Jake E. Lee Escapes After Hummer Limo Bursts Into Flames

Black Sabbath have already announced the initial dates for the North American leg of their farewell tour which will be kicking off on January 20, 2016 in Omaha, NE at the Century Link Center.

Rival Sons guitarist Scott Holiday had this to say about landing the gig, "We couldn't be more honored and excited to announce we'll be supporting the legendary Black Sabbath on their upcoming world tour!

"This will take us to places we haven't been and back to those places where we've made so many friends and fans. Here we go folks... Black Sabbath and Rival Sons coming to your town/city/country soon!"

Etie also worked at a Michigan animal charity called Hardcore Cares. The organization released a statement - which has since been removed due to threats made against Etie - exposing her alleged lies.

The statement said that the charity organized a benefit show and backed a GoFundMe campaign set up to raise cash. Hardcore Cares said they discovered her lies earlier this month.

In an updated statement, Hardcore Cares says: "We do not condone violence. Hali Etie needs to held accountable for her actions. We also understand that many people were affected by her actions. The comments got way off track and as a result of that we decided to pull the post.

The 65-year-old is being cared for by staff at Seton Medical Center in Daly City and is surrounded by family in the intensive care unit. Stooges guitarist James Williamson tells KQED:

"I had exchanged emails with Steve earlier in the year about his health, and he had been upbeat about his prognosis and was even going out on tour to China.

"I can't say for sure," he said. "But it doesn't mean we don't want to work together still, it doesn't mean we won't do another creative project, and I've got ideas for shows we could do that don't involve a tour."

August 1st at the LA Forum marked the last show in the supposed last tour. A lot of lasts, including one last drum solo from Neil Peart while on a major Rush tour.

According to TheRock.com, the performance so moved Queens of the Stone Age's drummer Jon Theodore, who was in the audience, that he felt pressed to comment. "The solo was so impressionistic," he said. "Stripped down to just Neil and the drums. No vids or sequences. I never saw that much flow and color and instinct set free in him before. Just f***ing beautiful."

Peart heard about Theodore's words and responded in kind with his own. Besides drumming, he's also responsible for penning most of Rush's lyrics. It makes sense then that his response would be a poetic one.

Peart explained how hard he worked on constructing the solo through months of rehearsals. Really, though, it took much longer to reach its conclusion. "A lifetime of achievement, really," he shared.

As Peart rehearsed his solo, he receive no feedback from the other band members or those on the crew. The silence stunned him, making him second guess his aims. "I worried that my ambitions were too high - my reach exceeding my grasp," he said.

Reinert had the following to say, "It is with a heavy heart that I post today's Cynic news. Cynic is no longer an active band. Due to artistic and personal differences, the second chapter in the 'BOOK OF Cynic' has come to an end.

"I will say the last shows we played in Japan have left me with a positive charge, even though they were the last live performances with Paul, Sean Malone & I on the same stage. My longstanding creative partnership with Paul, which started when we were very young kids in south Florida, has simply endured so much friction that there is no way, from my perspective, that Cynic can be salvaged, repaired or kept afloat by any means.

"I profusely apologize to the fans who were not only expecting us in China and Taiwan (that was not our fault), but to the fans who were planning to see us in Europe next month. These things happen, unfortunately, to bands. There can be differing levels of conflicts and/or differences in opinions, musical directions, or perspectives. Sometimes these things are insurmountable, and no amount of time or effort can resolve them. This is the case with Cynic.

Not content with covering Bad Blood in his own signature style a few months ago, the Metal Hammer Golden God winner has returned to the pop sensation with just one imitation in mind - David Draiman.

Shinoda tells NME that he's "starting to work out some ideas" and continues: "I have no idea what it'll sound like yet. It won't sound like The Hunting Party - we like to surprise people."

Singer Kenta Koie says: "After releasing our last album Apocalyze, our guitarist Kazu had a brain hemorrhage which affected his left arm. I couldn't imagine how scared he was about it.

"We spent a long time to discussing what would happen next, but Kazu told us simply, 'I will never give up.' His words pushed us to the next level - so we started writing for Xeno.

The news comes after Lynn led the first ELO concert in 30 years at London's Hyde Park back in 2014 - and he later confirmed that he was writing again.

Thy Art Is Murder say: "We are very sorry to announce that due to the narrow-minded, corporate censoring goons over at Disney, we will be unable to join Parkway Drive on their upcoming dates at Anaheim on October 30 and Orlando Lake Buena Vista on November 23. We are aware we haven't played Florida for quite some time now and we are itching to get back down there and play for you guys."

