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Ronnie Woods Fear Death Experience On Stage

(Gibson) Music-News.com reports that Ronnie Wood came close to fainting on stage on Tuesday night.

The Rolling Stones guitarist was playing the Ambassador Theatre in London. After the show, he told BANG Showbiz: "My legs! I nearly fainted, honestly, during the fourth song, because you don't breathe, and you're thinking of the chords and the words, and singing... I felt, Phew! I did it before, once, on radio, I was singing and all of a sudden I was thinking, 'I'm gonna [expletive] die!' and so I had to breathe and felt like I was going to keel over."

The rocker had appeared out of breath on a couple of songs during the show but managed to continue. The concert was to promote Wood's new album, I Feel Like Playing, and featured his son Jesse James Wood and several guest stars including Kelly Jones of Stereophonics, Beverley Knight and Mica Paris. - more on this story

Slash Unplugged

(hennemusic) Slash played a rare acoustic show while down under in Australia that was filmed for Foxtels' "Max Sessions."

The mid-August performance happened before an intimate audience of 300 fans at the Seymour Centre at the University Of Sydney; the Foxtel broadcast debuted this past weekend.

Slash and singer Myles Kennedy played a seven-song set, mixing Slash's solo stuff with Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver tracks. - check it out here

Dave Grohl and Members of Slayer, Shinedown, Dio, Testament For Dimebash

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Simon Wright from Dio, Brent Smith, Zach Myers and Eric Bass of Shinedown, Kerry King and Dave Lombardo of Slayer, Robb Flynn and Phil Demmel of Machine Head, Chuck Billy from Testament, Chris Howorth and Maria Brink of In This Moment are just some of the rockers who will appear at Dimebash 2010, in honor of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, which takes place on October 29th at the Key Club in West Hollywood, CA.

"The thing I remember the most about Darrell was the way he loved to jump up on stage with anyone at the drop of a hat", states Rita Haney, longtime girlfriend of Dime and the person who knew him best. "When this tragedy originally happened, I saw the music community unite like I've never seen before. To have the name 'Dimebag', still to this day, bring together musicians and fans to pay homage in such a respectful way to such an amazing person and cause is very overwhelming! In Dime's vision... it's always been about a damn good time!"

At the same time, proceeds will benefit in the name of another metal legend that left us too early, the Ronnie James Dio Stand up and Shout Cancer Fund. - more on this story

The Kinks Closer To A Reunion

(Gibson) Things are looking up when it comes to a Kinks reunion, according to Ray Davies. The frontman for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band has said that he's game for a Kinks comeback and that his brother, Dave Davies is coming around on the idea. Dave, The Kinks' lead guitarist, suffered a stroke in 2004 and hasn't done much in the way of music since.

"The interesting thing is I've had e-mails both from Mick [Avory] and Dave about various other subject matters, but I think it will be down to Dave at the end of the day," Ray told Gigwise. "But he's gradually coming 'round to it."

The original Kinks lineup included both Davies brothers, as well as Avory on drums and Pete Quaife on bass. Avory remained with the band until 1984 and Quaife, who died earlier this year, left The Kinks in 1969. - more on this story

90s Rockers Nirvana, Pearl Jam, STP Get Mashed With Lil Wayne

Producer and DJ Alexei has announced a November 4, 2010 release date for his latest project, Weezy's 90s Ball, Vol. 1.

The album is a remix and mashup album that pairs Lil Wayne with 90s rock hits from Nirvana, Radiohead, Stone Temple Pilots, and other influential acts. The release will coincide with Lil Wayne's expected release from jail at Rikers Island.

"Because Lil Wayne's flow is so melodic, it sits incredibly well on top of rock tracks," says Alexei. "And while I loved Rebirth, many fans will probably enjoy this 'rock album' a bit more because Wayne is rapping, rather than singing with the help of auto-tune." - more on this story

Kings of Leon Fastest Sellers of 2010?

(Gibson) Many sources are reporting that the new Kings of Leon album, Come Around Sundown, might be the fastest-selling album of 2010 in the U.K.

Although the album has only been available since Monday in Britain (it was released Tuesday in the U.S.), analysts are already predicting a #1 debut on the charts.

So far this year, another import – American rapper Eminem – has claimed the fastest-selling album of the year in the U.K. His blockbuster, Recovery, has remained on the charts since its summer debut. - more on this story

The Edge Auctioning Behind the Scenes Tour of U2's 360 World Tour

U2's guitarist The Edge is auctioning a rare, intimate look inside U2's 2011 360° World Tour for two lucky fans.

