Rolling Stones To Announce Tour This Week?

The project captures the band in concert last year performing hits from Hagar's 4 Decades Of Rock show as well as classic tracks from the Led Zeppelin catalog.

"The Circle live has landed!," says Hagar. "I can't tell you how excited I am to share this live release from last year's tour with everyone. It's been my favorite setlist to play, covering Montrose, Solo Red Rocker, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, & Chickenfoot AND it's live as mutha!!

Menza posted a video to his YouTube channel of him jamming with his new snare drum from "Sleishman," but he titled the clip "Maybe I can play on Lamb of God's new album?"

He then posted the following in the comment section, "Well since Adler is playing on the new Megadeth album. Do I get to play on Lamb of God new album ? I'm down for it .... Chris you rock ! one of my favorite drummers. good luck bro ...."

Last week, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine posted some message via twitter confirming that the band would begin recording the new album this week and they were close to finding a new guitarist.

On Tuesday of last week he tweeted, "One more week! Load in for the next record starts 3/17. So pumped!!" and also tweeted "I'm excited to be auditioning one of my final picks for my new guitarist today."

Jones told Yahoo! Music that "the whole thing is finally over" and "I think having this lawsuit out of the way should really speed of the progress of getting the album done."

He explained the impact the legal battle on the band, "We would have had an album out a long time ago, we would have been taking more tours. But we've been discouraged and distracted by this major lawsuit, which is the worst thing that's ever happened to us. It reminds me of one of those ads you see on TV where a guy goes, 'Have you been in a car wreck? Call us!'"

He also revealed that there was an unusual metal connection to the outcome of the case, "I had a real feeling that things were going to go in our favor because the day the trial was supposed to start, the venue was changed on us. We moved over to a North L.A. courthouse and we had a brand-new judge, who was fantastic.

"You know what his name was? Randy Rhodes! I knew the power of metal, and my appreciation of metal was someday going to be like a guardian angel. But he was great. He came in and took over, and he's the reason the whole thing is finally over."

Porcaro's brother and Toto bandmate Steve broke the news to fans via Facebook. He wrote, "Our brother Mike passed away peacefully in his sleep at 12:04 AM last night at home surrounded by his family. Rest in peace, my brother."

Toto guitarist Steve Lukather paid tribute with the following Facebook post, "My brother Mike Porcaro is now at peace. I will miss him more than I could ever put into words. My deepest love to the family. God Bless".

The outfit, inspired by NWOBHM icons including Iron Maiden and Diamond Head, have been using their artwork, based on an ancient religious figure, since 2008.

Townsend, who's currently touring Europe, said: "On behalf of my band, management and everyone involved, thank you for the Juno. Respect to the other nominees as great company to be in. It's really nice to be involved with the Canadian scene. We're all very proud."

Sixx tells For Bass Players Only: "It started with the idea of us not wanting to be what we've seen before - people hobbling off into the sunset. We watch it in boxing. I've seen some of my favorite football players who should have gone away a couple of seasons before.

Since 2012, Fenn has travelled the world with Halestorm and captured them during their most intimate, most vulnerable and their most triumphant moments - backstage, on stage, on the road and in the studio.

Lzzy Hale says: "Dearest Freaks, Lzzbians and Storm Chasers around the world - it's because of music I exist, and it's music that has brought us all together. Thank you for being my enablers. I have this wonderful journey that I'm on, because of you.

The band's co-founder Ralf Hutter has filed a trademark infringement case against Dresden-based firm eZelleron, which has created its device using advances in fuel cell technology.

Spooky Tooth formed as Art and featured singer/keyboard player Mike Harrison, guitarist Luther Grosvenor, bassist Greg Ridley and drummer Mike Kellie. In 1967 they joined forces with American vocalist and keyboard player Gary Wright and evolved into Spooky Tooth.

And last month he revealed he had formed a new band called Corrosion with members of Insense and Before The Mourning. Now he has been snapped up by Orbweaver - a band he has been friendly with for years.

Speaking to Rock Overdose about the Greek debt crisis, Meine says: "Music is only a soundtrack to our lives, and I think with our fans in Greece, when we come together, it's all about emotions and it's all about music and it's all about 'forget the real world for a moment.'

