Queen and Paul Rodgers To Reunite?

In the meantime, Taylor also is working on his own Queen tribute band, called The Queen Extravaganza. "Essentially we're producing our own show using our own footage and production values to make a show because, let's face it, we're getting a little long in the tooth, but there are an awful lot of tribute bands, some of them good, some of them not good," he said. "And we put together something that we felt was purely extraordinary." more on this story

Four More Guns N' Roses Tour Dates

(hennemusic) Four more US dates for Guns N' Roses this fall have surfaced. Here Today…Gone To Hell! reports tickets go on sale later this week for GNR dates in Greenville, Atlanta, Dallas and Hartford.

The new dates now mean the GNR US tour is up to 9 shows so far, and you can bet more are expected to be added.

So far an official announcement has yet to come from the Guns N' Roses camp but a tour is definitely shaping up. Grab all of the leaked dates here.

Rob Zombie Shot Down Avenged Sevenfold

(Banana 101.5) Rob Zombie recently shot down Avenged Sevenfold's hopes of landing him as the director for their new video 'Buried Alive'. Zombie was too busy with pre-production on his new witchcraft film, 'Lords of Salem', which just announced some of the cast.

When it came time to shoot the video for Avenged Sevenfold's next single, 'Buried Alive', they tried to score a director who was more than just a a music video guy. Singer M. Shadows recently told Pulse of Radio:

"We do want to do something super-special with 'Buried Alive'. We're looking for a good, like, video director — not necessarily a video guy but more of a movie guy. We talked to Rob Zombie, unfortunately he's doing his new movie right now or he'd want to do it. But we want to do something cool with it, something underground, exciting and kind of crazy … We feel it's probably the strongest track on the record." more on this story

Mike Portnoy Vs Dream Theater

(hennemusic) Here's some not-so-groovy news: drummer Mike Portnoy sued Dream Theater after he left the group last fall.

Courthouse News Service reports Portnoy, who left the band on his own after failing to convince fellow band members to take a break from the write/record/tour cycle, filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates in April claiming that they "wrongfully excluded" him from the group and continue to "wrongfully using the name of the band in connection with [their] recording of an album without the participation or consent of [Portnoy]."

The suit further alleges that Dream Theater "are wrongfully using the name of the band in connection with the promotion of live performances by the individual defendants, without the participation or consent of [Portnoy]." more on this story

Metallica Release Big Four Show Documentary

(Gibson) Metallica have released a 28-minute documentary on the Big Four show at Yankee Stadium in New York on September 14.

The film includes footage from soundcheck, backstage rehearsals and meet and greets, bass player Rob Trujillo expounding the aesthetics of 13-grain bread, and the epic jam on Motorhead's "Overkill" – featuring members of Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax and Exodus.

The documentary may be viewed for free but it can also be purchased as a high-quality download from LiveMetallica.com for completists. more on this story

J.D. Fortune Exits INXS Again

(hennemusic) INXS are without a lead singer, once again. J.D. Fortune has reportedly ended his term as frontman for the Australian band on amicable terms.

"Just wanted to let you all know personally that, despite media reports to the contrary – I did not leave INXS and I was not fired," the Canadian rocker explained to fans on his website Tuesday.

"Prior to this summer's amazing tour, INXS and I mutually agreed that my contracted services as their lead singer for the 'Original Sin' tour would end in Atlanta, GA on August 14." continued Fortune. "We had a great time and a great tour and are all very proud of those shows. Now, as planned, we are all moving on to different artistic projects. We do retain a deep friendship and respect for each other that was built over the past 6 years of working together." more on this story

At Least One More From Disturbed

(Banana 101.5) While the future of Disturbed is shaky at best, fans have at least one more release to look forward to.

Singer David Draiman says their new B-sides compilation, 'The Lost Children', will be out this year.

Disturbed have officially started what has previously been referred to as a "long hiatus". After the initial reports came out that the band would be taking a break after their tour, a series of interviews uncovered that there were real problems within the band. While nothing is written in stone, Disturbed are at least going to be off the radar for a while. more on this story

Radiohead to Rock The Colbert Report

Radiohead have been tapped for a special episode of The Colbert Report next week. Comedy Central sent out the following details:

Stephen Colbert rocks out with a special one-hour episode of "The Colbert Report" for the first time ever! The super-sized show will feature interviews and performances by Radiohead intertwined with regular series segments.

The band is set to perform songs from their recent release "King of Limbs" including the new and previously unreleased track "The Daily Mail." One song will be exclusively available at www.ColbertNation.com. Tune in to "The Colbert Report" on Monday, September 26 from 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET/PT to watch this epic episode. more on this story

Fans Pushing For Big Four of 90s Punk Tour

(RockAAA) Move over Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax as there will be a brand new Big Four hitting the road IF a Facebook group get their way.

On the back of the phenomenal success of thrash metal's Big Four, a group are using the social networking site to generate support for a similar collaboration tour for what they reckon is punk rock's own Big Four.

