abuse Delayed

U.S. Wormrot fans are going to have to wait a few days to be abused. The band experienced visa issues which has pushed back the kick off of their Abusing US tour with Order Of Ennead. Here is the official word:

Wormrot will now be arriving in the USA on September 4th and will be kicking off the tour on September 6th in Cleveland, Ohio. The band apologises to their fans, but will be rescheduling the New York show for a new date towards the end of the tour.

WORMROT frontman ARIF ROT comments: "I'm off to the airport this Friday night to catch our early as f**k flight to the States the next day. Everything has been prepared and we are pumped as f**k to start abusing the USA. LET'S F**KING GO!" - more on this story

Trap Them in the Studio

Trap Them are heading into the studio next week. The band will convene in Salem, Mass. at Godcity Studio with Kurt Ballou (Converge, Disfear, Black Breath) to commence recording their Prosthetic Records' debut (and third full-length album overall).

This will be their first full-length to feature drummer Chris Maggio, formerly of Coliseum. The band has also launched a new blog where they will be documenting the recording process and, ultimately, the touring cycle around this as-yet-untitled album. Expect new entries, photos and videos regularly at wecraftindarkness.com

Vocalist Ryan McKenny commented; "Next week, and for the rest of September, we get knee deep in the s***. This record has been a long time coming. It's the first, what we consider, proper LP as a full, solid band. Brian and Chris have been hard at work sweating bullets down in Louisville, loading them up in a death-punk black talon and preparing to fire at will. - more on this story

David Lanz Takes a Fab Trip to Liverpool

David Lanz Takes a Fab Trip to 'Liverpool' In his new trio recording, the platinum-selling pianist pays tribute to the timeless songs of the Beatles

Like virtually every other young person in the United States who came of age during the 1960s, David Lanz was enamored of the music of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Age 13 and already an accomplished pianist when he first saw the Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, the young man from Seattle soon knew what he wanted to do with his life: play music professionally. Now, with more than four decades of experience behind him, David Lanz is finally paying tribute to his first musical heroes. Liverpool: Re-Imagining the Beatles is a collection of elegant, soulful, contemporary instrumental interpretations of some of the most beloved and timeless songs ever written.

Liverpool isn't the first time Lanz has approached the repertoire of the Fab Four or their British Invasion kin. On his acclaimed 1998 masterpiece Songs From An English Garden, he presented his versions of such Beatles classics as "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I'll Follow the Sun," as well as timeless tunes originally recorded by the Rolling Stones, the Moody Blues, the Kinks and other English bands of that golden rock era. - more on this story

Tauk Hitting The Road

(Big Hassle) Tauk will hit the road this fall on a series of dates in support of their brand new album, Brokedown King starting September 17th in St. Louis, MO.

Tauk transform rock 'n' roll every time they hit the stage. With a little bit of jazz, funk and soul, the Long Island quintet always twists and turns boundaries. Tauk has already entranced and engaged crowds with their unique sound alongside jam band stalwarts such as O.A.R. and moe.

Fans will get to experience Tauk's funkified fire firsthand at these upcoming shows. Tauk will be touring as support for Tea Leaf Green and doing headline dates intermittently. - more on this story

Roe & Roeper Live Holiday Extravaganza

Join Horseshoe Casino for the ultimate evening on Friday, December 10 benefiting two wonderful charitable organizations at The Venue: the USO of Illinois and Illinois Communities Affected by Recent Tornadoes.

Enjoy a live WLS 890AM "Roe & Roeper Live Holiday Extravaganza" show at The Venue from 2:00-6:00 p.m. followed by Streator's own international recording artist Kevin Chalfant with "Voices of Rock Radio" members Jimi Jamison, Derek St. Holmes, Wally Palmar and John Cafferty at 7:30pm.

"We're thrilled to take the show on the road again now with Richard Roeper joining Jim, Christina, and me," says WLS 890AM's Roe Conn. "It's truly an honor to partner with the USO for this holiday show. The USO is an organization that I have been intimately involved with for the last five years." - more on this story

Hear New Kings of Leon Next Week

Fans will get their first listen to Kings of Leon's new album, "Comes Around Sundown," beginning next week.

RCA Records announce on Thursday that "Radioactive" the first single the album, will hit radio on September 13th, and the video premiering on kingsofleon.com and Vevo the week before (September 8th).

Come Around Sundown will be released on October 19th, but available for pre-order via iTunes starting September 14th. Fans who pre-order the record will receive "Radioactive" immediately as a free download. The album will be available in two configurations - standard as well as a deluxe version that will include bonus tracks. - more on this story

Lady Gaga, Sonic Youth, Wilco, Perry Farrell and Iggy Pop To Jam for John Lennon

Yoko has lined up some big stars to help celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday this October.

Gibson has the report: According to Yoko Ono's website, Lady Gaga, Iggy Pop, Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell, the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and Lennon's youngest son, Sean will be on the bill for shows on October 1 and 2 at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. The former Beatle and legendary rocker would have turned 70 on October 9.