"That's what music can do - to take us away on a different trip where we forget the mess we're all in sometimes. Music is about bringing people together, and this is our part. For the rest, it's up to politicians to deal with it, and hopefully they find good ways and bring people back together.

Martin says via Facebook: "H.E.A.T spoiler alert - I'm sorry to those of you that dig this band, but they piss myself and my fellow band members off that we work hard on real BVs and musicianship, and everything they do live is all on tape. Everything near enough.

The Cadiz Music event includes a screening of I Need a Dodge: Joe Strummer On The Run and a launch party concert featuring an all-star band performing tunes by Strummer and The Clash.

But when Garcia phoned him in 1995 to set up their next writing session, there was something unusual about his tone. Hunter tells Rolling Stone: "Jerry had been into rehab again. He called me up - he was going to come over and we were going to get writing again.

The singer is celebrating 30 years in the business, and will release a live DVD package later this year. And she says she experienced nothing but support from her colleagues and from other artists from day one.

Doro tells Phoenix New Times: "People might've thought it was crazy or different, a woman in heavy metal, but I never felt different. I think you had to fight more for your music - you had to fight more to do heavy metal.

The six LPs will be housed in three separate jackets, each sporting its own unique art and housed in a slipcase wrapped in foil paper. It is available to pre-order now via the band's website at a cost of $140 (�95).

Originally featured on CCR's 1970 album Cosmo's Factory, the recording is Rival Sons' contribution to this year's Record Store Day which will be taking place on April 18th.

Carter investigates what makes Slipknot tick in 2015 as they tour behind 2014's .5 The Gray Chapter - their first album following the death of founding member Paul Gray and the departure of drummer Joey Jordison.

Root explains the band's history has brought them closer together as a unit. He says: "I don't think any of us are really friends now, I think we're really brothers now. We don't see each other all the time, we don't call each other up, we don't go to each other's birthday parties, but we'd probably kill for each other still. We definitely would kill for each other still."

Gray's absence - and presence - are felt at the same time by percussionist Shawn Crahan, who gets emotional during a backstage tour as he opens the late bassist's wardrobe drawer.

Halford shared his memories of the Long Beach Arena concert (including as on a bonus disc of the anniversary reissue) with Classic Rock Revisited. He said, "It was Saturday night, I believe and it was kind of a summer show. It was a sold-out event. It was just absolute magic.

"That night everything was working as you hoped. The crowd was great. It is a classic Priest memory and I am really pleased we were able to have recorded it. When I listen to it now you can sense it.

"We were playing the music a million miles an hour. I don't know how we were able to play the songs that fast. I know how it happened, as we were just caught up in the energy of the moment and we were pushing it as fast as we could, so the tempo increased dramatically on some of the songs. It didn't create any detrimental effect, in fact, I think it just gave the event more ferocity.

"It is wonderful that we can marry those two things up with this release. We can marry up the live experience of what the Metal Heads were going through that night and on that tour, as well as having the studio recordings to kind of make a comparison."

Halford also discussed the up and down circumstance surrounding the recording of "Defenders Of The Faith". He said, "The tremendous reaction to Screaming for Vengeance was propelled by the way radio embraced the song, 'You've Got Another Thing Comin'' which became part of rock and roll history.

"You get a record that goes Platinum pretty quickly in America, at least, and naturally everybody's stoked and excited and you're ready to get to that next level, whatever that might be. There is always an element of uncertainty in rock and roll. You play your heart out and you write and record the best you can, but there is no guarantee what the outcome will be. Having said that, we were completely immersed in this amazing time that we had, particularly in the States, which wound up at the now iconic and infamous US Festival. We shared the stage with our mates on 5/29/'83. Ozzy was there. [Motley] Crue was there. Triumph was there. Van Halen was there. The Scorpions were there, and Priest was there.

"In July we got on a plane to Ibiza, Spain. It is a small bunch of islands off the East coast of Spain. We're all set to go and we get to the studio, and talk about hitting your brakes� there was absolutely nothing left in the studio. There was just the building. It had been gutted. They hadn't been paying the bills and so, unbeknownst to us, they'd come in and taken the consoles out. They took the tape machines� everything that was not secured was taken.

"We basically went back to square one in the idea of getting off the plane to start making Metal. We had to wait two or three weeks before we could fire everything back up again.

Cellist Eicca Toppinen explains the band has won over many fans with their live shows while mixing classical elements and string instruments in a heavy rock format.

