The Day in Rock Digest for 9/28/10: In Ozzy Osbourne's health column for Britain's Sunday Times Magazine, he writes, "Funnily enough, in the 1980s I used to cure athlete's foot by pouring cocaine on my toes. They cut the stuff with so much foot powder back then, it was the best treatment you could find if you had an outbreak on the road. The only problem was the price, which was around $3,000 a toe." moreSoundgarden played a special "secret" show Monday night at Activision's exclusive launch event for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock at the Paramount Studios back-lot in Los Angeles, California. Wanna see video? Go here
Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell- Live at Wacken will be released on CD and DVD via Eagle Records in North America on November 16th. Columbia Music Entertainment Japan will release the set on CD on November 10th. more
Limp Bizkit's manager says that the band was forced to cancel last night's show in Oslo, Norway after the group's drummer, John Otto, was diagnosed with pneumonia. more
Metal Injection has an exclusive first-listen stream of Halford's new single, Undisputed, which comes off the Metal God's forthcoming release, Halford IV – Made Of Metal, out September 28th in the US. Listen here
In other Halford news, they have scheduled an in-store autograph session at Best Buy in Northridge, CA. Details here
Ozzy Osbourne said that alcohol, not politics, has stopped him from playing in Israel until now. Osbourne is in Israel this week as part of this year's international Ozzfest tour, along with Soulfly and Korn. Tuesday's performance will be his first ever in the Holy Land. more
Mastodon will appear on Adult Swim's Metalocalypse on Sunday, October 3rd. more
Sublime are set to hit the studio again to record their first album of new material in 13 years. Drummer Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson reformed the group last year and have since settled a name dispute with late singer Bradley Nowell's family. Now known as Sublime With Rome, the group has started work on a new album at the Radiostar studio in Weed, California. more
Metallica's James Hetfield says of the band's 30th anniversary in 2011: "We've gotta do something; there's no doubt about that. There are quite a few bands that have made it 30 years, but these days, I think it's getting a little harder to survive 30 years. The fact that we made it 30 years is pretty unbelievable." more
Indie pop act Tegan And Sara have posted a cover of Bad Religion's classic "Suffer" on their myspace profile. more
The Cult are turning to the UK for a major tour early next year. more
God Dethroned has revealed the tracklisting to it's forthcoming studio album. The album, titled "Under The Sign Of The Iron Cross," is set for release on November 23, 2010 through Metal Blade Records. more
TheRave.com will be streaming Immolation live in concert from The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA. Vader, Abigail Williams, and Lecherous Nocturne are also scheduled to be part of the concert and the live webcast. more
Accept will embark on a European headlining tour in January and have also been confirmed for next year's edition of Hammerfest, set to take place March 17-19, 2011 in Prestatyn, North Wales.more
Baptized In Blood is looking for extras to participate in a forthcoming video shoot for the song "Dirty's Back." Filming will take place on Saturday, October 2nd more
Grimus will be premiering and releasing songs off of their latest release, 'Gutter Earth,' this week. more
Attorneys for four California men accused of illegally buying more than 1 million concert tickets online are seeking to have the indictment against them thrown out. more -
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