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Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Suffers Stupid Injuries

(Gibson) Although Linkin Park are set to begin their first North American tour on Thursday (January 20) in Sunrise, Florida, lead singer Chester Bennington says he's not as prepared for this trek as others in the past. The frontman says that he's been hindered by some "stupid" injuries.

"I tore a ligament in my left hand last year, playing basketball at Chuck E. Cheese, which is like a pizza place for kids," he said. "I injured my back a few years ago, that's been acting up. The last show in Australia, I bent over to pack my bags and I tore a little bit of my back again."

But the Linkin Park singer said his ailments won't stop him from putting on a show. "That's not gonna prevent me from going out and shredding on this tour," he said. "I'm gonna go out and it's gonna be like nothing happened."

Aerosmith Begin Recording New Album This Week

(Gibson) New American idol judge Steven Tyler has announced that Aerosmith will begin recording their follow-up to Honkin' on Bobo this weekend.

According to the Daily Express, Tyler said, "We've certainly been writing. I know Joe [Perry]'s got some licks, and I got a bunch of songs that I've written for solo and or Aerosmith. Friday I'm writing with [producer] Marti Frederiksen, and Saturday we're into a writing program with the band."

Tyler also revealed that Aerosmith are planning a tour next winter. "We're already booked for a tour for November and December, that should be South America and Japan," he said. more on this story

Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme Died

(Gibson) Don't worry, Queens of the Stone Age fans; Josh Homme is alive and well. But, he recently revealed to NME that he nearly met his final demise last year during a surgical procedure on his leg.

Homme said that the surgery hit complications and that he was technically dead for a few moments before doctors revived him.

"I had an operation and died and survived on the table," he said. "I had surgery on my leg and there were complications and I died on the table. I was in bed for three months." more on this story

Metallica N' Lemmy

(hennemusic) Metallica have always been enthusiastic supporters of rockers who have come before them, so it's no surprise that they have glowing comments about the new film "Lemmy," and their role in it.

Metallica posted the following to their website: "It's certainly no secret that we have always been hugely inspired and influenced by Motorhead and have had the honor of sharing the stage with Lemmy on several occasions. Well, now you can catch the spirit of Lemmy and Motorhead in a recently released film, 'Lemmy' (full title 'Lemmy: 49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son of A Bitch'). The film is currently playing at select theaters (visit LemmyMovie.com for locations), and will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download in the U.S. on February 15.

In addition to interviews with the four of us, the film also has footage of us playing with Lemmy in Nashville when he was kind enough to come hang at our show in 2009 . . . you can see a portion of 'Damage Case'. more on this story

Robert Planet Extends North American Tour

(Gibson) Rock legend Robert Planet, fresh from glowing reviews for his latest album Band of Joy, is extending his North American tour through April.

His touring band will continue to feature Patty Griffin, Darrell Scott, Byron House, Marco Giovino and album co-producer Buddy Miller.

Plant was recently nominated for Best British Male Solo Artist in the 2011 BRIT Awards, his first-ever nomination. The BRIT Awards will be held at The O2 in London on Tuesday, February 15. He's also up for a couple of Grammys, which will be awarded on February 13 in Los Angeles. more on this story

Chris Cornell Unplugged Tour

(Gibson) Fresh off the reunion of Soundgarden in 2010, singer-guitarist Chris Cornell is going back to basics with an acoustic tour this spring.

The solo tour will be Cornell's first, although it follows up two acoustic concerts that took place about a year ago in Los Angeles.

The Songbook Tour will feature Cornell playing songs from throughout his career as well as sharing stories or memories tied to his work as a solo musician or a member of Soundgarden and Audioslave. Cornell also will perform some covers along his tour of North America, which begins April 1 in Austin, Texas. more on this story

The Day Ozzy Bit The Bat

(Gibson) On this day in 1982, the wild man of rock, whose life was threatening to run out of control, did something at a concert in Des Moines that would turn into one of the great rock and roll tales of all time.

