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On this day in 2004, Courtney Love exposed her breasts during a TV appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. The singer, who had her back to the audience, flashed Letterman while singing the song, "Danny Boy." Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
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Big 4 Radio Special

(hennemusic) Envision Radio Networks has announced the "Full Metal Jackie Big Four Radio Special," a two-hour radio program featuring music and interviews with members of Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax as they prepare to come together with the "Big Four" tour.

The first-ever show on U.S. soil will be at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California on Saturday, April 23. The California "Big Four" date follows the successful 2010 European tour of the same name and marks the first time that the four metal giants have ever collectively shared the stage in the USA.

The special will feature exclusive interviews with the principal figures from each band, including Lars Ulrich (Metallica), Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Kerry King (Slayer) and Scott Ian (Anthrax) surrounded by the sonically crushing highlights from their collective catalogs that defined a generation and continue to shape the metal genre. more on this story

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Collapses in Russia

[Update] A quick follow up to this story from last week. Apparently, the story about Dave Mustaine's kidney trouble was based on inaccurate information, which sometimes happens with trying to report on news stories with little or conflicting information, but we now know that he did not collapse and wasn't hospitalized. Our news partner at Rock News Desk has issues a follow-up article clearing up the errors. We, as we are sure that the editors at RND, are just happy to learn that Dave is doing ok and his condition wasn't as serious as first assumed and knowing RND editor Martin Kielty and having worked with him, we know that this wasn't intentional or done for any ill intention. Yes, some publications operate that way, but Martin, like antiMusic do our best to bring you the best information we have available without any other agenda. You can read RND's follow up article here.

(Rock News Desk) Dave Mustaine has apologized to fans in Russia after Megadeth only managed to play a six-song set in St Petersburg on Wednesday – but he's revealed doctors told him he shouldn't have played at all.

The thrash icon collapsed before the European Carnage tour show with Slayer, and was found to be suffering the effects of a kidney stone. Medical experts wanted to send him to hospital immediately, but Mustaine insisted on playing at least a short show.

"Two hours before the show I started to feel like I had a hernia, or I'd been hit in the groin. I told my tour manager I needed a doctor and it might be in my best interest to cancel the show – and I rarely cancel shows," He explains. "After 45 minutes of prayer and sweating like a dog, I was told to pee for the doctors. They explained there was blood, and gave me an IV, an analgesic and an anti-inflammatory injection. The next hour is blurry. But I woke up and David Ellefson was holding my hand and praying over me. more on this story

Ex Manager Predicts Guns N' Roses Reunion

(Rock AAA) Former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven has laughed off suggestions the original line-up will reunite for a special appearance at next year's Superbowl but he has insisted they will eventually put their differences aside and return to the stage together. And in keeping with tradition he says any reformation of the original five members of the group once dubbed the "most dangerous band in the world" would have to be a global event.

In a RockAAA exclusive he said: "Forget it – the Superbowl is an absurd circumstance. It would be better to do a pay per view and play a full set 'Live from Ground Zero' when the World Trade Centre rises up from the ashes.

"That's truly Phoenix like – resurrection and resilience expressed in a relevant circumstance – now that would be cool. And if Axl started packing now he might make the stage on time." more on this story

Metallica and Iron Maiden Score Top Metal Songs Of All Time

Gibson concludes their countdown of the Top 50 Metal Songs of All Time today with Black Sabbath, Metallica and Iron Maiden dominating the Top 10. Gibson also presented the Readers Top 25 Metal Songs Poll Results. The No. 1s from Gibson and their readers are below:

Reader's No 1). "Hallowed Be Thy Name," Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden are the kings of the end-of-the-album-side, eight-minute epic and – with apologies to "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," "Fear of the Dark" and a few others – they've never done it better than on this Number of the Beast monster. From the initial bell tolling to the rush of the full-band entrance around the one-minute mark and the enthralling riff that follows, the song never ceases to build. Just as the lyrical character's anticipation and terror escalates on his walk to the gallows, so builds the power of the track. By the end of the song, as Bruce Dickinson belts "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Hallowed Be Thy Name!" the listener is in full-out headbanging frenzy. With winding, weaving, harmonizing twin solos from Adrian Smith and Dave Murray, and thunderous backing from bestial bassist Steve Harris and drummer Clive Burr, the song is, perhaps, the perfect distillation of the unmatchable Iron Maiden formula. – Michael Wright - Read the full Readers Poll list here.