This backstage experience will benefit Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for cancer research. Bidding closes today, October 21st, at charity auction site charitybuzz

The auction winner and a friend will fly first-class on Continental Airlines to the North American show of their choice to catch U2's performance from VIP seats. After the show, the fans will meet The Edge and get a behind (or should we say below?) the scenes look at the engine room of the "Space Station." - more on this story

Star Spangled Steven Tyler For The Bruins

(hennemusic) The NHL has announced that Aerosmith's Steven Tyler will sing the National Anthem at the Boston Bruins domestic home opener against the Washington Capitals tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the TD Garden.

Tyler is in town to help the Boston Bruins Foundation kick-off their season-long raffle for a customized Bruins motorcycle

The motorcycle, which was built by Dirico Motorcycles, USA, Tyler's motorcycle company, features Bruins graphics and autographs from Bruins President Cam Neely, Ray Bourque, Phil Esposito, Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, Milan Lucic,as well as Tyler. - more on this story

Tool's Keenan Teams With A Flaming Lip For Elton John Classic

The Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd and Tool's Maynard James Keenan have released their cover of Elton John's classic, "Rocket Man".

Rocket Man, the first single from The Heart Is A Drum Machine (The Score), is available now via iTunes and other digital providers.

The Elton John song is featured in the critically-acclaimed documentary that explores the integral relationship been mankind and music. The full-length score is available on Jan. 18 and was composed by The Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd with Tool's Maynard James Keenan lending vocals to Rocket Man. Both artist appeared in the film alongside fellow musicians John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers), George Clinton, John Doe (X), The Silversun Pickups, journalist Kurt Loder, scientist Ann Druyan and broadcasting heavyweight Nic Harcourt. - more on this story

All Time Low for Pete Wentz

Tonight's guests on Fuse TV's A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus are Black Cards and All Time Low.

Pete Wentz and Bebe Rexha stop by to talk about their new band Black Cards. Check out a preview here

Butch Walker and Alex G. from All Time Low also crash the party to chat with Mark. Check out a preview here

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Rock Band: Billy Joel

Billy Joel will bring his music exclusively to the Rock Band platform as one the first to be released as Rock Band3 downloadable content.

"The addition of the keyboard made me interested in bringing my music to Rock Band," said Billy Joel. "The game introduces music to an enthusiastic audience in a powerful way, and now also helps players get a grasp on the fundamentals of the keyboard."

Beginning Dec. 14, some of Billy Joel's most-loved songs including "Big Shot," "Captain Jack," "It's Still Rock N Roll to Me," "Movin' Out," "Only The Good Die Young," "Piano Man," "Pressure," "Say Goodbye to Hollywood," "The Entertainer," and "The Stranger" will be available as Rock Band 3 downloadable content and will include Keys and Pro Keys parts. - more on this story

John Lydon Releasing Rotten Book

(Gibson) Former Sex Pistol John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon is planning on releasing a new limited-edition book called Mr. Rotten's Scrapbook.

NME.com reports that the photo book will cost £379 ($550), and include photographs from the one-time punk's music career. Lydon will include a handwritten commentary on the pictures.

"This is my book. It is a scrapbook. It has pictures and writings and x-rays. It has people in it. People that have had an effect on my life, but not all the people, because there are too many to ever catalogue," he said. "I would like to thank everyone I ever met and anyone I don't remember. In fact, I would like to thank anyone." - more on this story

Daniel Lanois' Black Dub Album and Tour Coming Next Month

Daniel Lanois' new band, Black Dub, will release their first album on Nov 2nd via JIVE Records. The band begins tour on Nov 15.

The band features Lanois on guitar, New Orleans drum virtuoso Brian Blade, who has performed with jazz titans such as Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, the vocals of Belgian born Trixie Whitley, the 22-year-old daughter of the late, great Texas bluesman, Chris Whitley, and rounding out the quartet is famed Louisiana bass player Daryl Johnson.

The first single, I Believe In You, has gained high praise from KCRW. Click here to check out a video of the band performing the song live from Daniel's house/studio. - more on this story

Weezer's Rivers Cuomo To Release The Pinkerton Diaries

(Gibson) Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo says he is working on something called The Pinkerton Diaries. The book will come on the heels of the deluxe, two-disc re-issue of Weezer's 1996 album, Pinkerton, and a tour on which the band will perform all of their self-titled debut and Pinkerton on successive nights.

