The Day in Rock Digest for 10/15/10: Classic Rock reports that Velvet Revolver will release a live DVD next month. Called Live In Houston, it was filmed in 2005, check out the tracklisting herePrince held a press conference at Harlem's Apollo Theater to announce "Welcome 2 America," a forthcoming tour beginning in December 2010. more
Candlemass have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Roadburn Festival. Candlemass will perform a very special two-hour set, which will include "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" in its entirety; featuring original vocalist Johan Lδngquist. more
Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno will perform the band's classic self-titled debut album in its entirety for the first time ever in the USA plus select cuts from "Killers" during his upcoming tour in December/January. Support on the trek will come from Pittsburgh traditional metallers Icarus Witch.
The Jimi Hendrix estate, Martin Scorsese and an old saxophone player named Lonnie Youngblood are among those battling over a 40-year-old song entitled "Georgia Blues" that was recently featured on a Scorsese-directed PBS special more
Prince held a press conference at Harlem's Apollo Theater to announce "Welcome 2 America," a forthcoming tour beginning in December 2010. more
Antiquiet just got their hands on a previously unreleased Weezer song from 1996 entitled Tragic Girl. Grab a listen here
Kid Rock has taken issue with his Las Vegas impersonator after he was photographed groping reality TV star Tila Tequila and didn't make it clear he wasn't the real deal. more
Guitar Hero 6 has just launched a new track pack which includes Muse's 'Resistance'. This is available for free this week for all XBox Gold Members and will then be available for sale worldwide from October 19th.
Kwinana Mayor Carol Adams has denied a claim she had asked for gang crime police to attend the Guns N' Roses concert at the Perth Motorplex later this year. more
Justin K. Broadrick (Godflesh, Napalm Death) will be releasing a new double album, Heart Ache & Dethroned, under his Jesu moniker on November 16th. more
The Experience Music Project announced that they will be opening the world's most extensive exhibit of Nirvana memorabilia in Seattle next April. more
U.D.O. have announced that its forthcoming studio album, titled 'Rev-Raptor,' has had its release date pushed back from the original January 14, 2011 date to March 18, 2011 more
The original incarnation of Corrosion Of Conformity (drummer Reed Mullin, bassist/vocalist Mike Dean and guitarist Woodroe Weatherman) filmed their concert last night for an upcoming DVD release. more
Alice Cooper has been booked to play the Halloween edition of Strictly Come Dancing. more
Vanna, Tides Of Man, Greeley Estates, and A Bullet For Pretty Boy will touring together in late-Nov more
Chronicle Books has released The Ultimate Metallica, a book of photos by Ross Halfin, featuring a foreword by Lars Ulrich, and an afterword by Kirk Hammett. more
KnuckleBonz will be releasing a limited edition statue of Ronnie James Dio in December. more
Abruptum will release their new album, "Potestates Apocalypsis", in November via Blooddawn/Regain Records. more
There are to be exclusive UK cinema showings of Bon Jovi The Circle Tour on November 11 and 16. more
Dead To Me have decided to stop their revolving door of lineup changes for long enough to tour. The tour will have them outline most of the continental US, with a pit stop at The Fest 9 in Gainesville, Florida over the Halloween weekend. more
Kayo Dot has lined up a handful of November shows in the Northeast. more
On this day in 1965, Jimi Hendrix signed his first recording contract, he received $1 and a 1% royalty on all of his recordings. And on this day in 1988, Bon Jovi started a four-week run at #1 on the U.S. album chart with New Jersey. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -
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