AC/DC Announce North American Stadium Tour

The event will be held February 7, 2016 at Levi Stadium in the San Francisco Bay area city of Santa Clara, the backyard of Metallica's home base.

Jason Long initiated the petition; he writes: "For over 30 years Metallica has broken down walls and led from the front in the heavy metal/hard rock genre. They are the undisputed kings of heavy metal and responsible for bringing the art form into the homes of millions around the world. Nobody sought them out; they forced their way in and continue to be an unstoppable monster of sound and energy to this day. Their songs are anthems in NFL and major sports stadiums across the country.

"They've won Grammy's, they've headlined every festival around the globe from Glastonbury to Lollapalooza. They've sold over 110 million records worldwide and have a consecutive streak of #1 chart debuting albums that spans their last five full length releases. They were first ballot Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Quite frankly, there's nothing they haven't done or accomplished which is why it is with zero trepidation that I make the bold statement that it is absolutely stupefying that these American pioneers of rock have not been involved with a Super Bowl halftime to date and it is time for that to change.

At the wheel, Dutkiewicz beat two other players to earn the right to compete in the program's final Showcase round, where contestants guess the value of prize packages. The one who comes closest to the actual price without going over wins their package.

The guitarist narrowly beat his fellow finalist to win his Showcase package featuring a three-day stay for two at a California resort, a camping trailer and a Nissan truck.

They've been working with film producer Jimmy Hayward on the project and have issued online streams of the tracks The Deep-Sea Diver and Ships Wreck.

The Seagullmen concept is the brainchild of brothers Frank, Chris and David Dreyer who have previously played gigs, shown films and created art under the banner. David Dreyer is a friend of Hinds and the Mastodon man is now taking the project forward with Carey and Coats on fresh material.

Leger released the following statement about his leaving the group, "After 5 years of heavy touring and recording for Every Time I Die I have decided to call it quits. I would like to thank everyone for all of their love and support over the years, especially my 4 older brothers who have taken care of me and showed me sides of the world I only dreamed about when I was touring and recording in Canada.

"Big thanks to all of their friends and family who took me in when Buffalo became my second home. This will not be the end of my musical endeavours, but for now I will be making up for a lot of lost time with my family. I offered Daniel Davison the opportunity to become full-time father to my children and after giving it some thought he decided he'd much rather fill the role as ETID's drummer.

"Best of luck to Daniel, Keith, Jordan, Mitch, Andy 'Big Man' Williams and all the die hard ETID fans I've had the pleasure of smashing a beer with. See ya'll at the Buffalo Xmas shows!"

The Full Circle tour, named after 'Restoring Force: Full Circle' which is the deluxe edition of their latest album, will be kicking off on April 28th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at Revolution and concluding on June 7th in San Diego, Ca at Soma.

And while his bandmates have been noncommittal on whether the band will finally record a follow-up to 2005 albums Mezmerize and Hypnotize, Odadjian is confident it will happen.

Produced by Bob Ezrin, the album has not yet been given a release date, but Cooper suggests it could be out sometime around September of this year.

The band recorded the album in their Oakland, Ca studio with producer Bill Gould, who recent said the following in an interview about the effort, "What I can say is that I think through our experience as musicians over the years, I think what we're doing reflects where we've gone since we made our last record as Faith No More. I think this kicks things up a notch.

"And I think there's parts that are very powerful and there's parts that have a lot of "space." Everything we do, with our chemistry, the way we play; it's always going to sound like us. It's just what we do, that makes us feel good."

As previously reported, the band will be supporting the new album with the launch of their first North American tour since 2010 on April 15th in Vancouver, BC at PNE Forum.

Prior to the American tour the band will also be playing a series of dates in Japan later this month before they head to Australia to take part in this year's Soundwave Festival and the WestFest in New Zealand.

The coheadlining trek will be kicking off on May 27 in Red Bank, NJ at the Count Basie Theatre and concluding the tour on June 20th in Saratoga, CA at the Mountain Winery.

Thorogood had the following to say about the tour, "I am looking forward to working with Brian again. He is a great American artist and a true rock & roller in the classic rockabilly fashion!" Setzer adds, "Blues and Billy with a kick! Where else you gonna see this?!?"

Nascimento broke the news to fans with the following Instagram message: "Hello everyone! Hope everyone reading this is doing very well. I should have posted this a little while ago, but here it is for those who don't know.

"I am/will no longer be a member of the musical act know as letlive. Thank you to all the fans, soulpunx and friends that have made the past, 8years of this journey . I've also had the privilege to tour with some amazing bands and artists. It's been a great journey. Thank you all, very much!!"

It will be released on 2CD and 2DVD and is the latest remaster from the band's back catalogue following last year's War Child reissue. Along with the bonus tracks, the album comes bundled with an 80-page booklet featuring track-by-track annotations by mainman Ian Anderson, a history of the group and recollections of life on tour by road crew member Kenny Wylie, maintenance engineer Pete Smith and string section musician Liz Edwards.

Last week, the group put the word out that they needed 150 fans for the shoot; the tune is expected to be issued as the third single from the project, following "Play Ball" and the title track.

AC/DC were in the city over the weekend as they opened the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday. The performance featured the live debut of guitarist Stevie Young - nephew of Angus and retired founding member Malcolm Young - and the return of drummer Chris Slade to the lineup.

Slade first joined AC/DC in 1989 and appeared on 1990's "The Razors Edge"; he quit in 1994 when the band considered bringing back Phil Rudd - who he has now replaced.

The band was already scheduled to perform at the London Roundhouse on June 2nd and they have now added an addition concert at the venue on the following night.

