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Alex, Wolfgang and Eddie Van Halen can be heard running through instrumental versions of 8 songs in the 30-minute session - without lead vocalist David Lee Roth - in front of a group of VIP ticket holders.

Fans will hear the rarely-performed "On Fire" from the band's 1978 self-titled debut, the "Van Halen II" track "Light Up The Sky", "Drop Dead Legs" from "1984" and "Dirty Movies" from 1981's "Fair Warning" alongside cuts like "Romeo Delight", "Runnin' With The Devil", 2012's "China Town" and the "1984" single, "I'll Wait."

Van Halen performed seven of the eight songs on opening night, with the exception of "On Fire", which hasn't been played live since the group's 1984 tour.

The former Guns N' Roses guitarist and his solo band will be kicking off the tour on September 18th in Providence, RI at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel and concluding the trek on October 24th in Temecula, CA at the Pechanga Resort & Casino.

Ulrich tells the BBC: "I believe streaming is good for music. People sit there and go, 'I'm not getting paid very much,' - but streaming is a choice on all fronts.

"It's a choice for artists making their music available. It's a choice by the record companies that represent the artists. Fifteen years ago, those choices didn't exist."

He continues: "Streaming probably does benefit artists with higher profile. A lot of playlists that are being made available for people seem to feature higher-profile artists."

Former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth - a member from 1973 to 1978 - shared the news via Facebook. "Yesterday Uli Jon Roth and Klaus Meine did extensive interviews together concerning the official re-release of 'Tokyo Tapes' and 'Taken By Force'," wrote Roth. "Klaus and Uli had a great time reminiscing about the songs and events surrounding those monumental two albums on camera."

Due August 21, the project sees the pair joined by former Scar The Martyr singer Henry Derek Bonner and Shadows Fall bassist Matt Bachand as the foursome build a new brand for themselves.

"Refrain And Re-Fracture"'s creation started off with the classical guitar, of all instruments," explains Broderick. "I wanted a moody beginning into a heavy verse with each instrument entering and slowly, building the tension until the transition to the verse. At this point, a tempo change was needed for something more fast paced and aggressive with heavy vocals (Henry definitely delivered on that!!!).

"For the chorus I definitely was looking for as much melody as possible but still heavy in nature. The bridge to the solo and the solo has a much more modern feel to them, utilizing polyrhythms to create groove and an open canvas for my solo. As for the solo, hell, I just hope people like what I did! Overall I feel this song does a great job of showing how diverse Act Of Defiance can be while still staying firmly rooted in metal!"

While a labelled brand has been available in the past, producers Fox have prepared their own recipe in response to continued illegal merchandise sales. And although the official Duff Beer will only be available in South America at first, it could go on sale elsewhere.

Fox boss Jeffrey Godsick tells the Wall Street Journal: "Once you see enough piracy, you're faced with two choices - one is deciding to fight, and the other is deciding to go out into the market with it

He's to be charged with unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawfully carrying a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct. A police report says cops only acted because others on board the bus panicked and called for help - claiming Young was carrying a gun.

Boston Police Department report: "Officers responded to a call for a person with a gun. The driver had pulled the bus over as passengers began calling 911, when a male suspect boarded the bus with what appeared to be military-grade ammunition strapped around his waist.

He points out that he'd made significant changes to his lifestyle before his 2012 arrest and 2013 acquittal over a manslaughter charge. Blythe tells Loudwire: "I drank for 22 years and got sober before any of this stuff happened. That was the big thing - when I realised I was taking a lot of things for granted.

"I'm glad to be a free man, but it's not like I view everything in my band versus the experience in the Czech Republic." He adds: "There's only two songs on the record that deal with that. They were both written while I was in prison.

Corabi tells One On One With Mitch Lafon : "That album would have been massive had it been any other name but Motley. The band wanted to change the name. We were thinking of NC for New Crue. We were tossing around names. Nikki Sixx always wanted to call a band Christmas.

"All the people involved with the band - the record company, lawyers, agents, managers - everybody that was getting a commission saw that if Motley changed the name, Motley wasn't going to be making $300,000 a night. They were going to have to come back down to earth and start probably in theaters for a lot less money."

He's remembered in the title track of upcoming Slayer album Repentless, while his song Piano Wire also features on their first record without him. King tells the Illinois Entertainer: "He had literally cheated death when he had that arm injury. The doctor told him, 'First I'm going to try to save your life.' We didn't know if he was going to live.

"He got out of the hospital and he lived clean for a while. I'm like, 'Dude, you just cheated death - you got another shot and doing this all over again. Let's get you back on board playing some shows.'"

Frontman Blackie Lawless had this to say about the new effort, "There are times in any band's career that somehow all things mesh together. Their experiences, influences, and personal timing bring them into a common space. This has happened with this record.

