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Today's Day in Rock


Aerosmith Member Leaves Tour For Medical Reasons
Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton was reportedly forced to drop off the band's current tour of Australia and return home for medical reasons, according to Noise 11.
They report that Hamilton was sidelined by a chest infection and the band flew in The Joe Perry Project's David Hull to fill-in during Sunday night's concert in Melbourne.

Hamilton was able to perform with the band during the previous dates in Australia and New Zealand. The band has two more concerts scheduled on the leg of the tour before they head to the Philippines and then Indonesia.

The dates are part of the group's Global Warming World Tour in support of their latest studio album, "Music From Another Dimension." more on this story




Rolling Stones Play Secret Club Show
(Classic Rock) The Rolling Stones played another "secret" show on Saturday night when they hit the stage in a 700-capacity club in Los Angeles and you can view a short video from the show online.

Just an hour's notice was given that tickets were on sale for the gig at Echoplex in the city's Echo Park area. They were priced just $20 and offered on a lottery basis, with lucky buyers asked to put on a wristband and have a photo taken for ID purposes.
Local TV news station KTLA reported that more than 2000 people had queued up for the chance to see Mick Jagger and co, with many of them remaining outside the venue even after they knew they had no chance of getting in.

The band appeared with former member Mick Taylor and other guests Darryl Jones, Chuck Leavell, Bernard Fowler, Lisa Fischer and Bobby Keys, playing a 14-song set ahead of the tour, which kicks off on Friday. Read more and check out video from the show here.




Geoff Tate Challenges Queensryche Haters
(Classic Rock) Geoff Tate has taken the bull by the horns in the face of criticism of new Queensryche album Frequency Unknown – he's offering a prize for the best video rant from a hater who's prepared to shed their anonymity.

The record was remixed after fans complained about the album's original version, Tate's first since forming his own Queensryche after being fired by the older lineup last year.

Record label Cleopatra have even gone as far as to offer a free replacement to anyone who submits a receipt for the original release. Now Tate has taken matters one step further. The band say on a website post (originally delivered in angry capitals): "Do you really hate the new Queensryche Frequency Unknown album? Have you already blogged about it online? Well metal geeks, if you got the balls to stand behind your opinion then here is the contest for you." more.




Grateful Dead Legend Bob Weir Collapses On Stage
(Radio.com) Grateful Dead guitarist/singer Bob Weir collapsed onstage during a show with his band Furthur (which also features the Dead's Phil Lesh) last night (April 25) at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York.

To quote the Dead's own song, the music never stopped. The band played on as Weir fell down during a performance of the Dead's "Unbroken Chain." In a YouTube video, Weir collapses about 55 seconds in. The band's roadies helped him get back up and gave him a chair to sit on to finish the song.

Furthur was playing the ninth and final show of a residency at the Capitol, a venue where the Grateful Dead performed during their heyday. Jambase cited reports that Weir had been struggling throughout the show, both on vocals and guitar.

Weir left after "Unbroken Chain," with Lesh explaining to the crowd that Weir had suffered a strained shoulder earlier in the day and the band would be finishing the second set without him. Furthur's next scheduled gig is Saturday night (April 27) at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. See the video here




No New Metallica Album Until 2015?
(Classic Rock) Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich admits fans are likely to wait until 2015 for the release of the follow-up to their 2008 album Death Magnetic.

Guitarist Kirk Hammett recently said he hoped the new record would appear next year – but Ulrich thinks it won't happen for another two years.

He tells South Africa's Channel 24: "It would surprise me if the next full-length record would come out before 2015. It takes us a while to make records, and we're also so busy with so many other things. But we'll get around to it eventually." more on this story




John Fogerty Planning Creedence Clearwater Revival Full Albums Tour
(Radio.com) One of the highlights of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony came early in the night, as Randy Newman was joined by Tom Petty, Jackson Browne and John Fogerty for a rocking run through his hit "I Love L.A."

Radio.com spoke to Fogerty before he performed with Newman at the induction ceremony and learned Fogerty will continue revisiting his past on his upcoming tour, which has yet to be announced.

He says he will be performing full albums by his former band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, during the shows, as he's done previously.

"That's the plan," he said. "It's far enough away that we really haven't decided which [albums]. We did a tour of Canada last fall [of the full-album performances] that went really well. It was fun to get into all those songs. The more you tell stories about it, the more things you remember." more.




Elderly Couple Charged After Using Iron Maiden For Revenge
(Classic Rock) An elderly couple from Stockholm face harassment charges after they took revenge on a noisy neighbor by playing Iron Maiden at full volume late at night.

