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Today's Day in Rock






Halloween Tour Announcement For Black Sabbath?
(hennemusic) Black Sabbath Australian tour announcement on Halloween seems imminent as a mysterious video posted by concert promoters Live Nation Wednesday morning (Aussie time) suggests that the reunited band could be announcing a tour, reports Faster Louder

The seven second video (which has since been pulled) promises that "darkness descends" tonight at 10pm (Aussie time) before directing fans towards a collection of Sabbath clips.

Ozzy Osbourne's wife and manager Sharon Osbourne has already confirmed the group will tour the country in 2013. [Early Wed morning, News.com.au ran an article that listed a date at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on May 1st.] more on this story



Axl Rose Says Success Pulled Original Guns N' Roses Apart
(hennemusic) Guns N' Roses leader Axl Rose has a new interview with USA Today where he speaks openly about a variety of topics, including his past, writer's block, the music industry, new music, the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and GNR's history.

"Here's what I miss about old Guns the most. And this is really before we got Appetite [For Destruction] out," said Axl. "In the very beginning, you had three people (Rose, Slash and guitarist Izzy Stradlin) on the same page for a short period looking out for the best interest of that band and its goals. We were trying to get signed from the beginning. We were figuring out the right attorney, the right label. I had two other guys I could rely on. I don't necessarily have that now because it is more my thing, but I do ask everyone's opinion about everything."

On the topic of how the original band might have lasted, Rose explained "Maybe if we could have worked together in the way Appetite was put together. I was really naïve. I thought the success of that record would bring everyone together more. It did the exact opposite. They got success and wanted to run in their own directions. I thought they'd go, 'Whoa, it did work.' But they wanted to do their own huge bigger success off of Guns." more on this story



Rolling Stones Play Another Secret Club Show
(hennemusic) The Rolling Stones played a secret gig at le Theatre Mogador in Paris Monday night.

After playing their first show in over five years last week, the Stones waited less than five days to play their next, this time at the 1,800 capacity venue.

The core of the group's lineup was filled out by long-term members of the Stones' touring band, Darryl Jones, Chuck Leavell and Bernard Fowler. more on this story



A Very Halestorm Halloween Live Special Today
Warner Bros have a very special Halloween treat for Halestorm fans today with a live webcast.

The label's YouTube channel "Warner Sounds" will be hosting A Very Halestorm Halloween special today, Halloween, at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET.

Warner Sounds is the label's online video channel that features original programming to showcase their artist. You can watch the Live Room session with Halestorm here.




Robert Plant Headlining Bluesfest
(Gibson) Robert Plant will headline Australia's multi-day Bluesfest event in March/April 2013, joining a bill that includes Carlos Santana, Ben Harper, Steve Miller Band, Iggy & The Stooges, Madness, Chris Isaak, Bonnie Raitt, Wilco, Robert Cray, Status Quo, Yes's Jon Anderson, Roger Hodgson and many, many more.

Bluesfest runs from Thursday March 28 to Monday April 1. Plant will headline Saturday March 30, with his band Sensational Shape Shifters.

Bluesfest organiser Peter Noble said: "Bringing Robert Plant to Bluesfest is a dream come true, not just for me, but for the thousands of fans who have been standing by patiently all these years! We have waited together for so long and now it's gonna happen – I am so delighted and hugely honored." more on this story






Soundgarden To Release Deluxe Edition of New Album With More Songs
(hennemusic) Soundgarden return November 13 with "King Animal," the reunited band's first album in 16 years and there will be a deluxe edition of the release with several extra songs.

The group recently released "Been Away Too Long," the first single from the project; earlier this year, Soundgarden issued another tune, "Live To Rise," as part of the soundtrack for the film, "Marvel's The Avengers."

Beyond the album's 13 tracks, an exclusive Best Buy Deluxe Edition of "King Animal" will feature five bonus tracks: demos of "Worse Dreams," "Black Saturday," "By Crooked Steps," "Bones Of Birds" and "A Thousand Days Before" - all of which will appear on the album itself. more on this story




The Who Celebrating Wholloween With VH1
The Who are taking over VH1 Classic for Halloween with a full day of Wholloween programming. The network sent over these details:

"Wholloween," will be a day of celebrating all things The Who related, including the U.S. television premiere of the 2012 The Who doc "Quadrophenia: Can You See the Real Me?" at 8 PM ET/PT.

Kicking off The Who-fest at 12:30 PM ET/PT is the 1975 British film "Tommy" based on the 1969 rock opera of the same name. 3:00 PM ET/PT sees the airing of "BBC Electric Proms: The Who," a 2006 intimate and totally rocking show at London's Roundhouse. Then at 4:00 PM ET/PT is the revered rock-doc, "Classic Albums: Who's Next," chronicling the birth of classic Who album Who's Next, and featuring in-depth interviews with frontman Pete Townshend. more on this story




Shadows Fall's Jason Bittner Has Acute Pancreatitis
Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner has been sidelined with acute pancreatitis which will prevent him from performing at PASIC this week in Austin, TX.

