Scott Weiland Says He Has Reunited With Velvet Revolver, Slash Say No Way

Slash heard the comments during a live interview on Minnesota's 93X radio station. "He's out of his mind!," He exclaimed. "There's been a common rumor going around. I know he's been positive about that subject. Maybe they know something I don't know. I have absolutely no intention of going back to that." more on this story

Jimi Hendrix Movie Going Forward

(Classic Rock) Filming for the Jimi Hendrix biopic is going ahead despite protestations from the late guitarist's estate, according to movie director John Ridley.

CMU reports today that Ridley will definitely begin filming his Hendrix movie in Ireland later this month, with Outkast rapper Andre 3000 (aka part-time actor Andre Benjamin) in the lead role.

Called All Is By My Side, it's set in England in 1966 and tells the story behind the recording of Hendrix's debut album Are You Experienced. more on this story

Mustaine Sorry About Metallica and Megadeth Supergroup Speculation

(Classic Rock) Dave Mustaine has apologized to James Hetfield for suggesting plans were being made for a Metallica-Megadeth supergroup.

Last year Mustaine said he was hoping to record an album with his bassist Dave Ellefson alongside Hetfield and Lars Ulrich from the band that sacked him in 1983.

Classic Rock last week reported the Metallica frontman's reaction to the Megadeth mainman's comments: "I do see a lot of stuff in the press with him talking about jamming with us and making an album. All this other crazy stuff. I read it and say to myself, 'Hold on. This is the Dave that we kind of wanted to forget about. You know, the big mouth that wants to just go-go-go.'"

Now Mustaine tells Artisan News: "I probably shouldn't have said stuff like that. I guess some people may think I'm trying to use that as a way to get publicity. So I can see where there would be some feelings about it. That wasn't my intention."

A lot more from Dave here and find out what he told Hetfield.

Van Halen Add Even More Tour Dates

(hennemusic) Following news that Van Halen have added five new dates to their current US tour, the band announced several more additions to the "A Different Kind Of Truth" trek on Monday.

Eight (8) more concerts are now on the schedule, including stops in Spokane, Portland, Albuquerque, El Paso, Austin, Oklahoma City, Moline and Milwaukee.

The new dates are a part of the second leg of the tour, which Van Halen announced last month. The full series of summer shows start July 7 in Uncasville, CT. more on this story

Dew-Scented's New Lineup Announced

Dew-Scented sent out word that they have solidified a new band lineup that features: Rory Hansen – Guitars, Marvin Vriesde – Guitars, Leif Jensen – Vocals, Joost van der Graaf – Bass and Koen Herfst – Drums

Here is the official word: Dew-Scented vocalist Leif Jensen comments as follows: "I'm more than proud to be able to present you a new chapter in the history of Dew-Scented! By early 2011, after 4 weeks of European touring with Nile, it showed clearly that our previous "Invocation" line-up was collapsing and one member after another left the fold for different reasons. We decided to play some final festival shows together in the summer and then after Party.San Open Air and Brutal Assault Festival, Dew-Scented went away from the spotlight in order to re-group and regain new focus. And here we finally are again, back with an improved line-up and a really strong new album coming up in July: "Icarus"!"

The new line-up (re-)introduces Marvin Vriesde (Severe Torture, ex Blo.Torch) as main guitarist and songwriter. Not a stranger to Dew-Scented's path of life, Vriesde's ties with the band go as far as back as 1996, when he played lead guitars for Dew-Scented on the band's first ever proper tour (with Edge Of Sanity, Lake Of tears and Sadist), as well as for some additional shows supporting Morbid Angel. He later on returned, among other occasions, as live-session guitarist for a European tour with Cannibal Corpse in 2002 or also for runs in Europe, Japan and North America all throughout 2005, as well as appearing with guitars-leads on the "Issue VI" album and also performing on the "Turn To Ash" video clip. more on this story

The Black Keys Set For Another Round of U.S. Tour Dates

(Banana 101.5) The Black Keys have announced more 2012 U.S. tour dates that will bring them back out on the roads of America in October.

The brief West Coast trek in support of their latest album, last year's 'El Camino,' kicks off on Oct. 1 in Fresno, Calif., and currently is scheduled through an Oct. 10 gig in Las Cruces, N.M., with Canadian duo Tegan and Sara slated to open all stops.

The Black Keys currently are winding down their first-ever arena tour — its final date is Saturday (May 19) in Atlantic City, N.J. — and will take a break before heading to Dover, Del., for the previously announced Firefly Music Festival, which takes place July 20-22. More including the dates.

Rush Plan UK Tour

(Gibson) Rush have announced a five-date U.K. arena run in support of their forthcoming album Clockwork Angels – but the shows aren't for another year.

The dates will be two years after the band's last U.K. tour, the 3-1/2 hour Time Machine show. A pair of German dates also have been announced, with more to follow.

The band had already announced their North American tour, which begins in Manchester, New Hampshire on September 7 and wraps up on December 2 in Houston, Texas. more on this story

Keith Richards Won't Jam With Mick Jagger on SNL

(hennemusic) Now that Saturday Night Live has confirmed the musical guests for this week's season finale with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards tells Rolling Stone that he won't be involved.