Ozzy Osbourne was touring America in support of the Diary of a Madman album with his Night of the Living Dead tour. The album title was strangely apt since stage shows had become more and more outrageous. At the end of a gig Ozzy would catapult meat (mostly intestines from a butchers shop) into the crowd. Naturally, Ozzy fans started to get into the spirit of the event and started bringing their own meaty offerings to shows. One fan was turned away from a concert for bringing in a whole Ox's head. On top of that, word was out that at a meeting with his record company in Los Angeles, Ozzy had bitten the head off a dove and fans were now beginning to bring small creatures of their own to gigs.

But that was the tone of relations between Ozzy and fans. So on this otherwise unremarkable night in Iowa, someone at the Des Moines concert threw a bat on stage. The bat, stunned by the bright lights, lay seemingly dead on the ground. Ozzy, always the showman of course, picked up the animal and bit into it. When the bat reacted by flapping its wings, Ozzy knew it was alive and, more importantly, a real bat (he later said he had presumed it was made of rubber). Ozzy was immediately rushed to hospital for rabies shots – not the best end to an evening. more on this story

Cake Score Their First No 1 Album

Cake's new album, Showroom Of Compassion, has debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top 200, marking their first number one album in their nearly two decades of existence.

Showroom Of Compassion, Cake's first record of new material since the release of Pressure Chief seven years ago, comes via the band's own label, Upbeat Records. Not only is this a first for CAKE, who have always made it a point to stay true to their independent roots, but also the first Number One release for Warner's Independent Label Group.

Cake is booked to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday, February 22nd and on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on March 1st.

The Grateful Dead 60 Disc Box Set

The Grateful Dead have announced a massive limited edition box set. Here's the details they sent over:

Grateful Dead slipped the shores of America and crossed the pond for its first-ever major European tour in April 1972. The legendary 22-show run spawned Europe '72, a live triple album that remains one of the band's best-selling and most beloved releases. A tour this momentous deserves a boxed set of historic proportions and Dead.net has stamped your passport to relive every note from the European tour with Europe '72: The Complete Recordings—an individually numbered, limited edition collection that includes more than 60 discs with over 70 hours of music featuring every show from what is arguably the Grateful Dead's greatest tour.

Europe '72: The Complete Recordings is housed in a replica steamer trunk reminiscent of the ones prevalently used at the time. Along with the music, a vast majority of which is previously unreleased, the travel chest contains tour memorabilia, a coffee-table book with never-before-seen photos, and a comprehensive essay by noted Dead author Blair Jackson. Each performance will also be accompanied by an essay specific to the show written by top Dead scholars including David Gans, Gary Lambert, Nicholas Meriwether, and Steve Silberman. more on this story

Coachella 2011

(Gibson) Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Kanye West and The Strokes have been announced as the headliners for the 2011 Coachella Festival in Indio, California.

Also on the bill: Duran Duran, Animal Collective, Bright Eyes, Mumford & Sons, PJ Harvey, The Black Keys, The National, Lauryn Hill, Cee Lo Green, Robyn, the Chemical Brothers, Erykah Badu and Interpol.

Plenty of bands have played reunion shows at Coachella in the past, and the trend continues in 2011. more on this story

Bullet For My Valentine Deluxe

Bullet For My Valentine have announced February 15 release of a deluxe CD/DVD edition of their third full-length album Fever titled Fever Tour Edition. The album will accompany an upcoming US tour - dates will be announced shortly.

The set will feature three new songs recorded live at XFM radio in the UK ("Fever," "The Last Fight,"and "Bittersweet Memories") and a DVD of "Your Betrayal," "Fever" and "Waking the Demon" recorded live from Graspop Metal Meeting 2010 in Dessel, Belgium. The DVD also includes videos for "Your Betrayal,""The Last Fight" and "The Making of The Last Fight" as well as a Bullet For My Valentine track-by-track commentary of Fever.

Since its release on April 27, 2010, Fever has sold over 500,000 units worldwide. In its first week, the record landed at #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart and went Top 5 in Australia, the UK, Japan, Germany Austria and Switzerland. The album was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte). more on this story

Final Black Crowes Shows Announced

(hennemusic) The final overseas shows of the The Black Crowes's "Say Goodbye To The Bad Guys" tour have been announced.

The Black Crowes recently wrapped up their last scheduled U.S. show in San Francisco as part of a six-show sold-out run at the Fillmore December 12-19 — and will embark on their final eight shows in Europe (July 7-18), concluding their 20th anniversary tour in (appropriately) Amsterdam with a two-night engagement at the Paradiso.

