The Day in Rock Digest for 10/12/10: The Ozzy Osbourne and Slash camps have been mum about their upcoming tour but that hasn't stopped others from releasing dates. Ticketmaster does the deed today. Here are the latest dates: Jan. 16 - Omaha, Ne - Qwest Center * Jan. 22 - Kansas City, Mo - Sprint Center * Feb. 01 - Universal City, Ca - Gibson Amphitheatre * Feb. 03 - San Jose, Ca - Hp Pavilion * Feb. 05 - Tacoma Dome - Tacoma, Wa * Feb. 14 - i wireless Center - Moline, IlSpeaking of Slash another former GNR member has called on the Almighty to convince Axl Rose to reunite the original band. Steven Adler reportedly told the Dalton Daily Citizen: "I put prayers in with Jesus and God all the time. ''Please just go talk to Axl', I say. I love the stuff we did together in my heart and my soul. It needs to be taken out of the shell and put back in the world. Two generations of people have already missed it. I think it's unfair." more
Set Your Goals is currently in the studio tracking their next album. Recording is taking place with Brian McTernan (Strike Anywhere, Darkest Hour) more
Just in time for the holidays, Kings-X band will release "Live Love in London", a 2cd/DVD package featuring some of the most loved songs from the past 30 years. more
Cave In have revealed the details for their upcoming odds and ends collection entitled Anomalies Vol. 1. It's due out December 14, 2010 via Hydra Head Records. The album includes three originals and covers of songs from Bad Brains, The Cure, Codeine and Black Sabbath. more
Rob Zombie is set for a return to the UK stage after a 12-year hiatus. Rob and his band featuring John 5 (guitar), Piggy D (bass) and Joey Jordison (Slipknot; drums) will play a string of six dates this coming February more
The Futureheads' Barry Hyde: 'Working on our a capella album is the hardest thing I've tried to do' Frontman admits that their forthcoming instrument-free LP is a 'challenge' more
Immortal is the first band to be confirmed for next year's edition of the Bang Your Head!!! festival. more
Dead Kennedys have announced some scattered dates over the next few months. The band has been on a touring hiatus due to illnesses faced by both bassist Klaus Flouride and drummer D.H. Peligro . For the upcoming dates, D.H. will be touring but Klaus' spot will be filled by Greg Reeves. more
Slipknot's (sic)nesses DVD, which captures the band's June 2009 performance in front of 80,000 maniacal fans at the storied Download Festival in the UK, debuted at #1 on the Billboard DVD chart. The DVD impressively bowed ahead of The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts DVD featuring U2, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Joel, Black Eyed Peas and other hitmakers. more
Orphaned Land's December 9 and December 10 concerts at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv, Israel will be professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming DVD release. more
Priestess has announced a fall headlining tour in support of their latest release. The dates will feature support from Brooklyn trio Naam. more
Hail Of Bullets are just getting their new album On Divine Winds on the shelves, when Ed Warby (drums) and Martin van Drunen (vocals) offer a track by track breakdown for all songs - incl. the bonus tracks. here
Ginger from The Wildhearts has just released a compilation album called 10. This features the best of his solo releases during the past decade, plus two new songs. more
Poisonblack has set "Lead & Roll Vol. 5" as the working title of its next album. more
UPC, the Irish ISP, won a legal victory when an Irish court ruled that laws to identify and punish users suspected of copyright infringement are not enforceable in the country. more
Image Side One Dummy Records have announced a pre-order for a new 7" single from Fake Problems. more
On this day in 1985, Ricky Wilson of the B-52's died of complications from Aids. The B-52's, had the 1990 U.K. #2 & U.S. #3 single "Love Shack." Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -
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