Fan Killed Outside Linkin Park Concert

"Though we have had no relationship with the sponsor or the entity responsible for erecting the structure, we take the safety of our fans very seriously and our thoughts are with all of those who were affected by this tragedy." video footage of the collapse

Roger Waters Plans New Concept Album

(hennemusic) Roger Waters tells Rolling Stone he has finished a song for an album tentatively titled "Heartland."

Completed on lunch breaks during the elaborate Wall tour that ended in July, the untitled song confronts what Waters calls "religious extremism."

"The Heartland idea sort of came from another song I wrote maybe 15 years ago, or longer even, which was a song that I wrote for a movie – a really, really bad movie called Michael that was about an angel," Waters said. "I'm absolutely determined to make another album. And I think this new song may give me the chance to do that. It provides a cornerstone and a core idea for me to write a new album about. You know, it's just one of my obsessions, which is, I'm sort of obsessed with the idea that religious extremism is a maligned factor in most of our lives." more on this story

Rush To Be Inducted Into RockWalk

Progressive rock legends Rush are set to be honored with induction into Guitar Center's RockWalk.

The veteran band will be inducted during an invitation only ceremony at noon on Tuesday, November 20th at Guitar Center's Hollywood location on Sunset Boulevard.

According to the band, Each of the inductees' handprints will reside in the RockWalk alongside other accomplished musicians and innovators such as, Eric Clapton, George Martin, Jimmy Page, Iron Maiden, and Queen, among numerous others.

Rolling Stones Release Another New Song

(hennemusic) The Rolling Stones have issued the second of two new tracks from their forthcoming greatest hits package, "GRRR!"

"One More Shot" is a Jagger/Richards composition that was recorded in Paris with longtime Stones producer Don Was, who has worked with the band on five previous albums.

"One More Shot" follows the release of "Doom and Gloom," the other new song featured on "GRRR!" Check out the song here.

Shannon Lucas Leaves Black Dahlia Murder

Shannon Lucas announced that he has left Black Dahlia Murder to "pursue some other things in life."

Lucas issued a video statement to fans announcing why he wasn't on the group's current tour and also tell fans that the band had recruited Abigail Williams drummer Alan Cassidy to fill in.

Some of the other things in life that Lucas plans to pursue includes opening up a tattoo shop with his wife outside of Richmond, VA. as well as music projects including a band project with Adam D. of Killswitch Engage and George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse. Watch his video statement here.

P.O.D. Plan Limited Edition Release and Tour With Daughtry and 3 Doors Down

P.O.D. are celebrating their upcoming tour with Daughtry and 3 Doors Down by announcing the release of a limited-edition, vinyl pressing of their current album, Murdered Love.

The vinyl will be released on November 20th and be available in two colors: transparent red (at retail stores nationwide) and clear with red splatter (will be sold here).

P.O.D. will join Daughtry and 3 Doors Down as special guests on the forthcoming pairs co-headline U.S. tour. The tour beginning November 17th in Tunica, MS and will run through the middle of December. more on this story

Homme Comments on Dave Grohl's Return To Queens of the Stone Age

(Gibson) Dave Grohl will handle drum duties on Queens of the Stone Age's next album, Josh Homme has confirmed. Homme made the announcement yesterday (Nov. 6) on BBC Radio 1, saying drummer Joey Castillo was no longer with the group. "[Grohl] and I have this wonderful musical relationship which we don't have with other people," the Queens of the Stone Age frontman said. "It's a very cool and comfortable position."

Grohl previously manned the drum kit for Queens of the Stone Age's 2002 breakout album, Songs for the Deaf. He and Homme also comprise two-thirds of the acclaimed supergroup, Them Crooked Vultures.

Homme went on to say Queens of the Stone Age have nearly completed their new album, due for release sometime in 2013. Earlier this week it was announced the band would perform at England's Download Festival next June. It's unclear whether Grohl will join the group on tour. more on this story

John Lennon Letter to Eric Clapton Set For Auction

(Gibson) A post-Beatles letter written by John Lennon to Eric Clapton is expected to fetch as much as $30,000 when it's sold at auction next month, reports Reuters.

