The appearance of Johnson at the 2018 sessions was a surprise; the singer left the group's "Rock Or Bust" tour in the spring of 2016 after being advised by doctors that he was risking total hearing loss.

"I think AC/DC... it's pretty much a done deal that these guys are gonna make a record or have made a record and a record is gonna come out," said Trunk during the April 11 broadcast of his show. "I have sources that have told me that they are absolutely going to tour with Brian back again. That's all unconfirmed from their camp, but I had it from some reliable sources."

"I think it's pretty much a done deal that AC/DC at the very least are going to release some sort of record," he continued, "and it'll be some sort of record, and it'll be some sort of tribute to Malcolm [Young] just like 'Back In Black' was a tribute to Bon [Scott].

All 1,500 copies of the band's limited editon 10" vinyl pressing of their version of the song, entitled "Stairway To Nick John", has sold out. The title pays tribute to their longtime manager who died last September and proceeds for the vinyl and digital single will benefit the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research.

Mastodon had this to say about the RSD release, "In early September 2018 we lost one of our closest friends and our biggest fan, our manager Nick John. He was essentially the band's Dad. From our highest highs to our lowest lows he was always there. Every single move we made went through him first as our trust in him was marrow deep.

"His favorite band besides us and Gojira, was Led Zeppelin. We were asked to perform "Stairway to Heaven" at his funeral. Afterwards, finding out that someone had recorded it, we figured we should record a studio version and release it on RSD as a tribute to Nick with all the proceeds to be donated to pancreatic cancer research.

Set to premiere on April 27 at 8pm ET, the special will present the highlights of a March 29 ceremony at the Barclays Center in New York that also honored fellow inductees Janet Jackson, The Cure, Radiohead, Roxy Music and The Zombies.

The event saw appearances by a number of guest presenters, including Harry Styles, Janelle Monae, Don Henley, David Byrne, Simon Le Bon & John Taylor of Duran Duran, Trent Reznor, Stevie Van Zandt, Ian Hunter, and Susanna Hoffs.

Inducted by Queen guitarist and longtime friend Brian May, Def Leppard followed their acceptance speech with a four-song performance that featured the title track to "Hysteria", "Rock Of Ages" and "Photograph" from "Pyromania", and their 1987 smash "Pour Some Sugar On Me."

The group, who began work on the follow-up to 2016's "Dystopia" last November, were originally aiming for a 2019 release but the bassist says fans may need to wait a little longer for the project.

"We were obviously planning to do the Ozzy / Megadeth tour, and now that that's been pushed back to next year," Ellefson tells WRIF Detroit's Meltdown, "in a way, probably opens up a perfect window for us to really get in now [and focus on the new album]. All things happen for a reason, so I think on the Megadeth schedule, it's probably maybe good timing, actually, to just go right in, and we're gonna definitely be really hunkering down now to get that going. Because we have some of our own shows in August that have been on the books - there's actually a few more coming in now - there's Rock In Rio, and that's early October, and then there's the MegaCruise."

"As much as we were hoping to have a record out this year," he continued, "looking at how the 'Dystopia' timeline was where we were working on it early in 2015, we started doing some shows later that year, we put out a heavy track, 'Fatal Illusion', and then the record dropped in early 2016.

The band will be taking the stage for 'Of Seance and Starfish' - The Church Weekend beginning on June 8th and 9th at Bush Hall in London. They will then play the Club Academy in Manchester on the 10th, followed by Edinburgh on the 11th at La Belle Angele.

Starfish included the hit singles 'Under The Milky Way' and 'Reptile' and the band will be revisiting the entire album for these shows, along with other tracks from their almost four decade career.

They will be kicking off the road trip on September 5 in Bonner, MT at the KettleHouse Amphitheater and will wrap things up on September 19th in Grand Prairie, TX at The Theatre at Grand Prairie.

Cake frontman John McCrea had this to say, "We had so much fun with Ben last summer that we decided to do it again, this time in the west. CAKE's Vince DiFiore added, "Last year we had the great honor to tour with Ben, who inspired us with incredible musicianship and memorable songs. It was sad to end that tour, so now a great thrill to be anticipating another with the actual artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra."

Jimmy Wooten (Skinmask) had this to say, "With 'Tango Yankee,' we just really wanted to write something dedicated to several members of our families that have served in the Military, Law Enforcement, and First Response.

"We really wanted this to be special, so getting one of our favorite vocalists from one of our favorite bands was very exciting and made this track just that, special. Lajon came in and absolutely crushed the track vocally.

"I really love the way it turned out. Trip and LJ complimented each other so well. Put that together with Clint's epic solo and of course, Corey at the helm, this really turned into something spectacular.

Adams will be kicking off the first run of U.S. dates in support of his new album "Shine A Light" on May 4th in Charlotte, NC at the Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre.

The new track is the follow up to his debut release "Feels Good", which accumulated more than 250,000 combined streams. Watch the new video here.

Shiner had this to say, "It was a great opportunity to have Blacklite District featured on my new song/video 'Just Paranoid'. Kyle Pfeiffer is awesome to work with as a producer as well being the head of the label.

The band has announced that their 25th album will be hitting stores on January 10th with the lead single coming in September, followed by a second track before Christmas.

"We're really happy to be back with SPV/Steamhammer," says Peavy Wagner. "Since our very successful and enjoyable collaboration in the early 2000s we've known that we're in expert hands with Olly Hahn and his team. Olly and I share a long-standing friendship, he will continue to promote Rage with his usual commitment."

The band will be releasing their debut album "Ancient Geometry" on June 21st in Europe with bonus tracks including the Tear For Fears cover, and their take on "Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz and "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday.

The band had this to say, "We are thrilled to be working with Silent Cult and to have the opportunity to have our music be heard by an expanded audience around the globe through the reissue of our debut album Ancient Geometry.

"We've been writing for the better part of nine months or so now for the follow up to AG, and as a 'break' from that process and as basically a thank you to anyone that has listened to us thus far, we wanted to put our spin on a few of our favorite songs from the 1980's.

There's a lot of talk about diversity these days. I love it! My
grandparents immigrated to Canada from Transylvania in 1930. My mom's family immigrated from Scotland many years ago after the Scottish
Clearances. Needless to say, being Canadian of Transylvanian-Scot
descent, I have a stubborn streak in me.

One day, my husband (partner in music) and I were on the road having an
"intense fellowship" moment and I think Tommy called me difficult. LOL. I said, "Tommy, I'm Transylvanian Scot! Stubborn's in my blood." Tommy laughed and said, "we need to write that."

Flash forward a few months later and we're writing for my new cd when
we thought of this title. It just fit with the diversity and reclaiming
our strength message. We decided to keep in the European feel and gave
it a Celtic/rhythmic feel. We recorded the track from the ground up in
our studio and played all the instruments.

I just love this song and the joy it brings around the world! We
launched the new cd in the UK and had a blast playing Stubborn In My
Blood in Scotland. In fact, it was in Nairn, Scotland where my mom's
family originated from.

Every song has a story and Stubborn is perhaps one of my favorite stories. I truly hope it inspires other songwriters to claim their roots
and write about their family tree.