Today's Day in Rock
Lou Reed Dead at 71
(Classic Rock) Lou Reed has died at the age of 71, it's been confirmed. The Velvet Underground icon, who'd been active over six decades, is thought to have passed away after suffering complications from a liver transplant which took place in April.
No official statement has been made public, although his UK spokesman confirmed the news to Classic Rock. In June Reed revealed he'd had his liver replaced in an emergency operation two months earlier and said: "I am a triumph of modern medicine, physics and chemistry.
"I am bigger and stronger than stronger than ever. I look forward to being on stage performing, and writing more songs to connect with your hearts and spirits and the universe well into the future." more on this story
Fleetwood Mac's John McVie Diagnosed With Cancer
(hennemusic) Fleetwood Mac have cancelled their upcoming 14 date tour of Australia and New Zealand following news that bassist John McVie has been diagnosed with cancer.
One of the co-founding and original members of Fleetwood Mac along with Mick Fleetwood, McVie is now scheduled to be in treatment for cancer during that period of time.
"We are sorry to not be able to play these Australian and New Zealand dates," posted the group. "We hope our Australian and New Zealand fans as well as Fleetwood Mac fans everywhere will join us in wishing John and his family all the best." more on this story
Motley Crue's Vince Neil Addresses Celebrity Apprentice Rumor
(hennemusic) Motley Crue singer Vince Neil is denying rumors that he that has been cast to appear on the next season of NBC's Celebrity Apprentice, but did confirm that he has spoken to the show about it.
"Been off for awhile," tweeted Neil. "New phone password didn't work! The rumor about apprentice was started by a loser wannabe reporter Norm Clark who I haven't seen or talked to in over 2 years! I've talked to the show but that's it! But if I got the offer I'd do it!! Sounds fun!!"
Last week, Norm Clarke at the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Neil has been telling friends he's heading for Donald Trump's boardroom on the show's upcoming season. more on this story
Black Flag Releasing Their First New Album in 28 Years
(Radio.com) After nearly three decades, Black Flag have announced they're releasing a new album called What The…. But this isn't the same Black Flag from nearly three decades ago.
This new album–due out November 5–will feature the band's co-founding guitarist Greg Gin, singer Ron Reyes and drummer Gregory Moore. The 22-track album will be the Los Angeles hardcore punk band's first since the 1985 full-length, In My Head.
This new inception of Black Flag, which was founded in January 2013, should not to be confused with FLAG, which features ex-members Keith Morris and Chuck Dukowski. Ginn has filed a trademark suit against members of FLAG accusing the band of infringing on Black Flag's name and logo.
After Black Flag released the live album Who's Got the 10½? in 1986, Ginn broke up the band. Although Ginn recorded two albums with the more experimental band Gone, his focus was on running Long Beach, CA's SST Records, which distributed other acts such as Bad Brains, The Minutemen, and the Descendents. more on this story
Pearl Jam Take On Van Halen Classics
(hennemusic) Pearl Jam performed a pair of Van Halen classics during their concert at Hartford, Connecticut's XL Center on Friday, and video from the show has surfaced.
On the road in support of their new No. 1 album, "Lightning Bolt", the Seattle band's return to Hartford brought a déjà vu vibe to frontman Eddie Vedder.
"The last time we played here, in 2010, we played a song and we said it was the only time we would ever play this song," Vedder told the crowd. "And it was the only time we ever played this song. But as soon as we walked into the back room tonight…I was like, 'This is where we played that song! And, for some reason, I just really need to play that song again!' But before we play that song, he's (points to lead guitarist Mike McCready) going to play this song."
McCready launched into Eddie Van Halen's classic solo, "Eruption", before Pearl Jam went into "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love", both tracks featured on Van Halen's 1978 self-titled debut album. Check out the video here.
Slayer Going Old School On New Tour
Slayer announced that they are going old school on their new North American tour and proved it at the kick off date in Las Vegas on Friday night.
Slayer had been planning to perform an "Old School" show in Los Angeles but the band decided to adopt the set for the full tour. Kerry King explains, "We're having such a great time rehearsing this 'Old School' set, we've decided to play it on every one of our upcoming tour dates."
"The final set list is still coming together," added Araya, "but we're going to give the fans what amounts to 'decades of aggression.' It's going to be a great night of music and moshing for everyone."
