Guns N' Korn Tour- A Perfect Circle's New Lineup- Slipknot Movie- Def Leppard Beer- Rock Band: Dio- Scott Weiland- Faith No More No More- Genesis Is No More- more was a top 10 story this week . Here is the recap: This week's top Day in Rock digest stories Pt I: Guns N' Roses will perform in Australia for not only the V8 Supercar Championship for the Sydney Telstra 500, but are now also confirmed to perform stand alone shows in Townsville and Adelaide in December 2010 that will feature special guests Korn. moreSpeaking of Guns N' Roses: According to Cdinsight.com, Dublin fans of Guns N' Roses are being refused refunds for what they believe was a shotty concert put on by the band, Digital Production reports. more
Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott will officially launch his own beer in Dublin next week. Down 'n' Outz takes its name from Elliott's musical side project and is described as "a pilsner style" that has "a deep, rich malt character, with generous hop bitterness". more
Two Dio tracks, 'Holy Diver' and 'Stand Up And Shout', will be coming to the Rock Band network on Tuesday more
Scott Weiland has set "Not Dead & Not For Sale" as the title of his autobiography, tentatively due in March 2011. more
Drivin' N Cryin' has plenty of reason to cry: They'll be driving to their next gig without more than $50,000 of vintage and custom equipment that was swiped from a hotel. more
Weezer are having good time with "Jackass" stars in a music video filmed for their new single "Memories". Despite falling and maybe getting some bruises resulted from their dangerous stunts with skateboard and bike, everybody are in good spirits, singing along to the song's chorus. more
The Killers star Brandon Flowers' solo venture has been a huge hit in Britain - his new album has debuted at the top of the charts. more
Alice Cooper's legendary 1973 concert film 'Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper' is making its way to Blue Ray restored and remastered for 1080p and 5.1 DTS. It's due to be released via Shout Factory! on September 14th. more
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford will premier his new solo album, Halford IV - Made Of Metal, on Rockline on Wednesday, September 29th. more
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood was once so hooked on drugs, he accidentally smoked sugar instead of crack cocaine. more
Atreyu guitarist Travis Miguel has been busy as-of-late writing music for a yet-to-be announced side-project. Friends Justin Pointer (Nightfall/SSNOVA) and Bob Bradley (Scars Of Tomorrow/SSNOVA) have been working together on the effort and are currently in search of a singer. more
BP oil spill relief money is apparently going towards a concert. Mobile, Alabama is using $1.35 million that it received from the BP Compensation Fund to draw people back into the city. According to Blog.al.com, Mayor Sam Jones said some of the money will go toward a music festival featuring Motley Crue, Earth, Wind and Fire, T.I., Lady Antebellum, Reba McEntire, Tonic, Papa Roach and others. A story at Gibson makes it sound like at least Motley and Earth Wind and Fire might be profiting from this. Let's hope not. Read more here.
Queen have revealed details regarding the band's upcoming 13 disc box set titled 'Queen: 'The Singles Collection 4.' The release is the final installment in the four box collection and includes Top 40 singles takes between 1989 and 1999. more
Scott Rose, vocalist of industrial metallers Rikets, has quit the band right in the middle of their current tour of the United States. more
Keyboardist Jordan Rudess says that "Dream Theater is moving forward quickly and looking forward to creating some great new music" following the loss of founding member Mike Portnoy last week more
Uriah Heep will soon release 'Uriah Heep Official Bootleg Volume 2 – Live in Budapest, Hungary 2010' The exact release date has not been released yet. more
Nelly Furtado has reportedly covered Rush's 'Time Stands Still' for Score: A Hockey Musical more
Cave In are set to release some new material on 12/14/10. According to label Hydra Head's Twitter: "Next new Cave In release from us is Anomalies Vol 1 LP. more
Carlton "King" Coleman, a pioneer in American rhythm and blues, died Saturday morning from heart failure at a Miami hospice, his son said. He was 78. more
A lawsuit by a TV producer who alleged Sex Pistols rocker Johnny Rotten punched her in the face has been settled out of court. more
A Perfect Circle, the band led by Maynard James Keenan (Tool, Puscifer) and Billy Howerdel (Ashes Divide), will boast a new bassist when it hits the road for a five-city tour this fall. Joining Keenan (vocals), Howerdel (guitar, vocals), James Iha (guitar) and Josh Freese (drums), will be Matt McJunkins, who previously played with Maynard in Puscifer and Billy in Ashes Divide. more
Slipknot will be coming to multiplexes near you on September 22. Theater screenings of the band's Download performance from the forthcoming DVD (sic)nesses will be held at major theatres around the world, including Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and more
Michael Monroe, founding member of Hanoi Rocks, has revealed that Lemmy of Motorhead will be appearing on his upcoming solo CD. more
Faith No More confirm end of reunion Band will bow out with Chile show and DVD as keyboardist Roddy reveals he'd have loved to make one last album more
Less Than Jake have announced a new release titled TV/EP and due out October 12, 2010. The album will apparently feature 16 songs spanning 13 minutes of music. more
Becoming The Archetype will enter the studio next month to begin recording their next Solid State Records release. more
Dismemberment Plan will reunite early next year for five shows in support of the vinyl reissue of their 1999 full-length Emergency & I. more
An all-star benefit concert in honor of John Lennon is scheduled at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Nov. 12 with a lineup that includes Jackson Browne, Patti Smith and Cyndi Lauper. more
Fans anxiously awaiting Oleander's first new album in 7 years will have to wait a bit longer, as lead singer Thomas Flowers says the bands as-of-yet untitled new album will be out sometime in the spring of 2011. more
YouTube's tagline has always been "broadcast yourself." Now the Google-owned video site is taking that concept to another level with the launch of YouTube live streaming more