Gibson's No. 1) "Master of Puppets," Metallica: Metallica were already high on the heavy metal watch list with Kill 'em All and Ride the Lightning, but 1986's Master of Puppets was the ultimate statement of intent, as much a call to arms for metalheads everywhere as it was a dire warning of the enslaving power of drug abuse. The song's razor-sharp intro riff sets up the perfect headbanging tempo in the chugging verses, while it's every teenage metal fan's sacred rite of passage to scream out "Master! Master!" at the top of their lungs to this song (preferably at a Metallica concert, but at the very least from a car window). The breakdown and harmony line are balanced by a rare James Hetfield solo (with Hetfield revealing a surprisingly bluesy, haunting and emotional lead style), a return to the harmony, then a blazing Kirk Hammett solo. By the end of the song, it's obvious that metal would never be the same. – Peter Hodgson

Check out the full Top 10 here

Incubus Finish Comeback Album

(Gibson) Incubus have finished work on their seventh studio album, according to a post on the band's fansite, Incubus-online-view.com. Incubus manager Steve Rennie delivered the news.

"Album number six is in the can," Rennie posted, apparently forgetting to count one of the band's previous albums. "I picked up my copy of the record last night at Henson Studios [in Hollywood]."

The manager went on to describe the release as, "nothing like its predecessors. Quintessential Incubus, but like no Incubus record before it." more on this story

Steven Tyler Forget To Ask Aerosmith About American Idol Appearance

(Rock AAA) And the saga continues……. It would appear Steven Tyler has just unwittingly destroyed the on-going peace negotiations around the Aerosmith camp.

Some time ago, RockAAA reported that Tyler and band mate Joe Perry had kissed and made up after stresses surrounding Tyler's American Idol work. Then normally placid Tom Hamilton re-ignited things, followed by claims that Aerosmith would actually APPEAR on the show. Apparently this is news to Idol-hating Perry when he told the Boston Herald: "I don't know anything about it. No one's said a word to me."

Absent minded Tyler then admitted that it may have slipped his mind to mention it... "I want to be honest about this and I don't want to get myself in trouble because I haven't asked the guys yet, (but) I'm sure they will." more on this story

David Bowie and Friends on New Album

(Gibson) A new live album from David Bowie, featuring a number of high-profile guests, is set for release on April 26.

The aptly-titled Birthday Celebration – Live in NYC 1997, features tracks from a show staged at Madison Square Garden on January 9, 1997, to commemorate Bowie's 50th birthday (which actually occurred the previous day).

Joining in the musical festivities were such Bowie acolytes as Sonic Youth, Robert Smith and Dave Grohl, as well as Bowie's pal and major influence, Lou Reed. Included in the set list were such Bowie classics as "Space Oddity," "Moonage Daydream" and "All the Young Dudes," as well as then-new songs like "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" and "Little Wonder." more on this story

Black Country Communion Set New Album Release

(Gibson) Black Country Communion have announced that they will release their appropriately titled sophomore album, 2, in the U.S. on June 14. The release follows the supergroup's self-titled debut, which came out last year.

The band – which includes blues-rock virtuoso Joe Bonamassa on guitar, Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) on bass and vocals, Jason Bonham on drums and Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater) on keyboards – also have planned a summer tour. Their U.S. trek begins June 9 in San Diego before hitting Salt Lake City, St. Louis and Washington, D.C.

The tour will be the first chance for American fans to see Black Country Communion, who to date have only performed two full gigs together. more on this story

Green Day Streaming New Album

(Gibson) Green Day's forthcoming live album, Awesome as F**k, is now available for streaming at both NME.com and Entertainement.ie. The album is slated for official release next Tuesday (March 22).

The disc features performances culled from a variety of shows staged during the band's 2009-2010 world tour, in support of the 21st Century Breakdown album.

In addition to such well-known tracks as "Good Riddance" and "When I Come Around," the album includes lesser-known songs like "Holden Caulfield," from the 1992 album, Kerplunk, and "Going to Pasalacqua," from the vinyl-only release, 39/Smooth. Awesome as F**k is Green Day's second live album. more on this story

Stone Temple Brothers Despite Problems

(Rock News Desk) Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Dean DeLeo says the band's music is worth all the tolerance he's had to show over Scott Weiland's weird ways. Almost all of their problems, from cancelled tours to police investigations, addiction issues to rehab time, have been down to their singer. But DeLeo insists they're family – although he was glad of the break when they split up in 2003.

The guitarist tells the New Zealand Herald: "If there was an award given out for patience and compassion I'd have a mantel full of them. But I've been in this band 20 years, and if I allow myself to get bent over and angry, and lost in that bulls*** world of anger, who's the idiot?

"Regardless of what you hear about what happens, the four of us are brothers. We grew up together. We're all different human beings and we all have different things that float our boat." more on this story

Bret Michaels For Celebrity Fight Night

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center had this announcement on Thursday: Bret Michaels will perform at Celebrity Fight Night in Phoenix this Saturday to support and give thanks to Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center.

