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On this day in 2009, Former Beatle George Harrison was honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Paul McCartney attended the unveiling outside the landmark Capitol Records building, joining Harrison's widow Olivia and son Dhani. Eric Idle, Tom Petty and actor Tom Hanks also attended the ceremony. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here

Soundgarden Summer Tour

The recently reunited Soundgarden plan to hit the road this summer for a North American tour and have released the initial dates.

The band, Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell, Ben Shepherd, and Kim Thayil, have mapped out stops in Toronto, Philadelphia, Denver and Los Angeles and promise more to be announce in the coming weeks.

They have also recently confirmed that they are in the studio in Seattle, and are writing and recording what will be the first new Soundgarden album in over 15 years. more on this story

Bret Michaels To Release New Album and Miley Cyrus Duet

(Gibson) Bret Michaels has revealed that his new album will be available this summer, according to HollywoodLife.com. Titled Get Your Rock On, the record will be released on June 14, one week into the upcoming Mötley Crüe/Poison tour.

Michaels said that this album will be "harder" and that the major influences on this release include Garth Brooks, John Mellencamp, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Aerosmith.

"This one is primarily straight-up rock songs, which I think people will like," the singer said. "I've written a lot of good stuff over the last few years that I think are just good rock songs. I feel really strong about it."

In addition, Michaels' duet with Miley Cyrus on "Every Rose Has its Thorn" is going to see an official release… but only in Australia. more on this story

Bono Says U2 Fans Aren't Groovy Enough

(Gibson) U2's 2009 single, "Get on Your Boots," was either a welcome splash of dance club life or a horrible sidetrack by a classic band, depending on whom you talk to.

The funky booty-shaker was a polarizing track for U2 faithful, a controversy that was acknowledged by Bono in Rolling Stone, saying flatly that there is a segment of the group's fans who "aren't groovy enough."

"Look, sometimes our audience isn't as groovy as we'd like," the singer said. "'Get on Your Boots,' as it was released, is a sort of crossover, half-club, half-indie-rock record. People are not sure about the club side of U2. They want 'Vertigo,' and when we did this the last time – with 'Discotheque,' from Pop – they didn't like it either." Adam Clayton has a different take

Foo Fighters To Score Their First No 1

(Gibson) Hot off a very public (and very rockin') CD release party on Late Night with David Letterman, Foo Fighters are rocketing toward the top of the charts.

Billboard is reporting that prognosticators anticipate over 200,000 copies of the group's new album, Wasting Light, will be sold by week's end, which would send the Foos to their first career #1 on the Billboard 200.

Dave Grohl and company have previously placed five albums in the Top Ten, with In Your Honor reaching #2 in 2005 and 2002's One by One and 2007's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace both hitting #3. more on this story

3 Doors Down Release New Video

3 Doors Down have released a brand new video for their current hit single, "When You're Young."

"When You're Young" is the first single from their 5th studio album, Time of My Life, which is set to be released on July 19th.

"We went into the studio with a goal in mind: we wanted to make a record this time that could really take us up a couple of notches," said front man Brad Arnold. check out the music video

Ozzy Osbourne Special Releases

(Gibson) Record Store Day Ambassador Ozzy Osbourne has been talking about his love for the old vinyl format for records. He told USA Today that he thinks vinyl sounds better: "If you don't listen to vinyl for a while and you hear it again, it sounds much better."

He's also pleased to see vinyl making something of a comeback. "It's exciting that young bands are making records on vinyl. The big corporations make everything so miniaturized. And when you buy the iPod or the iPad or the i-whatever, six months later it's obsolete and you have to buy a new gadget."

Osbourne's contribution to Record Store Day on April 16 will be a vinyl single of "Flying High Again" and vinyl albums Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman. more on this story

Radiohead Deny King of Limbs Sequel Reports

(Gibson) Although there have been plenty of rumors of a quick follow-up to Radiohead's recently released King of Limbs, the band say that there's no truth to the reports. The rumors were spurred on by Radiohead's Record Store Day releases – "Supercollider" and "The Butcher" – due on Saturday, April 16.