The band recently announced they are going on an indefinite hiatus to spend time with family and work on other projects. Grab the dates here

Slow Strokes

(Gibson) Nick Valensi, guitarist for The Strokes, wants to keep his band going. Coming off a difficult five-year process for the new Strokes album, tentatively titled Angles, he said that he and his bandmates are committed to sticking together and making more music in a timelier fashion.

"I don't want to make an album every five years," Valensi told Rolling Stone. "I love being in this band, and I want it to be a career thing. It's so worth it – for all of us."

The Strokes plan to tour on the album (due on March 22), and have already revealed their headlining slot at this year's Coachella Festival. "We want to come back strong but slowly, so we can grow live and also make new music," Valensi said. "We want to release albums quicker." more on this story

The English Beat Announce Benefit Show

(PR) The English Beat will perform a benefit concert with special guests for the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS) on Saturday, February 12 at Zanzibar in Santa Monica.

Love Hope Strength, which was co-founded by The Alarm's Mike Peters, is the world's leading rock n roll cancer awareness foundation, raising funds through benefit concerts as far-reaching as Machu Picchu, Wales, Australia, Mt. Everest, The Empire State Building, Mt. Fuji, Mt. Kilimanjaro and now at the beach town of Santa Monica, California.

"I was there for the Love Hope Strength kick-off when we performed the first-ever concert atop the Empire State Building in New York," says Dave Wakeling, English Beat lead singer and guitarist. "Since then they have done so much to provide cancer care around the globe, that as soon as I was approached about this show, it made me think of them." more on this story

Singled Out: Tuck From Hell's Death Before Disco

Today Tuck From Hell tells us about "Death Before Disco" from their brand new album "Thrashing," which hits stores next Tuesday. Here is the story:

As i recall, we were at Polo´s place watching a movie and drinking some beer. Later that evening, right after the usual scream-battle, we were switching channels. When MTV came up, everyone suddenly froze. I believe the so called artist was called Britney Spears.

Words cannot describe the feeling of burning hatred and disgust we all felt. Polo broke the silence with: Id rather die 20 times in a row, before having to play something like that!! We all agreed, and realized we had to write a song about our feelings towards this kind of "music."

The cliché lines, the groovy beat and the sing along choruses were a must, as we wanted to make fun of all the parts we despised. Though all of a sudden, we found ourselves with the neck-breaking thrash hit, that is Death Before Disco.

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

New Ozzy Osbourne OzTV Webisodes

(hennemusic) The latest two OzTV webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage of Ozzy Osbourne's current "Scream" tour are now available.

The videos show snippets of Ozzy's touring days in Minneapolis and Omaha this past week, including stage setup, pre-show meet n' greets and some live performance.

Ozzy resumed his tour this past week, and welcomed Slash as his opening act for dates starting in Omaha last Sunday. Watch here

The Town That Rejected The Beatles

We received this info about a book that should be of interest to Beatles fans: Back in 63 to liven up a town in Sussex, England a 19 year old promoter booked the Rolling Stones for $80 for a dance. It was a sell out. He then phoned Brian Epstein in Liverpool who offered him the Beatles for $390 !

The Beatles never appeared because the town of Horsham said no! No Beatles in our back yard. Nobody would hire him a hall.

That amazing unique story is the basis of a fact to fiction novel now published in America: 'Tear My Heart' takes that incident and tells it as it was: great new 60s songs, blackmail, romance, intrigue, abuse all wrapped up in 60s memorabilia. more on this story

New Politics Announce Tour With The Dirty Heads

RCA sent over word that New Politics will be hitting the road this spring with The Dirty Heads.

Kicking off March 4th in Sacramento, CA, they will criss-cross the country and wrap up in San Francisco on May 8th.

Their current single "Dignity" off their 2010 self-titled debut album (RCA Records) is making waves on the Rock charts and their first single, the effusive "Yeah Yeah Yeah" is currently featured on the Dell television campaign. more on this story

Katatonia 20th Anniversary Tour

Katatonia are celebrating their 20th anniversary with five special shows that will take place in Europe in May including one show where they will be recording a live DVD.