Celebrity Fight Night benefits St. Joseph's Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center and Bret is St. Joseph's first patient to ever perform at the annual star-studded gala in honor of featured guest, Muhammad Ali. St. Joseph's recently treated the rocker for a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage and a heart condition.

"I am thrilled to have the opportunity to rock at Celebrity Fight Night in support of St. Joseph's," says Michaels. "St. Joseph's saved my life and I am grateful to be able to attend the charity event that benefits this amazing hospital." more on this story

Why Anthrax's Scott Ian Will Miss Some Shows

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian has issued a statement to fans to explain why he will be missing some upcoming Anthrax shows:

I know there's been a lot of rhetoric out there regarding upcoming Anthrax shows, Big 4 and otherwise. I've been debating on whether or not to make a public statement about this as it really pertains to my personal life and I generally like to keep that personal. Because this is affecting my band life, I feel like you, my friends, deserve to hear from me personally.

I will be playing the Big 4 show April 23 in Indio, CA s well as the shows in Manila, Bangkok, and Japan that will follow the Indio show. I won't be playing the shows scheduled from July 2 - 16 in Europe and the UK. My wife Pearl and I are expecting our first child and she is due literally the day of the Big 4 Sonisphere show in France. more on this story

Melvin Sparks RIP

(Gibson) Melvin Sparks, the legendary acid jazz guitarist, has died of heart failure at his home in Mt. Vernon, New York. He was 64.

Sparks first surfaced in the '60s and '70s as a soul-jazz guitarist (famously backing Lou Donaldson on the funk-jazz classics "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky," "Hot Dog," "Donkey Walk" and "The Caterpillar.") and later played a key part on the acid jazz movement of the '90s.

Jambands.com quotes Sparks' friend Annabel Lukins on the guitarists' acid jazz influence: "As the acid jazz style he helped pioneer enjoyed a revival in the '90s, its new generation reached out to Sparks with heartfelt reverence and the guitarist found appreciative new fans in the audiences of Galactic, The Greyboy Allstars, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Derek Trucks and Robert Walter's 20th Congress." more on this story

Jeff Beck's Ten Dollar Guitar Album?

(Rock News Desk) Jeff Beck has vowed to record an album with a ten-dollar guitar just to prove how easy modern effects units have made things.

"I played a 1959 Gibson, which was loaned to me by the manufacturer because I don't own one myself. The character and tone of it, without distortion, is the something you can't get out of any other guitar," Beck tells MusicRadar. "I don't understand players who get their hands on such a great instrument then crank it up and distort it through a massive amp. If you're going to do that you might as well chuck away the Gibson and play any old thing.

"Some day I'll make a whole album with a ten-dollar guitar just to prove what you can achieve with a cheap axe and a box of tricks. But if you've got a precision instrument you should treat it with respect, and allow its strengths to come to the fore." He isn't the only guitar god who isn't impressed with today's guitarists

Tom Petty To Hold Q&A With Fans

Tom Petty will take part in a rare Q&A session with fans during a live radio special next month, according to SiriusXM.

"Tom Petty's Ultimate Buried Treasure!" will air live on Deep Tracks, Sirius channel 16 and XM channel 40, on Thursday, April 14 at 8:00 pm ET.

Hosted by SiriusXM host Meg Griffin, the two-hour long conversation will feature Petty answering questions from the live studio audience, consisting of SiriusXM listeners, as well as questions from listeners calling in from around the country. more on this story

Goo Goo Dolls Spring Tour

(Warner Bros.) Goo Goo Dolls will hit the road for a spring U.S. tour beginning April 3rd in Oxford, Mississippi.

The band is touring in support of their current album Something For The Rest Of Us.

Something For The Rest Of Us has spawned the hit single "Home," which led the band to best their own record for the most Top 10 singles in the history of Billboard's Nielsen BDS-based Adult Top 40 chart. more on this story

Syd Barrett's First Love Wasn't Music

(Gibson) According to his sister, Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett saw himself as a painter, not a musician. Yahoo News reports that Rosemary Breen spoke at an exhibition of her brother's works and said: "He was firstly an artist and secondly a musician. If ever he was asked what he did, the reaction would always be 'I'm an artist,' never 'I'm a musician.'"

Barrett formed Pink Floyd in 1965 along with Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. He quit the band after three years, becoming famous for his reclusive lifestyle. "He never ever understood celebrity," Breen said. "He never sought it and he didn't want it. It was just a complete mystery to him why people wanted to see him.