Cuomo's Diaries, due out next year, will include journal entries, lyrics and other things from the Pinkerton era. "It's a collection of all my journals and emails and letters and photos and school papers, everything from those years," he told Spin.com. "It's an inside look into exactly what I was thinking."

The Weezer frontman also talked about the Memories tour, which will feature the band's first two albums played in their entirety. "There won't be any replication night to night," he said. "We can augment that with different production on stage and different ways of performing and different ways of carrying myself, or dressing, or grooming. There's going to be a lot of variety." -

Black Water Rising for the New Jersey Devils

NHL's New Jersey Devils have selected Black Water Rising's song "Rise" as the Devil's Army theme song which can be seen in their 2010-11 season opening video.

The song is featured as part of the "RISE UP!" Campaign used to rally the Devils and their fans. The song is also being blasted at all Devils home games this season as they take the ice.

Hockey enthusiast and bass player of BWR, Oddie McLaughlin had the following to say about the band's song being embraced by the Devils and their Legion of fans: "I've been a huge hockey fan since I was a kid and to have our song 'Rise' played before the New Jersey Devils is beyond my wildest dreams. So let's drop the puck and 'Rise' to a new level of hockey. Go Devils!!" - Check it out here

White Stripes $18K Record

(Gibson) A copy of the White Stripes' second single, "Lafayette Blues," sold last week for $18,000, according to Consequence of Sound.

Although the single had a wide release in 1998, only 15 copies were hand-painted by singer-guitarist Jack White and his then-label boss David Buick. The Italy Records release faced cover-printing delays prior to its release at Gold Dollar in Detroit.

Third Man Records, White's label, organized the most recent sale of the single. This particular record was painted by Buick. It's likely that a White-painted copy would go for much more. - more on this story

All That Remains Go Top 10

All That Remains' latest album For We Are Many scores a Top Ten debut on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart.

The album sold 29,247 copies to come in right at #10, while also grabbing the #1 spot on the Hard Music Albums chart, and #2 Rock Album overall.

These are career-best chart positions and sales week for the band, who are released through a joint venture between Prosthetic Records and Razor & Tie. - more on this story

Bon Jovi Late Night And Other Media Events

Bon Jovi will celebrate the release of their "Greatest Hits" album by performing a 45 minute "Live on Letterman" webcast concert on the release date, November 9th, in conjunction with the band's two-song broadcast appearance on the show that same night.

In addition to the Letterman date on November 9th, Clear Channel Stripped/iheartradio will also air a 5-song performance broadcast on over 450 radio station websites. November 9th also marks the launch of the new RockBand 3 video game, featuring Bon Jovi.

Another event will take place on Veterans Day, November 11th, when New York's WPLJ radio presents Bon Jovi Live from the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, at which the band will give fans an intimate sneak preview of their upcoming 2011 world tour. - more on this story

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson Piloting Liverpool Team To Europa League clash

(Gibson) Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, who moonlights as an airline pilot for Astraeus Airlines, will be flying the Liverpool soccer team to Naples this Thursday for their Europa League clash with Napoli.

Dickinson told BBC News, "I was originally supposed to be going to Iceland and flying down to Las Palmas and Tenerife, but this looked a lot more interesting so I'm flying the team down to Naples."

Dickinson, who joined Iron Maiden in 1981, holds a commercial pilot's license, and regularly flies Boeing 757 planes for the U.K.-based Astraeus, where he is both captain and marketing director. "People ask me, 'Which do you enjoy more?' and I honestly can't say, but what I can say is that I am never, ever going to give up singing," he said. "That's been my life and fortunately I'm in a job where I can get the time off to do it." - more on this story

ReVoLtReVoLt Built To Spill

ReVoLtReVoLt hit the road this week with Built To Spill for a month of dates followed by a week of dates without Built to Spill.

The band is touring in support of their debut full-length, "Chordata" which was released by Spark & Shine Records.

According to the announcement, recording "Chordata" with legendary Seattle producer Conrad Uno (Mudhoney, Young Fresh Fellows, Presidents of the United States of the USA), here is an album that recalls classic NW guitar bands during the album's heavier moments and the best of 90s indie rock as the hooks and melodies pile in. "Chordata" is dark and brooding in spots, breezy in others, and is the result of a self-assured band just hitting their stride. - more on this story

Lenny Kravitz Surprise for Trombone Shorty

In the midst of his second European tour in the last six months Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews) was joined by his mentor and former bandleader Lenny Kravitz, who surprised Troy's fans onstage in Paris on October 13th to sit in on drums.