An unnamed woman, 71, and her husband, 81, started bombarding the house next door with repeated plays of the band's track Afraid To Shoot Strangers, sometimes keeping it going until 4am.

The woman said they felt forced to act after a "whistling noise" kept them awake, and she'd had to take sleeping pills to help ignore it. "We wanted to give them a taste of their own medicine," she told Swedish police.

The neighbour, who endured the audio assault throughout most of last winter, said: "The harassment has just carried on. I am completely broken down." more on this story




Ozzy Osbourne Once Banned From San Antonio, Now Celebrated There
(hennemusic) Ozzy Osbourne is featured on San Antonio's first-ever Fiesta medal. The medal was designed by artist Jim Mendiola and Ruben Ortiz-Torres; it pictures Ozzy as a bat, with an upside down Alamo serving as each wing.

Ozzy has a well-known history in San Antonio. He was banned from ever performing in the city after he was arrested in 1982 for urinating near the Alamo.

In 1992, Ozzy reportedly donated $10,000 to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas — caretakers of The Alamo, before being allowed to perform again in San Antonio. "We all have done things in our lives that we regret," said Ozzy at the time. "I am deeply honored that the people of San Antonio have found it in their hearts to have me back. I hope that this donation will show that I have grown up." See a photo of it here.




Lake Believes Jimi Hendrix and ELP Collaboration Wouldn't Have Worked
(Classic Rock) The proposed collaboration between ELP and Jimi Hendrix would never have worked, Greg Lake believes.

The guitar icon was set to join the prog rock giants in 1970, but died before it happened. And while frontman Lake regrets that tragedy, he doesn't think Hendrix and Keith Emerson could have operated together in the same band.

Lake recalls the speculation over the band calling itself 'HELP', telling BackstageAxxess: "It didn't escape the notice of the press at the time." He continues: "I never believed it would have worked in the long run. It would have been great for a couple of days. Jimi was fantastic, and Keith also – but two virtuoso players in one band? It would have soon melted down.

"It was very sad that when Jimi came back to England he was found dead in his flat. It was a big loss. It was a strange time for us. We'd come close to playing with him, and all of a sudden he was dead." More from Lake including other topics.




Night Ranger Added To Next KISS Kruise
(hennemusic) KISS have announced the addition of Night Ranger to KISS Kruise III this fall. Leogun and Big Rock Show have also been added to the roster; both bands have played previous KISS Kruises.

The event getaway is set for October 28 - November 1, 2013 on board The Norwegian Pearl sailing from Miami, Florida to Key West, Florida and Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas.

KISS began their cruise trips in 2011 after several other rockers had already established the business model, including 311, Bret Michaels, Kid Rock, Sammy Hagar, ShipRocked, Rock Legends, VH1 Best Cruise Ever…and others.

Check out an entire show from the previous KISS Kruise here.




Full Song Video Released From Forthcoming Dio DVD
(Classic Rock) Eagle Rock have released a clip of Dio performing Sacred Heart live in 1986. It's taken from upcoming DVD Finding The Sacred Heart – Live In Philly 1986, which comes out on May 28.

It was the second leg of Dio's tour in support of 1985 album Sacred Heart, which was the last to feature guitarist Vivian Campbell.

He went on to join Whitesnake and Def Leppard, and by the time the video was shot he'd been replaced by Craig Goldy. He and Ronnie James Dio performed alongside Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice and Claude Schnell. Check out the video and tracklisting here.




Hypocrisy and Aborted Pull Out Of North American Tour
There is more fallout from Hypocrisy being forced to pull out of their North American tour due to visa issues. Aborted have now announced that they will also not be able to continue with the trek.

The two remaining bands, Krisiun and Arsis, still plan to continue with the tour. Aborted broke the news to fans with the following message:

"Unfortunately, rumors are true. We were forced to pull out of our north American tour with Hypocrisy, Krisiun and Arsis. Due to reasons beyond control, Hypocrisy were not able to receive their us visas in time and had to pull out. We only found out three days ago and were sharing transport with Hypocrisy. Being this close to the start of tour finding an affordable method of transportation and a driver was a near impossible task, making it impossible for us to still make it.

"We are extremely disappointed as we were very excited to make it back out to the us for our fans and share the stage on this great line up. We had flights booked. Visas processed and everything good to go so when the news hit it came as a shock. This cost us several thousands of dollars out of our own pockets and continuing would cost us even more money, which we simply don't have. We apologize to the fans and are already looking for a replacement tour in the near future.