Dated September 29, 1971, the letter reads, in part, "Eric, I know I can bring out something great, in fact greater in you that had been so far evident in your music. I hope to bring out the same kind of greatness in all of us, which I know will happen if/when we get together."

Clapton had previously played in Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band in 1969, prior to The Beatles' official split. According to auctioneer Joe Maddalena, Clapton had nearly become a Beatle. "There was a point in time when George Harrison thought about leaving the band and his replacement was Clapton, so this letter is a link of what could have been," he said. The letter will go under the hammer on December 18 in Los Angeles, at an auction dubbed "Profiles in History." more on this story

SOiL Call On Fans To Kickstart New Album

SOiL are calling on fans to help fund their next album with the launch of a pre-sale campaign on Kickstarter. Their camp sent over these details:

Fans will receive exclusive shirts, a chance to have dinner with the band, autographed merchandise, attend studio sessions,an exclusive new mp3 download of the first studio song with Ryan since the "re.de.fine" album and more. They also will be the first to receive the new album when it's released.

SOiL's lead singer Ryan McCombs says, "This Kickstarter project is allowing us to offer unique opportunities to our fans, who are the people who allow us to do what we do. It also allows us as a band to keep control over every aspect of the forthcoming SOiL album." Check it out here.

Enslaved Plan North American Tour

Enslaved will be kicking off 2013 with their North American "Winter Rite" headline tour.

The 20-date trek will also feature Pallbearer and Ancient VVisdom and will kick off in Philadelphia on January 30th with the tour closing in New York City on February 22nd.

Enslaved rhythm guitarist/songwriter/lyricist Ivar Bjørnson had this to say, "North America has become like a second home-shore to us; the rising support we've been getting for the last albums and tours has been amazing! We're more than ready to come over again and play our new album Riitiir live to show that the new material is extremely well-fitted for a live setting, and to reflect the enthusiasm and dedication we've been getting from the fans over there! See you on the road!" more on this story

Marshall Tucker Band Using Tour Truck To Collect Items For Hurricane Sandy Relief

The Marshall Tucker Band are calling on fans to help them in their efforts help the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

The band seeking donations for items to be delivered to Hurricane Sandy victims in the Northeast.

Today, Thursday Nov. 8th in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the legendary southern rock group will dispatch its tour truck to collect donations that will be transported to hurricane victims. The Marshall Tucker Band tour truck will be stationed outside of the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium from 4:30 to 7:30 PM. Additional trucks are also in the works for donation collections in Anderson and Chesnee, South Carolina. more on this story

Killitorous Recruit Immersed Singer

Killitorous have officially replaced former singer vocalist Luke McIsaac with Mark Phillips.

Phillips was the former vocalist for Blessed By A Broken Heart, and current vocalist for Immersed (Unique Leader Records).

The band features Eric Morotti from Blind Witness, Matt Milford from Immersed, Aaron Homma from Immersed and Today I Caught The Plague and guitar virtuoso Nick Miller. more on this story

Limited Edition Mayhem and Borknagar Reissues For Black Friday

Century Media plan to mark Black (Metal) Friday with the release of the reissue of two classic albums: Borknagar's The Olden Domain and Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. The label sent over these details:

Limited to 1,000 copies each, these titles will be available only at your local independent music store starting on Friday, November 23rd.

The Olden Domain is Borknagar's second studio album, and their first to feature English lyrics. It also marks the beginning of the band's transition to their trademark progressive/folk/black metal sound featured on later records. This would be the band's last studio album to feature Garm (credited on this album as "Fiery G. Maelstrom") on vocals. It is also their first album to feature Kai K. Lie on bass, replacing Infernus. more on this story

The Stone Foxes Set New Album Release and Giving Away First Single

INgrooves Fontana has set a February 12th release date for The Stone Foxes new album, Small Fires.

The band are giving fans a preview of the album with a free download of the first single, "Everybody Knows," on their website here.

Small Fires was recorded at The Carriage House in Los Angeles and produced by Doug Boehm (Dr. Dog, Drive by Truckers). The band is comprised of brothers Shannon (drums, harp, vocals) and Spence (guitar, vocals) Koehler, Aaron Mort (bass, drums, vocals) and Elliott Peltzman (keys, vocals). Of the new record Peltzman notes, "making Small Fires with Doug Boehm felt like being in a dream." Shannon Koehler continues, "It feels like we finally made the record we set out to make. The sound feels like us. We said what was on our minds, whether it was political, about a relationship, or anything else. It's darker than our first few records, but making it put a big old smile on my face." more on this story

The Darkness Launching World Tour

The Darkness will be ringing in the New Year with the launch of their "Let Them Eat Cakes" world tour.