You can see the set list for the kick off show to see some of the old school songs that they did end up including here.
Kings of Leon Announce North American Tour Dates
(Radio.com) Kings of Leon have announced the first string of dates for their upcoming world tour by releasing the details of their The Mechanical Bull North American Tour.
The band kicks thing off in Atlanta, GA on February 5 before making stops in Chicago, Nashville, Boston and New York City with blues guitarist Gary Clark, Jr as the opening act.
In a statement, the band says these first 16 dates they've announced are only the first leg of the tour with more dates to be announced soon. Tickets for the already announced dates go on sale November 1.
Check out the dates and video of their appearance on Kimmel from last week here.
Def Leppard Planning Return To The Recording Studio
(Gibson) Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell has spoken to Atlantic City's WZXL radio station about the band's new Viva! Hysteria live DVD. The show was recorded during the band's Las Vegas residency of March 2013, and is out now.
Campbell says: "We had dinner last night – Rick Allen [drums], Phil Collen [guitars] and myself – and we agreed we're kind of embarrassed about how long it's been since Def Leppard had new music out. We have been writing, but we've now set a date. We're going to get together in January [2014] and crank out something. So next time we go on tour, we'll have at least one new song to play."
Phil Collen tells Rolling Stone the plan is agreed. "We've got a sh*tload of new songs," Collen explains. "it's just implement them and then, 'What direction are we going take? Who are we going get to produce it? Are we going do it ourselves? Are we gonna do multiple stuff?'
"An album would obviously take too long, so we're going to do about four or five songs, get those out and then next year have an album come out, so it'll be an EP and an album." more on this story
Paul McCartney Still Has 'A Conversation' with John Lennon
(Gibson) Speaking in the new edition of Rolling Stone magazine (out 25 October), Paul McCartney says he still has "a conversation" with John Lennon if he is struggling to get a song right.
"If I'm at a point where I go, 'I'm not sure about this,' I'll throw it across the room to John," McCartney tells Rolling Stone. "He'll say, 'You can't go there, man.' And I'll say, 'You're quite right. How about this?' 'Yeah, that's better.' We'll have a conversation. I don't want to lose that."
McCartney's New album is aided by a host of younger production talent - Adele collaborator Paul Epworth, Amy Winehouse producer Mark Ronson, Giles Martin (son of Beatles producer George) and frequent Kings of Leon partner Ethan Johns.
In the interview, McCartney also says that his sometimes-bitter relationship with Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, is now good. Describing Ono as a "badass," McCartney says he's moved on from any bad blood. "I thought, 'If John loved her, there's got to be something. He's not stupid.'"
"It's like, what are you going to do? Are you going to hold a grudge you never really had?" His also takes wisdom from the words of another late Beatle, George Harrison. "George would say to me, 'You don't want stuff like that hanging around in your life.'"
McCartney debuted his new video October 24. The piano-led "Queenie Eye" features a host of A-list acting celebs, including Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Jude Law, Sean Penn, Alice Eve, plus designer Tom Ford and U.K. supermodels Kate Moss and Lily Cole. The video was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Watch the video here.
Queen DVD Box Set Coming Soon
(hennemusic) Queen will release a limited edition 6 DVD box set on November 19 that features four concerts, including "Live At Wembley Stadium – 25th Anniversary Edition", "Queen Rock Montreal", "On Fire: Live At The Bowl", and "Live In Rio."
Exclusive to this special box set package, "Live In Rio" features the band performing at the "Rock In Rio" festival in January 1985 in front of 250,000 fans.
"Live at Wembley Stadium – 25th Anniversary Edition" was originally released as a separate DVD in the US in March of this year, and features two sell-out shows at London's famed Wembley Arena in 1986. This DVD includes the bonus film "The Magic Tour," which features interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor filmed in 2011, where the members reflect on this 1986 tour. more on this story
Deep Purple Releasing NOW What?! Live Tapes
(hennemusic) Deep Purple will issue the "NOW What?! Live Tapes" at the end of November as part of a European re-release of the band's latest studio album, "NOW What?!"
The "NOW What?! Live Tapes" is a collection of 12 live songs that have been recorded in Rome, Milan, Gaevle and Aalborg on the band's current tour.
