Slash Tweets Axl and Duff

On February 6, Slash tweeted: "Duff's bday yesterday, the redhead's today, Happy Birthday f******s!" Rose turned 50; McKagan is two years younger.

As for the new album, Slash tweeted, "Officially done recording tonight. Shooting an album length video Tues. finishing shooting for 'Gotten' tonight. Busy fn weekend." more on this story

Your Tattoo Could Help You Meet Van Halen's David Lee Roth

The promotion is tied in to "Tattoo," the first single from "A Different Kind Of Truth," in stores Tuesday.

Basically, the contest is open to people who have a tattoo that relates to sports in any way (teams, towns, favorite type of hockey stick, etc.), including insignias, logos, trademarks, slogans, mottos, faces and places that remember the name and honor the game of sports. more on this story

Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst Karaoke Nookie

Sources tell TMZ, Durst hit up open karaoke night at Rock & Reilly's with Nick Swardson and Cedric Yarbrough from "Reno 911"

Thetrio performed a bunch of other songs ... like Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." Check out video here.

Motley Crue Behind The Scenes in Las Vegas

The event's launch signifies that the Crue have become the first hard rock group to play a residency in Sin City at this level.

The band have offered up a behind the scenes glimpse into their Vegas opened weekend. Check it out here.

The Black Keys Release Gold On The Ceiling Video

Again bucking the norm of production grandiosity, the video takes a fittingly low-budge angle � intertwining studio footage with clips of the band behind-the-scenes and performing on stage.

The Black Keys will embark on their North American arena tour in support of the critically acclaimed album 'El Camino' with Arctic Monkeys in March. Check it out here.

Manraze Deliver New Single

The video for "Take On The World" has been created in conjunction with director Mark Sloper's documentary, "The Showdown: I, Super Biker II."

The film is the sequel to "I, Superbiker," which chronicled Tommy Hill's rise to become the 2011 British Superbike racing champion. Check out the video here.

Amanda Palmer Delivers Nirvana Cover Song and Video

We were sent over these details: Palmer covered "Polly" for SPIN Magazine's tribute issue & compilation to Nirvana's "Nevermind" last year. Palmer saw "Polly" as the perfect opportunity to get in the studio together with two members of her live touring band, Chad Raines and Michael McQuilken, with McQuilken also on engineering duty. The record was cut at Yale University (using many of the theater department's special effects instruments and toys) where Raines and McQuilken just completed the three-year graduate Yale School of Drama program. McQuilken and Raines will be joined by bassist Jherek Bischoff (and many others) this spring to break ground on Palmer's new recording and touring project, entitled "Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra".

True to her typical "pay what you will" business model, the "Polly" single is available via Amanda's website today as well for a minimum donation of $.50, which will go toward PayPal transaction fees and royalties. The video for "Polly", directed by McQuilken and featuring actors Christopher M. McFarland and Jillian Taylor with a special guest appearance by Blake Brasher, is released today! Check out the video for Amanda Palmer's cover of Nirvana's "Polly" here.

Anniversary of Del Shannon's Suicide

At just after 11:30 p.m. on this day in 1990, rock and roll innovator Del Shannon was found dead, slumped in a rocking chair in the den of his new Santa Clarita Valley home. A .22-caliber rifle was found next to Shannon's body. It looked like suicide to Deputy Bill Linnemeyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Shannon's manager Dan Bourgoise, said the singer had been depressed lately, that he was concerned about his new home and had been suffering form the flu for several weeks.

At the same time, Del Shannon's career was on the up after a decade-long slump. He'd been working with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne and was rumored to be replacing Roy Orbison, who had died, in the Traveling Wilburys supergroup. He'd recently played a sell-out show on February 3 at a Buddy Holly tribute concert in Clear Lake, Iowa, before heading back to his new house in California.

Shannon's behavior became erratic when he started on depression medication. Stressed from the pressure of booking his own shows, setting up a European tour and releasing a new single, Shannon visited a psychiatrist. The medication he took for the next two weeks would, according to his wife, drastically alter his moods and personality. "I watched him turn into somebody who was agitated, pacing, had trembling hands, insomnia and couldn't function," she said. more on this story

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