Joseph tells Philly.com: "There have been so many shows when we started out, where we're playing in front of nobody - and it's been such a disappointment and a let-down.

Backed by Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra, Vedder delivered an intense performance of Pearl Jam's 1994 track, "Better Man", as a send-off to Letterman ahead of his final broadcast on Wednesday, May 20 after more than three decades in late night television.

Currently on a break from their world tour in support of 2014's "Lightning Bolt", the Seattle group will perform at the Global Citizen Festival in New York on September 26 before launching a month-long run across South America in November.

Now, Tyler tells ABC News Radio that he's hoping to release the record by "February or so" of 2016, and is planning to support it with a tour before heading out on an Aerosmith trek later in the year.

"I don't even know who I'm producing it with," says Tyler. "It's gonna be what it is. There's a couple of songs I've written and they're like rock, and I said, 'Oh, geez.' And I'm not gonna put a banjo on it just to make it country�I don't know what it's gonna be, but my heart leans [towards] the country feeling and the vibe."

"I think country music is the new rock 'n' roll," he adds. "I mean, you can listen to the lyrics, you can really get into it, just as you could get into 'Stairway to Heaven.'

The film features interviews with Blackmore, along with contributions from Brian May, Glenn Hughes, Lars Ulrich, Steve Lukather, Joe Satriani, David Coverdale, Gene Simmons, Joe Lynn Turner, Steve Vai, Graham Bonnet, Ian Anderson and the late Jon Lord.

The clip was filmed during the group's performance at Germany's Wacken Open Air Festival this year in front of more than 50,000 fans Due October 2, "Condition Human" was produced by Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed, Sanctuary).

The project marks vocalist Todd La Torre's second album with Queensryche following their 2013 self-titled release and a split with original singer Geoff Tate.

It's the first part of a planned trilogy, with former Queensryche man Tate recently revealing that work on the second instalment is almost complete, while part three is well under way.

Tommy featured solo spots from Rod Stewart, Ringo Starr, Steve Winwood, Richie Havens, Sandy Denny, Maggie Bell, Graham Bell and actor Richard Harris, and launched with a show at London's Rainbow venue starring Bell, David Essex, Marsha Hunt, Elkie Brooks, Roger Chapman, Bill Oddie, Vivian Stanshall, Roy Wood and John Pertwee.

Joining the cast on the album and at The Rainbow, to perform the Acid Queen role filled by Tina Turner on the 1975 film version, was singer Merry Clayton, perhaps most famous for her vocals on the Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter.

The scraps of paper include the first verse and chorus, an unused second verse and various edits and scribbles. Auctioneer Ted Owen says: "They lyrics are a working draft, which in my opinion is even nicer that owning a final version.

Sherwood says: "It's a concept album about a lost soul reincarnated in various historical settings. At one point, the character is reincarnated during The Great Depression and is dealing with the loss of everything and is forced to take drastic measures.

"Another time, the citizen is a World War One trench-runner for a song called No Man's Land, where he's running through the fields watching his comrades die."

"Stay Of Execution was the last song that was written for our new album," says drummer John Sankey. "I wanted us to have a track that was fast, brutal and really slamming with an unconventional song structure. Francesco and I had some demos that we hadn't used yet, so I tore a few of those unfinished tracks apart and pieced together the coolest sections to create this song."

"The point was to make a 'heavy' song," guitarist Francesco Artusato continues, "We have the black metal part, the groovy part, an epic chorus, cool bridge section, gang vocals at the end, etc. It's literally a bit of everything. I wrote the main riff while walking in a mall somewhere while on tour. I was humming it into my phone so I would remember it for later. It was a weird day, ha ha."

Says frontman Adam Binder: "Fix is one of the last tracks we wrote for the album. I know a guy from work who makes short films - he'd never done a music video before so I cheekily asked him if he'd give it a go for us. He came through!

"We actually took over my house for the day to film it and used a different room for each band member, put some paper on the windows, trashed up the rooms a bit. I had to give the man next door a bottle of wine to say sorry for the noise."

"What a great 12 months it's been for high-voltage rock'n'roll," says Classic Rock Editor Si�n Llewellyn. "And what a year for us to return to the Roll Of Honour's spiritual home at London's Roundhouse after celebrating its tenth anniversary in Hollywood. With fantastic new bands to celebrate and brilliant albums to consider it was trickier than ever to nail down our nomination shortlist. Put simply, it means that the Classic Rock Awards will be another brilliant evening of rock'n'roll celebration!"