The UK dates will be proceeded by the band's "Back By Unpopular Demand" tour of North American that will be kicking off in Seattle on April 9th and festival appearances in Barcelona and Amsterdam in late May.

"I think we have managed to capture the best elements of what the band are about in 2015," says frontman Steve Overland. "We had great fun making the record and we are all very proud of the finished result. There are big rock anthems in tracks like Diggin' Up The Dirt and Fire and Rain, and many melodic songs with FM's trademark hooks and vocal harmonies. There are also not one, but two ballads. One of these (Walking With Angels) is a stripped-down acoustic song, which is something a little different for us."

The band's drummer, Pete Jupp, adds, "After our shows in November the band was white hot and the creative juices were in full flow, so the writing and recording process for Heroes and Villains was a prolific and painless affair. We're looking forward to getting back out on tour, straining at the leash."

The first music from the Heroes and Villains to emerge is You're The Best Thing About Me, described by guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick as, "a late contender for the album by Steve that the rest of band loved immediately. It's a great driving song that harks back to some of FM's earlier material."

The lullaby package features six Judas Priest classics including "Breaking The Law", "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" and fans can stream the full version of "Living After Midnight" online.

Judas Priest continue their 40th anniversary tour this month in Australia as part of the Soundwave Festival, followed by shows in Japan and South Korea next month.

The new edition features a total of 23 tracks, including five additional songs, seven instrumentals and extended versions of material from the 2014 release.

Kerzner says: "All the new songs are placed in their correct order within a concept album. This isn't just the album plus a bonus disc of outtakes - these are songs that could have been on the main album but there simply wasn't enough room on one CD.

The band previewed the project last autumn with release of the title track as a digital single, just weeks before they performed live at the Brixton 02 Academy in London - one of four UK shows as part of a sold-out European tour.

The group will issue another preview to the follow-up to 2013's Notes From The Underground when they unveil five new tracks - beginning with Usual Suspects - on February 17. Album pre-orders will start the same day with fans immediately receiving a download of the title track and a new song.

They'll also head out on a European tour and will stop off in the UK for nine dates in March, including an appearance on the HRH Sleaze Stage on the 13th.

The band say they were inspired to write the new material after a fan gave bassist Martin Sandvik a demo which was recorded in 1994 - and they quickly decided to try and recreate the vibe from their early days.

And cellist Eicca Toppinen says before they found him, he thought it might be impossible to secure the services of a singer to record a whole album. He tells Artisan News: "We felt that there was serious magic in the way Franky sings and in Franky's voice - it has a very unique character and is very recognisable.

A special listening party was held for friends and fans in Orlando, Florida on January 31 and the band have now made five short clips available. Hear them below. The songs featured are Another Heart, Cauterize, Flying Monkey, Providence and Sympathy.

Drummer Garrett Whitlock said last month that the band had brought their "A-game" to the studio for recording sessions for the new record. It features bass player Wolfgang Van Halen who toured All I Was with the group but was not involved in the recording of the debut.

He was behind the desk with the Californian rockers on 2011's Pressure & Time and last year's Great Western Valkyrie. And after long admiring Cobb's work, Europe asked him to produce their 10th studio outing War Of Kings, which launches in the UK on March 2.

At a press conference detailing the album, Tempest says: "Like us he wanted to find a vibe and an atmosphere for War Of Kings - something majestic, something special and I think we achieved this. It's the most interesting Europe album in my mind and we're very proud.

"Dave wants to find a vibe from old equipment. He records drums, guitars and bass the right way. We discovered him listening to Rival Sons and we were mesmerised by the drum sound on their album Pressure & Time."

As the world's only known identical twin professional harpists, the sisters have a passion and flair for arranging and performing contemporary music for harp duet.

Camille and Kennerly are recognized for their duet harp arrangements of songs by artists such as Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, AC/DC and many more. The twins also arrange and perform a jukebox of TV and movie soundtrack, anime, and video game hits.

Electric Boys - who played a UK tour last September - reformed in 2009 after a 15-year break, during which time frontman Conny Bloom released a few solo albums and he and bassist Andy Christell were members of Hanoi Rocks for the final five years of the Finnish band's run.

Bloom explains the decision to reform the band after such a long break, telling Myglobalmind: "I'd been in Hanoi Rocks with the bass player for four and a half years and that's a bit more straight-forward rock 'n' roll, if you like, and then when we quit the band, we started talking to each other.

"I said, 'What do you feel like doing nowadays?' We both wanted to do the same thing - go back to sort of that kind of groove, more 70s guitar stuff. Then we said, 'What are we gonna do?' Then we might as well try to put one of the best bands in that style together again, in my point of view."

The band includes The Haunted vocalist Marco Aro, In Flames guitarist Jesper Stromblad, former In Flames guitarist Glenn Ljungstrom, ex Kaamos/Grave drummer Chris Barkensjo as well as bassist Rob Hakemo.

Speaking about the new track, frontman Robin Adam says it's "one of the clearer examples of the progression of the Mise en Sc�ne series. It fuses the anger of our last EP Confrontation with the heart of Exposition in order to take the listener to somewhere else entirely - it was the clear choice for the lead single."

But where did the video idea itself come from? "Our guitarist Petey [Graves] has for a long time been a big video nerd," says Robin, "and has produced the vast majority of our online video content, and his girlfriend Nicky is a budding young film maker. Over the years they've collected some pretty nice equipment and together they came up with the idea for the video, directed, shot and edited the whole thing. The result is our best music video to date!"