"'The Butcher' is from The King of Limbs sessions," guitarist Ed O'Brien told NME.com. "'Supercollider' was recorded during that period and finished off after the album came out."

He said that the single releases aren't part of a bigger piece. "There are songs that we have started, that we never finished, but there's not like seven or eight finished songs waiting in the wings to be released now, or in the autumn," O'Brien said. more on this story

Singled Out: Rival Sons' Torture

Rival Sons are creating quite the buzz with their classic rock infused sound and sharing the stage with likes of AC/DC, Alice Cooper and Kid Rock. Today their frontman Jay Buchanan tells us about the song "Torture" from their self-titled EP. Here is the story:

I was living in a studio flat in Long Beach at the time. Broke. A buddy of mine from Texas lived next door.

I had written the guitar for the verse, chorus and bridge drenched in reverb and a slow, saturated tremelo and I really felt like I had something. The song sat like that for a few weeks. The riff was strong but the lyric story had yet to hit me and I was getting pretty frustrated about it.

So, after working the guitar line for an hour or so one afternoon I hear my neighbor call to me from outside. I walk out and there is a huge snake on the grass in front of my door. My buddy is freaking out a bit, I guess he thought it was a rattler or something. It looked to me like a gopher snake. Since he's freaking out, I naturally start feeling like a macho man so I reach down and grab the snake. The snake in turn bites my hand and wraps tightly around my arm as I'm standing there trying to be Fonzie or something. I walk three houses down and drop the snake in this lady's back yard who likes to leave bitchy notes on people's windshields.

I had a beer, and finished writing the song that night.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and check out the music video from the track right here!

Motorhead and Stray Cats Supergroup HeadCat Return

HeadCat, the supergroup featuring Lemmy (Motorhead), Slim Jim Phantom (The Stray Cats) and Danny B. Harvey (Rockats, 13 Cats, Lonesome Spurs), return with their new album 'Walk The Walk...Talk The Talk.'

The new album is due to be released June 21st, 2011 through Niji Entertainment Group, the label owned by Wendy Dio, that her and late husband Ronnie James Dio formed before his untimely passing.

HeadCat prepare to take over the airwaves with their first single 'American Beat'. more on this story

Remembering Joey Ramone

On this day in 2001, Punk pioneer Joey Ramone, singer of The Ramones, died at age 49 after losing a long battle with lymphatic cancer. On November 30, 2003, a block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place. Gibson takes a look back: Joey Ramone never sang on a Top 10 hit and his band never scored a platinum album. But that gangly guy in the leather jacket became a full-blooded rock and roll icon, even before his death on this day in 2001. There is no name more synonymous with American punk rock than Joey Ramone.

Of course, he wasn't actually named Joey or Ramone. Jeffry Ross Hyman was born on May 19, 1951 to a married couple in New York City's Queens borough. Family life wasn't easy for young Jeffry, whose parents divorced when he was a kid. He was awkward socially and an outcast at school, often retreating into the safety of pop music. His musical interests were encouraged by his mother, Charlotte, and Jeffry became a big fan of The Who, The Beatles, David Bowie, The Stooges and Phil Spector-produced tunes.

When he was about 20, Jeffry became the lead singer of a glam rock band named Sniper. A couple of years later, in 1974, a pair of fellow Queens musicians – John Cummings and Douglas Colvin – invited him to join a band they were forming. Soon Douglas took the moniker Dee Dee Ramone – in tribute to Paul McCartney's use of the name Paul Ramon in the early days of The Beatles. Dee Dee convinced the other two guys to follow suit, as well as name the band The Ramones. John became Johnny Ramone and Jeffry became Joey Ramone. more on this story

Duff McKagan's Loaded Release Show and Silent Auction for Vets

(Kayos) On April 23, Duff McKagan's Loaded will rock out at Neumos in Seattle to celebrate the release of their new CD The Taking (release date April 19 via Armoury Records) and host a silent auction benefiting the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. Presented by rock radio station KISW, the show will open with re-united local favorites The Lemons.