"I spoke to Mick and he said it's something that he said yes to many months ago, so he's just doing it," Richards says. "He's on his own."

In addition to his hosting duties, Jagger will perform with Arcade Fire and the Foo Fighters with Jeff Beck. more on this story

Jane's Addiction Add Third Theatre of the Escapists Tour Leg

Jane's Addiction have added a third additional North American leg to their "Theatre of the Escapists" tour.

Mutemath, Band of Skulls and Die Antword will each open select dates of the trek which

The band embarked on the second leg of the tour last week and it set to hit venues in Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. more on this story

Vixen Member Reunite Under New Name

(Gibson) Janet Gardner, Roxy Petrucci and Share Ross, three quarters of the classic lineup of '80s hard rockers Vixen, have reunited in a new band called VXN.

Singer Gardner, drummer Petrucci and bassist Ross, along with guitarist Gina Stile (Vixen's Tangerine album), will play at a number of festivals and showcase dates in 2012 to mark 25 years since the release of the first Vixen single, "Edge of a Broken Heart."

The first confirmed engagement is as part of the Monsters of Rock Cruise on March 16-20, 2013, sailing out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, bound for CoCoCay and Freeport, Bahamas. more on this story

KISS Comic Book Series To Feature Limited Editions

(hennemusic) Back in April, IDW Publishing unveiled four covers of their new KISS comic book series.

The company is issuing "Dressed To Kill, part 1" as the first in a new series, set to be published on June 13.

Now, IDW has provided an update on the KISS feature as they reveal an additional two covers for the project. Details and photos of the covers here.

AC/DC's Angus Young Named Top Guitarist From Down Under

(hennemusic) Australian Guitar magazine has named AC/DC's Angus Young as the greatest guitar player in Australian music history.

The Daily Telegraph reports Angus was #1 on the magazine's Top 50 list, ahead of Tommy Emmanuel (2), Cold Chisel's Ian Moss (3), The Living End's Chris Cheney (4) and The Angels' Rick Brewster (5).

It was an AC/DC double-shot on the list as Angus' brother, Malcolm, landed at #11. more on this story

Twin Atlantic Map Out UK Tour

Twin Atlantic are already looking ahead to this fall and have announced a ten-date UK tour which will take place in October and November.

Tthe tour follows an arena tour with Blink-182 round the UK in June and a 4 week run on the Van's Warped Tour in the US.

The band will also be performing at this year's T In The Park and Reading and Leeds Festivals. more on this story

Rival Sons Set To Support Guns N' Roses

(EAR) Rival Sons announced that they will be the main support act for Guns N' Roses for two European shows in this summer.

Rival Sons will be joining Guns N' Roses at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands on June 4th, and then at the Warsteiner Hockey Park in Mönchengladbach, Germany on June 8th.

Rival Sons guitarist Scott Holiday comments: "What a great, great opportunity to get these shows supporting Guns N' Roses! Germany has been great to us, and this will only help us reach out to so many more people over there. As far as Guns goes... I remember the first time those guys were ever on MTV, me and my best mate were watching. A total shock to the system, and to me and my friends' lives. We were really young little dudes, but we already loved our rock 'n' roll, and Guns just reeked of reality and grit... I mean they were literally very dirty. And we LOVED it. They ushered in a lot more 'real' and dirtiness to a scene that had become way too fruity-pants. As a wee guitar-playing lad, I couldn't get enough of Appetite For Destruction and Lies. Ready to see and hear some of those first tunes played live!" more on this story

58 Early Frank Zappa and Paul Buff Rarities Set For Release

(Glass Onyon) Crossfire Publications have set a May 28, 2012 release date for a 5-CD set of recordings from the pre-Mothers era, with many tracks making their CD debuts.

The set is entitled "Paul Buff Presents Highlights From The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives." Paul Buff, owner of Pal Recording Studio in Cucamonga, California from 1957-1964, first opened up his archives in 2010 for a large series of download-only releases.

This 156-track collection features 58 early masters by the late Frank Zappa, recorded at Pal and Original Sound Recording Studios. These recordings feature Zappa as performer, writer and/or producer. more on this story

Rose Tattoo Live DVD Coming Next Week

MVD have set a May 22nd DVD release date for the Rose Tattoo' "Live In 1993 From Boggo Road Jail."

MVD sent over these details: Rose Tattoo have remained the bad boys of Australian rock since the late 70s when they ignited Australian audiences with the hits 'Bad Boy For Love' and 'Rock'n'Roll Outlaw'. After the release of their third album, 'Scarred For Life', and the chart-topping anthem 'We Can't Be Beaten', Rose Tattoo became one of the biggest, and most infamous, hard rock bands in the country.have remained the bad boys of Australian rock since the late 70s when they ignited Australian audiences with the hits 'Bad Boy For Love' and 'Rock'n'Roll Outlaw'. After the release of their third album, 'Scarred For Life', and the chart-topping anthem 'We Can't Be Beaten', Rose Tattoo became one of the biggest, and most infamous, hard rock bands in the country.

