This Week's Top stories

Here are the top stories from this week's Day in Rock and the top Day in Rock digest stories

New Blink-182 Song Online- Big Four DVD Delayed- Lynyrd Skynyrd RIP- Alice in Chains R Rated- Aerosmith Fan Missing- Ozzy Ignores Doctor- Kid Rock Loses- more

This week's top digest stories: Someone sent Antiquiet what is allegedly the long-awaited new Blink-182 single, Up All Night. Have a listen here.

The release dates for The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria DVD and Blu-ray featuring Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax have been pushed back to: October 29th in Northern Europe, November 1st in the rest of the world aside from North America which is November 2nd more

Leonard Skinner, the basketball coach and gym teacher who inspired the name of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died in Florida. He was 77. more

Antiquiet strikes again: Didn't Alice In Chains just release a video? Well, there's another already, for Lesson Learned. It's pretty much the opposite of the last one; Not interactive at all, a good old-fashioned grunge video. Featuring naked boobs! Watch it here

This Friday, September 24th, funk metal legends Primus have been announced as the musical act on Jimmy Kimmel Live. more

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder wed longtime girlfriend, model Jill McCormick, in Hawaii Saturday. more

Kings of Leon star Caleb Followill is officially off the market - he's set to wed to his model girlfriend Lily Aldrige. more

Ozzy Osbourne defied medical advice to headline the UK leg of Ozzfest at London's O2 Arena on Saturday (September 18) more

Surrey RCMP are looking for a 52-year-old man who hasn't been seen or heard from since Thursday evening. Brian Martin was last seen at the Aerosmith concert in Vancouver on Thursday, but police say he didn't show up for work the next day more

Leslie West, legendary guitarist and singer for the group Mountain and West, Bruce Jr and Laing, is at home recovering from a recent stay at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey to treat blood clots, (DVT) and a pseudo aneurysm in his leg. more

Social Distortion will be releasing their Epitaph Records debut, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes on November 23, 2010. more

A Day To Remember and Underoath will team up for a U.S. tour in November. Support will be provided by The Word Alive and Close Your Eyes. more

The lead singer of Liverpool rock band The Zutons broke a man's nose after his girlfriend was insulted by a group of men, a court has heard. BBC reports, Dave McCabe headbutted Peter Appleby in an alcohol-fuelled row outside a city nightclub, Liverpool Crown Court heard. more

Nile will embark on the European leg of the "Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour 2011 - Part Ii" in January 2011. The trek, which will feature support from Melechesh, will cover Scandinavia, United Kingdom, Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, with additional gigs in Poland, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Switzerland. more

Soundgarden get animated in the new video for "Black Rain", from forthcoming album Telephantasm. In the clip, "Dethklok screws something up, and it's up to Soundgarden to kind of fix and save their home city of Seattle" Check it out here

Due October 13 in North America and November 1st in the UK via Krause Publications, The Wit & Wisdom Of Ozzy Osbourne is an entertaining look at Ozzy's life, from his beginnings as the 'Godfather Of Heavy Metal' when he was with Black Sabbath, to the pop-culture icon he now is. more

Billboard reports that a suburban Atlanta jury awarded $40,000 Friday to a man who says musician Kid Rock and his entourage beat him and smashed his cell phones during a 2007 fight at a Waffle House restaurant. more

Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore but gained greater popular acclaim in Europe than in the United States. On Sunday, devout European fans of the late musician brought his mustachioed likeness back home in the form of a bronze bust. more

Slayer guitarist Kerry King tells KNAC.com "The bands are definitely getting along and as far as I'm aware everyone is completely into the idea" of Big Four shows in America featuring Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax. more

Alternative Addiction reports that 3 Doors Down announced on their website this week that they will re-release a special edition of their breakout debut album The Better Life on November 2nd. The album is rumored to have several un-released b-sides and rarities from the band's recording sessions for the album. more

Rotting Christ, Melechesh, Hate, Abigail Williams, Lecherous Nocturne will team up for a North American tour in March and April of 2011. more

'Kings Of Leon were not asked to do Glee', claims co-creator Ian Brennan says the group weren't approached to have their music featured in the TV show more

White Lion singer Mike Tramp and his Rock'n'roll Circuz band has created a tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio. According to a press release, "the song clocking in at almost nine minutes long, takes you through a magical journey of RJD's life, and you will be left breathless at the end." more

Slipknot has posted performance footage of the song 'Psychosocial'. The footage comes off the the band's forthcoming live concert DVD '(sic)nesses' which is set for release on September 28, 2010. You can view the 'Psychosocial' clip here

