Vivian Campbell's Cancer Return Delays Last In Line Album

It reads: "This is a very sad and hurtful situation for us to grasp, and unfortunately it is one we still don't fully understand. Our dear friend, our brother onstage and off, has fallen into a very broken state of mind. A state that, despite our continued efforts, we have been powerless to get him out of.

"Early yesterday after he made the post, he went missing for the entire day. He was in minimal contact with only a few people over the phone, and the information we gathered from them gave us reason to believe he was unsafe in his current state of mind. We were on our phones all day with family, friends, and local authorities trying to regain control of the situation.

And Draiman says lying to friends and family took its toll on the band. He tells Billboard: "It took a lot to keep things quiet. It took a lot of pain and agony and white lies and deception, non-disclosure agreements.

"How can you explain to all your friends and family that you're leaving home for four months to be in Vegas? To come up with something that you're so proud of and not be able to tell anyone about or play it for anyone is torturous, believe me."

Ulrich tells Billboard: "When you've been a band as long as we have, you can find an anniversary in anything. In 2011 we celebrated our 30th with a week's worth of concerts in San Francisco for our fan club. But you've got to be careful. You don't wave the flag continuously for old laurels, things you've done way in your past."

The song and the clip for "Get 'Em Up" present a pair of robbers planning a bank heist; the storyline then continues in the video for the midtempo track "Satellite."

Nickelback announced this week that Kroeger will undergo surgery in 3 weeks to remove an operable cyst on his voice box, followed by an extended period of vocal rest ordered by doctors.

"I am sorry I have to interrupt the party this summer and I am definitely not thrilled with the prospect of being silent for many weeks to come when I could be out there playing for our fans," explains Kroeger. "I am relying on my doctor and his team to help get my voice back in good form as quickly as possible."

The singer thanked fans for their support, saying "Thank you so much to everyone for keeping me in their thoughts, prayers and wishing me a speedy recovery. It means so much to me."

The shootings, which also left 21 people injured, sparked debate over gun control laws in the US - and Manson reports that after the slaughter, live venues simply closed the door on him.

Speaking at Grey's annual music seminar in Cannes, France, Manson says: "With Columbine, it really shut down my career entirely, to the point where casinos refused to book my shows.

"It's almost unprecedented. Not only did I not do anything, they were not fans of mine. I sat and watched it live on TV and they said initially they were wearing Marilyn Manson make-up and t-shirts. You find out later that they weren't."

On the road in support of "lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar", Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters reworked Zeppelin's "Rock And Roll" and paired together Howlin' Wolf's "No Place to Go" with his former band's "Dazed And Confused."

The singer's 11-song set also delivered "The Wanton Song", "Black Dog", "Going To California" and "Whole Lotta Love." Plant's June 14 show at Bonnaroo was his latest performance at the festival following a solo appearance in 2011 and a 2008 pairing with Alison Krauss.

Campbell also revealed that he will receive cancer treatments around the band's schedule and that he'll only miss the first two dates of the trek with Styx and Tesla; he will rejoin the tour this Saturday in Birmingham, AL.

Def Leppard's 17-song set in Tampa opened with their 1983 classic, "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)", and relied heavily on material from their 1980s heyday.

"Hello America," said singer Joe Elliott the day after the show. "Wow !! What an opening night !!! I have seen some rain storms in my time, but last night's takes the biscuit !!! We were THAT close to having to pull the gig for safety reasons, but the second that was mentioned, the lightning seemed to change direction & it started to clear. Too late, however, for Tesla the Band to perform so they gracefully surrendered their spot to allow the show as a whole to take place �. good on ya boyz !!!

Broderick tells Amps & Axes: "We've really enjoyed our writing together. It's just been so liberating to be able to not only express myself musically, but artistically. And it's been a great experience."

And he insists Act Of Defiance is not just another supergroup side project that will fall by the wayside. He says: "Right after Shawn and I left Megadeth, we were talking about how we had written all this great music and it was never going to be used. We started talking about, 'Why don't we do something? Why don't we put a project together?'

The program - which sees two women of celebrity families trading households, lifestyles and children (but not bedrooms) for one week - has Neil's girlfriend, Rain, swap places with Lila Nelson, the wife of Gunnar Nelson from the 90's band Nelson.

