The Day in Rock Digest for 10/4/10: Live Nation Executive Chairman Irving Azoff told analysts that the concert business will end 2010 on a sour note. Next year may improve, he said, as hitmakers who sat on the sidelines in 2010 plan major tours. He's especially optimistic that Van Halen , Fleetwood Mac among others will fill arenas and ampitheaters. more Roger Waters' 30th anniversary show of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' has sparked a bit of controversy. NME reports that the historic outing has been accused of being anti-Semitic. The allegations come from the Anti-Defamation League, who claim the stage show uses imagery associated with stereotypes about Jews and money. more
According to the Simon & Schuster web site, Stone Temple Pilots/Ex-Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland's autobiography, "Not Dead & Not For Sale", has had its tentative release date pushed back to April 12, 2011. more
King of Leon's Only By The Night, issued in 2008, has been named the top-selling digital album in the UK, reports Music Radar. According to official figures, the album has been downloaded 276,000 times, just ahead of Lady Gaga's The Fame with 261,000 downloads. more
ASB reports that Pavement left fans at their Las Vegas concert baffled on Friday, October 1 when frontman Stephen Malkmus hinted the reunited band's appearance would be their last. The group reformed earlier this year to play their first live shows in just over a decade following their 1999 split, but their disjointed performance at the Pearl Ballroom in Sin City's Palms Casino appeared to signal the beginning of the end for the California rockers. more
Black Label Society - featuring leader Zakk Wylde (ex-Ozzy Osbourne) who was released from a Nebraska hospital following treatment for a "blood clotting condition" in his leg yesterday - hit the stage again in Milwaukee, WI at Eagles Ballroom last night (Saturday, October 2). Video footage featuring a surprise pre-show jam including a cover of Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer' can be here
Alexisonfire has revealed the tracklisting for its forthcoming release 'iTunes Originals.' The all digital release features short documentary clips as well as five re-recorded tracks. more
Bret Michaels talked to E! about his naked Billboard cover. "I said, 'Listen, I have two requests-good lighting and a warm room. That's all I'm asking for,'" Michaels tells E!. "If I'm walking out with it all f**king hanging out there for the world to see then, well, I need good lighting and a warm room." And some sit-ups! "I didn't eat for a day and I did about 2,000 sit-ups," he says. more
Styx frontman Tommy Shaw has posted an audio clip from his new Bluegrass side-project, The Great Divide, due out in 2011. more
Skarhead will tour Europe in November. The group's line-up will include Lord Ezec, Myke, Riggs Ross, Mike Cools, AK Rey, and Matty BK. more
Glastonbury 2011 tickets sell out within four hours Organizers Michael and Emily Eavis thanks punters for being 'patient' with booking system more
Amazon.com is listing an April 26th, 2011 release date for the official biography from original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley called No Regrets more
A film based around the music of The Beach Boys is reportedly in the works. more
Ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, who is currently performing with Avenged Sevenfold filling in James "The Rev" Sullivan, met up with Sullivan's family for the first time on on September 17th in Irvine, CA. more
Wrench In The Works has called it quits. Formed in 2004, the group has released three albums, two with Facedown Records. more
Lamb Of God were not be able to perform at the Quito Fest in Ecuador this past weekend. The band were at the airport when their flight, and all flights, to Ecuador were canceled due to the attempt to overthrow the Ecuadorian government. more
Romanian music site Rock Stage sent over a link to photos from Ozzy's show in Bucharest on Saturday. Check em out here
On this day in 1970, Janis Joplin was found dead at the Landmark Hotel Hollywood after an accidental heroin overdose. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -
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