"Krisiun and Arsis are still doing the tour and we urge you all to still go and support them. All the bands here are victims in this of bureaucratic procedures so no need to point fingers. We are all as broken by this as anyone else." more on this story




Joe Satriani and Steve Morse Plan Summer Tour
(hennemusic) Joe Satriani has announced a U.S. tour in support of his forthcoming album, "The Unstoppable Momentum." The Steve Morse Band will open the shows.

Shows begin August 29 in San Diego, CA at the Balboa Theatre and are scheduled to wrap up October 26 in Oakland, CA at the Fox Theater.

Joining Satriani on the road are veteran bandmate Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai) on keyboards, along with a new rhythm-section, featuring bassist Bryan Beller (Dethklok, Dweezil Zappa) and drummer Marco Minnemann (Adrian Belew, Steve Wilson). more on this story




Megadeth To Appear On Rockline
Megadeth will celebrate the release of their forthcoming album, Super Collider, with an appearance on Rockline with Bob Coburn in June.

The band will be releasing the new album on June 4th and will follow the release with the Rockline appearance on the June 17th edition of the syndicated radio show.

The show airs at 8:30pm PT/11:30pm ET and fans can call in with questions to 1-800-344-ROCK. If the show is not featured on one of your local radio stations, you can still listen online at Rocklineradio.com.





Muse Had Fun With Panic Station
(Radio.com) During a recent interview with Charlotte station Kiss 95.1, Muse bass player Christopher Wolstenholme spoke about the band's current tour, their latest music video and Matt Bellamy's impending nuptials with fiancee Kate Hudson.

When it comes to being named "the greatest band of all time to see live by NME readers," Wolstenholme admitted that an over-the-top live show is what Muse values most as a band.

"We obviously try to make as big of a spectacle as we can when we play live and we just love the whole excitement of the whole package," he admits. As far as what fans can expect from this tour, he said, "I think this tour… is as far as we've gone in terms of production for an indoor show."

The trio have followed up 2012 hit "Madness" with "Panic Station," and the single's controversial video was released just this week. Wolstenholme raved about the video shoot, noting it was "really, really fun" when they filmed it themselves in Tokyo with some simple HD cameras and "silly outfits." "I think it's the first video we've filmed where we genuinely had a fun time making it," he said. More including the video.




Download Lineup Expanded
(Classic Rock) Download have added another stack of bands to the 2013 festival bill, headlined by Slipknot, Iron Maiden and Rammstein.

The latest additions for the Donington Park event on June 14-16 are Thunder, Kvelertak, Zico Chain, Blood Command, Black Moth, The Wild Lies, We Are The Ocean, Devin Townsend, Acoustic TV, Pig Iron, Hear Kitty Kitty, James Toseland, Rob Lynch, Straight Lines, Night X Night, Fahran, Crash Mansion, The Killing Floor, The Graveltones, The Afterparty and Arthemis.

Thunder guitarist Luke Morley is taking part in the Heavy Metal Truants charity cycle ride from London to Donington Park ahead of his second stage set. See who else will be playing.




Slash Asks Fans To Help Save Sharks
(Gibson) Slash has thrown his hat behind a new campaign to combat the slaughter of sharks. The guitarist has filmed a spot for Shark Friendly Marinas in which he explains the issue and urges his fans to get involved.

He says in his video, "Recent data shows that over 100 million sharks are being killed a year. That's three sharks every second. That's unsustainable and it's not cool. We need sharks to have a healthy ocean. Please get involved by ending the harvest. Don't buy shark products, don't fish for sharks and if you happen to catch one, catch and release. Let it go."

Slash is well known for his love of animals. He's had snakes as pets and serves as a board member at the Los Angeles Zoo, for which he has also filmed several promo spots. He told The Pulse Of Radio about his long-time involvement with the zoo. "Well, I've been an animal fanatic ever since I can remember, so when I moved to Los Angeles, it was just automatic that I would attach myself to the Los Angeles Zoo," he said. "At some point a few years ago, a friend of mine, she's on the board at the L.A. Zoo, so she introduced me to the higher-ups over there and said, 'This is a perfect candidate for blah blah blah.' And so I've been hooked up with the zoo ever since." Watch the video here.






Vintage Trouble Trying To Bring Back Vintage Sound
(Radio.com) Vintage Trouble want to bring people back to a time when rhythm and blues ruled the scene and the dance floor was full of shakers.

Having just finished a performance at Coachella and gearing up for a summer tour with the Who before opening for the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park this July, the Los Angeles band is bringing their vintage soul flavor to the masses.

