Only 300 copies have ever been built, featuring Van Halen's hand-painted stripes, hand-cut pickup cavities with non-functioned third pickup, a 1971 quarter coin jammed under the tremelo unit, master volume pot marked 'Tone' and cigarette burn marks on the head. Complete with EVH case and collector's items, the guitar sells for $25,000.

The comprehensive collection of the band's studio and live rarities together in one place, remastered to sound better than ever (many on CD for the first time), on 3 CDs and 1 LP. 2 DVDs brings "Family Jewels" up to date plus the entire 2003 Circus Krone gig. A 164 page hard-cover book, collectible merchandise reproductions, and a working guitar amp make this a must-have for true AC/DC fans. Ships by 11/9/2009.

Redman was known as the leader of Tacoma hard-rock band, Dirty Knockers, and for a two-year stint with popular, Vancouver, BC-based thrash-metal outfit 3 Inches of Blood, among other projects. He last performed with Dirty Knockers Saturday night at Tacoma's New Frontier Lounge.

Lucy O'Donnell was a childhood friend of John Lennon's son Julian, and the song title was inspired by a picture that he had drawn of her at school.

Blistering.com: Do you think Velvet Revolver will get back together? - Sorum: I think it will. We have been e-mailing back and forth, in search of a singer, so we have high expectations. We want to make sure this singer will work and be a better thing. We looked a long time before we got Scott [Weiland], and I don't know if we got Scott because it seemed like an easy way to fill the bill. I know we want to take it up a notch and make it better. When we got Scott, we jumped into it pretty quick. Even though Me, Slash, Duff [McKagan] and Dave [Kushner] have been working together on the first record before Scott came on, then Scott jumped on and we went on the road and did the record pretty quick. The second album, I think, we fell prey to more of what Scott wanted to do and we wanted to straight-up rock and roll. I think this time around we would like to make a real strong rock album and stick with more of our roots.

Blistering.com: I know you, Slash and Duff had your own chemistry. Was it hard to mesh with Scott when he came in? - Sorum: No, not really. The first record, he picked the songs. We had about fifty songs written. He just started to sing on them. That album happened real organically and really quickly. When we went to write the second album, it seemed to take different road, which I always wanted to make a harder record, but I think we went a little lighter and the fans didn't really care for [it] that much. I think the second record is a good one but we did what we did. I think it was a weird chemistry between us.

Weezer's upcoming Raditude album will feature a rap by Lil Wayne. Rivers Cuomo told MTV that he cowrote a song called "'Can't Stop Partying" with Jermaine Dupri and "we got Lil Wayne to come in and do a rap on it". more. In related news, the album's release has been pushed back a week to November 3rd

Rob Zombie's new solo studio album, "Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool", has been pushed back one week to November 17.more

Morrissey has announced a new b-sides compilation for release later this year. The record is titled Swords and is due out November 3, 2009 in the US and October 26, 2009 in Europe more

Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst has split from his wife Esther just two months after the couple married. He writes on his Twitter.com page, "For those of you inquiring I will confirm that Esther and I have decided to go our separate ways and we both thank you for your support." more

A Cleveland, Ohio woman who was convicted for assaulting a police officer after a Motley Crue concert is claiming his client should get probation because she didn't know she was struggling with a sheriff's deputy more

Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee finished third in the reality-TV competition "K�ndisdjungeln", the Swedish version of the U.K. and U.S. show "I'm a Celebrity�Get Me out of Here!". Watch his final episode here

U2 set a new attendance record at Giants Stadium last Thursday, playing before 84,472 people in East Rutherford, NJ. more

Suicidal Tendencies will headline this year's installment of the We The People festival, set to take place Saturday, November 21 at the Los Angeles Center Studios more

Alice Cooper has released a new Halloween single, "Keepin' Halloween Alive". You can get it at iTunes starting today. "At home my family all gathers around an old spooky tree decorated with skulls and bones in the living room, and we exchange gifts," says Cooper. "It's our holiday. We even all have matching black-and-orange Halloween sweaters! I wanted a theme song for people like me, and for us Halloween never ends. In the chorus I say, 'I'm keepin' Halloween alive, baby, 3�6�5'... and I mean it!"

Iced Earth are looking forward to returning to the U.K. and has been confirmed to be headlining Hammerfest in the U.K. in March of 2010. more

Universal Music in the UK has released the two-CD Rainbow Anthology 1975-1983 box set. The tracklisting is here

Rhino Entertainment has laid off about 20% of its staff, due to declining physical sales, sources confirm, as part of a strategic realignment of the company's business mandate.more

Razor & Tie has withdrawn its copyright infringement lawsuit against P2P file-sharing service LimeWire. The Kidz Bop label originally filed the suit last October more

The casting producers of "Rock Race" are looking for the top 10 bands to compete on the nationally televised TV show for a record deal and management contract.

The release of Absolute Greatest on the Logitech Squeezebox Radio is the latest in a long-established record of firsts Queen has brought to the music industry. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) was at first considered too long for successful radio play, but is now recognized as one of the greatest singles of all time. Its video was also the first genuine promotional video. In 1981, Queen became the first band to make a stadium tour of South America. There, in March that year, they played a single concert to 131,000 people in Sao Paolo, the largest paying audience for any band anywhere in the world. A second concert the following night drew an additional 120,000 people.

Prada vocalist Mike Hranica said "We're excited to hit the road with All That Remains, Story Of The Year and Haste The Day. Being a co- headline tour, we'll be able to play a longer set, too, which means more brand new songs off 'With Roots Above and Branches Below.' I'm stoked to be hitting up cities that we haven't played in a while, and playing songs that we haven't had the chance to play within the previous tours."

The Root of All Evil is a collection of rerecorded Arch Enemy classics, taken from the band's first three studio albums, reenergized by the current Arch Enemy line up. "Pilgrim" was originally released on the band's third album, Burning Bridges, which came out in 1999. The Root of All Evil is slated for a US release on October 6th, and is now available in Europe courtesy of Century Media Records.

This special edition of Listening Through A Glass Onyon will be aired on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST (USA) / 5:00 pm (UK) and can be accessed here. The program will showcase music from various points in Godley's career - from Hotlegs to 10cc to Godley and Creme to his most recent celebrated collaboration with former 10cc partner Graham Gouldman, under the guise GG06.

Robert is no stranger to comics. He studied cartooning under Walter Simonson (The Mighty Thor) at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he attended on scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Best known for being the primary songwriter behind Life of Agony's critically acclaimed River Runs Red concept album, Robert is also an accomplished artist. His illustrations and designs have appeared on merchandise, ad campaigns and Web sites for multi-platinum rock acts such as 3 Doors Down, Puddle of Mudd and Shinedown.

Thwaite brings his remix skills to RevCo's upcoming "Sex-O MiXXX-O" on Abundant Redundancy (Dambuster Metalmorphosis Mix), to be released digital only as a bonus supplement to the physical release. Thwaite's previous remix credits include Gary Numan, Methodman and Licky to name a few.Additionally, Thwaite collaborated with Ministry/RevCo guitarist Sin Quirin on Filthy Senoritas, for the upcoming RevCo release slated for Spring 2010. B

"As a site built by fans, for fans, JamBase is tapped into this audience's dynamic needs," said Andy Gadiel, president and founder of JamBase. "With our latest iPhone App, we listened to what fans were requesting in order to deliver them the best mobile access to the world of live music."

With this week's All-In ticket specials and The Live Nation Club Passport, which allows fans access to see unlimited club shows in their area for the rest of the year for just $49.99, it's easier and more affordable than ever for fans of live music to see shows.