Performances are scheduled for Luxembourg, Germany, Holland, France and England, and the band will perform two sets at each show.

The first set will see the band play Last Fair Deal Gone Downfront to back, the album that put them firmly on the musical map. more on this story

Voidoids' Ivan Julian Sets Solo Album Release

Ivan Julian, the former guitarist in Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Outsets and Lovelies, who has also backed Garland Jeffreys, Afrika Bambaata, Matthew Sweet and the Clash, has announce the release of his very own solo album.

Although his new release The Naked Flame is his first album under his own name, Ivan Julian has been one of rock's most celebrated players and most in-demand collaborators for more than three decades. The album, Julian's first collection of his own songs in more than 20 years, finds the veteran guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer effortlessly stepping back into the role of frontman/bandleader.

The Naked Flame — set for release on March 29, 2011 on 00:02:59 Records — features a dozen compelling new songs that benefit from Julian's commanding performances as well as his seasoned studio skills, which give the tracks a timeless warmth and immediacy. more on this story

Gary Cherone's Hurtsmile Coming Next Month

Hurtsmile is a new band featuring singer Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen) and his brother Mark and they will release their self-titled debut album on February 8, 2011 in the US.

Here is the adjective filled description their PR folks sent out: The self-titled, Hurtsmile is a raw sonic sucker punch in the face! From the opening buzz saw riff of "Just War Theory" to the epic finale of "Slave" and "Beyond The Garden/Kicking Against the Goads", Gary continues to push and poke you in the ear with his lyrically provocative themes.

"Hurtsmile was a long time coming… I always wanted to write a record with my brother," says Gary. "I'm a big fan of Mark's song writing and his snarling guitar riffs." The timing was right as Extreme was in-between their touring and record cycle, leaving Gary the freedom. They recruited Joe Pessia (bass) an alumnus of Nuno Bettencourt's Dramagods as well as the guitar player for Tantric. Joe also engineered, and co-produced the record with Gary. To round off the lineup they enlisted heavy hitter Dana Spellman on drums "It's an east coast-Boston thing," states Gary. "Mark, my brother, was in a band with Nuno's brother… Joe was in Nuno's band and Dana was a friend, and student of Mike Mangini (former Extreme drummer) … we like to keep it in the family." more on this story

Kaki King Unplugged Tour

Kaki King is hitting the road next month for a special unplugged tour. Here is the official word along with the dates:

Kaki King will return to her acoustic roots this winter for a national tour that will make stops at renowned venues such as the Moma in New York City, Yoshi's in San Francisco and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

Kings career has been enthralling, as it has evolved from its virtuosic acoustic busker beginnings in the subways of New York to creating cerebral soundscapes with Tortoise's John McIntyre to being included on Rolling Stone magazine's short list of "Guitar Gods" to collaborations with Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder. more on this story

The Coronas Coming To America

The Coronas are already big stars in their native Ireland and they have now set their target on America with their first headlining tour.

The month long Heroes or Ghosts club tour kicks off in Portland, OR on February 17 ending with a St. Patrick's day show in Chicago on March 17.

Prior to the start of the U.S. Tour, the band will open for the Script in Europe. more on this story

Children Of Bodom Streaming New Music Online

Children Of Bodom are streaming their new single "Was It Worth It?" on their Facebook page.

To listen to the new COB song, visit www.facebook.com/childrenofbodom and click "Like" at the top of the page.

"Was It Worth It?" will appear on Children Of Bodom's new album "Relentless Reckless Forever", which will be released on March 8 via Universal Music. more on this story

Whitesnake New Album Details

We told you about this in yesterday's digest but here is the over-the-top- adjective-filled announcement for those who want more details or others who are entertained by hype:

Whitesnake, the legendary rock'n'roll legacy founded and formed by renowned singer/songwriter David Coverdale, unleashes a brand new storming 'Snake statement, "Forevermore" on Frontiers Records on March 25th in Europe and March 29th in North America.

Their 11th studio album, "Forevermore" was recorded, produced and mixed by Coverdale, guitarist Doug Aldrich and Michael McIntyre at Snakebyte Studios and Grumblenott Studios & Villas in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, with additional work at Casa Dala, Sherman Oaks, CA, and Whitesnake will take to the road for a full world tour in support of the release. more on this story