Toppinen tells The Rockpit: "I think with people who have heard about us and they heard stories about Apocalyptica who play cellos, when they see us live, I think the way we do it the people are usually like 'Woah! What the f*** is going on? What's happened?'

A box set version will include the album on CD and vinyl, with a bonus CD featuring six extra tracks, a DVD with an exclusive short film directed by Henrik Hansen, and an interview with the guitarist - plus a numbered art print and six photographic prints.

With the follow-up to 2012's Privateering, Knopfler continues to see himself as a songwriter first, ahead of his skills as a guitarist and a performer. He says: "My position as a songwriter is just to try to make a good recording of a good song. And then the song walks out the door and goes off to have a life of its own.

The band, which features former Onslaught members Steve Grimmett, Steve Grice, Alan Jordan and Jase Stallard, regrouped in 2012 to perform their 1989 effort In Search Of Sanity and eventually began writing material.

Drummer Steve Grice sees Evil Beyond Belief as a fresh start in a more mainstream direction. He tells Metal Crypt: "I guess it does have a slight feel of the Sanity album, but that's probably just because Steve's voice is on it. In terms of the actual sound of the songs, it isn't really similar.

The've also announced that Karen Gwyer, Tomaga, Orlando, Boothroyd and Xaviers will be the support acts for their five-night residency at London's Lexington next month, which forms part of a wider UK tour.

The title will be launched on March 23 via InsideOut and it's available to pre-order in a variety of bundles via Lucassen and van Giersbergen's websites.

In the exclusive video interview, the Ayreon mastermind discussed how he wanted to create a contrast to the work he's best known for. He says: "I asked the fans on Facebook, 'What would you guys want to hear from me next?'"

Rounakari says: "Lempo is a fiery God of fertility and the song is about the spells designated to Lempo in order to guarantee a success in one's personal love life. The Finnish mythology is very unique in its approach to sexuality. We do not have spells to improve procreation like most of the cultures do. But the spells to gain more luck in love life or to increase ones stamina are numerous for both men and women.

I (Ali) only had half of the writing credit even though its very personal for me. I had the idea to mix Post hardcore and Melodeath a while before the song was created. But I didn't have any idea of how to make the sound cohesive as far as the guitars. I had a knack for making Melodeath but post hardcore was always hard for me. It wasn't until we met Danny that this song was possible. He had a knack for making post hardcore and he didn't even know it yet. His chord choice and knowledge was uncanny. I got him into bands like hail the sun and la dispute and the rest was history. The thing that tied this song together was the switch from the beginning chords into the chorus. Danny's clean arpeggio reminded me of old Emarosa and gave me an opportunity to sing to the best of my ability. When the blast beat and chorus comes in I gave off that Killswitch Engage vibe that kids in our hometown love and the song became something special instantly. The Black Dahlia Murder, Wretched, and Dethklok definitely inspired the melodic death metal parts in the song but the post hardcore part in the middle was inspired by Dance Gavin Dance and Hummanequin by The Color Morale. It was a Huge blend of sounds. by the time the song was done we had made the second breakdown with the intent of letting Danny solo because this is the first solo he has ever recorded for the band and we wanted to let him shine.

Lyrically we wanted to write from the heart for this one. We wanted it to mean something to someone out there going through the same thing. Its kind of cliche but its one of the easiest forms of therapy for a broken musician. When the crowd sings your therapy song with you, that's when you feel the most alive.

Vocally Rico also did something for the first time by using a shout/mid range scream. he literally walked up to the mic tired from lack of sleep one day and decided to yell but it sounded so good that me and domo recorded him and those are the actual tracks we recorded on the first verse of the song. that first verse of shouts is the only part of vocals that wasn't recorded with Jamie King.

And getting the legendary Jonny Craig on the track was the icing on the cake. Needless to say, he killed it. But this song was about my relationship. It ended tragically because I had known she was never gonna be strong enough to be faithful. What I didn't expect was the countless lies and deceit from someone i had known so many years. Jonny knew exactly how i felt and made sure to give the song an extra push. I thought the song was complete and actually gave Jonny something specific to sing but he heard something special and just added on top of what I already had making the song fuller and more emotional than it previously was. That moment when i heard our voices together made me feel like I had achieved my goal.