UDR Music will issue the record, the group's first since 2011's Hit And Run - Revisited. Pre-order's will start on October 9, with the single Come The Revolution available to download instantly to those who pre-order.

Produced by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Hands Like Houses, Dashboard Confessional), the album will be supported by dates throughout September and October, when the band unites with Nothing More, Marmozets, and Turbowolf, as part of the Outbreak Tour.

Comprised of comprised Will Crafton (vocals), Myles Priest (guitar), Tyler Whitfield (guitar), Brenden Worthington (bass), and Thomas Pinson (drums), fans of hard-hitting metal with a surprisingly melodic edge are certain to fall under the spell of the album's title track, which Crafton describes as "The idea is you work so hard for something just to have it taken away. There's that inner battle in the human mind like, 'Am I good enough?' Everyone has a light and dark side. The doubt manifests in the form of this creature we'll refer to as the 'Dream Eater.' The protagonist and the monster are embroiled in this battle we all go through." Watch the album teaser video here.

The promo was filmed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitt during a performance in New York when she was opening for Perfume Genius. Hval says: "The show was in a dance club - a huge wrecking-disco ball threatened to demolish the stage. The audience was well lit, looking at each other. I sang into a plastic flower - or an imaginary plastic flower."

Most recently spotted providing backing vocals at the Faces reunion show last weekend, Mollie also sang at the London tribute to her late father alongside Paul Weller, Zak Starkey & Deborah Bonham, and at The Royal Albert Hall as part of the Ronnie lane Memorial Concert. She has also sung with Oasis, Proud Mary, Jeff Beck, Dennis Locorriere (Dr Hook), Mark Knopfler, and Chas and Dave.

It started as a I heard myself saying it out loud even though I was alone at the moment. I had just read about something upsetting and thought of how crazy things are around us and in the world and how it even feels like it�s escalating!

I sat down instantly and the lyrics came to me in my head as I wrote them down. I had a melody that I kept mumbling while I was writing and even if I hadn't decided yet how the melody would go I just kept to it for the moment. I needed music to it to make it more alive.

The first time I met with Jona Tee to start our co-writing we just picked one of my lyrics just to try and see if we would find a sound for our first work together. It happened by chance to be the lyrics of World has gone mad. The very first meet of a long going process is just to see how it goes and get to know each other. Jona took his guitar and followed me while I was singing and we decided to do a simple recording. Started with programmed drums to get the right bpm and then he put some base and guitar on it. I recorded my vocal and since i hadn't come up with a bridge to the song yet I just kept on singing to the music which we figured we'll find something later on to add in the progress. What you hear in the bridge is what we kept from that moment.

When I had put my vocals on we decided to leave it and went on to another song that we felt more inspiring. Jona is a master on keyboard and I let him do his thing on the second song we started to work on. The day after he sent me the results of the second song and it blew my mind! Yes!! This is the sound I'm looking for!! You're the man Jona!!!

Still our work with World has gone mad was unfinished and we forgot about to work further on it. A couple of months later when we had enough of songs to record so we went to the grandiose Boohus studio in Gothenburg to start the recording of the album. My producer Tobias Lindell had a bunch of songs to start working with and all the musicians from the fantastic band HEAT were there to do their job.

Both Jona and I felt that this particular song wasn't one of the strongest and as we listened to our poor demo we figured lets try to make it fit in with the other tunes we've got.

The guys in the band amazed me when they started to play. They have known each other for many years and know exactly where they�re going. We did a couple of rehearsals and soon we had the same sound on the song we thought should be tossed in the garbage can. One day we had a visit from a guy who runs a record company in Gothenburg and he took a fast listening through all the songs. His first comment after he�d finished was Thats the single! In my opinion! World has gone mad!

We all went home and I discussed with my manager about to pick a single for preparing of a video I wanted to make. I still had in mind what the guy from the record company had said. Yeah maybe it's a good one to start with.
I had a picture in my head about to portrait an old mental institution to show how madness could look like. I found a straightjacket and saw myself singing the song wearing it.

Heading back to Gothenburg to work with talented producers for the video was the next thing to do. They had built a padded wall to make it look like a room for me to act upon. I gave everything I had and went totally nuts during the video shooting to really make it credible and to reach the feeling of the context of the song and afterwards I'm glad they didn't use everything of my acting though I really went crazy and it might not be good for my first single out of my new album haha.

After their job to put all the images together and their work with the filming they showed me the video and I felt the same feeling I had that day when I burst out: The world has gone mad!!!