Megadeth is confirmed to headline a one-off show at the Arizona State Fair on November 6, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. more

Black Cards, the new project from Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, have posted a new track online. Pete announced the project in July and talked about the influence of songs like "Two Sevens Clash" and "Warriors." more

Ceremony and Sabertooth Zombie will be touring Europe together next month. more

"Mr. Jim" Catania, drummer on the Misfits' seminal 1978 album "Static Age" and the legendary "Bullet" EP, has joined The Von Frankensteins. more

All Time Low are headed to Europe next year with Yellowcard. The two bands will be in the UK in March of 2011. more

Call To Preserve, Venia, and Dead Icons will team up for a three-week fall tour, set to kick off in late-October. more

Tool's Danny Carey and singer Deborah Bonham, sister of John Bonham, have been added to the list of performers for the Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same tribute concert, being held on Saturday, Zeptember 25th, 2010. more

Metallica-inspired Grill 'Em All vying for crown on Food Network's inaugural The Great Food Truck Race more

After a two-year hiatus during which he dealt with various issues in his private life Lee Turner — original drummer, founding member and major songwriter for U.K. metal band Panic Cell — has joined Newcastle-based brutal groove metallers Insylum. more -

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler To Release First Solo Song

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler continues to walk his own way. Aside from the officially confirmed gig as a judge on American Idol, Tyler is also going solo on record.

Sleazeroxx reports that Tyler is singing the theme song for the live-action film version of the Space Battleship Yamato anime franchise. Tyler wrote the "Love Lives" song specifically for the film, and the single will go on sale in Japan on November 24. It is Tyler's first solo single.

After his agent received the official offer from the Yamato production staff, Tyler looked over an English translation of the script and production materials. He responded to the Yamato's theme of "I want to protect the ones I love" and agreed to write a song. - Read the full Sleazeroxx report for more info and a video

Free Trent Reznor The Social Network EP

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and collaborator Atticus Ross are giving fans a free EP download of their score for "The Social Network," the forthcoming film about the founding of Facebook.

Reznor tells fans, "This is what Atticus and I have been working on for the last few months. We had a great time working with David Fincher on this and the film turned out excellent - something we're very proud of. It opens in theatres Oct 1 and you should check it out.

"Musically, this all came out of our secret laboratory - electronic in basis, but mostly organic sounding. Lots of experiments and emphasis on sound fraying around the edges while focusing on the proper emotional tone for the various scenes. - more on this story

The Charlatans Postpone Tour Due To Illness

The Charlatans North American tour has been postponed, following the collapse of drummer Jon Brookes during a gig at Philadelphia's Johnny Brenda's on Wednesday night.

Brookes is being flown back to the UK for further treatment, although is currently in a comfortable condition, and the band promise to keep everyone informed as and when the situation develops.

The Charlatans are very upset at not being able to continue the tour but hope to reschedule the dates as soon as possible -

Radiohead Finish Recording New Songs and Ponder How To Release Them

(Gibson) Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood has written an online essay for the U.K. organization Index on Censorship, in which he describes the current state of his band's creativity.

According to the piece, Radiohead "have just finished another group of songs, and have begun to wonder about how to release them in a digital landscape that has changed again." The British rockers famously released their previous album, In Rainbows, without the initial support of a record label and let fans hear the album with a pay-what-you-want download method.

There's no word on what the album will be called, when it will be released or how it will released. Although Radiohead has been on the forefront of new industry practices, Greenwood (brother of guitar-playing bandmate Jonny) wrote that he longs for some of the old ways of doing business. - more on this story

Singled Out: Michael Franti

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Michael Franti tells us about "I'll Be Waiting" from their brand new Michael Franti & Spearhead album "The Sound of Sunshine," which hit stores this week. We now turn it over to Michael for the story:

Many years ago, I opened for U2, and I was so impressed by the way they can write something big and yet intimate. Coming out of hip-hop, it was a lesson to me and I started to aspire to blend the eloquence of great hip-hop with the melody and power of great rock.

With this song, I wanted to write something that was the kind of powerful anthem that people in an arena could sing. The point of the song is right in the lyric, "The best things in life aren't things/They're living, they're breathing." It's a song about being there for other people, ready to catch them when they fall.

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

Ozzy Era Black Sabbath Reissues

(Gibson) Hot on the heels of the news that Black Sabbath are releasing deluxe versions of the band's mid-'80s albums, Seventh Star and Eternal Idol, comes further good tidings for Sab fans. Universal Music has announced that two live documents of the Ozzy years are slated for re-release, as well.