Titled We Are Plastic Ono Band, the concerts also will feature Sonic Youth members Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, Wilco's Nels Cline, experimental artist Tune-Yards, actress Carrie Fisher, director/actor Vincent Gallo, Harper Simon, Mike Watt, Yuka Honda and Haruomi Hosono. - more on this story

Dimebag's Murder Getting Harder For Pantera Frontman

Philip Anselmo is reflective about his former Pantera bandmate Darrell 'Dimebag' Abbott, who was murdered on stage almost six years ago and says the loss of Dimebag gets harder with every passing anniversary. Rock Radio reports:

Speaking just after what would have been Dimebag's 44th birthday, and ahead of the sixth anniversary of his on-stage shooting in December 2004, Anselmo says the imminent re-release of classic album Cowboys From Hell makes the memories even more poignant.

"Every year gets harder. Every year the dates roll by and it gets harder. This past year has been the hardest of all. I think initially, in the first two years, it was just a shock. It was very hard to comprehend," He tells Icon Vs Icon. "But I get it now. I understand it. I think about what could be and I think about Dimebag every day of my life. So, no, it doesn't get any easier." - more on this story

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody To Debut His Tired Pony

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody is going solo with his new project Tired Pony which will release their new album "The Place We Ran From" on September 28. Here is some background info, plus some upcoming dates:

Tired Pony began as a sketch in Gary Lightbody's imagination. During the idle moments on Snow Patrol's year-long tour for their acclaimed album A Hundred Million Suns, Gary began writing songs for an imaginary band. The more songs that accumulated, the stronger he felt about making this band-in-his-dreams a reality.

Upon the tour's completion, he decamped to Portland, Oregon's Type Foundry studio, inviting along Troy Stewart, a regular touring member of Snow Patrol; Iain Archer, a longtime Snow Patrol collaborator; Richard Colburn, Belle & Sebastian's drummer and former collaborator with Lightbody in Reindeer Section; and producer Garret "Jacknife" Lee (U2, Bloc Party), who helped to recruit Tired Pony's final two members: Peter Buck from R.E.M. and Scott McCaughey, R.E.M.'s full-time auxiliary member since 1994. - more on this story

Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, Thrice, OK Go Stars Fuse Music and Toys with Tony Thaxton's Analog Playset

Tony Thaxton of Motion City Soundtrack has recruited a number of musicians, artists and actors to help fuse his love of music and toys with the launch of Analog Playset which is being introduced to the public with a special Custom Toy Show and Auction at Atticus Clothing Store in LA on September 18th with proceeds to support the Dear Jack Foundation.

Over 25 custom robot toys created by some of music's most popular bands and artists will go up for auction. The show/auction will also include a performance by Andrew McMahon of Jack's Manequin. There will be drinks provided and the Grill 'Em All food truck will be parked outside. This special event is a great way for fans to be introduced to Analog Playset as well as support their favorite artists at the auction and the Dear Jack Foundation.

Here is the list of participating artists and musicians, with more to be announced: Charlyne Yi (actress/musician) * Joe Ledbetter (artist) * Mike Gentile (Hey Monday) * Beth Raebel (artist) * Dan Goodsell (artist) * Tony Thaxton (Motion City Soundtrack/Analog Playset) * Jesse Johnson (Motion City Soundtrack) * James Dewees (Reggie and the Full Effect) * Sherri Dupree-Bemis (Eisley) * Max Bemis (Say Anything) * Alex Pardee (artist) * Brian Ewing (artist) * Kate Micucci (actress/Garfunkel and Oates) * Eddie Breckenridge (Thrice) * Dan Konopka (OK Go) - more on this story

Rare Keith Richards Canvas Charity Auction

(charitybuzz) Acclaimed British photographer, artist and music video director Russell Young has risen to become one of the most collected artists of our time. His career, spanning more than 20 years, includes iconic shots of countless musicians, including George Michael, Morrissey, Bjork, Springsteen, Dylan, REM, The Smiths, Diana Ross and many more.

Recently, Russell Young collaborated with acclaimed photographer Henry Dilts to release a colorful series of limited edition silk screens on canvas of Dilts' original photographs from the late '60s and early '70s. One of these iconic photos is a candid of Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards, bottle of Jack in his hand, as he jaunts past his chauffeurs on the way to his private car in 1979. The band had just had an epic year - the release of Some Girls at #1 in the US, a guest spot on Saturday Night Live, and the brutal legal battle for Richards over drug possession in Canada ending with an order to perform two free charity concerts in Oshawa.

As a donation to The Art of Elysium, an organization that encourages artists to dedicate their time and talent to children who are battling serious medical conditions, Russell Young is auctioning a rare 40" x 60" screen print on canvas of Keith Richards 1979, edition 12/20. The work, valued at $16,000, is up for auction at luxury charity auction site charitybuzz through September 15 at - http://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/218501