Guitarist Henny Wolter has quit both Primal Fear and Sinner. "It just didn't feel like a band anymore," he commented today. "I am looking forward to work with my buddies Klaus (Sperling - ex-Primal Fear) and Oimel (Larcher - vocals) in my new band Nitrogods." more
The Sleeping, pmtoday, and Tides of Man will the hit the road together in late-October for a month-long tour. more
Season 2 is now underway for the Alice In Chains & Friends Fantasy Football Charity League on ESPN.com. This year, Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez will be facing off against some competition both new and old: Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Scott Ian (Anthrax), Vinnie Paul Abbott (Hellyeah, Pantera), Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society), Meat Loaf, Duff McKagan (Velvet Revolver, ex-Guns N' Roses) more
Great White performed a one time only European performance with legendary singer Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot, Rough Cutt and the recently re-united King Kobra) at the Stockholm Rock Out Festival on September 11th and fan footage filmed by YouTube user 'creamaria' has surfaced. Check it out here
Matt And Kim have announced a preshow listening party for their new record "Sidewalks". more
In a promo for a heavily discounted digital copy of their last album, Appeal to Reason, Rise Against mention that they have entered the studio to begin recording their next album more
The Quireboys will be touring the UK in December. This will be a full electric show, with the Dan Reed Network (full electric band) appearing as special guests on selected shows. more
"I think Genesis are no longer," Phil Collins tells Billboard. "I don't foresee me doing any more Genesis shows. Not because I don't like it or don't want to. But it doesn't fit in with my life and wanting to be with the boys, and taking onboard [my other interests like] the Alamo and writing a book about that." more
Guns N' Roses played a secret 16 song acoustic set at L'arc Restaurant and Bar in Paris, France on Tuesday night. more
In celebration of release of their new album, Linkin Park will be performing a special show at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, NY [date not specified in the announcement]. MySpace Music will be releasing four songs, one each day, from footage filmed by Linkin Park/MySpace fans beginning September 17th. MySpace users attending the show will be helping film the show with their own portable cameras and their footage will be incorporated into the final cut of the performance.
NME reports that Marilyn Manson's directorial debut has been put on hold after a negative response to the film's violent trailer, according to reports. Focusing on the life of the Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll, Phantasmagoria: The Visions Of Lewis Carroll stars Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton and model/actress Lily Cole. more
A Perfect Circle singer Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Billy Howerdel both tell RollingStone.com that they are working on new material, trading ideas over e-mail. The writing "never really stopped," says Keenan. "We always had music bouncing back and forth, but [this] just seemed like the right time" to regroup. more
We included this in today's Day in Pop but figured a lot of Day in Rock readers would be interested as well: Jason Mraz opens up about his visit to Ghana with Free The Slaves and shares how a YouTube musician's "Freedom Song" shows the power of what music can do in a great new online video. It's pretty powerful stuff, check it out here.
Supertramp keyboardist/vocalist/co-founder Rick Davies says the band's October 6 show at London's O2 Arena might be their last ever UK appearance. Classic Rock has an exclusive interview with Davies with his perspective on the 'war' with Supertramp's other co-founder, Roger Hodgson. Hodgson tells Supertramp: "Don't play my songs!"more
Kid Rock and his entourage were trying to defend themselves from another customer at a suburban Atlanta Waffle House when a fight broke out in 2007, said a lawyer for the musician who was in court Tuesday. more
Check out a sneak peak of the new Soundgarden video for "Black Rain" here. The full video will premiere on Friday.
King Kobra have posted a brand new song entitled "Monster's And Hero's," a tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio here
Cancer Bats and The Chariot will team up for a handful of Canadian shows this November. more
Bruce Springsteen says he and the E Street Band were on a mission when they made his "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album 32 years ago more
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters says his upcoming new production of "The Wall" will have a broader meaning than it did 30 years ago, and recalled that his own insecurities were behind the original concept. more
Although the New Pornographers specialize in inoffensive indie-pop, the group had to cancel an Oct. 15 show at Michigan's Calvin College because of its band name more
Black Country Communion's eponymous debut album, released on Monday 20th September, is currently sitting at #1 on the Amazon UK pre-order chart. Comprised of Glenn Hughes (vocals, bass), Jason Bonham (drums), Joe Bonamassa (guitar, vocals), and Derek Sherinian (keyboards), BCC have announced a "secret gig" at an undisclosed London location at 8pm on day of album release. The album is produced and mixed by Kevin Shirley (Rush, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Crowes).
Tegan And Sara will be releasing a complete collection spanning their past decade (or so) of music. The release will feature two documentaries, six studio albums, one live album and thirteen music videos. more
The Charlatans' Tim Burgess working with The Horrors, Ladyhawke and Klaxons on new solo album The follow-up to 2003's 'I Believe' is set to have 'a European flavour with a New Zealand twist' more
Warrant now has it's own official red wine called what else? Cherry Pie Red. No word on the cheese to go with it. But perhaps they assume that the song provides enough. more
Bassist Frank Watkins has confirmed to Blabbermouth.Net that he is no longer a member of Obituary. more
Becoming The Archetype will enter the studio on October 10 with producer Matt Goldman (Underoath, The Chariot, Copeland) to begin recording their fourth album for an early 2011 release via via Solid State Records. more
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