Live at Last was originally released without permission from the band. Its poor sound quality tarnished what should have been the ultimate prize for Sabbath fans, as the only live document of Ozzy-era Sabbath to have been released at that time (July 1980).

Past Lives was released much later (August 2002) and received rightful attention on the mixing board before it was passed along to the public. Disc one of the album is, in fact, Live at Last, mixed properly. A second disc, recorded between 1970 and 1975, captures the band at their best on tracks like "Iron Man," "Black Sabbath" and "Fairies Wear Boots." No bonus tracks have been announced at this point, but there is a promised sound upgrade. - more on this story

Guns N' Roses Star Announces Charity Auction

Guns N' Roses and Soul Asylum star Tommy Stinson will hold an online fund-raiser on CharityBuzz.com by selling personal and donated items to raise money and build awareness for the Timkatec Schools, three facilities located in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port Au Prince in Haiti.

The fund-raiser will commence on charitybuzz.com on Tuesday, September 21st and end on Tuesday, October 12th.

Items will be sold to the highest bidder (some minimum bids apply) and include: signed Fender Precision and Ernie Ball Sterling bass guitars that Tommy used in Guns N' Roses; two retired custom-made plaid suits from Stinson's GNR tours; a week-long stay at The Reef Atlantis in the Bahamas, including airfare from anywhere in the world; an art package from former Replacements drummer Chris Mars; two VIP passes to Coachella 2011 courtesy of Goldenvoice; two tickets to a sold-out Arcade Fire show in L.A. courtesy of Goldenvoice; a First Act guitar signed by Stinson, Paul Westerberg and Chris Mars; 4 tickets to any show on the current Guns N' Roses European tour, including a meet'n'greet with Tommy; a Soul Asylum memorabilia package; and so much more! The proceeds from all sales benefit the Tommy Stinson Timkatec Initiative For Haiti. - more on this story

Eddie Kramer To Preview Jimi Hendrix Boxset

Eddie Kramer, the audio engineer and producer who worked closely with Jimi Hendrix on every album the guitarist issued during his lifetime, will be at the San Francisco Art Exchange to talk to press about an unreleased box set featuring 45 unreleased Hendrix tracks.

The box set titled "West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology" will not be released until November 16. The Hendrix family and Kramer are giving the guests of San Francisco Art Exchange special insight into these unreleased tracks, through Mr. Kramer's sophisticated knowledge and experience of his friend and colleague, Jimi Hendrix, during his attendance at the opening night reception of "Can You See Me? – A Life Through the Lens," a Hendrix photography exhibition. Intimate studio shots of Hendrix, taken by Kramer are part of the exhibition.

The unreleased box set contains five discs total: Four audio CD's and a 90 minute documentary on DVD. San Francisco Art Exchange will play the DVD during the reception, as well as the four disc audio set. The discs chart Hendrix's career, starting with songs he played as a side-man or session guitarist on the first disc. The next three discs consist of unreleased demos and alternate takes, totaling 45 unreleased tracks - More info on the exhibit here

Metallica Jams With Ozzy, Lou Reed and The Kinks' Ray Davies Coming to DVD

Metallica have released details about their part in the upcoming Rock Hall anniversary DVD set which includes the band playing with Ozzy, Lou Reed, and Ray Davies. Here is what they had to say:

Just about a year ago we were more than honored to participate in a special two-night event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The two nights of shows at Madison Square Garden brought together an incredible group of artists and resulted in some pretty amazing collaborations.

A three-DVD set commemorating the performances, available in your favorite store or online site October 5, will include the full four-hour highlight special that aired on HBO. In addition to these 51 performances, there are an additional 16 bonus performances not seen on HBO and a collector's issue of Rolling Stone magazine featuring behind-the-scenes stories. There will also be a Blu-ray version available exclusively at Best Buy for the first 30 days. - more on this story

A Perfect Circle Announce Tour Dates including Full Album Shows

A Perfect Circle have announced dates for their reunion tour which will include full album shows as well as wine tasting and meet and greet events.

Shows in Phoenix (Marquee Theatre), Los Angeles (Avalon), Seattle (Showbox at The Market) and San Francisco (The Fillmore) will be three-night stops with each night featuring one of A Perfect Circle's three albums in its entirety (Mer de Noms, Thirteenth Step and eMOTIVe). Las Vegas (The Pearl) will be a two-night outing (Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step).

A Perfect Circle's current line-up is Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan, James Iha, Josh Freese and Matt McJunkins. Keenan told Rolling Stone in an interview last week, " These shows are going to be very small intimate theater gigs, basically just the five of us [in the band] trying to connect with each other." - more on this story

Lemmy The Movie

If any rock and roll character is the perfect subject for a movie that character is Motorhead legend Lemmy Kilmister who is the focus of the forthcoming documentary "Lemmy".

Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski directors/producers of "Lemmy" gave AOL an update on the progress of the film and some funny background info: Wes Orshoski says, "We've just emerged from a 32-day stint at a post house in Midtown Manhattan, where we mixed the film and a bunch of the bonus material in 5.1 Surround Sound, and cut the killer crop of extras, which includes plenty of featurettes and live footage — Lemmy's extended jam with Metallica in Nashville and some 'Borat'-style pranks we filmed with Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell. Just great, great stuff. People are gonna love it! This stuff is only going to be available on the DVD. We wanted to give people every possible reason we could to actually buy the physical product. You kind of have to, in this day and age."

Later in the interview Greg Olliver related, "I was surprised that he yelled at me for being drunk. We were in Las Vegas and came back to the hotel casino after a long night of drinking and found Lemmy working one of the slot machines. I said 'Hey Lem.' And he said, 'Ahh, get away from me. You guys are drunk.' I belly laughed all the way back to my room, because I got yelled at by Lemmy for drinking!" - Check out the full interview here

Owl City Looks To the Sky

Owl City a.k.a. Adam Young has released a new video for "To the Sky," the song he penned to serve as the theme to Director Zack Snyder's animation debut Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures).

Based on Kathryn Lasky novels Guardians of G'Hoole, the film opens nationwide in theatres and IMAX on September 24th in both 3D and 2D and will be accompanied by an original motion picture soundtrack that will be released on September 21st by WaterTower Music.

"It is such an incredible honor to be part of this film. As a fan of both the children's book series growing up, and Zack Snyder's work as a director, having my music included is pretty surreal. I've been waiting for someone to make a movie like this for some time now. I'm endlessly grateful to be involved." – Owl City's Adam Young - more on this story

Katatonia Robbed

Katatonia had two guitars, straps, and wireless transmitters stolen from them at their stop in St. Paul on Saturday.

The band issued the following statement… "Unfortunately tonight's gig reached an all time low. Two of our guitars got stolen (including our straps with wireless transmitters), obviously causing performance difficulties, frustration and anger. Then against all odds, further technical problems kept on coming down one after another during the show. Apologies goes out to our fans in Minnesota for having to go through this."

The stolen Mayones guitars were to be the grand prize in two Katatonia giveaways that were launched in celebration of the otherwise extremely successful headlining run on the "Night Over North America" tour. Fans are encouraged to check Craigslist, Ebay, local pawnshops, etc. for the missing guitars, and report any suspicious activity to the band - more on this story

Original Killing Joke Lineup Releasing New Album

The original lineup of Killing Joke -- Jaz Coleman (vocals), Geordie (guitar), Youth (bass) and Paul Ferguson (drums) -- are set to release their 13th studio album.

Set for release on November 16, 2010, Absolute Dissent found the aforementioned musicians sharing studio space for the first time in 27 years.

The 12-track offering was engineered and mixed by Clive Goddard, and produced by the band. It will be released on various formats including CD, two-colored vinyl and a two-CD deluxe edition entitled Absolute Respect featuring a bonus disc with Killing Joke songs covered by Metallica, Amen, Helmet, Econoline Crush, Dead by April, Nine Inch Nails, The Mad Capsule Markets, Nouvelle Vague, Fear Factory, Foo Fighters and Kotiteollisuus. - more on this story

Paul McCartney's Band on the Run Reissue Packages Details

We've received the details for the reissue packages of Paul McCartney and Wings' Band on the Run which are set to hit stores on November 2nd, 2010. The reissue of Band on the Run, originally recorded in 1973, was personally supervised by Paul McCartney who joined forces with the same team who recently re-mastered the complete Beatles' catalog.

Band on the Run marks the first release from the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, which encompasses 40 years of music from the most successful songwriter and recording artist in music history. The remastering work was done at Abbey Road using the same team who recently remastered the complete Beatles' catalog.

Band on the Run will be available in a variety of formats including a standard edition (single CD), special edition (2 CD/1 DVD), deluxe edition (3 CD/1 DVD), and vinyl edition. The 3 disc (2CD, 1 DVD) special edition features nine bonus audio tracks (including the top 10 smash "Helen Wheels"), rare footage of the McCartneys in Lagos and behind-the-scenes at the famous album cover shoot, original Band on the Run promotional video clips, the One Hand Clapping television special (highlighted by studio performances filmed at Abbey Road in 1974) all with beautifully enhanced packaging. - more on this story