This isn't the first time Loaded has done its part to give back to our nation's veterans. Proceeds from the 2010 digital release of "Fight On," a song inspired by America's military veterans, were also donated to the Puget Sound Health Care System.

"I was really struck by these young men and women," says Duff in a recent interview with AOL News. "What they had been through, their stories – it affected me deeply…" Auctioned items

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Pay The Taxman

(hennemusic) Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne paid off their $1.7 million US tax debts, a week after learning about their financial troubles from the news media. Reuters reports Sharon said on Thursday the federal tax bill had been paid, and she was now on a mission to find out why the Internal Revenue Service filed a lien on one of the British couple's Los Angeles-area residences.

"At 4 PM on Friday afternoon I received a phone call from my publicist, who had a reporter on the other line informing her that the IRS had just put a lien on one of our properties," Osbourne said in a statement released to gossip writer Perez Hilton. She linked to it from her Twitter feed.

"I then contacted my accountant who said they knew nothing about any lien. The lien has been paid. I do intend to find out how this lien happened without the knowledge of myself or my accountants. I hope none of this reflects negatively on mine and Ozzy's moral character." more on this story

Unreleased Jerry Garcia Footage To Hit Theaters

(Gibson) The Grateful Dead Movie – first released in 1977 – is scheduled for a one-night re-release in 540 theaters on Wednesday, April 20, and will feature never-before-released footage of late frontman Jerry Garcia talking about learning to play guitar.

"I wanted to teach myself [to play guitar]," says Garcia in the new interview, below. "I wasn't really into [singing and writing lyrics. I got into that when we started performing. Playing the guitar was my main trip … Even so I wasted a lot of time in terms of learning. I still am not learning as well as I could be under different circumstances. But it's the only way I can interface my personality with the problem of learning. It's worth it for those moments where it's on and your technique isn't standing in the way."

The film captures The Grateful Dead's five-night stand at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco during the fall of 1974. Want a taste?

Jam with Black Sabbath

Sabbath Double Sabbath has been unleashed by Lick Library with their release of Jam with Black Sabbath.

This double DVD and CD set features the nimble fingers of Danny Gill taking you through all the fine points of playing the guitar with that deep, heavy sound synonymous with Tony Iommi.

One of the first and most influential heavy metal bands, Black Sabbath helped define the genre with albums like the quadruple platinum Paranoid. MTV ranked them as the 'Greatest Metal Band' of all time and Tony Iommi is widely recognised as one of the most important and influential guitarists in the heavy metal world. Along with legend Jimmy Page he is credited with pioneering the mammoth riffs of heavy metal. His revolutionary signature sound was born of necessity, when an accident caused him to lose the tips of his fingers, thus bringing about the need to detune his guitars, use lighter strings and thimbles in order to reduce the stress on his fingers. more on this story

Unwritten Law Hit The Road

Unwritten Law has hit the road for a series of North American dates with Authority Zero and this summer they will be on the Warped Tour.

The tour began on April 13th in Sacramento, CA and ends on May 5th in Flagstaff, AZ.

They are touring in support of their recently released album, Swan, which is their first album in six years. more on this story

Foo Fighters To Premiere 11 New Music Videos Today

Foo Fighters will premiere 11 brand new music videos today as part of their Artist Takeover on Fuse.

What does this mean? It means there will be nothing but Foo Fighters programming on Fuse consisting of: 11 Brand New – Never Before Seen – Foo Fighters Videos Exclusive To Fuse directed by winners of the This Video Sucks contest. That's one for each song on their new album Wasting Light

A brand new episode of "Hoppus On Music" featuring an interview with all of the Foo Fighters

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Del Rey To Score Fantastic Planet Live

Del Rey will perform a live score to the animated sci-fi classic Fantastic Planet at Lincoln Hall in Chicago on Thursday, May 5.