The wedding event will be called 'Sebastian Bach & Suzanne Le Rock N' Roll Wedding Extravaganza," according to the venue's website, which adds, 'Rockbar will be hosting the wedding of Sebastian Bach to Suzanne Le and would like to cordially invite you to attend the reception of this exciting event. Sebastian will be bringing friends along from the film and music world."

Music Systems' successor to 2012's Rock Band 3_ _aims to cover multiple decades, artists, and musical styles and adds new features including Freestyle Guitar Solo gameplay, which allows players to craft their own original guitar solos.

The latest list of song additions doubles the previously-announced setlist that featured songs by Jack White, The Who, Fleetwood Mac and Queens Of The Stone Age, among others.

And he admits that while drummer Lars Ulrich seemed positive about the test, frontman James Hetfield was much less interested. Claypool tells One On One With Mitch Lafon: "I remember it was very loud. That's the first thing that pops to mind - it was f***ing loud.

"Lars was probably the most enthused about the audition. They were all still pretty messed up about the Cliff Burton thing. But James, you could just tell, was like, 'Who the hell is this f***ing weirdo?'

"I didn't fit the bill at all. I showed up with this bass that was a hunk of driftwood, I had two different-colored tennis shoes on, bleach-blond mohawk, baggies, skater pants - I didn't fit the bill, especially for Metallica back then."

Video shows him telling Bifolchi to climb up onto the stage then ordering him to stop his "we're not worthy" routine, before telling him to take Taylor Hawkins' place behind the kit.

Grohl says: "If you suck on the drums I will personally tar and feather your ass backstage." He then tells the crowd: "I sure hope this motherf***er doesn't suck," before asking the fan, "Do you know Foo Fighters songs?" When he asks to play Best Of You the mainman replies: "That's the last one we're going to play tonight, ding-dong!"

Available in DVD, DVD/CD and Blu-ray packages, it features a mix of tracks from 2014's Maximum Overload as well as older hits and bonus backstage and offstage footage from the band's world tour.

Dragonforce were joined onstage by Babymetal at Download last month and will perform at The Square In Harlow on August 22 before the club shuts down. Herman Li recently said: "We're seeing venues disappear and it's becoming quite alarming. It will affect the development of new talent in the UK."

It's his second time facing cancer after being treated in 2010. Zoom says: "Facing months of cancer treatment is tough, but not as tough as worrying about taking care of my family through it all.

"We still hadn't completely recovered financially from my last bout with cancer. I really wasn't sure, aside from lots of prayer, how I was going to manage to keep our home and family together through this."

When he finishes, Lord turns to the camera and says: "Isn't that a great song? Wish I got the right chords," and then, grabbing a glass of wine, jokes, "Is this wine corked or is it me?"

The Deep Purple co-founder retired from the group in 2002, going on to release a number of solo projects before his 2012 passing in London at the age of 71.

Singer Billy says: "I am very honoured to be a part of the Metal Allegiance record. The track Can't Kill The Devil was fun and challenging for me. Working outside of Testament lets me try different things with my voice. I think the fans are going to be singing along to this track for sure."

And the bassist is comfortable with the resulting work being referred to as a "rock opera." Coma Ecliptic, released last week, tells the story of a patient in a coma who travels through his past lives. The band say: "He's offered a choice - stay, or move to the next in search of something more 'perfect.'"

Briggs tells Prog Sphere: "Tommy had talked about how he wished he didn't have to scream so much. On a given night he just wasn't feeling angry, or he was trying to get himself into that mindspace.

"His voice has come a long way since the early albums. That was an interesting catalyst to have in the back of our heads - focusing on the melody. It helps tell the stories."

He continues: "A rock opera is really not much different than a concept album," he says. "It's the telling of a story through music, and that's what we did.

Frontman Rob Damiani last week took part in a charity skydive in memory of cancer victim Stephen Sutton. Damiani said: "The band had the pleasure of meeting Stephen at one of our gigs in 2013 and were inspired by his incredible energy and enthusiasm.

"We watched his numerous achievements from that day on with a huge admiration and feel extremely grateful to be given the chance to take part in such a fantastic event."

And being a big name allows them to put on the kind of live show he and singer Maria Brink have always wanted. Howarth tells Cryptic Rock: "Before Blood, we were an opening band. We played, but we very rarely headlined. We did some headlining tours, which were great - but we didn't feel we were great then, because we would still be lucky if we got 400 or 500 people.

Classically-trained Reilly says the work is "like a cross between a prog band and a film score" and that it carries influences from King Crimson, Muse, Opeth and others.

According to podcast host Jeff Goldsmith and author Chuck Palahniuk, Reznor is teaming up with director David Fincher (who worked with him on the above projects) for a musical production of sorts: a Broadway-bound rock opera adaptation of the Palahniuk book Fight Club.