Fans who have purchased "NOW What?!" will have the chance to buy the double pack, paying less than a newly released live album. Fans of vinyl will have the chance to purchase the live album as a limited heavy vinyl double LP. more on this story
Pantera Wanted To Destroy Glam Rock Club Scene
(Classic Rock) Former Pantera and Downmain man Philip Anselmo says he set out with the intention of tearing down the popular glam rock culture in the club scene when Pantera began.
Speaking to Radio.com he recalled setting out on the road with band in their early days when the landscape of the rock world was very different. He says: "We are guys from the underground despite my success with Pantera, but my heart has always lay with the underground of heavy metal and extreme music. That's where I shout well.
"My whole mission was to destroy the whole club scene in Texas, the thought and the entire protocol of the entire club scene. We started incorporating heavier music and more and more people starting coming along and I wasn't just the new guy any more. People were buying into it and the clubs were packed and I started saying 'I don't like glam music and I don't like popular rock'n'roll.'
"Eventually when we were packing out these clubs I said I am never going to wear a pair of spandex again in my life. We are packing the clubs. What are they going to do? Turn us down? All they want is a packed house." more on this story
Pink Floyd's David Gilmour In Concert Apple App Released
(hennemusic) Pink Floyd have announced that the David Gilmour In Concert App is now available for iPhone and iPad in the Apple App Store, following its prior release for Android devices.
In 2001 and 2002, Pink Floyd's singer and guitarist David Gilmour performed some solo dates, originally as part of Robert Wyatt's Meltdown Festival at London's Royal Festival Hall, returning to the venue in the subsequent year.
Playing in a solo context, Gilmour performs some tracks with just voice and guitar, and others with a mostly acoustic group including piano, double bass, guitar, cello, drums and a large vocal choir.
The first 13 songs (Shine On through to Hushabye Mountain) were shot in HD, with the remainder of the concert footage and the extras shot in standard definition. more on this story
Book About AC/DC's Young Brothers Set For Release
(hennemusic) A new AC/DC book, "The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC", will be published this Friday, November 1 in Australia (a North American date is TBA).
Billed as less a biography and more a critical appreciation, the book tells the story of the Young brothers – Angus, Malcolm and George – through 11 classic songs and reveals some of the personal and creative secrets that went into their making.
Written by Jesse Fink, "The Youngs" sees important figures from AC/DC's long way to the top open up for the very first time, while unsung heroes behind the band's success are given the credit they are due. more on this story
David Bowie Channel on SiriusXM Launching This Week
(hennemusic) Satellite radio service SiriusXM is launching a David Bowie Channel for a two-week period on satellite via channel 111, starting this Wednesday, October 30 at 12:00 pm ET and running through Tuesday, November 12.
The David Bowie Channel will be available as a 24/7 channel online and through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and mobile devices beginning Wednesday, October 30 for an extended period.
The limited-run channel will feature music from the vast body of artistry from Bowie's entire career, from his earliest recordings through 2013's "The Next Day". The channel will also exclusively premiere the five unheard songs from Bowie's "The Next Day Extra", the 3 disc collector's edition; the songs will only be heard on The David Bowie Channel until November 5, the day "The Next Day Extra" is released. more on this story
The Arctic Monkeys Release ' One for the Road' Video
(Radio.com) It's funny how even the most nationalistic of British bands at some point succumb to the temptation of Americana and all its red, white and blue trappings. The Arctic Monkeys are the latest to follow suit.
But in their latest video for "One for the Road," Alex Turner and the gang give their take on Americana an ironic twist. In it the band get dressed to the nines in designer duds while hanging out on a farm. Guitarist Jamie Cook even cruises through the dusty fields atop a big-wheeled tractor wearing none other than a three-piece suit.
The black and white clip was directed by Focus Creeps, who's worked with the Arctic Monkeys in the past, coming up with the clip for their 2011 song, "Suck It and See."
The video cranks up the rock 'n' roll quotient considerably towards the song's climax, with the band taking to its instruments amidst a gaggle of leggy models, farm equipment and plumes of fireworks. Watch the video here.
Boston Preview New Album Online
(hennemusic) Boston have posted audio samples of their first new album in more than a decade, "Life Love & Hope", due December 3. Fans can listen to the samples on the band's official website here.
The project includes lead vocals from Brad Delp, Tommy DeCarlo, Kimberley Dahme, David Victor and Tom Scholz, and features tracks with the classic Boston sound, as well as the latest in the evolution of Scholz' musical artistry.
