The Day in Rock Digest for 10/11/10: Ozzy Osbourne is teaming up with Slash (Velvet Revolver/former Guns N' Roses) for a tour early next year. The first three dates for the trek have leaked and find them playing in Omaha, Ne on Jan 16th, Kansas City, Mo on Jan 22nd and Moline, Il on Feb 14th according to Metal Rage Zakk Wylde reveals in an in-depth article at BW&BK that Black Label Society will "take December and January off; well it's not so much going to be off. What we're doing is recording an unplugged version of all the [Order Of The Black] tunes down at The Black Label Bunker when we get off the road. We recorded a couple of songs we were going to use for bonus tracks, but we were really psyched the way they came out so we decided to make it a whole other record, the unblackened versions." more
Early this Sunday morning the legendary King of Rock & Soul, Solomon Burke passed away due to natural causes. According to his family, Solomon had just arrived at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for a sold out show at Paradiso with Dutch band, De Dijk. more
Roger Waters has bowed to pressure from the Anti-Defamation League and 'tweaked' an offensive video which plays on a big screen behind him during his The Wall shows which ADL felt was to be anti-Semitic. more. A report of the original complaint here
Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience which celebrates the life and music of his father - the legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham - kicked off on Friday, October 8 at the Encana Events Centre in Dawson Creek, B.C. Grab the set and guest list here.
In a recent carefully-phrased blog, Sigur Rós points out 11 tv ad spots they claim are "inserting a little too much fromage in their homage". In other words, they're on to their commercial ripoffs. more
Ynetnews are reporting that Guns N' Roses are coming to Israel and the band plans to perform twice more
Attack Attack! has postponed their UK tour, originally set to take place this month, as singer/guitarist Johnny Franck is battling an illness. The tour will now take place in late-January and early-February. more
Silverstein has revealed they have left the Victory Records roster (presumably having fulfilled their four-album contract). Moreover, the group is currently working on a new album more
Red Fang reported that they flipped their van twice on the way home from Seattle. more
Coheed And Cambria have announced a string of live dates for Australia in February / March as part of the Soundwave Festival 2011 tour. more
Lou Reed joined Gorillaz for their New York show Plus host of other collaborators at Madison Square Garden more
"After seven years spent within Orakle, Amaury a.k.a. Amar Ru (guitars) decided to part ways with the band, willing to focus on different activities and musical insipirations.[sic]" more
Ticketmaster informed its affiliate partners in an email on Thursday that as of October 15 it will no longer pay commissions on affiliate sales. more
Sick Of It All are about to celebrate a massive return to European stages. On October 14th, the band will kick off the New York United tour with fellow hardcore heavyweights Madball more
The former Minnesota synagogue where singer Bob Dylan had his bar mizvah when he was 13-year-old Bobby Zimmerman is for sale. more
Early Man has announced the departure of drummer Adam Bennati. Group founder and frontman Mike Conte has issued a statement here
Tesla have been confirmed to play a benefit show for the American Diabetes Association on October 24th with Poison frontman Bret Michaels in Los Angeles, CA. more
A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park's Strawberry Fields and sang lyrics from "Imagine" on Saturday to honor Beatles legend John Lennon on his 70th birthday. more
Xyz return to Denver after a 17-year absence to play the club Bangles on Friday, October 22. The band has decided to document the evening for a DVD release. more
Warrel Dane spoke with The Silver Tongue about the Sanctuary reunion and says, "we're gonna do another record" more
On October 10, 1978, Joe Perry and Steve Tyler from Aerosmith were injured after a cherry bomb was thrown on stage during a gig in Philadelphia. The group performed behind a safety fence for the rest of the tour. And on this day in 1990, drummer Dave Grohl played his first gig with Nirvana when they appeared at the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -
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