This was followed by a late-night session in the studio, where Andrews added some touches to Mr. Kravitz' upcoming CD, which already includes horn parts Troy had recorded at Lenny's studio in Caribbean. Watch it here:

Just two days later, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue launched their UK tour supporting the legendary Jeff Beck, who called Troy and Orleans Avenue sax player Tim McFatter up for his encore on a searing rendition of Sly & the Family Stone's "I Wanna Take You Higher" (after which Beck shouted out to the audience, "Trombone F***ing Shorty!"). - more on this story

Marion Brown RIP

(Gibson) Jazz saxophonist Marion Brown died Monday in an assisted living community in Hollywood, Florida, according to multiple sources. He was 79 (although some are debating his actual birthdate).

An alto sax player, Brown is best-known for his avant-garde work in the New York jazz scene during the '60s. He worked with such greats as John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra and John Tchicai. He also played on Coltrane's legendary 1965 album, Ascension.

In the '70s, Brown split his time between jazz and teaching. He became an assistant professor of music at Bowdoin College in Maine, and also served on the faculty of Brandeis University, Colby College and Amherst College. In 1976, he earned his Master's degree in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University. - more on this story

Road Havok With Wretched and Armed For The Apocalypse

Havok kicked off their fall US tour yesterday at the White Rabbit in San Antonio, Texas.

The trek will wind through over two weeks worth of dates before drawing to a close in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Havok is touring in support of their 2009 release, Burn, and is joined on the outing by Wretched and Armed For The Apocalypse - more on this story

Rolling Stones Help Propel Eagle Rock To New Heights

We normally skip business related announcements but this one is pretty significant: Eagle Rock Entertainment hit a milestone this week, according to Nielsen Soundscan numbers.

Leading with Ladies & Gentlemen…The Rolling Stones DVD at #1 in the US, Canadian, UK, French, German and Japanese markets, three additional Eagle releases also reside on the music DVD chart, garnering 21.43% of the U.S. market share.

Following the June release of the Stones in Exile documentary DVD, Eagle Rock simultaneously released the DVD and Blu-ray editions of the long-awaited Ladies & Gentlemen…The Rolling Stones on October 12. Fully restored and remastered from the original film print and audio track masters, the HD feature-length film was recently premiered in select cinemas across the US and Canada. First released in 1974, the film depicts the legendary rock band over four nights in Texas during the 1972 North American "Exile on Main Street" tour. Billed as "…the most powerful rock film ever made," Eagle Rock reignited the public's interest, taking it to #1. The deluxe edition of this DVD will be released November 9, 2010. - more on this story

Elton John and Leon Russell Special Offer

Elton John and Leon Russell are selling framed vinyl editions of their new album, 'The Union' signed by both of them with the proceeds going to the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Limited to just 15, these $345.99 items come in a black metal frame with plexiglass, certificate of authenticity and numbered hologram sticker. For more info, go here.

Produced by Oscar and multiple-Grammy winning producer T Bone Burnett, 'The Union' was recorded live in the studio with Elton and Leon on dueling pianos. The 14-track disc includes selections written by Elton and his lifelong lyricist Bernie Taupin, as well as the combined incomparable songwriting team consisting of Leon, Elton, Bernie and T Bone covering a variety of musical genres-from R&B, soul, gospel, country, pop and rock. - more on this story

Bernie Marsden, Laurence Archer and Rodney Branigan Added To The 2010 Manson's Guitar Show

The 2010 Manson's Guitar Show has added blues guitarist Bernie Marsden, best known for his time with Whitesnake, who has subsequently released many solo albums and is currently touring with 'a celebration of Rory Gallagher's music'.

Also confirmed and new to the line-up is guitarist Laurence Archer who played in Phil Lynott's band Grand Slam and acoustic guitar maestro Rodney Branigan.

The 2010 Manson's Guitar Show is two packed days of performances, workshops, master classes and demonstrations including appearance by the legendary Led Zeppelin Bassist John Paul Jones, Martin Barre of Jethro Tull and Walter Trout.

The show opens 10am to 5pm on both Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th October. - more on this story