"He was an artist who had got sidetracked half way through his life into playing music, which he'd always enjoyed as a hobby and then came back to art. He thought he was the same as everybody else: he didn't see anything special about himself." more on this story

Bon Jovi Idol

(hennemusic) James Durbin brought the rock to American Idol again this week, with Wednesday's performance of a classic Bon Jovi track.

The show's theme was built around contestants singing songs from the year they were born; in Durbin's case, that's 1989. James pulled out Bon Jovi's "I'll Be There For You".

Steven Tyler wants Durbin to keep bringing the heavy, though, warning him "don't get too 'Pop-y' on me." When more discussion followed, Durbin mentioned Tyler's band had some good stuff in '89, but that he "didn't want to spoil the Aerosmith until the finale," prompting Steven to reply, "You save it and I'll come up and sing it with you." Watch it here

Into Eternity's Stu Block The New Voice of Iced Earth

(Rock News Desk) Into Eternity singer Stu Block will replace Matt Barlow in Iced Earth at the end of the year, the band have announced.

Mainman Jon Schaffer says Block has the range, energy and experience for the role, and he was chosen even before the band listened to the dozens of demos which were sent in since Barlow said he was leaving.

The current frontman's second stint with Iced Earth will end after their summer festival season, after he explained he was unable to commit to their touring schedule beyond this year. more on this story

Manic Street Preacher Polaroid Album Coming

(Gibson) Manic Street Preacher's bass player Nicky Wire has snapped thousands of Polaroid pictures of his band over the past 25 years.

Now he's putting those pictures into two books. The first to be released will be called Death of the Polaroid: A Manics Family Album.

Music News.com reports that the photos date back to the making of their first album, Generation Terrorists. "You see the unfolding and unraveling, really, of four kids that kind of grew up in a bedroom, dreaming of taking over the world," Wire said. "I'm hoping it will be really engaging and really tactile." more on this story

Damon Albarn Musical Coming This Summer

(Gibson) Damon Albarn is no stranger to the world of live theater. Four years ago, he and his Gorillaz collaborator Jamie Hewlett premiered the opera Monkey: Journey to the West.

Now the Blur frontman is preparing to premiere a new production, the musical Doctor Dee, this summer.

Unlike Monkey, for which Albarn worked behind-the-scenes, the singer plans to star in Doctor Dee, which is about John Dee, Elizabeth I's medical and scientific advisor. According to a press release, Dee also coined the term "British Empire" and was an "astrologer, alchemist, mathematician and spy." more on this story

Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper on Tonight's Hoppus on Music

Tune in to Fuse tonight to catch Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie sit down for a candid conversation with Mark Hoppus for a brand new episode of "Hoppus on Music."

Also joining Mark will be A Day to Remember rocking out hard on the Fuse stage! Tune in this Friday, 3/18, at 11pm/10c on Fuse TV.

In other news, Mark Hoppus, blink-182's Frontman/Bassist and host of Fuse's "Hoppus on Music," is auctioning off collectable blink-182 items on eBay in order to benefit the American National Red Cross's Japanese relief efforts. Several of the exclusive pieces include the blink-182 original lyric sheets to "The Rock Show," Mark's orange shirt from the "Dammit" music video, and a blink-182 tour backstage pass. The winning bidder will also have his/her item personalized and autographed by Mark. Complete list of items up for auction

CKY Streaming New Release Online

(SKH) CKY's new album B-SIDES & RARITIES will go live on Facebook for streaming by fans at 9:00 PM EST on March 18th, where it will live until Midnight the 21st of March.

All Facebook users who have become a fan of CKY will have access to the 12 songs, and can come back to enjoy them any time they choose until the stream is taken down.

Mighty Loud Entertainment and Universal/Fontana will release the album to both digital and physical retail on March 22. Also, retailer f.y.e. will be presenting a stream of the track "Shippensburg" via FYEGUY. more on this story

A Day To Remember Record Store Day Release

(Victory) A Day To Remember will be releasing their track 'All I Want' as a 7" single with bonus acoustic version and B-Side etching as part of Record Store Day 2011.

The limited edition colored 7" will be released in the US as a clear purple pressing (limited 2,000) and internationally throughout Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, and Australia as a mint green pressing (limited 1,000).

Be sure not to miss out on this guaranteed collectors' item as quantities are extremely limited. Store list

John Mellencamp Crossing The Pond For The First Time in 19 Years

John Mellencamp will tour the UK and Europe for the first time in 19 years with dates set for late June and July 2011.

The No Better Than This tour is designed as a uniquely formatted "evening with," and brings Mellencamp's music to theatre-sized venues.

The tour will feature both classic material associated with hiss 35+ year long career as well as new music from No Better Than This, released last year by Rounder Records and produced by T Bone Burnett.
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