The group is petitioning for Bad Religion, The Offspring, Green Day and Rancid to join forces for what they have titled 'The Big Four of '90s Punk Rock' tour. more on this story

Insane Clown Jack White Country Posse

(Banana 101.5) A while back we reported the collaboration between Detroit recording artists Jack White and Insane Clown Posse on the track 'Lick Me in the Arse'. It appears the trio didn't stop there, as yet another track titled 'Mountain Song' has hit the web.

Jack White recently disbanded the White Stripes and has been quoted as saying that he's done working with bands, as far as joining or forming them goes that is. He is however continuing to work with artists as a studio musician / producer, the latest act he is involved with is the Detroit based rap duo — Insane Clown Posse.

Their first Mozart-tinged song 'Lick Me in the Arse' hit a few weeks ago, now White's Third Man Records has released the B-Side to that track — 'Mountain Song'. More including a stream of the song

Limp Bizkit's Silly Cover Explained

(Banana 101.5) Limp Bizkit set a new creative low when choosing the artwork that would eventually become the cover of 'Gold Cobra'.

Guitarist Wes Borland recently explained that the eyesore of an album cover was completely intentional.

In a recent interview, Wes Borland told Artist Direct that the ridiculousness of the album's cover was a conscious decision: "We were thinking of Gold Cobra as a horror movie. That's where the album cover came from. As far as the art goes, I was thinking of Frank Frazetta-type of images with the giant snakes and monsters with scantily clad really sexy girls under a guy with a sword. It's that Conan-looking Frazetta art." more on this story

Tony Iommi To Visit Birthplace of Black Sabbath for Book Tour

(hennemusic) Another date has been added to Tony Iommi's book tour as a new date has been confirmed for Iommi's hometown of Birmingham, the birthplace of Sabbath.

The Black Sabbath guitarist is hitting the road to promo the October 13 release of his autobiography, "Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven And Hell With Black Sabbath."

The book will be released in Europe on October 13 through Simon & Schuster, and in the United States on November 1 in hardback by Perseus Books/DeCapo Press. more on this story

Simple Plan Fall Tour

Simple Plan have announced plans for a fall tour of North American that will feature special guests, including Forever The Sickest Kids, The Cab, and Marianas Trench.

The "Get Your Heart On! Tour" will kick off on October 28th at Los Angeles' The Music Box and continue through late November.

Simple Plan will be touring in support of their first new release in over two years, "Get Your Heart On!" more on this story

Lamb of God Frontman Says Metal Subgenre Labels Are Stupid As F...

(Rock News Desk) Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe is furious over the naming of sub-genres of metal, saying they're all attempts to disguise lack of creativity.

Asked what he thinks of the djent movement he says: "The stupidest name yet for another genre. If you call yourself 'djent' cap yourself now. There is no such f**king thing as djent. It's not a genre. I'm sorry, it's stupid as f**k.

"All this bullsh*t – deathcore, djentcore and f**king can't-play-in-real-life-but-can-on-a-computer-core. It's just a name. People can call themselves whatever they want. It's f**king heavy metal. more on this story

Dr Ozzy Going On Tour

(hennemusic) Black Sabbath is touring this fall…well, half of the band is. Guitarist Tony Iommi and singer Ozzy Osbourne are both doing book tours, each plugging the launch of new reading material for fans.

Ozzy has already done the bio thing, but he's pushing his new book, "Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy," a health advice collection of the best of his columns from Rolling Stone (U.S.) and the Sunday Times (U.K.), with some additional material thrown in.

Ozzy has just announced two additions to his book-signing event schedule: one in Texas and the other in San Francisco. more on this story

Jazz Fusion Inspires New Opeth

(Gibson) Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt says the band's new album, Heritage, takes inspiration from an unlikely place for a band primarily known for progressive death metal band: 1970s-style jazz fusion.

Åkerfeldt told I Heart Guitar the album was influenced by John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham, drummer Alphonse Mouzon, Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters – although those influences mingle with Ronnie James Dio, too. The track "Slither" is a blatant tribute to Dio and his former band Rainbow.

"We're all massive fans of Rainbow and massive fans of Ronnie," Åkerfeldt said. "When he passed away it was like a member of my family. He'd always been there. And I was insanely affected by his passing. I was really down and he really meant something to me. So I wrote this song as a tribute to him." more on this story

Megadeth Tease New Video

(RockAAA) After rocking New York's Yankee Stadium as part of the Big 4 on Wednesday, Megadeth continued their rock n' roll adventures in the California desert on the weekend.

The band were on location shooting a video for "Public Enemy No. #," the first track released from Megadeth's forthcoming album, "Th1rt3en," due November 1.

Dave Ellefson and Shawn Drover checked in with a video message for fans. "We have never shot a video like this before," says Ellefson. "There's actually animals in the movie – that's all we can say. The animals are probably better behaved than we are." more on this story

Pink Floyd Eyesore

(Rock News Desk) Pink Floyd mainman David Gilmour has been ordered to demolish a bike shed on his land because neighbours think it's an eyesore.