"I intentionally stayed close to the early Boston style on some of the songs, even using the same amps and instruments," says Scholz, "on others I let my imagination run wild." more on this story
Alter Bridge Release Behind The Scenes Video Of Tour Kick Off
(hennemusic) Alter Bridge launched their Fortress world tour in Orlando, Florida on October 4, and the band are now sharing behind the scenes footage of the event in the second episode of their Fortress Tour 2013 web series.
The video features behind the scenes material as the band prepared for their only US show of 2013 at the House Of Blues – check out fan-shot video from the show here.
Alter Bridge's new album, "Fortress", recently debuted at No. 12 on the US Billboard 200 chart following first week sales of 30,000. Alter Bridge are currently playing dates on a headlining tour of Europe. Check out the new footage here.
Megadeth Release Costa Rica Video Footage
(hennemusic) Megadeth bassist David Ellefson is sharing behind-the-scenes footage from the band's October 22 concert at National Stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica while on the Black Sabbath Latin American Tour.
The two bands wrap up their month-long trek with a show in Mexico City this weekend. Following the Sabbath dates, Megadeth play two concerts in the southwestern US in October before taking a short break, followed by the launch of a full Super Collider US tour on November 23 in St. Paul, MN.
Ellefson will also publish his autobiography, "My Life With Deth", on October 29 and will launch the project with a series of book signings. Check out the new video footage here.
Pearl Jam Perform Lightning Bolt on Fallon
(hennemusic) Pearl Jam performed the title track to their new No. 1 album, "Lightning Bolt", and frontman Eddie Vedder was a interview guest on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Friday.
The appearance was the final night of Pearl Jam Week, as the program marks the release of the group's new album, which sold 166,000 copies in the U.S. to top the Billboard 200 album chart this week.
"Lightning Bolt" is the Seattle group's fifth No. 1 album, following "Backspacer" (2009), "No Code" (1996), "Vitalogy" (1994) and "Vs." (1993). Watch video of the Fallon performance here.
The Last Vegas Release 'Come With Me' Video
(Classic Rock) Chicago rockers The Last Vegas have released a music video for their brand-new track Come With Me, which will appear on the band's upcoming full-length album Sweet Salvation, available in spring 2014.
Here's the Last Vegas telling the story of their new video: "We paired back up with our good buddy Whitewall Jones, who directed our video for Other Side. We started to explain what we were going for conceptually, and Whitewall finished the sentence for us. He got it right off the bat. Sixties, go-go, acid trip with some good old-fashion rock from the groin. Let's make it 'f*cked up'. That was the plan.
"So we packed up the van, and headed far east out of the city into a small Indiana town, literally in the middle of nowhere. A good friend lent us her barn and we set up shop with one camera. Stripped down, bare bones. Took a bunch of stuff laying around and created a barn-stage. We drove around in our van looking for scenes of good ol'-fashioned Midwest farm country. Back to the earth, back to the Midwest small towns in which we all grew up where the people are strong and with faith. Where the locals are nice enough to literally lend you their car for the day (see that rippin' purple Barracuda in the video? Yup, that dude owned the local general store, just happened to have it in the parking lot, and lent it to us for the afternoon). Come With Me, dude. Don't find that kind of hospitality in the big city.
"We filmed all day in old churches, old thrift shops, flea markets, dusty roads. Then at night we made a massive bonfire, filmed more, trying to just make it as messed up as we could. Screw perfection, let's capture imperfection. And may have guzzled some country moonshine, smashed and sacrificed a drum set to the epic fire in hopes the rock spirits would smile upon our efforts for the day. We think they did…" Watch the video here.
Solstice Release Promo Video For New Album
(Prog) UK prog rockers Solstice will release their latest album, Prophecy, through Esteric Anetnna today October 28th in the UK and the band have released a promotional video for the album, the band's fifth.
Prophecy is a five-track album revolving around a central theme inspired by the Cree Native American prophecy Warriors Of The Rainbow. In addition the album will also feature three Steven Wilson remixes of tracks from the band's debut album Silent Dance, namely Earthsong, Find Yourself and Return Of Spring.
Solstice launch Prophecy with a live show at London's Borderline on Tuesday October 29. Support comes from fellow Esoteric artist Matt Stevens.
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