Rain heads to Nashville on the show to spend time with Nelson and his family while Lila lands in Las Vegas to hang out with the Motley Crue singer.

Neil and Motley Crue just finished playing a series of European festivals and will resume their farewell tour with North American dates starting July 16 in Anchorage, Alaska.

His career waned and he spent 15 years as a labourer before returning to the spotlight in the 1990s. He and sax player Scott Shetler wrote Show Me The Way, which was performed with Jon Bon Jovi for 2007' Give US Your Poor charity compilation.

Frontman Aaron Stainthorpe fought to focus on recording the album while dealing with the death of his father. He told Metal Hammer: "Everyone else thoroughly enjoyed it - they were all buzzing having Calvin back. But because of what was happening in my personal life, I didn't enjoy it at all.

"When the final day in the studio was up, I thought, 'Thank God that's over.' We're normally all quite upbeat - we'd go to the pub and celebrate. This time we sort of drifted off."

It'll be their first album to feature bassist Jamie Mathias who replaced Jay James earlier this year - and frontman Matt Tuck insisted it would be a milestone in their career.

He said: "The album is hands down the best thing we've ever done. That's not me trying to sell it, because people will have their own opinion anyway. But it is the best thing we've ever done - by a mile. So to have that arsenal of weapons now and to be able to play these songs feels sick. It's good to be back."

Frontman Trevor Strnad said earlier this month that they wanted to keep fans excited about the follow-up to 2013's Everblack and revealed the album was "dripping with urgency."

The collaboration led to them forming Motor Sister, who earlier this year released debut album Ride, which is made up of covers of Mother Superior tracks.

Mother Superior singer Jim Wilson, bassist Joey Vera and drummer John Tempesta are the other members of the band. On recording the album Ian said: "We love Mother Superior, this kick-ass three-piece rock band from LA. They've been gone for about seven years.

"My birthday present to myself was, I cherry picked my 12 favorite Mother Superior songs, I put a band together, and we played a concert in the jam room in my house for 20 of our friends, who are really into Mother Superior.

Waters - who will be joined by special guests Billy Corgan, Sheryl Crow and more- has supported MusiCorps for a number of years and served as a mentor to members of the MusiCorps Band, playing with the veterans at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington and encouraging their love of music as part of the rehabilitation process.

"The work I have done over the last few years with these men and women has been some of the most rewarding work I have ever done," says Waters in the announcement.

Sales will go towards funding the follow-up, Dust, which will be directed by Kate Bush collaborator Simon Drake. Frontman Joe Payne recently told Prog: "We were quite overwhelmed by the response to The Bridge.

Gilchrist tells The Metal Voice: "The one thing we all have in common in this band, is that we spent a lot of time with Mark just talking about music, philosophy of a good song, philosophies of what a band is all about. He was kind of shy and quiet but when he sat down and talked to you about music, it was like an education. It was really intense."

He tells Kerrang: "Operate is the biggest tune on the record, so I knew we had to do a video. Trouble is, I hate all music videos, particularly ones that I'm in. So my friends at ChogZoo fulfilled my life's dream and turned me into a cartoon character.

And its sales figures lead him to believe people want to immerse themselves in heavy concepts. Wilson tells One On One With Mitch Lafon: "If you'd asked me five years ago I would have been more negative. I'm cautiously optimistic.

"The fact that this album has been by far the most successful of my career, while being the most concept-driven thing I've ever done, makes me think things aren't that bad."

He adds: "Every time there's a big swing in a particular direction there's always a swing back. What we're seeing right now is a world of streaming, where there's a juke-box mentality and you follow the links from one song to another.

Guitarist Diefo Cafolla says he's proud of their achievements in the studio, although the title track was struggle to create. He tells The Blog Of Much Metal: "I spent a month writing it because it's quite complex. It has a lot of switches between heavy and melodic.

The clamshell box contains Private Parts & Pieces (1978), Back To The Pavilion (1980), Antiques (1982) and A Catch At The Tables (1984), plus an additional disc of 18 unreleased tracks. Bonus material on the other discs add up to a further 18 songs.

The month-long, 16-show run starts July 6 in Winnipeg, Manitoba before crossing the country from west to east, wrapping things up in St, John's Newfoundland on August 2.