They'll be joined on the bill by drone merchants White/Light, who will provide accompaniment to a film by Chicago experimental filmmaker Alexander Stewart.

Lincoln Hall will provide an ideal setting for the screenings as the club is a converted movie theater. more on this story

Elton John, Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Dave Matthews For Neil Young Tribute Concert DVD

(Gibson) Last year's MusiCares concert featuring all-star covers of Neil Young's songs will be released on DVD and Blu-ray by Shout! Factory on May 31.

MusiCares honored Young with the title of Person of the Year last year, fêting his career with a tribute performance by artists like Elton John, Wilco, Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Norah Jones, Dave Matthews, and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Prior to going on sale, the concert will air on MTV's Palladia channel during Memorial Day weekend. All DVD proceeds will go to benefit MusiCares, which provides a place for musicians to turn to in times of need. more on this story

Guitar Heroes of the '70s Features Clapton, Hendrix, Beck, Page and More

Guitar Player has opened its archives to present a collection of intimate, detailed, and tech-savvy conversations with the great guitarists of the 70s for the new book 'Guitar Player Presents: Guitar Heroes of the '70s'

Guitar Player Presents: Guitar Heroes of the '70s also features interviews with Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer, Michael Bloomfield, Ry Cooder, Tony Iommi, Mick Ronson, Ron Wood, Joe Walsh, David Gilmour, Randy Bachman, Brian May, Carlos Santana, Frank Zappa, and many other artists.

This is the third volume in Backbeat's popular Guitar Player Presents series, following Guitar Player Presents: Clapton, Beck, Page and Guitar Player Presents: Carlos Santana more on this story

25 Things You Don't Know About Dave Grohl

With the release of the Foo Fighters' new album, Wasting Light, Dave Grohl was asked to tell Us Weekly "25 Things You Don't Know Me" in their current issue.

Here are the top 14: 1. I love skeet shooting. (And I'm a damn good shot.) 2. I still listen to Ace of Base. 3. My entire life, I've had the same recurring dream about a house I've never been to. 4. I was VP of my freshman class in high school. 5. I also did the morning announcements. 6. When I was young, my spine was crooked, so for years I had to wear a lift on my left shoe. 7. I never took lessons to play the drums. I learned to play on pillows in my bedroom.

8. I try to go mountain biking five days a week. 9. My favorite drink is Brennivin Icelandic schnapps. 10. Lacrosse was my favorite sport growing up. I was a goalie for years. 11. I dropped out of high school to start touring with a band at 17. I've toured almost every year since. 12. I can speak with a whistle. (It's really hard to explain. You have to hear it.) 13. My parents almost named me Hans. So my nickname as a child was "Hans Grohlo." (It was the 70s.) 14. I believe in UFOs. Check out the rest of the list here

Glastonbury Lineup

(Gibson) The full Glastonbury lineup is out. To be held June 24-26 at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England, the festival will feature headliners U2, Coldplay and Beyoncé.

In addition, The Mirror reports today that Kanye West, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin and husband Jay-Z will join the former Destiny's Child member on stage during the festival.

Though Glastonbury is technically already sold out, refunded and cancelled tickets will go on sale this Sunday, April 17, at 9 a.m. via www2.seetickets.com/g2011/?. The full Glastonbury lineup is here

Prince Announces Fourth Los Angeles Show

(42 West) Prince has declared April 23rd a purple day in Los Angeles for the fourth confirmed date in his Welcome 2 America Live "21 Nite Stand" concert residency in Los Angeles.

Tickets for the newly announced show go on sale on Friday, April 15th at 12 pm PT at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.

Four shows have been announced thus far including April 14th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, all shows taking place at the world famous Forum. Each show will be a night to remember with special guests to be announced soon. more on this story

Bonded By Blood Lineup Change

Bonded By Blood have announced their new band lineup for their forthcoming North American tour supporting Sepultura.

Brandon Gulling (Malus Rex, Avenger Of Blood) and Ben Bennet (Smog, Warbringer) will be filling in on the tour for amicably departing members Alex Lee (guitar) and Jerry Garcia (bass) respectively.

