The Day in Rock Digest for 12/6/10: Robert Plant shoots down Led Zeppelin reunion rumors - "It's almost as if people can't see that I have other projects" moreWhile it was rumored that his solo album would feed off of Staind lead singer Aaron Lewis' country roots, the first single released basically confirms this is a full out country album from Lewis. more
Deftones announced that they have released an exclusive remix of Diamond Eyes to benefit their bassist Chi Cheng. more
Alex Rosamilia, guitarist of popular New Jersey indie rock/punk outfit The Gaslight Anthem, recently teamed up with ex-Chambers frontman Dan Pelic to form a new metal/hardcore band called Something About Death Or Dying. more
Travis frontman Fran Healy has cancelled a series of solo gigs in North America over a "personal issue" and to spend "some time" with his son. more
A new Mashup has surfaced, this one featuring Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run meets Goldfinger's cover of 99 Red Balloons, dubbed Balloons For The Boss. more
Dream Theater's keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drum great Marco Minnemann appear on the BandCrashers.com platform in a two-hour live online streaming performance on December 15, 2010, from Chicago's premier Plant 10 Studios, at 8 p.m. Cst (9 p.m. Est and 6 p.m. Pst). The "Musical Mind Meld" features special guest guitarist extraordinaire Daniel Jakubovic who will join Rudess/Minnemann in what is anticipated to be a no-holds-barred improvisational musical excursion through the minds of two of the greatest musicians in the world. more
Opeth has announced plans to begin recording their 10th album in early-2011. The group will enter Atlantis studios (ABBA) in Stockholm on January 31st more
Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills is adamant she is to thank for The Beatles' tracks finally becoming available online - insisting she "organised it all." more
Rockline will be airing Encore Presentations featuring classic interviews with the likes of Led Zeppelin legends Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Judas Priest's Rob Halford, Ozzy Osbourne and more. more
Sepultura will return to North America for a headlining tour next April/May in support of their upcoming Nuclear Blast Records debut. Joining them will be Keep Of Kalessin, Hate, Neuraxis, and Bonded By Blood, with Belphegor and Nevermore also set to appear on separate stints. more
The 'Christmas Metal Meeting 2010' tour w/ Six Feet Under, Lies, Hastur and used to start on December 1, 2010. But the tour was canceled recently at short notice. Six Feet Under stated, 'Circumstances and events beyond our control has forced the cancellation of our December tour in Europe. more
Ozzy Osbourne has confirmed more dates on his forthcoming tour of South America including newly announced shows in Peru and Ecuador more
The Aquabats are back with a new record entitled Hi-Five Soup!. A collaboration with Cameron Webb (30 Seconds to Mars, Motorhead), the record features guest vocals by Strongbad and Biz Markie. more
U2-scored Spider-Man musical hit by further hitches Lead actress Natalie Mendoza pulls out after suffering offstage injury more
Former/current members of such acts as Turbonegro, Marilyn Manson, Satyricon and Extol have joined forces in a new supergroup dubbed Doctor Midnight And The Mercy Cult. The band will make its live debut at next year's edition of the Slottsfjell festival more
Night Of The Vinyl Dead is reissuing Alice Cooper's 2005 album, Dirty Diamonds, as a limited edition vinyl with pop-up cover. more
On this day in 1969, Led Zeppelin made their debut on the U.S. singles chart with "Whole Lotta Love," it went on to make #4 on the chart and was the first of six Top 40 singles for the group in the U.S. During the band's career, Zeppelin never released any singles in the U.K. Also on that day The Rolling Stones played a free festival at Altamont in California, along with Jefferson Airplane, Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby, Stills ,Nash & Young. While the Rolling Stones played, fan Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by Hell's Angels who'd been hired to police the event. It's claimed Hunter was waving a revolver. One other man drowned, two men were killed by in a hit-and-run accident and two babies were born. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -
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