The yellow beach hut sits at the seafront near Hove on the south coast of England, but it's inside a conservation area, meaning he should have applied for permission to build it.

Brighton and Hove Council have told Gilmour to pull the construction down by October 1, saying: "Failure to comply with that means either prosecution, or the council may remove the hut and charge the householder." more on this story

New Journey Collection On The Way

Legacy have set a November 1, 2011 release date for Journey's Greatest Hits Vol. 2, a brand-new collection that spans singles and album tracks recorded between 1978 and 1996. They sent out the following details:

The collection will be available as a single CD, digital download, and special gatefold double-vinyl edition (which includes a code for a free digital download of the vinyl remastered album).

When asked about his experience in the remastering back to vinyl of the original recordings of the Journey Greatest Hits and the new Greatest HITS Vol. 2, Steve Perry replied, "I truly forgot how sonically exciting and just plain better these Journey tracks sound back where they originally lived...on Vinyl. The stereo separation, the center imaging and the sonic depth of the tracks themselves is more true to what we all loved about these original final mixes. All the instruments and voices, to me personally, sound so damn good that all I want to do is reach for the volume and turn it up!" more on this story

Mastodon Release Party Details

Mastodon will release their new album, 'The Hunter', on September 27th in North America.

One day earlier, the official Mastodon record release party will take place at The Roxy in West Hollywood, CA. The event is free to attend and kicks off at 8PM, upstairs at On The Rox.

There will be special guests and other events taking place throughout the night, including a free show downstairs at The Roxy featuring several Los Angeles based bands such as Stitched Up Heart, Evolove, 8MM, Chamber of Echoes and Sima. more on this story

Foo Fighters Fight Back With Humor

(Rock News Desk) The Foo Fighters dealt with a hatemonger protest at the weekend by staging their own counter-protest outside a venue they were about to play.

Dave Grohl and co were targeted by [publicity seeking "church'] after releasing a spoof homo-erotic video called Hot Buns to promote their current tour. The church, well known for its "God Hates Fags" posters, were out in force in Kansas City on Friday, with placards including the phrases "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "You're going to Hell."

But the Foos pulled up on a flat-back truck, dressed in their Hot Buns costumes, and performed a specially-written song called Keep It Clean for the picketers. Read more and watch video here

Bret Michaels TV Special To Air in Roctober

HSN sent out this special programming note: Poison frontman Bret Michaels will launch his "Signature Acoustic Guitar Collection" and the exclusive HSN guitar bundle on the network on October 2nd at 8 p.m. EDT

"I'm thrilled to bring my Signature line of Guitars, my vocal warm-up CD and my solo album, 'Custom Built' to HSN," said Bret Michaels. "HSN has a track-record of bringing innovative, high-quality products to their customers, so this is a natural partnership for me."

During the primetime special event on October 2 at 8 p.m. EDT, Michaels will also play a six-song set in front of a live studio audience at HSN headquarters in St. Petersburg, FL. The set list will feature some of Bret's greatest hits as the front man for Poison and his solo career, including "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," "Something To Believe In" and "All I Ever Needed." more on this story

Real Gone Music To Debut With Grateful Dead Release

(conqueroo) The newly formed Real Gone Music reissue label will debut in November with 12 titles headlined by the Grateful Dead's Dick's Picks, Vols. 34, 35 & 36.

"Dick" was Dick Latvala, the official tape archivist for the Dead until 1999, whose inspiration and encyclopedic knowledge of the band's vaults spawned the fabled Dick's Picks series of Dead concert volumes.

Comprising 36 volumes, Dick's Picks follows the band on its long, strange trip through a multitude of eras, tours and venues, featuring handpicked shows that display the band at its most visionary, improvisational height. Real Gone Music will bring this cache of Dead concert brilliance to record stores. Many have never been previously available at retail. more on this story

Rush Raise 50K For Charity

(hennemusic) Rush and their fans have raised more than $50,000 for Grapes for Humanity, an organization that helps to raise funds to benefit humanitarian causes around the world with the assistance of the international wine community.

Geddy Lee is a member of the board of directors for the organization and Rush has sponsored past eBay auctions to benefit the charity.

Geddy, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart mined their personal stash to select some very special items to put up on this year's Rush Ebay auction, including signed and one-of-a-kind items like Neil's cymbals, a guitar and a bass used on the Time Machine tour, as well as nostalgic Rush items used on the Snakes and Arrows tour. more on this story

Weird Al Yankovic DVD and Polka Face Premiere Details

(TS) "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! The Alpocalypse Tour will be released October 4th in North America on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download via Comedy Central Home Entertainment.

The extended DVD and Blu-ray include nearly an hour's worth of concert footage not seen on the upcoming Comedy Central special (see below for details about that), plus over 30 minutes of bonus features that include: music videos for "Perform This Way" and "Polka Face," three extra live concert performances, a bunch of Al's personal YouTube videos and more.

In another element of the multi-platform deal, www.comedycentral.com will be premiering "Polka Face," Yankovic's next video from Alpocalypse, on September 25th and will be its exclusive home for two days. more on this story

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