Remaining Bonded By Blood members Carlos Regalado, Juan Juarez and Mauro Gonzalez have released the following statement: "Bonded By Blood has gone through so many changes in the last couple of years while playing amazing festivals, touring the entire United States, Europe and Canada dozens of times, and enjoying the time with new and old friends and fans all over the world who mean the most to us. We first lost our original bass player, Ruben Dominguez back in 2009, then singer Jose Barrales left the band in 2010, but each was replaced with new members and the group marched on. Now, we regret to announce that Alex Lee (guitar) and Jerry Garcia (bass) are also stepping away from BBB. We will miss them just as much as we miss Ruben and Jose, and this band will not be the same without them, but the three of us that are left in Bonded By Blood hope that everyone who enjoys this band can understand that changes are inevitable. As much as we want to keep an 'original line-up', things happen that you just can't control. more on this story

RIP Gil Robbins of The Highwaymen

(Gibson) Gil Robbins, who sang with the 1960s folk group The Highwaymen, died on Tuesday at the age of 80. Robbins had been battling prostate cancer.

His son, actor Tim Robbins, said in a statement, "His passing has created great sadness for all of us and our mother, but we take comfort in knowing that the angels will soon be soothed by the songs coming from his beautiful baritone voice."

The Highwaymen (not to be confused with the later country supergroup) were formed on the campus of Weslyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Robbins joined the group in 1962, after they had topped the charts the previous year with the single, "Michael." Robbins recorded five albums with the band before they broke up in 1964. more on this story

Watch Coldplay's Chris Martin Cover Oasis

(Gibson) Coldplay's Chris Martin played Oasis's "Wonderwall" at a tribute gig at a London pub Wednesday night (April 13).

Simon Pegg organized the concert in memory of the pub's late landlord John Parkhouse. The pub, The Boogaloo in Highgate, supposedly inspired The Winchester in his movie Shaun of the Dead.

Martin asked the audience what song they'd like to hear next and someone requested "Wonderwall." Martin replied, "[Expletive] it, I'll do it! But only if you do it with me. Watch it here

See Paul Stanley of KISS Guest Appearance on The Doctors

(hennemusic) Paul Stanley of KISS has teamed up with the non-profit House Research Institute on a major initiative called "It's How You Listen That Counts," to educate millions of teens around the world on preventing noise-induced hearing loss.

Born deaf in his right ear, Paul will be drawing the attention of teens in NYC and LA to hearing health issues through an after-school event called Sound Rules! The event, free for teens, will take place at the Director's Guilds in NYC on May 4 and Los Angeles on May 12.

Thursday, Stanley stopped by the nationally-syndicated television show The Doctors to help spread the word about the initiative. Watch it here

A Band Of Orcs Contributing to Type O Negative's Peter Steele Tribute Album

A Band Of Orcs will be contributing to MetalUnderground.com's upcoming Type O Negative/Peter Steele tribute album titled All For None None For all - A Tribute to Peter Steele with their recording of "Green Man".

The album is an international project consisting of bands from all over the world including Finland, Taiwan, Norway, Denmark, Spain, and the USA.

The album will be available in digital format through MetalUndergound.com with proceeds covering mechanical licensing fees and transaction costs while the rest will be donated to charity. Tracklisting

18th Annual Telluride Blues and Brews Festival

The 18th Annual Telluride Blues and Brews Festival will take place on September 16-18th within the world-famous resort town of Telluride, CO, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.

The Telluride Blues and Brews 2011 Festival lineup is set to be announced on April 20th. "This year is one of the most eclectic and exciting line-up in the history of the festival," said Steve Gumble, President and founder of the Festival. "This weekend will see new acts never to have graced the stage here in Telluride - from blues to rock, with some big surprises!"

Recent lineups have welcomed The Allman Brothers Band, B.B. King, Joe Cocker, G Love and Special Sauce, Taj Mahal, James Brown, John Mayer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Gov't Mule, and so many more. more on this story