"We listen to so much old music for inspiration and then we just try to give it who we are today to make it a little more contemporary," frontman Ty Taylor told Radio.com.

"There's so many dance songs from back in the day and nowadays that's not the case. A lot of times people consider the best songs of the times to be the ones where you have to turn your head to the side and really listen and really get into it but the world is so heavy now that maybe all we need to do is just shake."

Inspiration comes to Vintage Trouble in various forms, whether it be from older music or their own personal lives. One track, "Nancy Lee," specifically came about as an ode to Taylor's mother.

"'Nancy Lee' is my mother and it's the story of when my mom and dad first met," he said. "I did it lyrically from my dad's point of view because he was more of a meat and potatoes kind of person, he wasn't someone that would ever write a song. I thought it would be great for my mom to hear a song about her. I thought it'd be better to have it be of a time when my mom and dad fell in love." more.





Video from Alice In Chains Tour Kick Off Goes Online
(hennemusic) Alice In Chains kicked off their 2013 tour in Miami Beach on Thursday night and video footage from the show has been posted online.

The 18-song set at The Fillmore featured a host of classics, as well as two new tracks from the band's latest release, "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here."

Both released as singles, "Hollow" and "Stone" were from the new record, which is due May 28. Check out the video here.




Rival Sons Release Fan Sourced Wild Animal Video
(Classic Rock) Rival Sons have posted a fan-made video for latest single Wild Animal from the album Head Down. Recently returned home to California after a successful, near sell-out European headline tour, the band put together the clip from fans' competition entries.

Drummer Michael Miley comments: "So check it out. Before our recent European tour, we asked our fans to submit 20-second clips inspired by the song Wild Animal. What a riot it was going through these! Now we present to you the culmination of our fans' hard work and creativity on 'The Official Wild Animal Fan Clip'."

The tub-thumper adds: "We're always interested in encouraging creativity – so many of our fans worldwide totally put real time and effort into these clips; the entries were awesome and far exceeded our expectations. Yo! Rival 'Sons and Daughters', you've outdone yourselves. We're gonna have to set the bar higher for the next one, ha-ha! We want to thank you all for the entries, and also all your support on our recent European tour. Man, you guys are awesome." Check out the video here.




Dan Reed Releases Signal Fire Video
(Classic Rock) Dan Reed has released a video for Signal Fire, the title track of his second solo album and Classic Rock also spoke with him about the album.

Reed tells Classic Rock: "On the album cover where I'm holding the ball of light, that light is the signal fire. I don't know if you want to call it a vision or a dream, or imagination – but it was of getting a message from a species from another part of the galaxy, saying we can get our act together.

"They suffered the perils of being divided. 'Hey, we suffered through this and we made it. You can too.'" Read more and watch the video here.




Inside Story Of The Lost Rory Gallagher Album
(Gibson) When Rory Gallagher left us in 1995, he also left behind a rich body of work. From hard-hitting blues to tender acoustic music to R&B to Celtic influences, Gallagher was an engaging performer and an astonishingly gifted guitarist. His discography includes well over a dozen albums, between power trio Taste (beginning in 1969) and his solo works (from 1971's self-titled album to 1990's Fresh Evidence), but hardcore fans have long known about a mysterious lost record, an album which was recorded in the late '70s but never released. That album has now seen the light of day as Notes from San Francisco via Eagle Rock Entertainment.

Gallagher said in 1992 that he would be happy to release the material some day, provided it was remixed, but it took until this year for Rory's brother (and tour manager) Donal Gallagher to let the recording out into the world.

"Rory had always harbored the ambition to make an album in the States," Donal says. "Through the early part of the '70s with Polydor that dream hadn't come to fruition, so when he switched labels in '75 to Chrysalis, he had two albums that were a strong success but weren't what you'd call chart breakthroughs."

Rory had worked with a producer for the first time on Calling Card – Roger Glover of Deep Purple, in fact – but wasn't entirely happy with the mix of that record, so the idea of tracking the follow-up in America was flown up the pole. Chrysalis had been working with producer Elliot Mazer (Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Frank Sinatra) on a few other acts, and it just so happened that Mazer and Rory had hit it off during the final Taste tour a few years earlier.

"In the course of that tour, Rory wasn't talking to too many people," Donal says. "The band had already split up, and were doing a farewell tour. So Rory spent his time with Elliot."

Musically, Rory was very into American music, from Muscle Shoals to the blues, so he and Mazer had a lot to talk about