Performing here in front of a huge crowd at Boggo Road Jail (the original line-up of Angry Anderson, Peter Wells, Geordie Leech and Mick Cocks reunited to celebrate the closing of the jail) alongside the Divinyls and Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Angry Anderson and the band deliver a thumping set of seminal Oz rock, rolling out all their big hits - including 'Assault & Battery', 'Tramp', 'Out of This Place' - and a rousing rendition of the Rolling Stones classic 'Street Fighting Man'. more on this story

Braid Plan Summer Tour

90s rockers Braid will be hitting the road this summer for a headlining tour of North America.

Joining Braid on the entire tour will be Owen as well as Aficionado and TS & The Past Haunts on select dates.

The tour will begin on Tuesday, August 7 in Cleveland, OH, and culminate in a performance at Slim's in San Francisco, CA, on Sunday, August 19. The tour will also be visiting a handful of major markets including Philadelphia, PA, on Friday, August 10, New York City on Saturday, August 11, Boston, MA, on Sunday, August 12, and West Hollywood, CA, on Saturday, August 18. more on this story

B Sides

Manager Thought AC/DC Wanted To Fire Bon Scott

(Sub) Former AC/DC bassist Mark Evans recently sat down with Ultimate Classic Rock to discuss his acclaimed new insider account of life in the band, Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC (Bazillion Points). Detailing his work on five early albums including Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Evans reveals that his 1977 dismissal from the band came as a complete surprise to longtime AC/DC manager Michael Browning:

Evans says: "To the point of me being sacked from the band, when Angus and Malcolm called Michael Browning to a meeting the night before I got sacked, Michael told me the next day he assumed it was going to be Bon who was fired. These days you look back, you think that's preposterous. The way it was abrupt, that's the way the guys are-Angus and Malcolm. I don't think it's any real revelation that they can make some very strong and sudden decisions."

Mark Evans' gripping first-ever memoir of life in the classic AC/DC band includes countless tales of life on the road and at home with Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Phil Rudd, as the band rose from the barrooms of Australia to the palatial theaters of Paris, London, and Stockholm. more on this story

Paul McCartney Saved Mark Ronson's Life

(Gibson) Mark Ronson almost didn't get to grow up and become a hip producer and multi-instrumentalist. When Ronson was a kid, he was rescued from drowning by none other than Paul McCartney… or so it seems.

According to Spinner, Ronson was too young at the time to remember the incident, but his mother has told him the story many times. "That sounded like one of my mum's crazy stories," Ronson told Live Magazine.

"But then I did a song with Paul McCartney a few months ago. After a couple of days in the studio, he came in and said, 'Your mum's Ann, right? Me and Linda would always run into your parents on the beach in Long Island.'

"I told him about my mum's story that he saved me from drowning one time, and he said he vaguely remembered something like that. So maybe he backed up her claim, which means I can't really tease her about it now."

Ripper Owens Says Iced Earth Handled Firing Poorly

(Classic Rock) Tim 'Ripper' Owens says he always understood why Judas Priest had to fire him, and they did it decently – unlike Iced Earth, who "handled it poorly."

The singer knew he'd have to leave the British metal giants if Rob Halford wanted to return, and that's what happened in 2003.

Four years later Iced Earth mainman Jon Schaffer dumped him by email just before they started work on a new album, and at the same time announced Matt Barlow had returned to the mic. He has a lot to say, read it here.

Sex Pistols' Steve Jones Kicks Off Scotland Week on Craig Ferguson

(hennemusic) Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones was on hand to help kick off Scotland week on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson Monday night.

Ferguson and his cast of characters romped through a punked up version of "Scottish Rite Temple Stomp."

Written by John Crozier, the song was originally recorded by Ninian Hawick, a collective of musicians who churn out an experimental take of lo-fi power pop. Formerly of Shebrews, the Hang Ups, and the Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, Crozier got together with vocalist Heather McElhatton for a collaboration of guitars, bagpipes, and piano, releasing "Steep Steps" in 1998. Watch it here.

Queensryche's M3 Rock Festival Set Streaming Online

(hennemusic) Queensryche continue their 30th Anniversary tour this spring. Queensryche rolled into Maryland over the weekend to play the M3 Rock Festival, and professional video of their full set has surfaced.

The band is also promoting its latest release, 2011's "Dedicated To Chaos." The album was recorded in the group's hometown and produced by Kelly Gray. "It's kind of like an 'Empire' record set 25 years in the future," singer Geoff Tate told U.K.'s Rock Radio upon its release.

"It's a very listenable record, I think. I think people will find it interesting to listen to on headphones, especially. There's a lot going on with it. And there's definitely an emphasis on the rhythm section. Eddie [Jackson, bass] and Scott [Rockenfield, drums] have written a lot of the songs on this particular record, so it really showcases what they do, which is something very special. This record is definitely a boundary-pusher in a lot of respects, I think. It's always difficult to describe music; it's better to experience it. So I'll let people hear it and make up their own minds." Watch the show here.