The tour will kick off with a North American leg that launches January 10 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and wrap-up February 2 in Aspen, CO.

Then the band will visit 15 countries worldwide including Scandinavia, Germany, England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Australia and New Zealand. more on this story

Supertramp's Roger Hodgson Adds Hurricane Relief To Tour

Supertramp frontman Roger Hodgson has revamped his North American tour plans in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Hodgson will resume his "Breakfast in America" today and the trek will now include including fundraising for the Red Cross.

"We have been closely following the effects and recovery efforts from Hurricane Sandy and our sympathy goes out to all of those whose lives have been affected." Roger Hodgson commented. "Knowing the challenges that many people are currently facing, we are working with each promoter to reschedule shows and to find ways to 'give a little bit' to help the local communities." more on this story

JEFF The Brotherhood To Play Conan and Tour With Delta Spirit

JEFF The Brotherhood have busy November plans including a tour with Delta Spirit and an appearance on Conan.

The band is set to perform "Staring At The Wall" - a track from their current album Hypnotic Nights - on TBS's Conan November 15th.

That night they will also kick off two weeks of tour dates in the Midwest and East Coast with California rockers Delta Spirit. In January the band will then travel down under for a tour of Australia and New Zealand in early 2013. more on this story

Slash's Complete Rio Concert Streaming Online

(hennemusic) Slash kicked off a South American tour on November 2 in Rio de Janeiro and video of the tour's opening night, at the city's Fundição Progresso, has surfaced.

The trek, in support of his current release, "Apocalyptic Love," will see Slash play 11 shows over the next few weeks before playing three dates in Mexico at the end of the month.

Slash has been on the road around the world since March of this year in support of "Apocalyptic Love." Check out the Rio footage here.

Aerosmith Explains Why New Album Took So Long

(hennemusic) Aerosmith recently launched an 8-part series called "The Making Of Music From Another Dimension."

The footage presents a behind-the-scenes look as the Boston rockers create their first new album in more than a decade.

In episodes 6 and 7 of the series, guitarist Joe Perry talks about the length of time it took to put the project together. "Music is forever. When you record it, it's there forever. We just don't know any other way to do that," Joe explains. "The reason it took a year was because we had a tour to do in the middle of it. If you had compressed what we did from the time we started last summer til we wrapped it up in California…if you had taken away the tour and taken away Steven's time on [American] Idol, it probably would have taken two or three months to make the record." more on this story

Green Day Deliver Stray Heart Video

(hennemusic) Green Day have released a video for "Stray Heart," a track from the band's new album, "¡Dos!"

The second project of a new trilogy will be available this coming Tuesday, November 13.

The album follows recent issue of "¡Uno!," and the forthcoming "¡Tré!", whose album's release has been moved up to December 11 from its original date of January 15, 2013. Watch the video here.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse Release Psychedelic Pill Video

(hennemusic) Neil Young and Crazy Horse have released a video for the title track to their new album, "Psychedelic Pill."

The project follows the June release of "Americana," the group's first album together since 2003's "Greendale," and their first with the full Crazy Horse line-up of Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Frank "Poncho" Sampedro since 1996's "Broken Arrow."

Neil and the band are currently on a North American tour; this weekend, they play Seattle on Saturday and Vancouver on Sunday – the first of a series of Canadian dates over the next two weeks. Watch the video here.

Soundgarden Perform on Jools Holland

(hennemusic) Soundgarden made an appearance on the BBC's Later With Jools Holland program Tuesday as the band works to promote the November 13 release of their new album, "King Animal."

The group performed the project's first single, "Been Away Too Long," as well as "Rusty Cage," a track from 1991's "Badmotorfinger."

"King Animal" marks the reunited band's first studio effort in 16 years. Soundgarden will introduce the new music to fans via a series of intimate shows to launch the project. Watch their Jools performances here.