The band issued an update from Jason on Tuesday (which was originally posted on his official fan Facebook page ). He has this to say: "Due to my recent health issues, I am under doctors orders to cancel my trip to Austin TX this week to perform at PASIC 2012.

"For over a week, what I thought was a stomach bug (and i was still on tour when all of this started), I came home last week and went to the doctors, and it was written off as just that, a bug. This past Saturday the pain came back and lingered into Sunday which forced me i...nto the emergency room yesterday.

"After a day in the hospital I was poked, prodded, tested and it turns out I have acute Pancreatitis, which I'm told can be very serious if left untreated. They're not sure what brought it on (my Dr thinks it was viral), but I have been told by my doctors to not leave this week because I need to sent for more tests/mri, etc to make 100% sure I'll be road ready for the second leg of the SF tour which starts Nov. 8th - I should be fine, but needless to say I'm very disappointed I will not be able to come perform in Austin this week! Maybe Pasic 2013??" Facebook link.




New Two Disc Frank Zappa Album Released
Yesterday, October 30th, the Zappa Family Trust and Universal Music released Frank Zappa's "Understanding America," a new 2-CD set. We were sent these details:

Understanding America is one of only three compilation albums produced and titled by Frank Zappa himself. (Ironically, Mothermania is another and was released yesterday too.)

The project comprises by less than a quarter titles available in current release, other prior versions and many items including the title, "P*rn Wars Deluxe," a 25-minute work, unique to this Release. more on this story




Uriah Heep's John Lawton Releasing New Concept Album
Former Uriah Heep and Lucifer's Friend star John Lawton has set a November 12th release date for his new concept album, entitled "The Power of Mind". Glass Onyon sent over these details:

An innovative new CD, conceived, written and produced by the CGI member, Dr. Milen Vrabevski, but performed by John Lawton and Bulgarian ensemble Diana Express, 'The Power of Mind' is an exploration into the science of positive thinking and its applications to the subconscious mind.

Featuring 14 amazing songs that showcase the soulful vocals of John Lawton and the powerful instrumentals by Diana Express will leave you wanting to hear it again and again... " 'The Power of Mind' is a concept album with positive thinking being the theme," John explains. "In the world of today, I don't think there are many better things to focus on. The way the songs flow into each other is really the way one would read a book or relate stories to friends. The melodies and lyrics say a lot about how we should view each other." more on this story




Saxon's New Album and Tour May Be Their Last
Saxon have set a February 25th release date for their new studio album, Sacrifice and have announced the UK leg of their Sacrifice World Tour.

The album and tour may spell the swan song for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal heroes.

"People have been asking me if this is going to be our last album and tour - we don't know yet we'll see how it goes," says frontman Biff Byford. more on this story





Aerosmith Go Back To The 70s With Lover Alot
(hennemusic) Aerosmith have shared the story behind "Lover Alot" from their new album, "Music From Another Dimension."

"Lover Alot" was premiered back in August as the band wrapped up the first leg of their Global Warming tour.

The tune is reminiscent of the vibe of Aerosmith's classic 1970s tunes, thanks to some help by producer Jack Douglas. "He had been pummeled by people too: 'Do a record with Aerosmith, and make it sound like the old days,' and all that sh*t," guitarist Joe Perry tells Rolling Stone. "So I think he had more of an agenda of how to get it to sound, but he never sat in a room like this and said, 'Listen guys, I really think we should get a record that's a little bit of Rocks and a little bit of Toys [In The Attic], but a little bit of Permanent Vacation, but not so much that.' He did it from the background, because Jack can be a pretty sneaky f**k too." Check out the song here.



Green Day Release Video For Twilight Soundtrack Song
(hennemusic) Green Day have released a video for "The Forgotten," a new tune that will be featured on the soundtrack to "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2."

The soundtrack will be issued November 13, and the film is set to hit theaters three days later.

"The Forgotten" will also be included on the third album in the group's new trilogy, "¡Tré!"; the album's release date has been moved up to December 11, 2012 from its original date of January 15, 2013. Read more and watch the video here.



Commissioner Regrets Guns N' Roses Street Renaming in Las Vegas
(hennemusic) Less than a day after Las Vegas officials renamed a street in honor of Guns N' Roses' first-ever residency, "Appetite For Democracy," at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, a local commissioner says she regrets the decision.

The Las Vegas Sun reports Clark County commissioner Mary Beth Scow, who represented the county at the ceremony, said she regrets the commission's move to temporarily rename Paradise Road to Paradise City Road to promote Guns N' Roses concerts because an ad for the iconic group's concerts depicts what appears to be a sexually assaulted woman beneath the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign.

The ad is a revised version of the group's banned cover of its first album, "Appetite for Destruction."




Singled Out: The Features' Another One
Today we have a special video edition of Singled Out where The Features tell us about their new song "Another One," which comes from their recently release album, "Wilderness". But first drummer Rollum Haas had this little intro to share about the song's video:

The keyboard part sounds like the Legend Of Zelda, the makeup took hours to put on and hours to take off, the makeup guy might be the most amazing human in the universe, I got pulled over on the way home, & it has cowbell.